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DEADLINE: DECEMBER 9!!!

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is voting next week to reduce
pollution from new jet skis and outboard motors sold after 2001. CARB
states that two hours on a jet ski emits as much pollution as driving a new
car 140,000!!! These regulations will set a national
precedent for other states to follow and will help stop the jet ski
industry from destroying our waters.

The marine industry is flooding CARB with letters in opposition.  WE
URGENTLY NEED YOUR HELP!!!  The public comment period ends December 9th, SO
PLEASE SEND THE FOLLOWING LETTER TODAY!!!


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December 2, 1998

Mr. Michael Kenny
Air Resources Board
2020 L Street
Sacramento, CA 95812

Dear Mr. Kenny,

I am writing to support the California Air Resources Board in creating
strict new regulations for personal watercraft and other marine engines.
Such regulations will set an important precedent for other States to
follow. Two-stroke motors dump an outrageous 10-30% of their fuel unburned
into the water, posing a serious threat to aquatic ecosystems, fish
populations and municipal water supplies. Two-stroke motors were banned in
automobiles twenty-six years ago, and it is time for them to be regulated
in marine craft.

The proposed high standards - particularly those for PWC starting in 2001 -
will reduce California's air and water pollution dramatically.  The
multi-tiered Environmental Labeling program will provide consumers with
high-quality information about motor emissions. Phasing-in stringent
emissions standards in 2004 and 2008 will push manufacturers to produce
more four-stroke motors and to develop other, cleaner technologies to
reduce the pollution of our environment.

Please protect California's waterways, and provide other States with the
means to substantially cut down on air and water pollution.

Sincerely,



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Sheila Gallagher
Project Coordinator
Bluewater Network
Earth Island Institute
300 Broadway, Suite 28
San Francisco, CA 94133
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