Submitted Comment Name Nancy Haber Affiliation 350 San Francisco/ 350 Bay Area, SF Climate Emergency Coalition, Sierra Club Subject Act for Clean Air - Support faster reduction of NOx emissions from appliances Message I strongly favor the approach of the Bay Area Air District requiring that newly installed water and space heaters be zero NOx after specified dates with common sense exceptions. Your proposal does not properly align with state climate goals; will not nearly reduce GHG emissions enough as required by 2022 Scoping Plan; and falls far short of eliminating air pollution as needed to match targets of the State Implementation Plan (SIP). The start date should be accelerated as the proposed 2030 date allows for preventable emissions and pollution in years prior. The emissive sales limits should ramp down much faster and to a level that accounts for only the most challenging situations. The proposal does not have proper mechanisms in place to prevent leaving disadvantaged communities behind, and the credit system should be restructured such that it does not undermine the emission reduction goals of the regulation. Appropriate penalties for non-compliance are critical for the results we need. CARB's analysis overstates the need for electrical service upsizing associated with installing non-polluting devices. Please do your job to bring us clean air faster! File Upload (i.e., Attachments): N/A N/A
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