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EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson

USEPA HQ - Ariel Rios Building

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Mail Code: 1101A

Washington, DC 20460

Administrator Johnson,

As the head of the EPA, it is your responsibility to reduce

global warming contamination. The Supreme Court, federal judges

in Vermont and California, and now I (as your employer) are all

telling you to do your job in this regard. A Minnesota citizen,

I support my states request for a waiver in order to allow us to

improve our air quality.

My husband and I have made it our habit to purchase the MOST

eco-friendly car available that meets our physical needs at the

moment of purchase and drive it until logic demands we donate

the car rather than repairing it further ourselves. We are now

senior citizens on a fixed income and our 1998 Plymouth Voyager

is coming close to this point. I\'m sure you are thinking that

the Plymouth Voyager wasn\'t the MOST eco-friendly car available

in 1998. While that is true, my husband was diagnosed with

Parkinson\'s disease just before we were to buy our last car and

was already unable to comfortably enter and exit a lower slung

car than a minivan. Also, he wanted to continue doing

woodworking and wanted a vehicle that allowed him to transport

the materials he needed to continue a satisfying hobby for as

long as possible.

The Union of Concerned Scientists has designed a minivan called

the Vanguard. We\'d love to buy this car, but the heads of the

auto industry won\'t make the effort to build it until YOU and WE

insist by raising the standards they are required to meet. It

has already been proven that improving the earth\'s ecology will

improve our economy, so now we have to insist that the country

move in that direction. The short sighted view of the \"fat cats

in charge\" has to change. If they won\'t do it themselves, YOU

need to require it for the good of the nation and the world.

IT\'S YOUR JOB!!! It\'s what WE pay you for.

The governments of the world came together in the Bali climate

negotiations and set reasonable standards. The establishment of

an EPA wasn\'t something the \"government\" wanted to do. It was

demanded by the people of the United States. As an employee of

the people who elected this government, listen to the voice of

U.S. citizens who know that the technologies and fuels needed to

meet these common sense standards in every vehicle class already

exist. We want these options on our roads so we can do our best

to help be part of a sensible climate solution.

You had the opportunity to stand with the Clean Air Act, the

environment, and the U.S. consumer. Your decision is unlikely to

succeed in court and makes you appear to be in the pocket of the

greedy leaders of the auto industry. DO THE JOB YOUR EMPLOYERS

PUT YOU THERE TO DO!! And remember, George Bush isn\'t your

employer, the voters are.

Please immediately revisit your short-sighted decision to reject

the waiver needed for states to implement the California clean

car standards.

Sincerely,

Nancy Docken

2824 Stinson Blvd

Minneapolis, MN 55418