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Preventing operators from gaming the system with smaller warehouses
1:29:01
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Commissioner Aggarwala discusses strategies to prevent operators from gaming the system by using smaller warehouses to avoid regulation. He suggests a flexible approach to adjusting the size threshold if necessary.
- The initial focus is on warehouses 50,000 square feet and above, covering about 512 facilities
- There are approximately 1,000 warehouses between 25,000 and 50,000 square feet
- If a spike in 49,000 square foot warehouses is observed, the threshold could be lowered
- This approach allows for adaptability in enforcing the regulation
Alexa Avilés
1:29:01
That's helpful.
1:29:02
So in terms of like how do we anticipate preventing operators, let's say that fall underneath the threshold, 49,000 square feet from from gaming the system with potentially, like, contributing just as much indirect sources of pollution.
Rohit Aggarwala
1:29:27
And, look, I I would just suggest, I think, the changing the cutoff over time is relatively easy.
1:29:36
And I think if we get this thing up and running at 50,000 square feet, five twelve warehouses is a really good place to start.
1:29:44
Based on the numbers, if it's 6,800 below, twenty five thousand and five twelve above, you're looking at about 1,000 warehouses between 75,000.
1:29:55
I think you could keep track.
1:29:57
If you start seeing a massive spike in 49,000 square foot warehouses
Gloria Boyce-Charles
1:30:02
Mhmm.
Rohit Aggarwala
1:30:02
You just lower the threshold.
1:30:04
Right?
1:30:04
And then I think we've got a well oiled path.