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"CLEAN TRUCKS" LAW SUIT * USA - Truckers to sue L.A. ports over pollution plan
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -Reuters, by Jennifer Martinez & Peter Henderson & Carol Bishopric -July 26, 2008: -- The American Trucking Associations said it plans to file a federal law suit on Monday against the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to stop new rules for truckers designed to decrease diesel fuel pollution... The Port of Los Angeles' plan, coming into effect in October, would ban independent truckers from entering the port. The ATA argues it is an attempt to squeeze out independent motor carriers in favor of larger trucking companies... But both the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports aim to move ahead with their clean air initiatives despite the ATA's impending lawsuit... The association will argue that the measures amount to interfering with how trucking companies operate and violates a 1995 federal law on interstate commerce...
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