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Federal Inquiry * USA - Could delay clean-trucks program at ports of L.A. and Long Beach
The Federal Maritime Commission releases a nine-page request for information that could push back the program's planned Oct. 1 start date
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Los Angeles Times, by Ronald D. White & Louis Sahagun -September 13, 2008: -- The Federal Maritime Commission on Friday raised several questions about the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex's landmark clean-trucks program that appear likely to delay the plan's Oct. 1 start... The two ports, which make up the nation's busiest container cargo operation, received a voluminous set of questions about their plans to ban pre-1989 trucks in favor of newer, cleaner models... The agency could go to federal court to block implementation if it doesn't like the answers... The commission's nine-page letter contained more than 100 requests for information and documents. Many dealt with the effect of the ports' plan in comparison to a California Air Resources Board effort to rein in pollution at ports statewide... In addition, a coalition of port terminal operators urged that the clean-trucks plan be delayed for up to three months to allow them more time to get ready...
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