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CLEAN TRUCKS PROGRAM * USA - Feds to challenge LA port's
The Federal Maritime Commission voted Wednesday to seek a court order to halt portions of the clean truck program at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -Associated Press/The Mercury News -29 Oct 2008: -- ... The panel plans to file for an injunction in federal court in Washington, claiming the new rules governing truck emissions will reduce competition and either increase transportation costs or reduce service at the port... The program, which began this month, retired more than 2,000 older diesel trucks from the fleet that serves the port and will phase out about 16,000 diesel cargo trucks over the next five years. Port officials have said replacing the port truck fleet will reduce truck-produced air pollution at the ports by 80 percent by 2012... "The commission appreciates the potential environmental and public health goals" of the program, said commission press secretary Karen V. Gregory. However, she said, removing some parts of the plan, such as the requirement for independent truckers to become employees of trucking companies, would allow the ports to reap clean air benefits without introducing anti-competitive restrictions...
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