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Clean Truck Program * USA - L.A. Port Operations Chief Rips FMC Port Trucking Analysis
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Cunningham Report -30 Nov 2008: -- The Los Angeles-Long Beach ports' answer to the request for a preliminary injunction filed by the Federal Maritime Commission against the ports' clean truck programs was accompanied by 19 affidavits, containing declarations from port executives, environmental group staff members, regulatory agency folks, consultants, trucking executives, and drivers. Among those submitting affidavits were: Port of Los Angeles operations chief John Holmes and Port of Long Beach environmental chief Bob Kanter... In his affidavit, Holmes detailed the history of the Port of Los Angeles Clean Truck Program and noted the progress to date. Nearly two months into the program, the port was already ahead of schedule in cleaning up the air, thanks to the incentive plan that rewards companies joining the drayage fleet that already have clean, he said. So far, almost 800 companies have applied for concessions at the port with approximately 43,000 trucks committed to drayage, he said. The latest figures show that 1,600 of those trucks are EPA 2007-compliant with about 800 more clean trucks expected by the end of the year...
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