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Clean-Truck Programs * USA - All over Ports Plan
Ports across the country are developing programs to cut pollution
Newark,NJ,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Mar 24, 2009: -- From the Pacific Northwest to New York-New Jersey, ports across the U.S. are developing clean-truck programs, although they will attempt to avoid the litigation and fees associated with the Los Angeles-Long Beach program... Due to the unique geography and climatic conditions of Southern California and the large concentration of distribution centers that are located as far as 60 miles from the harbor, trucks account for 36 percent of all particulate matter pollution in Long Beach and 40 percent in Los Angeles... By contrast, trucks account for 1 percent of total port PM emissions in Tacoma and 7 percent in Seattle, Sarah Flagg, seaport air quality program manager at the Port of Seattle said. Those ports are heavily rail-dependent, and their intermodal transfer yards are located at or near the waterfront... Trucks account for 7 percent of total port PM emissions in Oakland, 5.6 percent in Houston and 12 percent in New York-New Jersey... The general intention of clean-truck programs at other ports is to expedite the introduction of new 2007-model trucks that meet federal Environmental Protection Agency clean-air standards, or to encourage retrofitting of trucks to reduce pollution...
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