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CLEAN TRUCKS DEBATE * USA - L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa responds to court’s port decision
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Trucker, by Dorothy Cox -24 March 2009: -- Making the best out of what could have been considered bad news for California’s clean truck program from the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals last week, Los Angeles Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, defended efforts to clean up harmful emissions, adding that, “While the District Court has been asked to undertake further proceedings with respect to the case, the City of Los Angeles is pleased that the centerpiece components of the clean truck program that are currently in effect — i.e., the dirty truck ban and clean truck fee — remain intact …,” the mayor said... The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit essentially agreed with the American Trucking Associations in its challenge of the California ports’ concession part of the clean truck program, saying that part of the provisions would “irrevocably” hurt motor carriers... The Port of L.A. generates 919,000 regional jobs and $39.1 billion in annual wages and tax revenues. A proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles, the Port is self-supporting and does not receive taxpayer dollars...
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