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CLEAN TRUCKS PROGRAM * USA - Long Beach Port Chief Defends It
Long Beach can 'live with' court ruling limiting trucking concessions, says Hankla, but needs drayage truck registry
Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Jun 8, 2009: -- The Port of Long Beach can “live with” a court order limiting its ability to impose concession plans on the harbor trucking industry, but will fight to keep what it considers key elements of the plans from being eliminated, said James C. Hankla, president of the port’s harbor commission, at the National Press Club in Washington June 8... A federal judge in April ruled portions of the clean-trucks programs at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach illegal, but left others in place... The American Trucking Associations, argues the concessions are entirely illegal and filed an appeal challenging the district court decision... However, the port wants to maintain a drayage truck registry it claims is critical to ensuring and enforcing motor carrier safety and its clean-trucks program. The decision allows the port to keep its registry, but not to charge a registration fee.... (Photo from extras.mnginteractive: Port of Los Angeles)
* Colo. enacts 'green truck' law
CO,USA -eTrucker -8 June 2009: -- Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter last week signed into law the Green Truck and Motor Carrier Economic Development Program, which not only provides incentives for reducing emissions but also will make the state more competitive in trucking as it gradually brings Colorado’s taxes and fees in line with those of surrounding states, according to the Colorado Motor Carriers Association... The law focuses on three areas:# A change to how state sales tax is applied on trucking fleets.
# Modifies the state law relating to enterprise zones that will allow rolling stock based in those areas to qualify for the 3 percent equipment tax credit.
# A “Green Truck Fund” will be created to help provide grants and funding to help fleets acquire U.S. Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay technologies that help reduce fuel consumption and emissions.
Because of funding constraints within the state, the implementation and phasing in of the sales tax change and enterprise tax credit provisions will not begin until Jan. 1, 2011... (Photo from exodusmoving: Exodus, COL, moving a large truck)
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