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CLEAN TRUCKS PLAN * USA - NY/NJ Seeks Local Harbor Trucking Oversight
New York,NY,USA -The Journal of Commerce -Aug 17, 2009: -- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is joining the push by California ports to give ports exemption from federal trucking oversight, saying local regulation is needed to create stronger clean-trucks programs... Ports in California, backed by environmental groups and organized labor, have also called for a change in the federal law since a court this year said parts of clean-trucks programs at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach violated the federal pre-emption against local regulation of price, routes or services by truckers... The New York and New Jersey Port Authority says in its letter that the “archaic, prohibitive” 1994 law doesn’t allow local authorities to address the “significant challenges” they face in improving the environment and clearing congestion around ports...Labels: clean trucks plans
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