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CLEAN TRUCKS PROGRAM * USA - FMC Drops Clean-Trucks Probe
Commission acts after changes in Los Angeles-Long Beach rules, court rulings
Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Jul 30, 2009: -- The Federal Maritime Commission is ending its investigation of the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-trucks program, saying developments since it launched the probe last September have significantly diminished the need for the agency’s involvement... The FMC said it was dropping out of its role in the controversial trucks program a month after asking a federal court in Washington to drop a lawsuit the commission had filed against the port plans... Several key issues in the FMC investigation, including the ports’ concession agreements and the Port of Los Angeles employee driver mandate, are the subject of an American Trucking Associations lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, the FMC noted... Also, the ports in recent months modified provisions in their program involving collection of a clean-trucks fee. The ports also amended their subsidy programs to help motor carriers purchase new trucks, addressing some of the commission’s concerns about those efforts... As a result, the FMC said, the need to continue its investigation under Section 10 of the Shipping Act of 1984 is diminished... (Photo from la.streetsblog, by Swerve 3030/Flick: trucks)
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