* New Jersey - Ports Authority drops plan for banning older trucks at ports
-- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has reversed plans to ban older trucks that fail to meet emission standards from hauling cargo at the Newark and Elizabeth seaports... The agency and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced five years ago they would deny entry to all trucks that didn’t meet 2007 federal emission standards beginning next year to help improve air quality, but officials said they underestimated the cost... Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman told it would have cost more than $150 million in grants to drivers to help replace 6,300 trucks built before 2007... The agency is instead committing $1.2 million to help drivers who own their own vehicles to replace about 400 trucks, along with $9 million from federal agencies. Trucks that are older than 2007 and already registered at the ports will still be able to pick up and drop off cargo. Older trucks that aren’t registered will be banned...
Newark, N.J., USA - AP/The Washington Times - January 12, 2016
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