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Clean Trucks Program * USA - L.A. approves two-thirds of
A progressive ban on older big rigs entering the Port of Los Angeles and a corresponding cargo fee aimed at generating $1.6 billion to pay for cleaner-burning trucks were approved Wednesday by the Los Angeles City Council
Los Angele3s,CAL,USA -The Daily Breeze, by Art Marroquin -27 Feb 2008: -- ... However, a plan to require drivers to be employees of trucking companies remains in limbo as city and port officials try to wrap up the final and most disputed portion of the Clean Trucks Program... Some 16,800 drayage trucks built before 1989 will be banned from the Port of Los Angeles beginning Oct. 1, under the plan approved by the City Council. From there, trucks operating at the port will face increasingly stricter emissions regulations, with a goal to meet 2007 federal emissions standards by Jan. 1, 2012... Port officials hope the plan will reduce harmful diesel emissions by 80 percent within five years...
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