Public advisory meeting on Jan. 15 to focus on Clean Truck Rate, Economic Study

The next stakeholder advisory group meeting hosted by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 15 in San Pedro. The Ports will present the progress of the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan 2017 Update. This meeting will be dedicated primarily to stakeholder comments and feedback regarding the recently released Draft Economic Rate Study and the potential Clean Truck Rate.

Up to four advisory meetings a year were called for as part of the Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update approved by the Long Beach and Los Angeles boards of Harbor Commissioners in November 2017. Records of prior meetings can be found here.

This eighth advisory meeting will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 15 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Harbor Administration Building (425 Palos Verdes St., San Pedro, CA, 90731). The meeting is open to the public. It will also be webcast live here.

The CAAP 2017 Update is a comprehensive strategy for accelerating progress toward a zero-emission future while protecting and strengthening the ports’ competitive position in the global economy. Since 2005, port-related air pollution emissions in San Pedro Bay have dropped 87% for diesel particulate matter, 58% for nitrogen oxides, and 97% for sulfur oxides. Targets for reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs) from port-related sources were introduced as part of the 2017 CAAP. The document calls for the ports to reduce GHGs 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. The Clean Air Action Plan was originally approved in 2006.

The ports will take public comments at the advisory meeting to receive input on CAAP implementation issues. The agenda will be posted on the CAAP website prior to the meeting. For more information, visit cleanairactionplan.org.

The Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach are the two largest ports in the nation, first and second respectively, and combined are the ninth-largest port complex in the world. The two ports handle approximately 40% of the nation’s total containerized import traffic and 25% of its total exports. Trade that flows through the San Pedro Bay ports complex generates more than 3 million jobs nationwide.