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Environmental

Oct. 22, 2009

Big Rigs, Port Reach Emissions Deal

The Port of Long Beach has reached a settlement with the American Trucking Association, agreeing to drop a requirement of its Clean Truck Program. A similar lawsuit with the Port of Los Angeles is still pending.

By Fiona Smith

Daily Journal Staff Writer

While the American Trucking Associations has settled its differences with the Port of Long Beach over efforts to slash big rig pollution, it has made no such peace deal in its parallel legal battle against the Port of Los Angeles.

In a settlement announced late Monday, the Port of Long Beach agreed to drop a requirement of its Clean Truck Program that trucking companies enter into conc...

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