The quarterly update on the twin San Pedro Bay ports’ Clean Air Action Plan will be presented later this month, with details on green shipping corridors, the Clean Truck Programs, and the feasibility assessments for cargo handling equipment and drayage trucks in both the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The meeting is set for 10 a.m. to noon July 30 in the Port of Los Angeles’ board room at the Harbor Administration Building, 425 S. Palos Verdes St., in San Pedro. Participation will be in-person only but the session will also be streamed live online. (The Zoom link is available at cleanairactionplan.org.”)
Limited street and lot parking can be be found nearby, and validated lot parking is available at the Liberty Hill Plaza parking lot across the street from the Harbor Administration Building.
The Clean Air Action Plan, which both ports’ harbor commissions approved in 2006 and updated in 2017, lays out a comprehensive strategy for accelerating progress toward a zero-emissions operation while protecting and strengthening the two ports’ competitive position in the global economy.
Since 2005, officials have reported, port-related air pollution emissions in San Pedro Bay have dropped 90% for diesel particulate matter, 63% for nitrogen oxides and 97% for sulfur oxides.
Targets for reducing greenhouse gases 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.
In the meantime, both ports have a 2030 deadline to transition all cargo handling equipment to zero-emissions and a 2035 deadline for a zero-emissions drayage truck fleet.
Input will be taken at the in-person meeting on the plan’s implementation. For information, visit cleanairactionplan.org. Previous updates can also be found at that site.
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