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Article: ATA Sues to Block Driver Plans At L.A. and Long Beach Ports
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- Transport Topics
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- August 4, 2008
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American Trucking Associations last week asked a federal court to block emission-reduction plans by the California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach that include concessionaire requirements the group said "unlawfully re-regulated the federally deregulated trucking industry."
The lawsuit, filed July 28 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, said the ports' separate clean-trucks plans adopted earlier this year one of which bans independent drayage operators - go beyond cleaning the ports' air.
"The concession plans would impose invasive regulatory requirements upon virtually all aspects of the business of a federal motor carrier, including truck maintenance, on-street and off-street ...