Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach host first 2020 CAAP stakeholder meeting

The next stakeholder advisory group meeting hosted by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is scheduled for January 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. 

This eighth advisory meeting will be held on January 15 from 10 am to noon at the Harbor Administration Building (425 Palos Verdes St., San Pedro 90731). The meeting is open to the public.

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 per cent for diesel particulate matter, 58 per cent for nitrogen oxides, and 97 per cent for sulphur 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 per cent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 80 per cent 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 www.cleanairactionplan.org

13th January 2020