Although a federal judge has ruled for Port of Los Angeles to enforce its Clean Truck Program, the port will not immediately begin to do so. On Aug. 30, Executive Director Geraldine Knatz’s memo to board members noted the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division, still had to issue a final judgment before full enforcement could begin. The court’s previous temporary injunction against certain program elements remains active until then.
The American Trucking Associations, which had brought the suit, plans to appeal. Port staffers are working on a plan that “may include reasonable extensions of time for compliance” for Sept. 27 board meeting, Knatz wrote.
Many ports have said they want to use the Los Angeles model and have waited for the outcome of this case before proceeding. To that end, a congressional hearing on the matter was held in May and a House bill was introduced in July to provide a federal exemption for ports to use this plan.