If truckers operating in and around the port of Los Angeles think they can get around strict emission regulations by transfering loads to lighter trucks, they’d better think again. They could wind up in jail.
According to a new regulation passed by the L.A. Harbor Commission, motor carriers engaging in so-called “dray-offs” are subject to fines of up to $1,000 and may also be judged to be in default of their concession agreement with the Port of Los Angeles. Violators are subject to as much as six months imprisonment in the county jail.
The port will also apply the new clean-trucks mandate to class 7 vehicles, which were previously exempted. … Dray-offs involve switching cargo from a Clean-Truck-Program (CTP) compliant truck to a non-compliant truck within the Harbor District or adjacent public streets.