FINAL TRAPAC DEIR COMMENT LETTER-s

South Coast Air Quality Management District 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4182 (909) 396-2000 • www.aqmd.gov FAXED: SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 September 26, 2007 Dr. Spencer D. MacNeil, Commander U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District P.O. Box 532711 Los Angeles, CA 90053-2325 Dr. Ralph G. Appy, Director of Environmental Management Port of Los Angeles 425 South Palos Verdes Street San Pedro, CA 90731 Dear Dr. MacNeil and Dr. Appy: Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIS/EIR) for the Berth 136 – 147 (TraPac) Container Terminal Project The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) staff appreciates the opportunity to comment on the above-mentioned document. The TraPac terminal is located in the Port of Los Angeles near already impacted residential communities that are currently experiencing 1health risks in excess of 500 in a million . The proposed TraPac project is a container terminal expansion project that will substantially increase the number of truck trips, annual ship calls, and trips by line-haul locomotives. At full implementation, the proposed TraPac project will generate over 1.8 million truck trips, 330 ship calls, and 1,400 rail trips annually. The SCAQMD staff acknowledges the efforts of the Lead Agencies to include many of the measures in the Ports of Los Angeles’ and the Long Beach’s Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP). The proposed TraPac ...