Green LA CTP Comment

EAST YARD COMMUNITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT COALITION FOR A SAFE ENVIRONMENT CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA LONG BEACH ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL COALITION FOR CLEAN AIR COMMUNITIES FOR CLEAN PORTS June 25, 2007 Via email Dr. Geraldine Knatz Richard D. Steinke Executive Director Executive Director Port of Los Angeles Port of Long Beach P.O. Box 151 925 Harbor Plaza San Pedro, CA 90733 Long Beach, CA 90802 Email: caap@pola.com Email: caap@polb.com RE: Comments re Proposed Clean Trucks Program Dear Dr. Knatz and Mr. Steinke: Thank you for the opportunity to provide comment on the San Pedro Bay Ports’ Clean Trucks Program (the Program). The undersigned organizations are members of the Green L.A. Port Working Group, and represent a broad range of community, public health, and environmental justice organizations committed to reducing the impact of pollution from the ports and goods movement sector. In many ways, this letter echoes the concerns and recommendations expressed in the May 7, 2007 letter that several of 1the undersigned groups sent to you regarding the proposed Program. But now that more of us have had the time to study of the Program, and in light of the public debate that has occurred around it, we wish to provide ...