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The Port of Los Angeles, the Port of Long Beach, and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), have jointly initiated a new round of Clean Truck Program grant funding. This program, which includes Prop 1B funding from the California State Air Resources Board, will focus on helping truck operators purchase alternative-fueled trucks between now and the end of the year. The grant program, which will provide Licensed Motor Carriers with up to $100,000 (per truck) toward the purchase of alternative fuel trucks, is expected to put a minimum of 500 new, ultra-low emission vehicles on the road by year’s end.
“These funds will help truck operators speed the replacement of older trucks with the latest generation of clean, alternative-fuel vehicles,” said Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Geraldine Knatz, Ph.D. in a press release. “This funding is particularly timely with the next phase of the progressive truck ban beginning on January 1, 2010 when pre-1994 and un-retrofitted 1994-2003 will be prohibited from entering Port terminals.”
Details on eligibility and program requirements are available on www.aqmd.gov.
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