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  - Health costs to Californians, so far this year, of port related pollution in California.
The Ports of LA  Long Beach Clean Air Action Plan passed in November 2006, and 1500 clean trucks service the ports.
Port Pollution Facts
  • In Long Beach, 20% of children under 17 have been diagnosed with asthma - nearly twice the national average.
  • $67 million: The cost of respiratory problems associated with ports in CA.
  • Diesel Exhaust is responsible for 84% of the cancer risk from air pollution in the Southern California Air Basin.
  • $19 BILLION: Cost on health system due to port pollution. average.
  • Each day the Port of LA emits over 30 tons of NOx, while a half a million cars emits less than 24 tons and the average power plant emits less than 5 tons.
  • 2,400 - Estimated number of premature deaths caused by diesel emissions.
  • 800,000: Number of children that pollution reduction could save from lung disease.
  • Each day the Port of Los Angeles emits over 30 tons of NOx, while a half a million cars emits less than 24 tons and the average power plant emits less than 5 tons.

Demand More from the U.S. EPA

Tell the U.S. EPA to Clean Up Our Air

California recently experienced a watershed moment as its air quality regulatory agencies reached a consensus plan on how to reach federal regulations for fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and clean our air. While California has made great strides, we cannot clean our air by ourselves. California is a vital cog in the national goods movement industry, and it is unfair for us to have to deal with the accompanying health hazards. Sign on to our letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) to assume its fair share of responsibility, and help improve our air quality by enforcing stricter emission standards on vehicles that cross state lines - vehicles that fall outside of California's regulatory control. The consensus is significant because prior to this event there was constant struggle between California's air quality regulatory agencies on how to proceed with meeting federal air quality standards. For example, in March of 2007, then California Air Resources Board (CARB) Executive Director, Catherine Witherspoon wrote a letter to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asking for a five year delay regarding California's attainment of federal fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) emission levels. This was followed by the proposed State Implementation Plan, to be voted on in June 2007, being delayed for several months because several agencies could not agree on a feasible clean air strategy.

Fortunately, our Air Resources Board, Air Quality Management District, and the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) have worked to create a blueprint for clean air in our region. Under the plan, each level of government is assuming its fair share of emissions reductions to close the attainment gap.

However, the task is not California's alone. As a result of interstate commerce laws, individual states cannot regulate industries that cross state lines. The U.S. EPA must do their part, and pass stricter federal air quality regulations on industry such as rail, long haul trucks, and ocean going vessels (OGVs). Sign on to our letter to urge the U.S. EPA to place our health above profits, and pass stronger air quality regulations for goods movement vehicles.

The below letter will be sent to the U.S. EPA’s director, Stephen L. Johnson. Copies will be sent to EPA Air Quality department directors, the heads of the EPA’s regional and local Los Angeles offices, CARB, AQMD, and SCAG.


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