Long Beach Rejects Clean Trucks Appeal

The Long Beach, Calif., attorney’s office has rejected an appeal by the Natural Resources Defense Council of a clean trucks lawsuit settlement between the Port of Long Beach and American Trucking Associations.

The appeal, filed Nov. 16 by the environmental group and others, claimed the out-of-court lawsuit settlement did not comply with the California Environmental Quality Act.

In a Nov. 20 letter to NRDC attorney David Pettit, Long Beach City Attorney Robert Shannon said the federal district court has jurisdiction of the matter, and that the NRDC’s appeal was filed too late.

The Oct. 19 settlement simplified the registration process for carriers moving containers at the port.

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