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Clean Truck Fee - Updated September 15, 2009 What's
New (September 15, 2009) Click
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to read more about the planned changes to the PortCheck program Background While the L.A. and Long Beach plans are similar, they are not identical. Below you will find a brief summary of the fee Digest
of the Fee Additionally, the fee will not be levied on empty containers. Bulk, project and other non-containerized cargoes moving by truck through the ports will not be assessed the fee. Additionally, as of October 1, 2008, all model year 1998 and older trucks will be banned from entering marine terminals. Exemptions Los Angeles: All privately funded model year 2007 diesel and alternative fuel (such as LNG) trucks are exempt from the fee. New alternative fuel trucks funded with a mix of public and private funds will be exempt from the fee. The exemption DOES NOT apply to 2007 model year diesel trucks funded in any part with public funds. Long Beach: All privately funded model year 2007 diesel and alternative fuel (such as LNG) trucks are exempt from the fee. New alternative fuel trucks funded with a mix of public and private funds will be exempt from the fee. BCOs moving cargo using 100% privately funded 2007 model year diesel trucks will be assessed one-half of the fee ($35 per FEU). Additionally, any diesel or LNG truck funded with any mix of private and public funds that was brought into service before October 1, 2008 will be "grandfathered in" and will not be assessed the full fee. Collection of the Fee - Port Check, Llc Marine terminal operators created a not-for-profit entity called Port Check to manage the payment process for the Clean Truck Fee. First, Port Check will receive data on the age of each truck entering marine terminals. The truck registry would be able to ascertain if the truck is either banned, subject to the Clean Truck Fee, or exempt. The data would be transmitted at the terminal gate by RFID tags currently issued to all truckers. Beneficial cargo owners, or intermediaries operating on their behalf, would need to register with Port Check and establish credit terms much like the process that exists for PierPass. Those already registered with PierPass would not need to register again with Port Check. PierPass will hand over this information to Port Check. Despite language in both ports' tariff amendments regarding payment of the Clean Truck Fee, shippers and intermediaries may pay the fee on behalf of a beneficial cargo owner. Also, those cargo owners that do not need to register with PierPass will need to register with Port Check. This includes intermodal shippers that may have containers drayed to near dock rail yards. Representatives of PortCheck urge all BCOs and shippers to register today for Port Check through PierPass. You may register on-line at www.http://pierpass.org/ Stay
tuned for further notices by checking this page More Information Click
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to get the details form the Port of Los Angeles' Clean Truck Center Click
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to read the Waterfront Coalition's Letter on the Clean Truck Fee Click
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to read more about the Clean Air Action Plan for trucking |