LA and Long Beach ports to give update on Clean Air Action Plan

The meeting will include several status updates, including of the ports’ annual emission inventories. It will be held via WebEx and is open to the public.

The ports will also take public comments to receive input on CAAP implementation. The agenda will be posted on the CAAP website prior to the meeting.

Originally approved in 2006 and updated in 2017, the CAAP is a comprehensive strategy for accelerating progress toward a zero-emission future while protecting and strengthening the ports’ competitive position in the global economy.

Since 2005, port-related air pollution emissions in San Pedro Bay have dropped by 87% for diesel particulate matter, 58% for nitrogen oxides, and 97% for sulpher oxides. Targets for reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs) from port-related sources were introduced as part of the 2017 CAAP. The document calls for the ports to reduce GHGs to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.

The Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach are the two largest ports in the US, first and second respectively, and combined are the ninth-largest port complex in the world. The two ports handle approximately 40% of the nation’s total containerised import traffic and 25% of its total exports. Trade that flows through the San Pedro Bay ports complex generates more than three million jobs nationwide.