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Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council

POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES
FOR ALL “LINE-HAUL” LOCOMOTIVES

WHEREAS, the Traffic Subcommittee applauds and supports the initiative of the Board of Harbor Commissioners (BHC) to require alternative fuel or electric trucks to move containers to and from the proposed new intermodal rail yard in east Wilmington, and;

WHEREAS, according to the projections in the Port’s “No Net Increase” (NNI)
Plan railroad locomotives will shortly surpass trucks as sources of diesel particulate air pollution in the South Coast Air Basin, and;

WHEREAS, the proposed new intermodal rail yard facility in Wilmington borders
on a large population center in east Wilmington and west Long Beach, including several schools,

THEREFORE, Be it Resolved, that the Traffic Subcommittee recommends to the PCAC
that PCAC recommend to the Board of Harbor Commissioners that it require similar pollution control measures for all “Line-Haul” locomotives utilizing the proposed facility. This may include, but not be limited to, immediate use of lower sulfur diesel fuel per measure 9 of the “NNI” Plan, and the earliest possible introduction of electric locomotives as envisioned in the Port’s Clean Air Program as presented at the November 21, 2005 meeting of the BHC.

Esther abstained; all other board members present voted yes. Motion was passed.

February 13, 2006.

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