Judge throws wrinkle in ATA-Long Beach settlement
LONG BEACH, Calif. — A federal judge ruled that the Port of Long Beach violated state law by settling a dispute with the American Trucking Association over the so-called Clean Trucks Program.
U.S. District Court Judge Christina A. Snyder ruled that the Long Beach port was required to perform an environmental impact study before inking a deal with the ATA that brought an end to the trucking group’s legal action against the port.
ATA claimed that both Long Beach’s and Los Angeles’ Clean Trucks program unlawfully regulated the port trucking industry by forcing drayage companies to phase out independent owner-operators and replace them with employee drivers.
While Long Beach and ATA settled that dispute with the port eventually allowing independent drivers, the challenge against Los Angeles’ employee-driver mandate continues.
Under the program, 100 percent of the container hauling fleet operating out of Long Beach will have to be 2007 or newer model year trucks by Jan. 1.
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