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In April 2008, the Port and the coalition averted litigation through an
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agreement which would permit the TraPac expansion project to go forward. As part of
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the agreement, the Port agreed to fund a study of off-Port impacts on health and land use
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in the communities of San Pedro and Wilmington and also agreed to establish a five-year
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mitigation fund to offset the environmental impact of the TraPac terminal expansion.
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Apr. 27 Tr. (Freeman) at 75-76; Ex. 352, “TraPac MOU with POLA.”
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In August 2009, the Board of Harbor Commissioners approved a 30-year
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lease with TraPac. The terminal expansion project will expand and modernize the
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TraPac terminal, allowing it to more than double its container-handling capacity. Apr.
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27 Tr. (Freeman) at 75-76. 49.
The TraPac expansion is projected to generate hundreds of new terminal
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jobs, thousands of construction jobs at the peak of construction, and ultimately, as many
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as 5,400 regional jobs annually associated with terminal operations. Id.; Ex. 273,
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“Sahagun Article.”
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The Port’s Clean Air Action Plan and Clean Truck Program
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In response to the air quality and environmental concerns that had halted
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Port expansion projects between 2001-2008, the respective Board of Harbor
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Comissioners of POLA and the Port of Long Beach adopted a joint Clean Air Action
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Plan (“CAAP”) in November 2006, and directed their staffs to develop specific measures
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to reduce emissions related to Port operations, including emissions from heavily
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polluting trucks. The Ports announced the CAAP in the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air
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Action Plan Technical Report (“CAAP Report”). Ex. 264, “CAAP Report.”
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The Ports stated in the CAAP Report that: “The Ports recognize that their
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ability to accommodate the projected growth in trade will depend upon their ability to
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address adverse environmental impacts (and, in particular, air quality impacts) that result
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from such trade. The [CAAP] is designed to develop mitigation measures and incentive
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programs necessary to reduce health risks while allowing port development to continue.”
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Ex. 264, “CAAP Report.” 15