Less than one week after every majority-party Member of Congress across California sent a strongly-worded letter urging the Federal Maritime Commission to support the landmark Port of Los Angeles' Clean Trucks Program, officials in Washington found that competition will not be hampered by its initial implementation and granted expedited review of the historic clean-air policy. The FMC determines whether the plan conflicts with federal commerce law.

In a June 13 letter to Port and terminal operator counsel, the FMC Office of the Secretary noted the Commission's analysis "concluded that there was no basis at this time to determine [early implementation] is likely to result in an unreasonable increase in transportation costs or decrease in services," later adding it had no desire "to delay unnecessarily the implementation of [port] programs to address air quality issues."

Read the full CCSP press release here.