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The sprawling Port of Los Angeles is located on Sanat the docks because most have no ability to utilize
Pedro Bay in Los Angeles, CA, about 20 miles southshore-generated electricity. Diesel trailer trucks and
of the city's downtown. Also called the Los Angeleslocomotives idle while they sit and wait to be loaded
Harbor, it spreads over 7,500 acres of both land andand unloaded. An environmental regulatory agency did
waterfront property. It is nearby the Port of Longa study that found that air pollution from the port is
Beach, and is the busiest port in the U.S., with moreresponsible for 2,000 cases of cancer per million
than 16,000 employees.people. The more than 45 tons of nitrogen oxides
The port complex is an independent, self-sufficientgenerated on a daily basis by port vessels nearly
department of the city of Los Angeles. Oversight ismatches the amount from the 350 largest factories
provided by a five-member board of Harborand refineries in the area. That amount is expected to
Commissioners that are appointed by the Los Angelesrise 70 percent by 2022.
mayor and approved by the City Council, and isCoping with these environmental issues is a daily test
administered by an executive director.for the port. Attempts have been made to ameliorate
It is also the largest cruise ship hub on the West Coastthe pollution problem with a variety of strategies that
and has three berths for ships, which carry more thaninclude cleaner-burning vehicles and more efficient
1 million passengers on an annual basis. The cruisecargo-handling.
center is posited to be the country's most secureIn addition, a 2.8 million dollar Clean Air Program initiative
cruise location. It has a security patrolled long-termwas initiated by the board of Harbor Commissioners in
parking lot that has over 2,500 spaces. When cruise2002, aimed at reducing polluting emissions from
ships are in dock, shuttles move passengers andvessels and cargo-handling gear. To hasten the
luggage between the parking lot and the cruise ship.implementation of emission reductions through the use
Regrettably, with the huge volume of business that theof new, cleaner-burning equipment, 52 million dollars has
port does, air pollution remains a big issue. Largebeen allocated through 2008.
container ships running on highly polluting bunker fuel idle