AAPA Lobbies EPA to Protect the Clean Ports Program from Non-Maritime Projects

AAPA submitted comments on November 21, 2023, to EPA Administrator Michael Regan urging the Agency to reverse course on its decision to make rail and truck intermodal depots eligible for the $3 billion Clean Ports Program. The Clean Ports Program was created by Congress in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and the EPA is now straying from Congressional intent in its determination that “dry ports” be eligible for the funding. You can read the full letter here, which also includes several other suggestions for how the EPA can make the most of this one-in-a-generation opportunity to fund emissions reduction projects at seaports.