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The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have opened nominations for the Third Annual CAAP Air Quality Awards.

The awards program provides the ports with an opportunity to recognize the exemplary efforts of port operators who go beyond the requirements of the Clean Air Action Program (CAAP).

Nominations are due by 4 p.m. on May 14th 2010, and award recipients will be recognized in the summer.

Nominations are now being accepted for port tenants operating at either the Port of Long Beach or the Port of Los Angeles, and other operators that serve the ports (e.g. shipping lines, trucking companies, rail operators) who have demonstrated, during the previous calendar year (2009), a strong commitment to reducing air pollution from port-related sources above and beyond the CAAP goals.

Only port tenants and other operators that serve the ports are eligible for this program. Technology vendors are not eligible. Self-nominations will also be accepted.

Awards will be offered in four categories:

* Air Quality Improvement Leadership at the Corporate Level
* Innovative Air Quality Improvement Technologies (demonstration, commercialization, implementation)
* Innovative Operations that Improve Air Quality
* Significant Early Action to Reduce Air Pollutant Emissions

Additionally, the ports may select a nomination that does not fit one of the above categories if the nominee's actions resulted in a significant air quality improvement benefit.

To submit a nomination online, please fill in the form located at the following address below.

www.cleanairactionplan.org/about/caapnomination.asp

Alternatively you can download the following form and submit your application by mailing or emailing the address below the link.

www.cleanairactionplan.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=2423

Port of Long Beach
Attn: Renee Moilanen
925 Harbor Plaza
Long Beach, CA 90802 562.590.4160
moilanen@polb.com

Or Port of Los Angeles
Attn: Lisa Wunder
425 S. Palos Verdes Street
San Pedro, CA 90731
310.732.7688
lwunder@portla.org