The 5th Wheel
Government Affairs Update
 
Your help is needed!  With Hurricane Ida making landfall in Louisiana and continuing to cause damage across the Gulf Coast with wind gusts well exceeding Category 5, we are asking our trucking family to not only keep those affected in your thoughts and prayers, but also to help ATA and our Trucking Cares Foundation coordinate relief efforts, either through cash donations, relief supplies or donated transportation.
 
We are working closely with the Louisiana Motor Transport Association and Mississippi Trucking Association, and will be sending ATA’s trucks with much needed supplies as soon as cleared to do so.  We are also working with the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) coordinating donated transportation.
 
If you are able to donate to ATA’s efforts to help those affected in Louisiana and Mississippi, please let us know.  You can make a financial donation through Trucking Moves America Forward at www.trucking.org/idarelief.  We will coordinate efforts on behalf of our ATA membership.  In addition, our America’s Road Team Captains are poised to represent the industry in safely delivering these goods.
 
Please contact Elisabeth Barna, at ebarna@trucking.org or 202-420-8972 should you have any questions.
 
On behalf of our friends in Louisiana and Mississippi, ATA and the Trucking Cares Foundation, thank you for your consideration.
Any warehouse owners located in the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) need to submit a Warehouse Operations Notification (WON) Report for all warehouses with indoor space greater than or equal to 100,000 square feet in a single building by Wednesday, September 1. The WON Report must be submitted through the Warehouse ISR Program Online Portal. You will have to pay a fee to submit the report. SCAQMD developed training videos to assist with the completing and submitting the WON Report and accessing the portal to submit it. If you need further assistance, please contact the WAIRE Program Hotline at 909-396-3140 or by email at waire-program@aqmd.gov.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently released their proposed regulatory language for the Advanced Clean Fleets rule. The released documents include the text of proposed regulation and cost assumptions associated with implementation. Staff are currently reviewing the documents and will be submitting public comment. Initial impression is that these draft regulations follow CARB staff's March proposal closely.
You can review the proposed language and share any feedback with Nick Chiappe, Government Affairs Associate, by email at NChiappe@caltrux.org.
 
CARB will host a workshop on Thursday, September 9 at 9 am via Zoom to discuss the proposed regulatory language and cost assumptions. You will need to register for the Zoom meeting to attend.
 
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Excellent in Maintenance Award
Pedro Valdez – Rocha Transportation
 
Charlie Giles Memorial Award Most Improved Fleet
Rocha Transportation
 
Grand Trophy Award (Under 10 Million Gross Revenue)
NFI Industries
 
Grand Trophy Award (Over 10 Million Gross Revenue)
Ability Tri-Modal Transportation Services, Inc.
 
LTL/General Commodities – Line Haul Over 7 Million Miles
1st PLACE – FedEx Freight, Inc.
 
LTL/General Commodities – Line Haul Under 7 Million Miles
1ST PLACE – Liberty Linehaul West Inc.
2ND PLACE – CPS Express Inc. 
 
LTL/General Commodities – Local/Short Haul Over 4 Million Miles
1ST PLACE – FedEx Freight, Inc.
 
LTL/General Commodities – Local/Short Haul Under 2 Million Miles
1ST PLACE – Ability Tri-Modal Transportation Services, Inc. 
2ND PLACE – CPS Express Inc.
3RD PLACE – Griley Air Freight 
 
Truckload Over 7 Million Miles
1ST PLACE – Foster Poultry Farms 
2ND PLACE – Apex Bulk Commodities, LLC
3RD PLACE – TCI Transportation Services
 
Truckload 2 to 7 Million Miles
1ST PLACE – Atech Logistics & Distribution
2ND PLACE – CVS Transportation LLC
3RD PLACE – WinCo Foods, LLC
 
Truckload Under 2 Million Miles
1ST PLACE – Rocha Transportation 
2ND PLACE – Hartwick & Hand, LLC
3RD PLACE – Liberty Linehaul West Inc.  
 
Flatbed Under 2 Million Miles
1ST PLACE – R & A Trucking Company, Inc.  
 
Specialized Over 4 Million Miles
1ST PLACE – Foster Poultry Farms
2ND PLACE – Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport, Inc.
 
Specialized 2 to 4 Million Miles
1ST PLACE – Griffin Materials
 
Specialized Under 2 Million Miles
1ST PLACE – Associated Feed & Supply Co.
 
Cement Truck/Dump Truck
1ST PLACE – Griffin Materials
2ND PLACE – Apex Bulk Commodities, LLC
3RD PLACE – Hartwick & Hand, LLC  
 
Intermodal Over 2 Million Miles
1ST PLACE – NFI Industries
2ND PLACE – Devine Intermodal
 
Intermodal Under 2 Million Miles
1ST PLACE – Ability Tri-Modal Transportation Services, Inc.
2ND PLACE – R & A Trucking Company, Inc.
3RD PLACE – Ventura Transfer Company
 
Liquid Tank & Vacuum Over 2 Million Miles
1ST PLACE – Cox Petroleum Transport
2ND PLACE – Conico Oil
3RD PLACE – Valley Pacific Petroleum Services, Inc.
 
Liquid Tank & Vacuum Under 2 Million Miles
1ST PLACE – Rocha Transportation
2ND PLACE – Ventura Transfer Company 
 
 
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