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Reference and Resources
Air Quality Violations Reporting
Call +1-800-CUT-SMOG (same as +1-800-288-7664).
If no one answers, leave a message, stating the problem, your name, date/time and phone number.
You can call this number of any apparent air polllution violation, from cars, trucks, other vehicles, refinery flairing, fugitive dust (dust that blows from a construction site), factory emissions, strange outdoor odors (whether you are sure of the source or not).
Harbor Vision Task Force Info
You can contact our co-chairs at:
Port of Los Angeles Info
web site: http://www.portoflosangeles.org
contact info : http://www.portoflosangeles.org/contactus.htm
Port of Los Angeles (administration building)
425 South Palos Verdes Street
San Pedro, CA 90731
Tel/TDD: (310) SEA-PORT (732-7678)
The Harbor Commission board room is on the second floor.
ID and security screening required for entrance to the building.
Port of Los Angleles (mailing address)
P.O. Box 151
San Pedro, CA 90733-0151
Los Angeles Port Police
Tel: (310) 732-3500 (24 hours)
(Use 911 for emergencies)
Port of Long Beach Info
web site: http://www.polb.com
contact info: http://www.polb.com/contact/default.asp
925 Harbor Plaza
P.O. Box 570
Long Beach, CA 90801
(562) 437-0041
Please check a map. Many people find the POLB administration building difficult to find.
An ID is required to enter the building.
Elected Officials
You can search for your representative by zip code here:
CA State Senators
These both represent 90731, 90732, 90275, 90744 (depending on where you live in each zip)
Member District Number and Office Capitol Office
Oropeza, Jenny 28 2512 Artesia Blvd State Capitol
Suite 200 Room 4074
Redondo Beach, CA 90278-3279 Sacramento, CA 95814
(310) 318-6994 (916) 651-4028Vincent, Edward 25 1 Manchester Blvd. State Capitol
Suite 600 Room 5052
Inglewood, CA 90301 Sacramento, CA 95814
(310) 412-0393 (916) 651-4025
Additionally, Long Beach is mostly served by:
Lowenthal, Alan 27 115 Pine Avenue State Capitol
Suite 430 Room 2032
Long Beach, 90802 Sacramento, CA 95814
(562) 495-4766 (916) 651-402716401 Paramount Blvd.
1st Floor
Paramount, CA 90723
(562) 529-6659
CA State Assembly Members
Betty Karnette represents 90731, 90732, 90725.
Member District Number and Office Capitol Office
Karnette, Betty 54 3711 Long Beach Blvd State Capitol
Suite 801 Room 2136
Long Beach, CA 90807 Sacramento, Ca
(562) 997-0794 94249-0054
(916) 319-2054
Laura Richardson and Betty Karnette represent 90744 (depending on where you live)
Member District Number and Office Capitol Office
Richardson, Laura 55 4201 Long Beach Blvd. State Capitol
Suite 327 Room 3126
Long Beach, CA 90807 Sacramento, CA
(562) 989-2919 94249-0055
(916) 319-2055Karnette, Betty 54 3711 Long Beach Blvd State Capitol
Suite 801 Room 2136
Long Beach, CA 90807 Sacramento, Ca
(562) 997-0794 94249-0054
(916) 319-2054
Representatives Home Pages
Karnette: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a54/
Richardson: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a55/
Vincent: http://dist25.casen.govoffice.com/
Oropeza: http://dist28.casen.govoffice.com/Additional source for district maps: http://calvoter.org/voter/maps/index.html
Glossary
AMP - Alternative Marine Power - plugs ships into power from electric grid while at dock to avoid using filthy ship engines
AQMD - Short for SCAQMD
BNSF - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
BOHC - Board of Harbor Commisioners
Bunker fuel - a high-sulfur fuel oil used in sihps, one of hte dirtiest fuels we use.
CARB - California Air Resources Board.
CEQA - California Environmental Quality Act
CH4 - Methane
CNG - Compressed natural gas, a version of natural gas which is compressed and stored under pressure
CO2 - Carbon dioxide
CTW - Change to Win
Carbon Dioxide - a non-toxic product of burning hydrocarbon fuels which causes global warming
Cunningham Report - and trade newsletter for ports and the shipping industry published in Long Beach
Gerald Demond Bridge - the bridge that joins Terminal Island to downtown Long Beach on the east side of San Pedro Bay.
HC - Harbor Commission
Henry Ford Bridge - the historic drawbridge that joins Terminal Island to Wilmintton on the north side of San Pedro Bay
Hydrocarbon - an organic molecule made up of chains of one or more carbons with hydrogen loated on the ends or sides of the carbon atoms. Used for energy in the shipping industry.
Hydrocracker - a unit in a refinery that is used in the process of refining crude oil into gasoline and other products.
IBEW - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBT - International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
IBU - Inland Boatmaen's Union — A division of the ILWU
ILWU - International Longshore and Warehouse Union
LA - Los Angeles, CA
LAANE - Los Anglees Alliance for a New Economy
LAHC - Los Angeles Harbor Commission
LB - Long Beach,CA
LBHC - Long Beach Harbor Commission
LNG - Liguified natural gas, a version of supercooled natural gas which is stored cryogenically.
LPG - Liquefied petroleum gas. A heavier than air gas, the heavier cousing to LNG.
Long Beach - The city on the north and east side of San Pedro Bay, a separate city from Los Angeles.
Maersk - Maresk Line, shipping company servicing ports.
Methane - the primary component of natural gas, the shortest and simplest hydrocarbon, CH4, an odorless gas at room temperature. Methane is 10x more global warming than carbon dioxide.
Methane - the shortest chain hydrocarbon (has only one carbon atom and for hydrogens). If released unburned, it's about 10 times more global warming than carbon dioxide and is lighter than the orindary air.
NEPA - National Environmental Protection Act
NG - Natural gas, a fuel which is about 80-95 methane
NOX - Nitrogen oxide
Nitrogen oxide - a toxic and irritating pollutant which is a product of burning hydrocarbon fuels.
POLA - Port of Los Angeles
POLB - Port of Long Beach
Particulates - the fine particles emitted by LNG, CNG and diesel engines that are a health concern. Three types by size: coarse, fine and ultrafine.
Pier 400 - A pier or section of Terminal Is. in San Pedro Bay to which hazardous material bulk cargos were to be moved.
SCAG - Southern California Association of Governments
SCAQMD - Southern California Air Quality Management District
SP - San Pedro
San Pedro - - the community on the west side of San Pedro Bay, joined the City of Los Angeles in 1909.
San Pedro Bay - the natural feature where the Los Angeles River enters the Pacific Ocean and home of the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Sulfur - a contaminent which naturally occurs in crude oil and its products which increases health risks from using fuels.
TI - Terminal Island
Terminal Island - A man-made island in San Pedro Bay that contains shipping terminals, a prison, a coast guard facility and some government offices
ULSD - Ultralow sulfur diesel. A type of diesel fuel that has about 10 parts per million sulfur — 10, 20 or more times less than conventional diesel.
UP - Union Pacific Railroad
Ultrafine particulate- the smallest and most dangerous parituclate emissions from hydrocarbon-fueled engines, including LNG, CNG and diesel.
Vincent Thomas Bridge - The suspension bridge on that joins Terminal Island to San Pedro on the west side of San Pedro Bay.
Wilmington - the community on the north/west side of San Pedro Bay, joined the City of Los Angeles in 1909.
