RCAA – NPDES Permit Comments, April 2003

RCAA comments on the draft of a renewed NPDES permit for Seattle-Tacoma submitted on 21 April 2003 The following comments on the draft of a renewed NPDES permit for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport & accompanying Fact Sheet are submitted on behalf of the Regional Commission on Airport Affairs (RCAA). The interest of RCAA in matters relating to Sea-Tac Airport is well-known to the Department of Ecology & need not be restated. Our comments primarily address the actual permit, after a brief mention of concerns as to the Fact Sheet. The comments on the permit itself follow the format of the permit, so that we deal with the three specific sections: “Industrial Waste Water (Section I), Non-Construction Stormwater Runoff (Section II), and “Construction Stormwater Discharge Limitations and Monitoring (Section III) in that order. The text of these comments was previously sent to you via e-mail, with a copy also sent to Tricia Miller, Water Quality Permit Coördinator. The formatting & pagination in this hard-copy letter are slightly different from that in the e-mail version. The text is unchanged, except for correction of a few minor typographical errors. * * * * * * * FACT SHEET Most NPDES Permit Fact Sheets include a section on compliance with the previous permit. This lets the public know how a facility is doing in terms of compliance and informs the public what actions Ecology is taking as a result to correct any problems. The instant Fact Sheet does not have a section on compliance with…

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