Puget Soundkeeper Alliance – NPDES Appeal, October 2003

This is an appeal of the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Waste Discharge Permit No. WA -002465-1, issued to the Port of Seattle on September 4, 2003 for operations at SEATAC International Airport. (“SEATAC NPDES Permit”). The permit is effective October 1, 2003. A copy of this permit is attached. 4. Short and plain statement showing grounds for appeal. Appellant considers the SEATAC NPDES Permit to be unlawful and unfair because it does not meet the requirements or intent of the federal Clean Water Act, applicable regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Phone: (206) 621-8868 Fax: (206) 621-0512 NOTICE OF APPEAL - 2 GENDLER & MANN, LLP 1424 Fourth Avenue, Suite 1015 Seattle, WA 98101 Agency, Washington State water pollution control law, and the Washington Department of Ecology's regulations. Of particular concern to appellant are the ongoing unmonitored and unregulated discharges of BOD, COD and acute and chronic toxic pollutants into Puget Sound from this facility. The SEATAC NPDES Permit illegally approves an AKART compliance scheduled well beyond that allowed by the Clean Water Act and Washington regulations. Further, despite acknowledgment that the facility has not implemented AKART, the SEATAC NPDES permit approves a mixing zone for various pollutants. Moreover, despite recognition that the facility is exceeding water quality standards for BOD5, the SEATAC NPDES Permit delays monitoring of BOD5 until after the facility implements AKART. The SEATAC NPDES PERMIT also fails to prohibit the discharge of acute and chronic toxic pollutants and requires monitoring for toxic pollutants only during…

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