October 22, 2002August 2, 2026

EXH AR032599: Interim Permitting Approach for Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations in Storm Water Permits

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Letter and memorandum from EPA Assistant Administrator Robert Perciasepe transmitting the final Interim Permitting Approach for Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations in Storm Water Permits to State Water Program Directors and EPA Water Management Division Directors. The policy addresses NPDES storm water permit effluent limitations, adopting best management practices (BMPs) in lieu of numeric water quality-based effluent limitations (concentration and mass) for first-round permits, with expanded BMPs in subsequent permits. Fulfills objectives of the 1996-1997 National Water Program Agenda for the Future. Developed with input from the Urban Wet Weather Flows Advisory Committee and State and Regional Storm Water Coordinators. AR 032599, AR 032600, AR 032601.

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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.

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