EXH0139018047

PCHBPollution Control Hearings Board of the State of Washington

for the period July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999 _ Port of Seattle September 1999 L...,_-,._ ;_'t, .-.,,7-_.-.. ,.-:._.2._;,.qr AR 018047 "I Table of Contents -- 1 Executive Summary .................................................................................................................. 1 Introduction............................................................................................................................... 3 Background ............................................................................................................................... 5 3.1 Sea-Tac Intamational Airport ............................................................................................ 5 3.2 STIA Storm Drainage Subbasins ...................................................................................... 5 3.3 Sampling locations ............................................................................................................ 6 3.4 Storm sampling procedures and analytes ......................................................................... 7 Sampling Results.................................................................................................................... 13 4.1 General ............................................................................................................................ 13 4.2 Method of Data Presentation and Comparisons .............................................................. 13 4.3 Storm events sampled ......_.............................................................................................. 15 4.4 Grab Sample Results ..................................................................................................... 16 4.4.1 Total Pelmleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) ............................... ....................................... 16 4.42. Fecal Co.forms .................................................................................................... .... 18 4.5 Composite Sample Results ............................................................................................. 19 4.5.1 Suspended Solids and Turbidity .............................................................................. 19 4.5.2 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BODs) ..................................................................... 21 4.5.3 Metals ............................................................................................................ :.......... 22 4.6 Deicing Event Samples .................................... _.............................................................. 26 4.6.1 Background.............................................................................................................. 26 4.6.2 Results .. ................................................................................................................... 27 4.7 Other Results............... i ................................................................................................... 29 4.7.1 WET samples ........................................................................................................... 29 4.7.2 Non-representative composites ............................................................................... 31 4.7.3 Field Quality Control Samples .................................................................................. 31 4.7.4 Metals Dudng Ground Deicing Event Runoff ........................................................... 31 4.7.5 Source Tracing Studies ............................................................................................ 34 4.8 Accomplishments ............................................................................................................ 37 4.9 Ouffall Inspeclions .............................................................. i............................................. 37 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................ 39 References ..................................................................................................................................... 41 Appendices .................................................................................................................................... 43 Appendix A Storm Event Hydrologic and Hydraulic Data ............................................................. 45 Appendix B Tabular NPDES Sample Data Summaries ................................................................ 56 Appendix C Tabular Deicing Event Sample Data Summaries ...................................................... 93 Appendix D Whole Effluent Toxicity Sample Data Summaries .................................................. 107 AR 018048 AppendixE OtherSampleData..................................................................................................111 J AppendixF SourceTracingSampleData Summaries...............................................................116 AppendixG…
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