TagNPDES(128)

Memo dated May 12, 2000 from Ray Hellwig (Northwest Regional Office, Department of Ecology) to Gary Zeiler requesting $200.00 recognition checks for seven Ecology staff and two AAGs (Joan Marchioro and Tom Young, Ecology Division) involved in the Sea-Tac Third Runway Water Quality Certification and NPDES Permit decisions. Staff recognized include Ann Kenny, Erik Stockdale

Final report prepared by Scott Tobiason, Aviation Environmental Programs, Port Of Seattle, documenting Stormwater Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) testing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA), May 2000. AR 044473. Covers WET testing background, sampling methods, STIA storm drainage subbasins, source-tracing of SDN1 outfall, chelation testing, synthetic runoff WET test results, field investigations, and NPDES stormwater discharge

Handwritten notes from a BEATAC meeting at the Port on April 20, 2000, AR018447, involving City of Des Moines personnel including Tom Walsh, Tacie Borden, John Marchiloro, Jim Kelly, and others. Topics include: stormwater review at FCC starting 5-5-00; SR-509 temporary interchange issues (ESA/BA review, Jonathan Freedman indirect impacts, erosion/sediment control, no federal nexus); LWS#3

Internal email from Tom Luster to Kevin Fitzpatrick dated January 12, 2000, discussing the legal distinction between Clean Water Act Section 401(d) and Section 402(a) as applied to Sea-Tac Airport water quality (WQ) and State Environmental Policy Act (SEA/SEPA) policies. Email quotes statutory language verbatim: 401(d) uses mandatory ‘shall’ language for effluent limitations and monitoring

A January 2000 internal email from EPA's Raymond Hellwig to Tom Luster addresses concerns about premature deaths of Coho salmon in Des Moines Creek near Sea-Tac Airport, in the context of the proposed third runway project. The email clarifies that stormwater discharge regulation will be handled through NPDES permits rather than Section 401 Water Quality Certifications, as the NPDES permit provides the only mechanism for ongoing regulatory oversight under the Clean Water Act. Hellwig directs Luster to defer to the Water Quality Program on stormwater issues and to stop raising the 401 Certification as an alternative avenue for addressing water quality standards.

A September 20, 1999 internal memorandum from Parametrix, Inc. consultants to Scott Tobiason provides technical review comments on the first draft of the 1999 Annual Stormwater Report for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA). The memo raises concerns about consistency in water quality comparators, statistical methods for 'trimmed' data sets, and the attribution of reduced sediment levels to construction wheel wash versus other factors. It also flags regulatory issues regarding mixing zones, water quality standards language, and potential NPDES permit compliance implications of identifying pollution sources in the annual report.

Annual Stormwater Monitoring Report for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA) covering the period July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999, prepared by Port Of Seattle, September 1999. Report AR 042872 covers NPDES stormwater sampling at STIA storm drainage subbasins including grab and composite sample results for total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), fecal coliforms, suspended solids (TSS), turbidity,

This is the Annual Stormwater Monitoring Report for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, covering the period from July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999, prepared by the Port of Seattle. The report documents water quality sampling results from airport storm drainage systems, including measurements of petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, fecal coliforms, and the effects of aircraft and ground deicing activities on runoff. It includes data summaries, outfall inspections, and source tracing studies aimed at tracking and managing stormwater pollution from airport operations.

Annual stormwater monitoring report (AR018047) prepared by Port Of Seattle for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA) covering the period July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999. Documents NPDES stormwater sampling results across STIA storm drainage subbasins including grab and composite samples for total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), fecal coliforms, suspended solids (TSS), turbidity, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5),

A 1999 internal technical memo from Parametrix, Inc. evaluates three alternative water-quality dilution modeling methods for assessing whether proposed stormwater outfalls at the Port of Seattle could exceed Washington State water quality standards. The methods range from a static single-event approach based on Ecology's Permit Writer's Manual to a dynamic continuous simulation using HSPF hydrologic models and a probabilistic EPA-funded model developed by researcher Dominic Di Toro. The memo recommends continuing with the continuous simulation approach while considering budget, Ecology's involvement, and the nature of ambient and effluent pollutant concentration data.