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March
2 , 2003
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Draft
Pollution Permit Issued,
Hearing
March 31
The Washington State Department of Ecology has issued the
long-expected draft NPDES Permit. The permit, which would
be good for five years, describes what discharges the Airport
may make into streams & rivers.
A
public open house, workshop, & hearing is scheduled
for
Monday,
March 31
Criminal Justice Training Center
19010 1st Avenue S, Burien, WA 98148.
The
open house is from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., workshop from
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and the public hearing from 7:30
p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
RCAA's
experts have not yet had time to review the draft permit.
TIA will issue a newsletter covering some of their
comments before the hearing. If you want immediate notice
when that special newsletter is posted, e-mail
the RCAA office, with "NPDES webletter" in the
subject line.
Written
comments are due April 15th to:
Water
Quality Permit Coordinator
WA State Department of Ecology
Northwest Regional Office
3190 160th Avenue SE
Bellevue, WA 98008-5452
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2002
Regional Commission on Airport Affairs
is
a nonprofit citizens' organization
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Normandy Park, WA 98166
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What's
a NPDES Permit?
State
& federal laws require that everyone who discharges
pollutants into rivers, streams, or other bodies of water
apply for a special permit, good for five years, that describes
exactly what the polluter is allowed to do, and where.
At
the end of the five years, the polluter must apply again.
The the intent is that at each cycle, the permit will allow
less pollution, more rigidly controlled. These are called
National Pollution Elimination Discharge System permits,
or “NPDES” for short.
In
Washington, these permits are issued by the Department of
Ecology, and appeals are reviewed by the Pollution Controls
Hearing Board.
These
permits are also sometimes called "sec. 402 permits",
because they are required by sec. 402 of the federal Clean
Water Act.
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