Container Terminal AKART Study
Client: Pacific Merchant Shipping Association
Overview of Floyd|Snider Contributions
Project Summary
Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA) formed a Marine Terminal Operator (MTO) Group to convene MTO’s operating major container terminals in Seattle and Tacoma, with the purpose of documenting experience with stormwater best management practices (BMPs).
Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA) formed a Marine Terminal Operator (MTO) Group to convene MTO’s operating major container terminals in Seattle and Tacoma, with the purpose of documenting experience with stormwater best management practices (BMPs). Floyd|Snider was engaged to work with the MTO Group to prepare a study defining what BMPs, including treatment technologies, should be considered “all known, available, and reasonable methods of prevention, control, and treatment” (AKART) for stormwater management at container terminals.
Our Approach
Floyd|Snider compiled information from multiple MTOs for the study.
Project Milestones:
2013. MTO Group formed
2014. Washington Public Ports Association Marine Terminal AKART and ISGP Guidance Manual issued
Floyd|Snider compiled information from multiple MTOs for the study. The goal of the work was to support PMSA and the Washington Public Ports Association to define consistent protocol for Washington ports and their tenants to use to achieve greater improvements in stormwater discharge quality and compliance with Ecology’s Industrial Stormwater General Permit (ISGP) while providing greater predictability for terminal operators and more economic certainty regarding implementation costs. Floyd|Snider then developed a stormwater BMP guidance document as a resource for terminal operators. This will support consistent implementation of aggressive operational and structural source control BMPs and stormwater treatment BMPs; which will both improve water quality and support economic viability by improving predictability of the stormwater regulatory environment for marine terminals. This work became part of an ISGP Implementation Manual for Washington Marine Cargo Facilities.
Project Milestones:
2013. MTO Group formed
2014. Washington Public Ports Association Marine Terminal AKART and ISGP Guidance Manual issued