CIWMB/LEA ConferenceSDIA - Environmental Footprint1 CIWMB/LEA Annual Conference San Diego International Airport: Tracking Our Environmental Footprint August

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CIWMB/LEA Annual CIWMB/LEA Annual ConferenceConference

San Diego International San Diego International AirportAirport::Tracking Our Tracking Our

Environmental Environmental FootprintFootprintAugustAugust 1, 1,

20062006Paul Manasjan, Paul Manasjan,

Director Director Environmental AffairsEnvironmental AffairsSan Diego County Regional Airport San Diego County Regional Airport

AuthorityAuthority



OutlineOutline Environmental Dept. DevelopmentEnvironmental Dept. Development

Role of Environmental StewardshipRole of Environmental Stewardship Environmental Aspects & FootprintEnvironmental Aspects & Footprint

Commitment to manage via EMSCommitment to manage via EMS Programs & Performance MeasuresPrograms & Performance Measures Specific ProjectsSpecific Projects

Landfill Clean ClosureLandfill Clean Closure Waste Reduction Baseline StudyWaste Reduction Baseline Study Endangered Species MonitoringEndangered Species Monitoring

Public Outreach & EducationPublic Outreach & Education ChallengesChallenges



San Diego San Diego International Airport International Airport (SDIA)(SDIA)

17.4 Million 17.4 Million Annual Annual PassengersPassengers

>300 daily >300 daily flight flight departures (1 departures (1 every 90 every 90 seconds)seconds)

Nation’s Busiest Single-Runway Nation’s Busiest Single-Runway Airport (29Airport (29thth busiest overall) busiest overall)



San Diego County San Diego County Regional Airport Regional Airport Authority Act (AB 93)Authority Act (AB 93)

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Transferred SDIA ownership and Transferred SDIA ownership and operation from San Diego Port operation from San Diego Port District to newly created Airport District to newly created Airport Authority (SDCRAA) effective January Authority (SDCRAA) effective January 1, 20031, 2003



Environmental Affairs Environmental Affairs DepartmentDepartment

Strategic Planning Division

Environmental Affairs

Department

Environmental Protection

Planning & Environmental

Review

Created in 2003Created in 2003 Now within Now within

Strategic Strategic Planning DivisionPlanning Division

Staff of 10Staff of 10 2 Branches:2 Branches:



Role of EnvironmentalRole of EnvironmentalStewardshipStewardship

Key ResponsibilitiesKey Responsibilities Ensure compliance with all Ensure compliance with all

environmental laws and regulations.environmental laws and regulations. Ensure management of all of Ensure management of all of

Airport’s environmental aspects.Airport’s environmental aspects. Protect and promote the natural Protect and promote the natural

resources within Authority’s resources within Authority’s jurisdiction.jurisdiction.

Disseminate public information.Disseminate public information.



Environmental Aspects Environmental Aspects (ISO 14001)(ISO 14001)

Environmental Environmental AspectsAspects: "Elements : "Elements of an organization's of an organization's activities, products activities, products or services that can or services that can interact with the interact with the environment*."environment*."*Environment*Environment: : "Surroundings in which "Surroundings in which an organization an organization operates, including air, operates, including air, water, land, natural water, land, natural resources, flora, fauna, resources, flora, fauna, humans, and their humans, and their interrelation."interrelation."



Environmental FootprintEnvironmental Footprint

Environmental FootprintEnvironmental Footprint: : The impact of an The impact of an organization in organization in environmental terms environmental terms (resource use, waste (resource use, waste generation, physical generation, physical environmental changes, environmental changes, etc). etc).

noise



Environmental Environmental Management System Management System (EMS)(EMS)

GoalsGoals Establish commitment to pollution Establish commitment to pollution

prevention & regulatory complianceprevention & regulatory compliance Manage environmental issues more Manage environmental issues more

efficiently (& strategically)efficiently (& strategically) Reduce cost and Reduce cost and liabilities liabilities (present & future)(present & future) Improve employee understanding & Improve employee understanding &

participation (environmental awareness & participation (environmental awareness & stewardship)stewardship)

Minimize airport’s Minimize airport’s environmental footprintenvironmental footprint (foster efficient use and conservation of (foster efficient use and conservation of resources)resources)

ACTACT DODO

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CHECKCHECK



Airport’s Environmental Airport’s Environmental Aspects & Responding Aspects & Responding Environmental ProgramsEnvironmental Programs

Environmental Environmental Aspects Aspects

Environmental Programs Environmental Programs

Storm Water Storm Water Discharges Discharges

Storm Water Management Storm Water Management ProgramProgram

Water Quality Water Quality

Regulatory ComplianceRegulatory Compliance ProgramProgram

Closed Landfill Site Closed Landfill Site

Hazardous MaterialsHazardous Materials

Air Quality Air Quality Air Quality Management PlanAir Quality Management Plan

Solid Waste Solid Waste GenerationGeneration

Waste Reduction & Recycling Waste Reduction & Recycling ProgramProgram

Accidental Spills & Accidental Spills & ReleasesReleases

Emergency Response ServicesEmergency Response Services

Site ContaminationSite Contamination Site Assessment & RemediationSite Assessment & Remediation ServicesServices

Indoor Air QualityIndoor Air Quality Industrial Hygiene/Hazardous Industrial Hygiene/Hazardous Building Materials Building Materials ManagementManagement Program Program

Lead/Asbestos Lead/Asbestos AbatementAbatement

Wildlife PreservationWildlife Preservation Wildlife Monitoring & Predator Wildlife Monitoring & Predator ControlControl



Overview of Overview of Environmental Environmental

ProgramsPrograms



Stormwater Discharges

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14 storm water outfalls to SD Bay14 storm water outfalls to SD Bay

Numerous potential pollutant Numerous potential pollutant sourcessources

2 NPDES permits (Industrial & 2 NPDES permits (Industrial & Municipal)Municipal)



Storm Water Management Storm Water Management PlanPlan

Applies to all of airport Applies to all of airport operations, including operations, including tenants and contractors.tenants and contractors.

Complies with Industrial Complies with Industrial and Municipal permits.and Municipal permits.

Living document.Living document. Document is available Document is available

on the Internet:on the Internet:

www.san.org/www.san.org/environmentalenvironmental



Regulatory Compliance Regulatory Compliance ProgramProgram

Reviews & maintains Reviews & maintains environmental permits & environmental permits & supporting documents.supporting documents.

Performs periodic compliance Performs periodic compliance audits.audits.

Oversees environmental Oversees environmental monitoring.monitoring.

Acts as interface with regulatory Acts as interface with regulatory agencies.agencies.

Follow-ups on issues of non-Follow-ups on issues of non-compliance.compliance.

Provides compliance assistance to Provides compliance assistance to airport operations & tenants.airport operations & tenants.



Air Quality Management Air Quality Management PlanPlan

Baseline Air Emissions Inventory SurveyBaseline Air Emissions Inventory Survey Alternative Fuel Vehicles ProgramAlternative Fuel Vehicles Program

Airside: Ground Support Equipment (GSE)Airside: Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Landside:Landside:

Airport-owned vehiclesAirport-owned vehicles Shuttle vans/taxicabsShuttle vans/taxicabs Refueling stations/infrastructureRefueling stations/infrastructure

Stationary EmissionsStationary Emissions Grant assistance to tenantsGrant assistance to tenants Public education/incentives for passengers Public education/incentives for passengers

and employees to use transit to airportand employees to use transit to airport Mitigation Measures for Airport Master Mitigation Measures for Airport Master

Plan EIRPlan EIR



Emergency ResponseEmergency Response

Accidental Spills and Releases.Accidental Spills and Releases.

FactFact: 425,000 : 425,000 gallons of jet fuel gallons of jet fuel are handled at are handled at SDIA each day.SDIA each day.



Site Assessment & Site Assessment & RemediationRemediation

Technical assistance for Technical assistance for engineering projects engineering projects onon::

Environmental Environmental assessment & remediationassessment & remediation

Removal & disposal of Removal & disposal of contaminated materialscontaminated materials

Demo/construction Demo/construction monitoring & BMPsmonitoring & BMPs

Regulatory agency Regulatory agency approvalsapprovals



Waste Reduction & Waste Reduction & Recycling ProgramRecycling Program

Regulatory MandatesRegulatory Mandates::AB 939AB 939 (50% diversion) (50% diversion)AB 2176 AB 2176 (Large Venue Recycling Plans & Reporting)(Large Venue Recycling Plans & Reporting)



Industrial HygieneIndustrial Hygiene

Lead/asbestos Lead/asbestos surveys and surveys and abatement.abatement.

Indoor & Indoor & workplace air workplace air quality quality investigations.investigations.



Airport Sustainability Airport Sustainability ElementsElements

Sustainability ElementsSustainability Elements* * (EONS):(EONS):

EEconomic Vitalityconomic Vitality OOperational Efficiencyperational Efficiency NNatural Resources Conservationatural Resources Conservation SSocial Improvementocial Improvement

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Airport Sustainability Airport Sustainability InitiativesInitiatives

LEED* Certification for New and LEED* Certification for New and Existing BuildingsExisting Buildings

Development and adoption of Development and adoption of Airport-Specific Sustainability Airport-Specific Sustainability Criteria Index (ACI-NA)Criteria Index (ACI-NA)

Alignment of Sustainability Elements Alignment of Sustainability Elements with Strategic Business Plan.with Strategic Business Plan.*Leadership in Energy & *Leadership in Energy &

Environmental DesignEnvironmental Design



Wildlife PreservationWildlife Preservation

Program includes:Program includes:

Endangered Species Endangered Species MonitoringMonitoring

Predator ControlPredator Control Wildlife Mitigation Wildlife Mitigation

PropertiesProperties



Planning and Planning and Environmental ReviewEnvironmental Review

Responsible forResponsible for:: Long-term facility planningLong-term facility planning

Aviation Activity ForecastAviation Activity Forecast Airport Master PlanAirport Master Plan

Environmental ReviewEnvironmental Review State (CEQA) and Federal State (CEQA) and Federal

(NEPA)(NEPA) Coastal Review and Coastal Review and

PermittingPermitting



Developing Developing Performance Performance

MeasuresMeasures



Performance MeasuresPerformance MeasuresProgramsPrograms Performance Performance

MeasuresMeasuresReporting Reporting (on (on website*)website*)

Storm Water Storm Water BMP BMP EffectivenessEffectiveness

BMP BMP implementation ratesimplementation ratesWet weather Wet weather samplingsampling

Annual Municipal Annual Municipal & Industrial & Industrial Reports*Reports*

Regulatory Regulatory ComplianceCompliance

# of violations# of violations# of staff trained# of staff trained

Annual Municipal Annual Municipal Report*Report*

Air Quality Air Quality ManagementManagement

Air emissions Air emissions inventoryinventory# of AFV conversions# of AFV conversions

AMP EIR*; AMP EIR*; Annual Air Annual Air Quality Report Quality Report

Waste Waste Reduction & Reduction & RecyclingRecycling

Annual waste Annual waste surveyssurveysWaste hauler dataWaste hauler data

Annual Waste Annual Waste Audit ReportAudit Report

Lead/Asbestos Lead/Asbestos AbatementAbatement

Annual building Annual building surveyssurveys

Annual Reports*Annual Reports*

Sustainable Sustainable DevelopmentDevelopment

LEED certificationLEED certificationACI sustainability ACI sustainability criteriacriteria

Under Under developmentdevelopment

Wildlife Wildlife PreservationPreservation

Least tern Least tern monitoringmonitoringPredator monitoringPredator monitoring

Annual Report to Annual Report to U.S. Fish & U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServicesWildlife Services

Metrics: BMP Metrics: BMP Implementation RatesImplementation Rates



BMP Metrics as BMP Metrics as Management ToolManagement Tool



Specific ProjectsSpecific Projects



NTC LandfillNTC Landfill Used by Navy from 1950-Used by Navy from 1950-

1971 as disposal site.1971 as disposal site. Operated as burn dump until Operated as burn dump until

mid-1960s, then as trench fill mid-1960s, then as trench fill for Naval housing MSW.for Naval housing MSW.

52-acre site; former least tern 52-acre site; former least tern nesting area.nesting area.

Property transferred to Port Property transferred to Port in 2000 (and Airport in 2003).in 2000 (and Airport in 2003).

Proposed Clean Closure for Proposed Clean Closure for Airport Terminal 2 expansion.Airport Terminal 2 expansion.



NTC Landfill NTC Landfill RemediationRemediation

Burn AshBurn Ash(33,000 cy)(33,000 cy)

MSW MSW (170,000 cy)(170,000 cy)

Inert/C&DInert/C&D((? cy)? cy)

Proposed Proposed Terminal Terminal

DevelopmentDevelopment

GroundwateGroundwater at 5-11 ft., r at 5-11 ft., tidally tidally influenced.influenced.



Waste Reduction and Waste Reduction and Recycling Baseline Recycling Baseline StudyStudy

Goals & Objectives:Goals & Objectives: Develop Reference Baseline for Airport Develop Reference Baseline for Airport

to Establish Current Progress to Establish Current Progress (“Metrics”)(“Metrics”)

Optimize Existing ProgramOptimize Existing Program Identify Potential New Programs Identify Potential New Programs Integrate into Airport’s Overall EMSIntegrate into Airport’s Overall EMS



Joint Cooperative Joint Cooperative EffortEffort

Waste Reduction & Recycling Waste Reduction & Recycling Survey TeamSurvey Team

Airport AuthorityAirport Authority CIWMBCIWMB City of San DiegoCity of San Diego E. Tseng and AssociatesE. Tseng and Associates EcoTelesis International (Non-Profit)EcoTelesis International (Non-Profit) Pacific WastePacific Waste



Waste Reduction & Waste Reduction & Recycling Baseline Study Recycling Baseline Study ReportReport

CIWMB “Large Venue” CIWMB “Large Venue” Case Study (for CIWMB Case Study (for CIWMB website)website)

MSW Management MSW Management MagazineMagazine Article on Model Article on Model Airport Recycling Airport Recycling ProgramsPrograms

EcoTelesis Airport Case EcoTelesis Airport Case Study for Training Study for Training ProgramProgram

Performance measure for Performance measure for airport’s EMSairport’s EMS



Endangered Species Endangered Species Monitoring: California Monitoring: California Least Tern (CLT)Least Tern (CLT)

Habitat ProtectionHabitat Protection Listed under both Federal and Listed under both Federal and

California State Endangered Species California State Endangered Species Act since 1972.Act since 1972.

Greatest impacts on CLT population Greatest impacts on CLT population are caused by habitat loss due to are caused by habitat loss due to continuing increase in urbanization.continuing increase in urbanization.



California Least Tern (CLT) California Least Tern (CLT) - Characteristics and - Characteristics and AppearanceAppearance

Migratory Seabird ranging from San Francisco Bay to Baja Migratory Seabird ranging from San Francisco Bay to Baja California, Mexico.California, Mexico.

Smallest of North American terns – adults average 1.6 oz with Smallest of North American terns – adults average 1.6 oz with 1 ft wingspan.1 ft wingspan.

Black cap, white forehead and under parts, grayish wings & Black cap, white forehead and under parts, grayish wings & tail.tail.

Orange-yellow bill, legs, and feet.Orange-yellow bill, legs, and feet.



Nesting (April – Nesting (April – September)September)

Both males and females share Both males and females share nesting responsibilities.nesting responsibilities.

Eggs are incubated for Eggs are incubated for approximately 23 days.approximately 23 days.

Eggs are 1.2 inches long and Eggs are 1.2 inches long and speckled to camouflage with speckled to camouflage with surrounding habitat.surrounding habitat.



CLT FeedingCLT Feeding

California Least Terns California Least Terns are known to dine on are known to dine on more than 50 different more than 50 different species of fish.species of fish.

Most common prey in Most common prey in San Diego Bay is San Diego Bay is Topsmelt.Topsmelt.



Airport Authority’s Airport Authority’s California Least Tern California Least Tern ColoniesColonies

Airport Authority Airport Authority responsible for responsible for monitoring & monitoring & maintaining 2 CLT maintaining 2 CLT nesting sites:nesting sites:

SDIASDIA

Chula Vista Wildlife Chula Vista Wildlife ReserveReserve



California Least Tern California Least Tern Nesting Ovals at SDIANesting Ovals at SDIA

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2003 Data2003 Data



Ceramic Tile at Ceramic Tile at Chula Vista Wildlife ReserveChula Vista Wildlife Reserve

Least Tern Nest Site Least Tern Nest Site PreparationsPreparations

Chick Barrier at SDIAChick Barrier at SDIA

Least Tern Decoys atLeast Tern Decoys atChula Vista Wildlife Chula Vista Wildlife ReserveReserve



CLT Chick CLT Chick MeasurementsMeasurements

On average, newly hatched chicks On average, newly hatched chicks weigh 0.21 ounces.weigh 0.21 ounces.

They have an average wing length of They have an average wing length of one-half inch.one-half inch.

They are ready for flight by 21 days.They are ready for flight by 21 days.



CLT Nesting/Hatching CLT Nesting/Hatching DataData

Data Data collected & collected & linked to linked to GIS.GIS.



Most Most productive productive nesting year to nesting year to date.date.





Public Outreach Public Outreach & Education & Education



Public Public Outreach Outreach & & EducatioEducationn



Public Public InformationInformation

Airport Authority Airport Authority WebsiteWebsite



Public Outreach and Public Outreach and EducationEducation



ChallengesChallenges



Asbestos/Mold Asbestos/Mold Issues in older Issues in older buildingsbuildings

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SDIA Environmental SDIA Environmental ChallengesChallenges


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Long-Range Environmental Long-Range Environmental IssuesIssues

Site Contamination IssuesSite Contamination Issues Storm Water ComplianceStorm Water Compliance Airport Site Selection Airport Site Selection

(Shall we stay or shall we (Shall we stay or shall we go?)go?)

Integration of Sustainability Strategies Integration of Sustainability Strategies into Airport’s Business Planinto Airport’s Business Plan



Questions?Questions?

Documents

CIWMB/LEA ConferenceSDIA - Environmental Footprint1 CIWMB/LEA Annual Conference San Diego International Airport: Tracking Our Environmental Footprint August