Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0074-1092
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2004-08-17T04:00Z

SUBJ:
Meeting
with
Airport
Representatives
FROM:
Jan
Matuszko
TO:
Final
2004
Effluent
Guidelines
Plan
Record
DATE:
August
10,
2004
On
May
18,
2004,
EPA
met
with
representatives
of
the
airport
industry
to
discuss
deicing
discharges.
Attendees
included:

Katherine
Andrus,
ATA
Richard
Davis,
IS&
D/
ATA
Jeff
Longsworth,
B&
T/
AAAE
Claudio
Ternienden,
AAAE
Tom
Zoeller,
AAAE
Pooja
Parikh,
Attorney,
Office
of
General
Council,
EPA
Mary
T.
Smith,
Division
Director,
Environmental
and
Analysis
Division,
EPA
Carey
Johnston,
Project
Manager,
Environmental
and
Analysis
Division,
EPA
Jan
Matuszko,
Engineer,
Environmental
and
Analysis
Division,
EPA
Jesse
Pritts,
Engineer,
Environmental
and
Analysis
Division,
EPA
Sam
Estabrook,
Intern,
EPA
During
this
meeting,
EPA
explained
that
it
was
considering
airport
deicing
discharges
as
a
potential
candidate
for
effluent
guidelines
development
in
the
final
2004
Plan.
EPA
also
explained
that
its
primary
source
of
information
on
this
industry
was
its
"
Preliminary­
Data
Summary:
Airport
Deicing
Operations"
which
was
published
in
August
2000
(
EPA­
821­
R­
00­
016).
EPA
and
industry
representatives
discussed,
among
other
things,
ADF
discharge
estimates
in
the
Study
and
the
treatment
and
pollution
prevention
assumptions
for
facilities
in
the
study.
Industry
representatives
indicated
that
some
facilities
had
upgraded
their
treatment
and
pollution
prevention
approaches
since
the
time
of
the
study,
but
that
there
had
not
been
any
comprehensive
evaluation
of
ADF
control
approaches
in
place
at
airports
since
the
time
of
the
study.
In
addition,
airport
representatives
indicated
they
did
not
have
readily
available
information
on
current
wastewater
discharges
resulting
from
deicing
operations
at
airports.

Airport
representatives
explained
that
new
aircraft
deicing
fluids
where
less
toxic
than
at
the
time
of
the
study.
In
addition,
they
explained
that
FAA
has
adopted
a
standard
method
for
evaluating
the
toxicity
of
airport
deicing
fluids.

Airport
representatives
also
discussed
the
interaction
of
airports,
airlines,
and
contractors
at
airports
and
stressed
the
complexity
of
such
interactions.
In
addition,
they
expressed
reservations
and
concerns
over
costs
associated
with
any
ELG
and
cited
increased
costs
to
airports/
airlines
since
September
11,
2001
and
the
poor
financial
condition
of
many
of
the
U.
S.
airlines.

Industry
representatives
expressed
a
willingness
to
work
with
EPA
and
to
provide
readily
available
information
to
help
inform
is
decision
making.
EPA
agreed
to
provide
industry
representatives
with
a
document
from
the
Study
record,
"
Development
of
Estimated
Loadings
in
Wastewater
Discharges
from
Aircraft
Deicing/
Anit­
icing
Operations
(
DCN
T11074)
which
provides
additional
insight
into
how
EPA
estimated
ADF
discharges
in
the
study.
Attendee
List
for
EPA/
Airport
Meeting
on
May
18,
2004
Attendee
Affiliation
Telephone
Number
E­
mail
Address
Katherine
Andrus
ATA
202­
626­
4091
kandrus@
airlines.
org
Richard
Davis
IS&
D/
ATA
202­
789­
6025
rdavis@
bdlaw.
com
Jeff
Longsworth
B&
T/
AAAE
202­
408­
6918
jlongsworth@
btlaw.
com
Claudio
Ternieden
AAAE
703­
824­
0500
claudio.
ternieden@
airportnet.
org
Tom
Zoeller
AAAE
703­
824­
0500
tom.
zoeller@
airportnet.
org
Pooja
Parikh
EPA
202­
564­
0839
parikh.
pooja@
epa.
gov
Mary
Smith
EPA
202­
566­
1056
smith.
maryt@
epa.
gov
Carey
Johnston
EPA
202­
566­
1014
johnston.
carey@
epa.
gov
Jan
Matuszko
EPA
202­
566­
1035
matuszko.
jan@
epa.
gov
Jesse
Pritts
EPA
202­
566­
1038
pritts.
jesse@
epa.
gov
Sam
Estabrook
EPA
Intern
NA
NA