Environmental Resources and Internet Links

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This page assembles Internet resources which are or may become important for the work of some BYC committees, specifically the Environmental Committee, the Railway Committee and the Waste Water Committee. State/Local Environmental Organizations and Resources: Washington State Department of Ecology Water Quality Hazardous Waste & Toxics Reduction Boatyard General Permit Tacoma company ignores permit, receives fine Department of Ecology News Release - October 18, 2007 OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Ecology has fined Marine Floats of Tacoma $12,785 for water quality violations, and ordered the company to correct them. Marine Floats designs and builds docks, floats and boathouses. It is located on D Street in downtown Tacoma on the Wheeler-Osgood Waterway. The company operates under a Washington state industrial stormwater general permit, which governs the release of stormwater. The permit requires companies to develop a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan that describes the steps the company will take to protect surface and groundwater quality. Protecting Washington's waters: marinas encourage environmental stewardship Department of Ecology News Release - June 29, 2007 OLYMPIA - .....many marinas are promoting higher standards to help keep Washington waters clean. More marina operators are expecting boat owners to help protect the environment around the marinas. Fuel spills, boat maintenance and repairs, disposal of hazardous materials, bilge care, and managing sewage and food waste are among the potential environmental hazards from boaters. Puget Soundkeeper Alliance [5309 Shilshole Ave NW, Suite 215, Seattle, WA 98107, (206) 297-7002 Press Releases EnviroStars Program Kitsap County King County: 5-Star Marinas: City of DesMoines Marina Elliott Bay Marina Shilshole Marina Stimson Marina (Shilshole) Harbour Village Marina, Kenmore Pierce County Foss Waterway Marina Dock Street Marina EnviroStars Receives Award Kitsap Sun 9 Oct 06 The EnviroStars program is accustomed to giving out awards to businesses that take care of the environment, but now the program has received recognition for its own work by the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable. 2000 Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan Puget Sound Partnership (since Dec.2005, established by Gov Gregoire) Plan for Puget Sound Would Follow Science Kitsap Sun, October 14, 2006 Saving Puget Sound is an immense task that will require billions of dollars and a significant change in attitude, but future generations will be grateful if it happens. Such is the approach outlined in a draft plan released Friday by the Puget Sound Partnership.... New Group Could Manage Puget Sound; A central committee would set goals and help direct the restoration of Puget Sound. By Christopher Dunagan, cdunagan@kitsapsun.com Kitsap Sun, September 26, 2006 A new governmental group might be described as the Puget Sound Action Team with teeth and warning lights. Puget Sound Partnership, a high-profile committee appointed by the governor, has proposed a new organization called Puget Sound Ecosystem Partnership. This new entity would set goals for overall Puget Sound restoration and develop strategies to ensure success. And it might be given the power of the pocketbook. Puget Sound News [Puget Sound Action Team] Partnership Debates a "Healthy" Puget Sound: Committee says public support will be a key part of the effort to restore the waterway. By Christopher Dunagan, Kitsap Sun, March 29, 2006 Partnership will visit Bremerton Kitsap Sun, May 27, 2006 The committee is made up of 15 members representing government, private industry and various interest groups plus four legislative liaisons. The Kitsap Peninsula is represented at every level, with the inclusion of U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Belfair; state Rep. Sherry Appleton, D-Poulsbo; state Sen. Phil Rockefeller, D- Bainbridge Island; and Kitsap County Commissioner Patty Lent. She’s the only local government representative other than King County Executive Ron Sims. Also on the committee is Bill Taylor of Shelton, vice president of Taylor Shellfish Farms, which harvests shellfish throughout the West Sound. Global Diving & Salvage Spill Response Spill Response & Clean-up Materials for Marine or Land Application Environmental Protection Agency Marinas, boatsheds and slipways EPA: Clean Marinas -- Clear Value Cape Sante Boat Haven: Recycling Program Means Big Savings for Town Marina Elliott Bay Marina Inc.: Clean Environment Awards Win Customers Oak Harbor Marina: Floating Pumpout/Restroom Provides Easy Access for Boaters Polluted Runoff (Nonpoint Source Pollution): Elliott Bay Marina Inc.: Clean Environment Awards Win Customers Kitsap Health Department The Water Quality Page Stream & Marine Water Quality Dyes Inlet Watershed [pdf] RESTORING SEA LIFE IN DYES AND SINCLAIR INLETS: Tracking pollution to its source: YOU and ME Christopher Dunagan, Sun Staff, April 6, 2003 Marine initiative gets a thumbs up SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER Thursday, April 8, 2004; By LISA STIFFLER A grass-roots-based effort to restore Puget Sound and nearby marine waters was deemed a successful program that should be continued and even expanded, ... The Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative relies on committees -- one for each of the seven counties involved -- to lead restoration and preservation projects in their communities. Funding sources include federal, state, local and tribal governments and non-profit groups. Biodiesel gaining popularity with boat owners: Environmentally friendly fuel catching on at area marinas Seattle PI, Monday, August 18, 2003 [By LISA STIFFLER] The Puget Sound Action Team Partnership defines, coordinates and implements Washington state's environmental agenda for Puget Sound. [An extensive computer model will help decide how to clean up pollution] Sun, 6 April 2003; by Christopher Dunagan Longtime Sinclair Inlet cleanup begins to wind down [The Navy, responsible for nearly a century of pollution in Sinclair Inlet, is completing a cleanup to bring bottom sediments to safe levels.] Sun, 6 April 2003; by Chris Dunagan. 2003-2005 Puget Sound Water Quality Work Plan: Public Review Draft National Clean Boating Campaign [www.cleanboating.com/] Large Shipyards in Washington: P2 & BMP Opportunities A Northwest Industry Roundtable Report [1999] [www.pprc.org/pubs/shipyard/wash/rt_appd.html] Our Troubled Sound: Special Report (Seattle PI) (Originally published over five days in November 2002) P-I wins first-place Blethen Award for 'Our Troubled Sound' PI, Friday, November 14, 2003 With its evictions of liveaboards, the DNR has opened a Pandora's Box Sea, Nov. 2000 Liveaboards gain an ally Sun, June 2000 Derelict Fishing Gear Removal Project: A cooperative effort to remove abandoned or lost fishing gear in Puget Sound [PDF File] UW's Marine and Freshwater Content Database Saving the Sound: Tall order for Army Corps, Seattle Times, November 10, 2002; By Craig Welch and Eric Sorensen The federal agency best known for taming Mother Nature has embarked on the most ambitious effort ever to rehabilitate the web of tideflats, marshes, bluffs and deltas that serves as nursery and buffet table for life in Puget Sound. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is investigating the 2,354 miles of Puget Sound's troubled nearshore habitat. The goal: restore one of the world's richest fresh- and saltwater environments, parts of which scientists fear are teetering on collapse.