Seattle Port, Contractor to Pay Third Wastewater Fine in $1-Billion Runway Job
A spokesperson says the Port of Seattle doesn't intend to file an appeal against its third wastewater-related fine on a $1.1-billion third runway project at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The port and TTI Constructors, LLC, were fined by the state Dept. of Ecology on Jan. 10 for the third time in two years. The $81,000 fine is related to illegal release of wastewater into a stormwater system.
The $1.1 billion runway project is expected to be finished in late 2008. During October, November and December 2005, the port and contractor allowed six releases of muddy water from the project into nearby creeks and for pumping industrial wastewater into a storm-water treatment system. TTI or the port can appeal the fine within by Feb. 20. TTI project manager Brian Kittleson did not comment on the fine, but stated: "It's a really large complicated project on a 16-acre site and there were some human and mechanical errors. We are working to fix those."