PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.      3b 
STAFF BRIEFING 
Date of Meeting     April 22, 2014 
DATE:    April 3, 2014 
TO:     Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Elizabeth Leavitt, Director Aviation Planning and Environmental Services
and Stephanie Jones Stebbins, Director, Seaport  Environment and
Planning 
SUBJECT:  Environmental Accomplishments for 2013 
SYNOPSIS 
In honor of Earth Day, staff would like to provide an overview of the Port's 
environmental and sustainability accomplishments for 2013 for both Seattle-Tacoma
International Airport and the Seaport. Our review will focus on key successes, business
partners, and metrics, along with a brief summary of upcoming initiatives. 
BACKGROUND 
Both Aviation  and Seaport  Environment and Planning Departments have strong
initiatives  aimed  at  meeting  our  environmental  goals.    Our  environmental
accomplishments at the Airport this year are particularly noteworthy as two of them: the
electric ground support equipment initiative and pre-conditioned air, required almost a
decade of planning and extensive collaboration among numerous partners, and will
achieve significant pollution reductions. Both these initiatives help airlines reduce not
only their environmental emissions, but operate more efficiently and save fuel. 
Similarly, the Seaport continued to implement its highly successful clean air initiatives, 
adopting an updated Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy that sets aggressive reduction
goals for the coming years. The Seaport received clean air awards from the American
Lung Association and USEPA's Clean Air Excellence Award. The Seaport also began
construction of remediation projects at Terminals 91 and 117, and continued to make
progress at our East Waterway and Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund sites.
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS BRIEFING 
Computer slide presentation 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS 
None. 

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