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Exhibit D Port Commission itaohv February 13, 2012 Meeting01W P EO P L E Amy Jankowiak F O R Department of Ecology Northwest Regional Ofce P U G E T Water Quality Program S O U N D 3190 160th Avenue SE Bellevue, WA 98008 Via email: amy.Jankow1ak@ecy.wa.gov puget s on n d.org Re: Proposed Amendment to the Cruise Ship MOU Dear Ms. Jankowiak, We are writing to support the amendment - Ban the discharge of[treated or untreated] gray water and black water in MOU waters - proposed by Friends of the Earth, People for Puget Sound and Puget Soundkeeper Alliance for the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) governing cruise ship discharges in Washington State waters and the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Many of the cruise lines operating in Puget Sound already have strong environmental practices in place. The Port expects that the cruise ship industry in Puget Sound will increase over the next 20 year, possibly doubling, which adds more reason for taking action now. While in Puget Sound and the MOU waters, we believe that the cruise ships already have the ability to hold their wastewater and that many ofthe companies already adopt this practice. Last week, the US. Environmental Protection Agency adopted a federal rule that will ban all ships (cruise, container, and other ships) from discharging their treated or untreated waste or gray water into the ocean within 3 miles of Califomia's coast. We would like to see Puget Sound have a similar level of protection. Agreeing to a ban on discharge of sewage or grey water in Puget Sound will be a terric way for Ecology, the Port of Seattle and the Cruise Industry to show environmental leadership and to help fulll one of the strategies in the Puget Sound Partnership's Action Agenda. Thank you for your consideration. You can reach me at (206) 382-7007 (X172) or htrim@pugetsound.org. Sincerely, Heather Trim Director of Policy PUGETSOUNDDRC MAIN OFFICE SOUTH SOUND 911 Western Avenue, Suite 580 - Seattle, WA 98104 120 East Union Avenue, Suite 204 . Olympia, WA 98501 1011065827007 fax-206.382.7006 IL" ' 360.754.9177 fax - 360.534.9371 email . people@pugetsound,org email - southsound@pugetsound.org
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