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



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