[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15497]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         PORTS OF SEATTLE AND TACOMA: ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP

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                         HON. DAVID G. REICHERT

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 10, 2010

  Mr. REICHERT. Madam Speaker, I'm always pleased to thank our business 
leaders for their environmental stewardship and leadership. In 
Washington State, our two largest ports--the Ports of Tacoma and 
Seattle--just received recognition from the American Association of 
Port Authorities for innovative and remarkable environmental 
stewardship.
  The Port of Tacoma won the Environmental Enhancement Award and 
Honorable Mention in the Environmental Mitigation category. The Port 
was recognized because of its demolition program that produced 7,071 
tons of recycled or reused materials--nearly 90 percent of the total 
materials used. The Port also converted a former public landfill along 
the Puyallup River into a wetland habitat for native plants, shore 
birds, and juvenile salmon.
  Not to be outdone, the Port of Seattle earned this year's 
Comprehensive Environmental Management award for its Environmental 
Compliance Assessment Program. The program was implemented by the Port 
in 2009 to evaluate and assist with tenant environmental compliance to 
better meet high expectations and environmental quality regulations; 
obviously the program is working well!
  The wonderful people of Washington State are very fortunate to have 
two world-class, busy ports that help drive our region's economy. The 
newly appointed Port of Tacoma CEO, John Wolfe, is a well-known and 
well-respected business leader committed to keeping the Port 
competitive in a global marketplace and making his Port environmentally 
sound. I can say the same for the Port of Seattle's CEO, Tay Yoshitani. 
My staff and I have enjoyed working with both Ports in the past and 
look forward to continuing our working relationship into the future. 
Madam Speaker, I offer my congratulations to Mr. Wolfe and Mr. 
Yoshitani, the executive leadership teams, and the staffs tasked with 
carrying out a forward-looking, innovative agenda.

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