2012 Environmental Report

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“The Airport is committed to integrate economic,

social, and environmental aspects into new projects,

existing operations and management strategies while

providing a quality service to the greater St. Louis

area.”

Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge

Director of Airports

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December 2012

RCGA Green Business Challenge

“Star Circle of Excellence”

1988

Use of alternative fuels

for fleets and shuttles

2000

Development of formalized EMS

approach to develop environmental

programs, initiatives, and policy

2002

Full Implentation of

Residential Sound Insulation

Program & winner of airport

industry environmetnal

achievement award

2009

EMS FAA grant recipient

April 2011

Tornado Disaster Recovery

Begins

August 2011

Participation in

Operation Clean Stream

February 2012

ISO 14001 Self-Certified

May 2012

Formal Sustainability

Policy Development

October 2012

Acquired Electrical Vehicles &

Charging Stations

September 2012

Launched Food Compost

Collection Pilot Program

AIRPORT PROFILE

Lambert-St. Louis International Airport

(the Airport) is the primary commercial air

service transportation hub for the greater

St. Louis metropolitan area serving nearly 13

million passengers annually. The Airport is

owned and operated by the City of St. Louis

and employs approximately 4,500 people

through airlines, tenants, vendors and the

City of St. Louis. The Airport is one of the

top economic engines in the St. Louis region

and the state of Missouri with impact on

aviation, manufacturing, tourism and other

key segments of the economy.

Lambert continued the $70 million Airport Experience

renovations throughout 2012 and began work on

the Checked Baggage In-line System (CBIS) project

which includes an overhaul of the baggage belt

system in Terminals 1 and 2. Lambert also reopened

Concourse C on April 2, 2012, less than one year

after an EF-4 tornado struck the Airport. During

these renovations and reconstruction projects,

Lambert held true to the organization’s

commitment to the environment as described

in the Environmental Policy.

The Airport fully implemented the updated

facility-wide Environmental Management

System (EMS) in February of 2012, developed

a Green Team, created and implemented 12 new

sustainability policies. Lambert also expanded

its environmental and sustainable commitment

to include the integration of economic, social,

and environmental aspects into new projects

and existing operations. The Airport strives to

continually achieve a more sustainable operation

and management strategy while providing a quality

service to the greater St. Louis area.

A Look Back

The Airport

has a history

of successfully

developing and

implementing

environmental

programs and

initiatives.

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ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES

Successful environmental initiatives depend on management practices that generate positive economic impacts, enhance labor and community relations, and offer leadership within the aviation community. Such practices enable sustainable initiatives to be integrated into internal policies, business processes, and overall operations at the Airport. Efforts to enhance the overall environmental performance while addressing economic, man-agement, and operation considerations at the Airport include the following areas:

• Noise Management • Water Quality and Usage

• Environmental Management System and Sustainability • Recycling

• Energy Management • Procurement

• Wildlife Management

• Pollution Prevention/Best Management Practices • Air Quality

Noise Management

The Airport continues to minimize

the impact of its operations on the

community through the

implemen-tation of the Residential Sound

Insulation Program (RSIP)

devel-oped as recommended by Federal

Aviation Administration FAR

(Fed-eral Aviation Regulation) Part 150

Noise Compatibility Program. The

RSIP’s goal is to reduce the effect

of aircraft-related noise on the

residential areas within the 1999

Noise Exposure Maps (NEMs)

65-70 DNL contours. To date 1,175

homes have been acoustically

treated as part of this program.

The success of the Airport

dedica-tion to noise abatement is

contin-ually expressed through the

quan-tity of noise complaints. Noise

complaints decreased 20% in 2012

Year

Noise

Complaints

2012

730 2011

912 2010

2,030

2009

1,844

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Water Quality and Usage

During the winter months, airlines are

re-quired by the Federal Aviation

Administra-tion (FAA) to deice aircraft to ensure proper

function of the aircraft and safe fl ight. The

required deicing chemicals create potential

negative environmental impacts to surface

and storm water systems. To prevent this

contamination, the Airport developed a

de-icing collection system that collects storm

water runoff from designated areas on the

Airport tarmac/ramp. The deicing collection

system allows airlines to deice aircraft and

the runway with reduced risk of potential

en-vironmental impacts. The Airport

continu-ally improves the deicing collection system

each year.

Also in 2012, Airport Terminal Services (ATS),

which provides deicing operation services to

approximately 30 percent of departing fl ights,

started plans to build deicing fl uid blending

stations. This deicing blending technology

has potential to signifi cantly reduce the

en-vironmental impact of aircraft deicing

opera-tions, as the volume of the material used will

depend on the outside temperatures.

Regarding water conservation, the Airport

continued to install low fl ow fi xtures as part

of the Airport Experience Program (AEP)

ren-ovations, developed a water conservation

policy, and developed water utility taskforce.

• The Airport Experience Program (AEP)

renovations included restrooms

improve-ments within the Terminal 1 areas. The

renovations included the installation of

low fl ow fi xtures that reduces the water

demand to half of

that required by

old-er fi xtures.

• The sustainability

policy for water

con-servation was

creat-ed and implementcreat-ed

in 2012. This policy

places requirements

on the type of water

fi xtures that may be

installed as part of

construction or

ren-ovations projects.

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Environmental Management System / Sustainability

The Environmental Management System (EMS) is an all encompassing system that evaluates the Airport’s operational activities and the associated environmental aspects and impacts of those activities. The EMS also includes the appli-cable development of an environmental policy, legal and voluntary requirements, development of targets and objectives, environmental management programs, requirement of meetings with top management regarding continual environmen-tal improvement, and extensive recordkeeping requirements.

The Airport developed an EMS for the Airport Expansion Program in 2000 and received a grant from the Federal Avia-tion AdministraAvia-tion (FAA) in September 2009 to update the EMS to include the entire facility. The updated EMS was fully implemented in February 2012 which made Lambert the fi rst airport in the FAA Central Region to develop a facility-wide EMS.

The updated EMS was developed with a sustainable focus and adopted the defi nition of sustainability as a holistic ap-proach to managing the Airport to ensure economic viability, operational effi ciency, natural resource conservation and social responsibility. In addition, future development should meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Further, EMS targets and objectives were primarily centered on the sustainability triple bottom line – incorporation of environmental, economic, and social aspects in airport operations.

Recycling Programs

The Airport generates wastes from a variety of groups such as passengers, building renovations, airfi eld construction, offi ce personnel, restaurants, and fl eet maintenance shops. To capture these waste streams, the Airport has conducted waste audits, launched single stream recycling, developed bid specifi cation language, and conducted training with staff. the EMS has an objective dedicated to increase the Airport’s solid waste landfi ll diversion rate and improve recycling. Contract Language Revisions:

The solid waste management and recycling services contract language was revised with primary emphasis on recycling collection, educational awareness, and rebates on recycled materials. This new contract language will reduce landfi ll disposal, increase public awareness of recycling, and decrease overall cost for waste hauling.

Sustainability Policy for Recycling:

The Green Team developed and implemented a recycling policy with the sustainability triple bottom line. Recycling material channels useful commodities out of landfi lls and back into the manufacturing system with an added benefi t of lower front end material costs for the manufacturing industry. Using recycled materials also reduces the overall environ-mental impact through reduced energy demand and emissions. The Airport’s recycling policy states that the Airport will reduce its landfi ll contribution, reduce waste disposal related cost by capitalizing on commodity prices for recyclable material such as cardboard, and promote job creation in the local community.

Composting:

The Airport received grant money for the St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District (SWMD) to conduct a compostable organics pilot project at four restaurants. The Airport partnered with the restaurant management con-cessionaire HMSHost Inc. and has been able to divert nearly 10 tons of compostable organics from the landfi ll waste stream to use as nutrient rich compost material. Further, the Airport launched a strategic outreach program to publicize the food composting program which received extensive press coverage in local, national and trade media outlets. Construction Waste

The Airport requires, as part of standard construction bid specifi ca-tions, that 50%-75% of construction debris generated from con-struction projects such as structure and taxiway/runway renovations to be diverted from the landfi lls and incinerators. The Airport re-placed sections of Taxiway Delta, Echo, and Sierra in 2010 and 2011 and recycled approximately 19,000 cubic yards of asphalt and 40,000 cubic yards of concrete. In 2012, a potion of the runway 12R-30L was reconstructed with nearly 70,000 cubic yards of recycled asphalt and concrete materials.

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Energy Management

Effi cient and effective energy management at a facility the size of Lambert can signifi cantly reduce emissions, reduce demand on fuel transportation, improve air quality, and reduce energy utility costs. The Airport has been dedicated to using more effi cient lighting, install occupancy sensors, and improve heating, ventilation, and air conditioning units. In 2012, the Airport continued to improve the overall electrical and natural gas energy demand through the following improvements:

• Upgraded four air handling units in Terminal 1 with more effi cient units to reduce utility costs by approximately $200,000 per year. Airport Engineering won an award from the St. Louis Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) for this Air Handling Replacement project. • Installation of approximately 200 occupancy sensor in offi ces, common areas, warehouse areas, and utility tunnels

which will save the Airport approximately $23,000 in utility costs.

• Development of a policy restricting electric heater and fans to reduce energy consumption and improve safety. • Development of a policy requiring purchase of ENERGY STAR certifi ed equipment where practicable and economically

feasible.

• LED lighting was installed as part of Airport Experience Project renovations in Terminal 1, Concourse A and Concourse C.

Procurement

Procurement has a signifi cant impact on the determination of a facility’s energy effi ciency, recycling rates, employee safety, hazardous waste generation, and air emissions. 2012 initiatives included two

pri-mary projects, the Green Purchasing Policy and the Green Cleaning Grant. Green Purchasing Policy

The Green Purchasing Policy was developed, implemented, and distributed under the EMS Sustainability Program. This policy outlines the Airport’s requirements to purchase items that are more sustainable and includes specifi cs guidelines for items such as:

• Paper and Offi ce Supplies, • Appliances and Electronics • Furniture and Structures

• Goods containing fewer toxic constituents

• Places emphasis on life cycle analysis prior to the purchase of materials Green Cleaning Grant

The Airport was selected to participate in a green cleaning grant awarded to the City of St.

Louis through the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the Responsible Purchasing Network (RPN). The goal is to identify green cleaning material options to use in place of traditional cleaners.

Wildlife Management

The Airport is committed to wildlife management, public safety and environmental protection. The Airport must monitor and control wildlife so that they do not pose a threat to aircraft safety.

The Airport maintains a Cooperative Service Agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop a wildlife management plan, update it annually, and actively work to divert wildlife from the Airport perimeter.

In 2012, the Airport purchased four solar power bird deterrents devices. Since the new units are solar powered, they are portable and can be placed in the areas of greatest need depending on the bird species and location.

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Pollution Prevention/Best Management Practices

The Airport continues commitment to pollution prevention through

best management practices (BMP). BMPs are generally divided into

two groups, structural and non-structural, with the major objectives

to prevent or reduce pollution. Structural BMPs consist of structural

measures such as spill kit equipment, grading, and erosion controls.

Non-structural BMPs consist of good-housekeeping, preventative

maintenance, employee training, monitoring, and inspections. Both

structural and non-structural BMPs are maintained through employee

training, regular inspections, and corrective actions as described

below:

• Training is an integral part of effective implementation of environmental initiatives such as

BMPs. Airport departments are required to attend training such as Storm Water Pollution

Prevention Plan (SWPPP); Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC); and EMS.

Department training class requirements are based directly on the department’s operational

activities.

• Most structural and non-structural BMPs are inspected every month by representatives

from the Environmental/Health and Safety, Field Maintenance, and Auto Shop Departments.

• If issues are noted during inspections, corrective actions are performed by the respective

airport department, tenant, or airlines.

As a result of the training, inspections, and corrective actions, the airport has taken a

pro-active

ap-proach to

prevent

pol-lution, avoid

pollution

associated

clean-up

costs, and

to maintain

its status a

good

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Air Quality

As the Airport continues to meet the air travel demands of a growing region, the environmen-tal impacts of growth and development are minimized through various efforts. The Airport vehicle fl eet consists of approximately 350 units including cars, pick-ups and specialized airport maintenance equipment used in daily Airport operations. The Airport uses alterna-tive and bio-fuels to energize the fl eet. In 1988, the Airport started using B-20 bio-diesel to power the vehicles and maintainenance equipment and now uses B-20 as the primary diesel fuel for over 200 vehicles and equipment. In 1999, the Airport moved to compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles. Since then, the Airport owns and maintains a fl eet of 125 bi-fuel (runs on both gasoline and CNG) vehicles and owns two CNG fueling stations. The Airport’s CNG program also includes over 30 CNG dedicated (only will run on CNG) Super Park buses; which transport passengers from nearby Airport park-ing to and from the Terminal areas. In 2012, Super Park purchased four (4) fully electric vehicles and the Airport installed fi ve (5) electric vehicle charging

sta-tions for public use.

The Airport has taken many steps toward understanding and reduc-ing emissions associated with Air-port Operations beyond alternative and biological fuels. The Airport has quantifi ed the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in two formats: one as part of the City of St. Louis Mayor’s initiative, two as part of the EPA requirement for calcula-tion of emission source GHG. The City of St. Louis GHG inventory uti-lized the ICLEI software to develop the inventory for three years: 2005, 2010, and 2011. The EPA required GHG inventory and emission sum-mary was calculated for 2010 and 2011. According to the data, Air-port GHG emissions have been de-clining.

In addition, the Airport offers two

cell phone lots for passenger pick-up, posted approximately 40 no idling signs and plans to place more in the future. The cell phone lots and no idling signifi cantly reduce GHG emissions from vehicle traffi c that would normally drive or idle for passenger pick-up.

As part of the engineering improvements, the Airport installed eight (8) ground power units (GPU) on Concourse C which are supported by concourse electrical systems. These GPUs provide power to an aircraft’s auxiliary electrical systems while the aircraft is docked at a gate. The installation of these units improves air quality and signifi cantly reduces fuel costs for the airlines as aircraft would otherwise require fossil fuel burning generators or use of the aircraft’s engines to power the electrical systems.

Further, the Airport has taken a leading role in promoting alternative fuel vehicles in the community by participating in The Clean Cities program, where the Airport Fleet Mainte-nance Supervisor sits on the counsel. These initiatives have and will continue to aid the Airport in the reduction of emis-sions and to continually provide clean air to the public.

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Lambert-St. Louis International Airport was awarded a Circle of Excellence Award of Merit in the 2012 St. Louis RCGA Green Business Challenge which promotes sustainability strategies in the region. Lambert was a fi rst year participant and one of a few organizations honored with the greatest gain in new sustain-able practices or strategies over the duration of the six month competition. The Green Business Challenge was sponsored by the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association. Lambert pursued an aggressive campaign to set new standards for its sustainability program with goals and guidance set out by the competition as well as its own unique programs.

Highlights include:

• Created a “Green Team” to guide Airport-wide audit and implement 11 new sustainability practices

• Implemented pilot programs for food waste composting and green cleaning services

• Increased energy effi ciency with installation of 200 occupancy sensors, LED lighting and new HVAC systems

• Improved waste generation reduction and recycling policies

• Increased water conservation by installing low fl ow sanitary system The Airport was also recognized in the competition in areas of sustainability leadership:

• Expanded fl eet of alternative fuels vehicles with more than half operating on compressed natural gas or bio-fuels

• Opened second free waiting zone/cell phone lot for public to reduce traffi c congestion and vehicle carbon emissions

• Installed fi ve electric vehicle charging stations for public at Airport parking lot

• Increased construction waste

The Airport receives the Circle of Excellence Award.

RCGA Green Business Challenge : Sustainability Community Outreach

The Airport displayed alternative fuel vehicles at the 2012 Green Business Challenge Expo.