Stormwater pollution prevention plan and other rules.
San Antonio City Code § 3-99
in effectSec. 3-99. - Stormwater pollution prevention plan and other rules.
(a) All persons or entities operating or conducting any activity or business upon the airport shall comply with the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWP3 or SWPPP) and any revisions thereto. A copy of the SWP3 is on file at the office of the director (and online with at the Environmental Stewardship site: https://www.sanantonio.gov/Aviation/Environmental-Stewardship/SPCC-Plans). A tenant may choose to operate under a separate (individual) storm water pollution prevention plan, but must coordinate its individual plan with the airport's SWP3.
(b) All persons or entities that use the airport facilities shall comply with these rules as promulgated by the director:
(1) Aircraft washing. No aircraft washing is to take place on San Antonio Airport System property. There are no wash racks available for washing commercial or private aircraft.
(2) Soil management plan. The San Antonio Airport System has established a soil management plan to establish practices for managing soil generated or handled by airport projects to ensure that excavated or imported soil that is suspected of being contaminated is separated from clean soil and managed in compliance with federal, state and local requirements.
a. As much as possible, soil characterization must be performed prior to soil importation or excavation.
b. Soil must not be imported or exported without an approved soil management plan authorization approved by the environmental stewardship division.
c. A soil screening plan must be prepared for all projects; the plan will guide the day to day operation of handling soil and soil stockpiles.
d. Uncontaminated soils may be stored on airport property at designated storage sites, and segregated by project. Impacted soils may be reused on airport property only. Contaminated soils must be disposed of at an ESD approved facility and may not be long-term stockpiled on airport property.
e. Quantities of excavated/imported soils and soil data must be documented by the project manager. Information includes the source for the soil, sampling record, analytical results, and disposal records.
f. In the event of an emergency, the appropriate notifications need to be made to the SAT communications center, operations, environmental stewardship, and the fire department.
g. A weekly status report will be prepared describing field activities, and summaries of weekly totals for excavated/imported soil. At project close out the project manager will make sure that all information and reports are up to date related to soil excavation/import.
(3) All parties must comply with the TCI "Soil Relocation and Communications Plan", as posted on the city's TCI website. https://www.sanantonio.gov/TCI/Projects/Soil-Relocation.
(4) Storm water laws and regulations for construction areas on the airport require the design and implementation of silt fences and erosion control techniques to minimize the impact of sediment run-off during storm events. Control measures will also include best management practices used to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants to waters off of airport property. Based on the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) construction storm water permit requirements, construction contractors who have filed a notice of intent (NOI) are required to install and maintain all structural controls and best management plans, inventory of exposed materials, good housekeeping measures and spill prevention.
(5) Procedures for lease close out at tenant locations. At least one hundred twenty (120) days before the expiration of lease, the tenant will coordinate with the properties and environmental stewardship divisions of the San Antonio Airport System to conduct an environmental inspection or examination of the property and supply the data and the results of the inspection to the two (2) divisions of the airport system. If the results of the assessment indicate that property has been impacted by the release of hazardous substances or hazardous waste is detected, the tenant will clean up the contamination at its own expense, and in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law.
Any written revisions or additions made to any of these rules by the director will be available at the office of the director.
(Ord. No. 2015-04-09-0289, 1(Att. I), 4-9-15; Ord. No. 2018-04-12-0266, § 1(Att. 1), 4-12-18)
Source: City of San Antonio, City Code, City Charter and Unified Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/san_antonio/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH3AI_ARTIISAANINAISTMUAIRURE_DIV5ENNOAB_S3-99STPOPRPLOTRUFetched: 10/27/2026