Airport May Be Fined for Suspicious Runoff
San Francisco International Airport could face fines and stricter oversight after suspicious runoff spilled into the San Francisco Bay in December.
The spill showed traces of cyanide and may have violated a pollution cease-and-desist order by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Airport spokesman Ron Wilson said no cyanide is kept at the airport, and the reading probably is a false positive.
“It was properly treated material that entered the bay,” Wilson said Tuesday. He said 20 stickleback fish were placed in the treated water entering the bay that day and all lived.
Wilson attributed the incident to heavy rainfall that overwhelmed the system.
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