August 24, 2000August 2, 2026

EXH AR017275: Ecology Internal Email — Comments on Draft Clean Fill Criteria Language for 401 Certification, Third Runway

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Internal email chain from Chung K. Yee to Kevin Fitzpatrick (Supervisor, Industrial Permit Unit, Water Quality Program, NWRO, Washington Department of Ecology) dated August 24, 2000, commenting on draft clean fill criteria language for the 401 Certification for the Third Runway at Sea-Tac Airport. Comments address sections E6, E7c.2(b), E7c.2(e), E7c.2(f), and E7c.3, covering issues including inappropriate fill notification to Ecology, EPA databases, Confirmed & Suspected Contaminated Sites Report, TPH and Priority Pollutants metals analysis, MTCA Method A and Method B ‘100 X Groundwater’ soil cleanup levels, environmental site assessment, sampling frequency, environmental professional qualifications, and as-built placement location reporting. Original message from Fitzpatrick to Tom Luster and Chung K. Yee attaches ‘Clean Fill Criteria for 401 Certification.doc’. Document marked ‘Deliberative Document Currently Exempt From Public Disclosure.’ AR 017275, Exhibit 14.

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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.

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