June 12, 2000August 2, 2026

Exhibit 182: Wildlife Hazard Management Plan Consistency with Aquatic Resource Mitigation Plan — Email from Erik Stockdale, Ecology

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Email dated June 12, 2000 from Erik Stockdale (Wetlands Specialist, Washington State Department of Ecology) to Jim Kelley (Parametrix) and Elizabeth Leavitt (Port of Seattle), summarizing a June 9, 2000 conversation regarding the Wildlife Hazard Management Plan (WHMP) and its consistency with the Natural Resource Mitigation Plan (NRMP) and 401 water quality certification. Stockdale outlines 12 items including: WHMP must not conflict with the 401 certification; Section 3.4.3 conflicts with NRMP regarding streamside vegetation and rock placement; need for placeholder appendix for 401 in WHMP; defining ‘sideboards’ for hazardous wildlife management activities requiring agency consultation; replacing the ‘One Strike Your Out’ title; emergency definition requirements; vegetation management exemptions tied to performance standards; and pre-emption of state law questions between Ecology and Port attorneys. Document is labeled AR 018451, Exhibit 182, DOE Misc 0037.

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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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