EXH0571023761

PCHBPollution Control Hearings Board of the State of Washington

-ro: Freedman, Jonathan R NWS; Nelson, Siri C NWS; Gentry, Wanda F NWS Cc" Soule, Lester E NWS; Amdne, W Brett NWS; C,agney, Patrick T NWS Subject: Turn Basin #3 project, t_king material to 3rd runway Port site :.Dear folks:.Thissummer we will be building a •Section:1135habitat restoration project called Duwamlsh River,Turning :Basin #3_: itirl_,olves building a. new creek channel for Harem-Creek,-a littlecreek that flows into the left bankof the • i.DuwamishRiver just a few miles from. our office. Our •sponsoris King County, and the project has muchsupportfromthe agencies andno.known opposition, in the process ofcreating the new, improved,channel, we will need to finda disposal -•areaifor:abOut.60i000 cubic yards•of matenal. Toaay urett and.I had a meeting with Port omcials that have responslbirW : for buildingthe3rd runway project and they appear to:reallywant the material. (They w!ll test some materialontheirown, but-]tshould be okay for tl_em.) We talked a little about schedules, trucksper nour, naul routes, ezc, ano mere seemsto ' De no:significantproblemsi This is a natural collaboration for the Corps and the Port. The Corps has material thatitwants to.dispose ofand:thePort has a needfor it. Iflt_liSworks out, .thendisposing the material on Port land sl_ouldlowerthe cost of the Section 1135 project by maybe $200,000, and possibly much more. We would have a short haul distance and F'iOldiSposaJ.f_mes.- Out of our conversation this rnomlng two questions came up. Here they are: _/Question #1:"Our RegulatOry BranCh :is.presently wrestlingwith thequestion of whether or not to issue a permit for the .constructionof the 3rd. Runway .ProjecL If we use a 3rdRunway…
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