December 20, 2001August 2, 2026

EXH AR031428: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Comments on Monitoring Plan for Embankment Fill Seepage, Master Plan Update ESA Consultation (1-3-00-F-1420)

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Letter dated December 20, 2001 from Ken S. Berg, Manager, Western Washington Fish and Wildlife Office (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) to James M. Lynch, Stoel Rives LLP, providing 20 numbered comments on the Monitoring Plan for Embankment Fill Seepage submitted August 10, 2001 under Endangered Species Act consultation 1-3-00-F-1420 (Sea-Tac Airport Master Plan Update). Comments address seepage quality and quantity monitoring, groundwater wells, chemical constituents (metal scan, organochlorine scan, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, total petroleum hydrocarbons, glycols, priority pollutants, dissolved oxygen, turbidity), tiered monitoring strategy, bioassay testing for salmonids, NOAA Screening Quick Reference Tables dilution factor of 10, and reporting requirements. Copies sent to NMFS Lacey (S. Landino) and DOE Bellevue (A. Kelly). AR031428, Exhibit 2046.

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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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