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(_I UnitedStates Anknaland AnimalDamage 720 O'Lnry St.,NW Departmentof I_antHeMth Control D)ymnio.WA98502 AghCUt_m insDeCl_n Tet: {3601753-9884Service Fax:|360) 753-8486 April15,1998 Jor=tl_mFriechmm U.S. _ Corps of_een SenSeDisu_ Fe_-al Oefize Build_, S_ 200 909 FirstAwmm SeattleWA 95104-1000 Dear lvir.Friedman: We s_l a formal mmm_t farm our_ (see at_l_l) atthe lmblic hea_g on Alto19, 199S indicatingour smmg oppositionto theestablishmentof any new wetlands within 10,000 feet of runways at SeaTac. Imn writingridsfoUow-upletterto addrumseveral issues and coucen_ that we_ raised dm'ing0re]_mg. I.et me prefacemy _ by noting that we azeneitherfor nor asa_mtthe proposedrunwaycxpsnsi--or the issumce of a Section 404 permitto fill c=isd_ _. While we _ve notts_=,aformalpos_onrepniing_e issuanceofa_ 404pmnit,itisouropmio_thatthe ex_ wetla=dsann_ _dlik m amanta=t1=tis&_ :..,=_altoa_safety,ixn_cular__ _ anddabblingducks.We havebeenwoddngwithSeaTac toreducewildlifeh-_,dsthroughoutthe airfieldmd haveprovid_tt_:=with_ inthepasttoprecludewate_f__ _I_ _ wetlands. I wantm ,._s_ thoseriousnatu_ ofbird _. they azerealm_ _m nmulxm mm_ thjmjust (_tly _:mi_, tlueyan n=ult m loss ofl_m_m lHe. A u'agi_mample of this wu reee=tly demonstn/_ in 1995 whenafioe.kofC-.anadaF=setxvul_downm ain:'_inAbsk_ kiUingall24 crewmemberse_board.Insimabonswhe_ thc_islossofhu_m lifeorproperty,then:maybesev=e legalramificatiomand_ liab_yforpersonnelthatfm_toaba_]_zardoussiumieminvolving wildlife. One_,,,_g _ thatvmsvoiced ttn_ugbou_the besting by supportersof m-site mit_ga_a_ Wasthat the lO,OO0-foot_ou between mrfieldaand ha,,._o.s wildlife aUract_om(as descn'ix.din FAA AdvisoryCircular150/$200-33)is oe_y• reco.,_endatioa and is not ma=dato_. Many oflhesame prcs_mtm'salso indicatedthatthey did not feel wetlands sunu'ac_wildlife, norwould they incrmu_the potenthdforbird s_a:s at theairfield. Thiscont_r_on is in_ly flawedbecause 1) ffbirds am=not aUnct_d to thewethm_ _:re would be no need m mi_pte in the_t p_.e, and2) it _ _ demonslntedatairpomthnml_hOUttheworldtt_ttasthenumberofanimalsi_thevicim_of_ _ increases,thewildlife _-m_s (numbe=of strikesper 10,000ab'=r_ movemc_m)typical_increase. While, fi_ _l_donsh,ipbetween_rates md wildlife abundan_ may notbe directlyprop(xtio_l due to the susae_'bili_ of some species to collide with a_,,,_,_t,it…

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Call to order – Roll Call – Quorum Established – Land Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge that our Agency operates in four present-day counties, which are the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people, past and present. This acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities in our jurisdiction and [...]