Notes
Privileged and confidential chronological timeline prepared by ACC (Airport Communities Coalition) dated April 30, 1999, documenting the Section 401 water quality certification and Section 404 wetlands fill permit process related to the Port of Seattle Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway expansion project. Covers December 1997 through projected year 2000, including Port’s JARPA submission to Army Corps of Engineers, public hearings, ACC opposition comments, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. EPA Region 10 denial recommendations, Port’s Amended Wetland Mitigation Plan (July 1998) with in-basin elements including Des Moines Creek baseflow augmentation and Miller Creek habitat improvements, Department of Ecology Section 401 certification (July 20, 1998) and subsequent revocation (October 20, 1998), FAA Northwest Mountain Region’s 10,000-foot wetlands restriction, Port’s out-of-watershed mitigation proposal in Green River watershed City of Auburn, Adolfson & Associates same-watershed mitigation site report, Washington Pollution Control Hearings Board appeal, and projected 1999–2000 schedule for revised Section 401/404 applications, public notices, hearings, and possible SEIS under SEPA or NEPA.