Notes
Email dated April 12, 1999 from Erik Stockdale to Raymond Hellwig and Tom Luster (cc: Erik Stockdale) regarding bird strike hazard (BASH) monitoring at Sea-Tac Airport in-basin mitigation sites Vacca Farm and Tyee Golf Course. Stockdale recounts conversation with Jim Kelley (FAA) about the need for baseline ‘before’ bird use data at mitigation sites prior to revegetation into native wetland plant communities. Discussion addresses whether net increase in BASH or mere existence of hazard triggers wildlife suppression action, and concern that FAA and Port Of Seattle could use hazard existence to claim wetland mitigation increases BASH. Kelley stated the mitigation design would lower current hazard if he were to testify in court. Document references AR 018444.