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Co: Thompson, Craig E.; Dahlgren, Curtis A.: Nord, Tim Subject: Acceptable Fill Criteria Language for Draft 401 Certificatwon DELIBERATIVEDOCUMENTCURRENTLYEXEMPTFROMPUBLICDISCLOSURE On Monday June 11, Mr. Craig Thompson had a limited discussionwith Mr. Pete Kmet of the HQ/TCP on this project. Mr. Kmet recommended MTCA should not be used for the establishment of clean-fillcriteria for the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Third Runway project. However, if MTCA is to be used for this purpose, Mr. Kmet further recommended all other requirements of the MTCA should be applied for the establishmentof the clean fill criteria. have interpreted his MTCA requirementsat minimum as requiring: 1) a larger listingof potential contaminants for testing, 2) groundwater monitoring for compliance with the groundwater and/or surface water criteria,and 2) terrestrialecologicalevaluation. There may be other requirements that will need to be identified priorto finalizingthe "Acceptable Fill Criteria Language." Since his recommendationsare consideredas the department policywith respect to this project, therefore it would be inappropriate for me to comment on his recommendations. Please advise as to my scope-of-work. In the interim, I will proceed to review the biological opinion by US Fish and Wildlife Service on the MasterPlan Update Improvements. From your previous emails, I understand you/NWRO will be meeting with the US Fish and Wildlife Service to finalize an acceptable set of fill criteria.Per agreement, I will start my review of the Clean Fill Criteria based on the most recent draft language, i.e., post US Fish and Wildlife Service meeting. One final note, I do not know howto implement many of…

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