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FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE _ 7_!e/rreT_'/'_" I Western Washington Office 510 Desmond Drive SE, Suite 102 Lacey, Washington 98503 Phone: (360) 753-9440 Fax: (360) 753-9008 Lowell H. Johnson Federal Aviation Administration 1601 Lind Avenue SW Renton, Washington 98055-4056 FWS Reference #: 1-3-00-F-1420, Master Plan Update Improvements, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport X Reference #: 1-3-96-I-29, I-3-99-SP-0744 Dear Mr. Johnson: This document transmits the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) biological opinion (BO) - regarding the effects ofthe proposed Master Plan Update Improvements (MPUI) for the Seattle- Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) in King County, Washington on the threatened bull trout (Salvelinus canfluentus), bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), and marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in accordance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). This project is proposed by the Port of Seattle, Sea-Tac (Port). Your June 15, 2000, request for formal consultation was received by our office on approximately June 16, 2000. We received a letter by fax from you on August 21, 2000, requesting that we concur with a "may affect, not likely to adversely affect" call for the marbled murrelet rather than a "no effect." This biological opinion is based on the following information: biological assessment (BA) dated June 2000; Supplement for Property Acquisition and Demolition for 34X Runway Protection Zone, dated September 2000; supplement to the BA, dated December 18, 2000; Memorandum, dated December 2 I, 2000; Sea-Tac Runway Fill Hydrology Studies Report (PGG 2000), Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan (Parametrix 2000a);…

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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 [...]