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TO: Kevin Fitzpatrick, Ecology NWRO Water Quality Section Manager Ann Kermy, Ecology NWRO Shorelines and Environmental Assessment FROM: Dave Garland, Ecology NWRO Water Quality Nonpoint Unit SUBJECT: Review of"Sea-Tac Airport Master Plan Update Low Streamflow Analysis" Earth Tech, December 2000 BACKGROUND Comments are provided resulting from my review of the report, "Sea-Toe Airport Master Plan Update Low Streamflow Analysis " (Earth Tech, December 2000). This low streamflow analysis is associated with the Port of Seattle's latest 401 Permit application for construction on the Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway in proximity to Des Moines, Walker, and Miller creeks. Earth Tech, Inc., performed the analysis which expanded upon analyses in recent studies conducted by Pacific Groundwater Group(PGG) and Earth Tech (Sea-Tac Runway Fill Hydrologic Studies Report, June 2000), Hart Crowser (Effects on Infiltration and Baseflow, Proposed Third Runway Embankment, October 2000) -- and Parametrix (Stormwater Management Plans and HSPF streamflow modeling reports; November 1999, August 2000, and December 2000). The subject report uses the term "low streamflow" to refer to total flow in a given stream during August and September, since those months are considered critical for minimum streamflows. After characterizing existing August and September streamflow conditions in Miller, Walker and Des Moines creeks, the report considers existing watershed modeling of current and proposed (post-project) hydrologic conditions. The analysis performed for this report then incorporates factors not taken into account in the existing watershed modeling. WATERSHED MODELING Existing studies had dete,'mined that the base year for defining pre-pmject hydrologic conditions in streams around…

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