EXH0243019008

PCHBPollution Control Hearings Board of the State of Washington

Subject: Comments on stormwater, hydrology, and hydraulics aspects of proposed 3rd runway and related development actions at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Corps Reference No. 1996-4-02325. Northwest Hydraulic Consultants has been retained on behalf of the Airport Communities Coalition to provide technical reviews of stormwater, hydrology, and hydraulics elements of proposed development actions at SeaTac airport. Our comments on the November 1999 version of the project stormwater management plan and related environmental documents were submitted to Ecology and the Corps in a series of three letters dated I1/24/99, 5/3/2000, and 7/31/2000. Our comments on the August 2000 version of the stormwater management plan were submitted to Ecology (but not the Corps) in a series of four letters dated 9/7/2000, 9/21/2000, 9/25/2000, and 9/27/2000. The purpose of this lener is to record our review comments on the December 2000 version of the documents listed below. • "'Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Master Plan Update Improvements" dated December 2000 by Parametrix, Inc. Also reviewed were the separately-bound (as Volumes 2 through 4) Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan Appendices A through Z dated December 2000. (SMP) • "'Natural Resource Mitigation Plan; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport; Master Plan Update Improvements" dated December 2000 by Parametrix, Inc. Also reviewed were the separately-bound Natural Resource Mitigation Plan Appendices A-E Design Drawings dated December 2000. (NRMP) AR 019008 ,, "Wetland Functional Assessment and Impact Analysis; Master Plan Update lmprovemems; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport" dated December 2000 by Parametrix, Inc. (WFA) Our qualifications to perform this review were described in our…
V V