EXH0353021219

ATTENTION: Mu_ Walker,CraiITerzi. ]_'i_s2.,i _/_ " _1Washington StateDcpmqrn_ntof_olog_, -- " " ' Bellevue, Washington 98008-5452 ATTENTION: A_n Kenny RE: Departmentof the Army Section 494Petit AppLication,SeaTacAirport Reference: 1996-4-02325 D¢_ Ms. Walker, Tcrzi, andKermy: The Port of Seattle has submitted to Ecology a document entitled "Low FLowAnalysis - Flow ImpactOffset FaciLityProposal,"written by Parametrix,dated3"uly2001. This letter eomment_on behalf of theAirportCommtmitiesCoalitionon thatdocument,w_th;-thecomuaiats of averyshort ,-vviewperiod. Please also refer to letters fi-omWaterResourcesConsulting dated September 19, • 2000; February 15, 2001; M._ch 12, 2001; and_uly18, 2001. Althou_ the new low flow study is marc sub_ in t_rms ofshe_ weight than the December 2000 Low StreamflowAnalys_s,itisnotmarcsubstantialintc_-msofreasonableassurancethat _he Port's SeaTacplans will meet waterqualitys_ndardainthethree main creeks. The Departmentof EcologyandtheCor_sofEugineershavebeenaskedtoaccclI amonstrous15poundsofunneees_zy paper print-out of hourly stream flow calibration damin lieu of a mature and well considered propasal, The textofthedocumentisnotfinished.Missinginformationisshownby%vild_d" dummy _gu_ numbersreferringtofigurestha:do notexist,essentialappendicesaremissln_caos_ m fm-cnocsarcsotfunctional,scct/onsendwiththeannouncement"scclionnotcampke,¢."ThePort's acknowledgedconfusionnecessitatedaclar_cationletterdatedJuly25,2001.Thewholeeffort the appearanceofadcspcrameffortto submit something,regardlessofquality.Thi_olu_actor_c makesitconsistentwkh previoussubmittalsfro_thePort.PleaserememberthatthisisthcPort's third augmentationwatersource,anditsthirdapplicationfor401certification,since1998, The cover Lettersays tha_"the vaults will include features (both structuraland oper_.tional)for managingwaterquality_ ensurethere areno adverseimpac_ fromdischargesfrom the flow impact offset faoility."No s_a[ f_'u_s ar_ shownonanydrawings;sof_ theywarrantonlya cosr,epmaldet=iption.Thesedan onOl_0rai_onsays"TheFinalPlanwillincludethedetailsand specif_'ity thatis n_t available at the presenttime" (p. 2_). The _proposedgc_emI opcrat[ng AR 021219 R.Y.DATE/TIME .AUG,-08' 0l [WEgZng:Sb z2ub3402,_._4 Z'.uU6 0"8-_li-lOOl09:Otiu_h'oz-HELSELL,.. zE_WI dOE340ZS24 T-293 P003/005F-693 • ,.,-_zr.-2_,i ] l, _ FR',._WAT_-ZP,,_.Lb_u._CE.._C",_$ 36_7G 1Q4._ P. 3 To.,_i,WaJkcr,Kcnny 2 August 6, 2001 sc.heduh"(p.27)saysthat"if_t_fi_ wa.tm"qualityviolationsarcindicated,"thePortwill "installlrn_,taiafilt_rsfors,'dirncnt.q_bidity/metals"and"_ustallportableaeratorsforDO."These stepscannotbedonsatthelastminute,asanafterthought,withanyexpectationthattheywillwork. Theyhavetobe"designed,built,t¢ste.d,andrefinedbeforetheneedforthemarises.A looseplanto installsonmthingaRertheneed',_omesapparent,fallsshodofr_asonableassu:r_ce, Reference(p.14,15)ismadezoworkinprogress,anddatathathasnotbeensubmitted.ThePort iscurrentlyinvestigating_trationofstormwater,includingtheeffectivenessofseveralfiltration media;thedatawillbeavailablebeforef.maldesignbutatenotavailablenow.ThePartalsorecently startedrecordingtmmperaturcinseveralstormwat_rvaults,butdoesnotcaretosharethedatasothe publiccanevaluateit. •Thenewlowflowanalysissaysthatthc'_isarcqugrementforatotalof46ac_efe_ofstorageinthe three watersheds, consisting of 18.8 acrefeet in the MillerCreekwatershed, 15 ac-_ feet in Walker Creel and 12.2 acre f_t in Des Moines Creel The plan…

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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 [...]