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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers _ 1i .... Regulatory Branch _ AU5 0 ? 2001 t.'=:,, P.O.Box 3755 HELSELLF_!"iERIVIA'NLLP Seattle, Washington 98124-2255 ATTENTION: Muffy Walker, Gail Terzi Washington State Department of Ecology 3190 160thAve. S.E. Bellevue, Washington 98008-5452 ATTENTION: Ann Kenny RE: Department of the Army Section 404 Permit Application, SeaTac Airport Reference: 1996-4-02325 Dear Ms. Walker, Terzi, and Kenny: The Port of Seattle has submitted to Ecology a document entitled "Low Flow Analysis - Flow Impact Offset Facility Proposal," written by Parametrix, dated July 2001. This letter comments on behalf of the Airport Communities Coalition on that document, within the constraints of a very short review period. Please also refer to letters from Water Resources Consulting dated September 19, 2000; February 15, 2001; March 12, 2001; and July 18, 2001. Although the new low flow study is more substantial in terms of sheer weight than the December 2000 Low Streamflow Analysis, it is not more substantial in terms of reasonable assurance that the Port's SeaTac plans will meet water quality standards in the three main creeks. The Department of Ecology andthe Corps of Engineers have been asked to accept a monstrous 15pounds of unnecessary paper print-out of hourly stream flow calibration data in lieu of a mature and well considered proposal. The text ofthe document is not finished. Missing information is shown by "wild card" dummy figure numbers referring to figures that do not exist, essential appendices are missing, cross references are not functional, sections end with the announcement…

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