EXH0529023598

Re: Comments of Airport Communities Coalition {ACC) on Port of Seattle Application for Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification , and Section 404 Permit for Proposed Third Runway and Other _ MPU Improvements at Sea'Tac International Airport, Corps Reference No. 1996-4-02325 Dear Ms. Freedman and Ms. Kenny: On February 28, 2001, culminating the bid and contract process initiated by the Port of Seattle some time ago, the Port will publicly open and read aloud all bids it received for construction of Phase 4 of the embankment for the third runway. According to the Port, Phase 4 of the embankment construction will cost $31,000,000.00 to $48,000,000.00, involve clearing and grubbing 50 acres, require importing, hauling and placement of over 2,300,000 cubic yards of fill, require subgrade improvements totaling 167,000 cubic yards and include construction of "drainage features" and "two major sedimentation ponds." Phase 4 will roughly double the 3 million cubic yards of fill already stockpiled on site and bring the total stockpiled fill to almost one third of the amount needed for the third runway. No one should be fooled. The Port is constructing the third runway and, to date, has spent close to $300 million on the project even though your agencies have yet to decide whether a third runway will ever be built. The Port is gambling that the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Ecology will flinch from applying to the Port, without fear or favor, the requirements of the Clean Water Act. As you…

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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 [...]