EXH0612024306

PCHBPollution Control Hearings Board of the State of Washington

Seattle, WA 98124-2255 A Z O U SENVIRONN4ENTAL SCIENCES Ms. Michelle Walker US Army Corps of Engineers ReguLatory Section, Seattle District PO Box 3755 Seattle, WA 98124-2255 RE: Reference: Seattle, Port of, 1996-4-02325, Review of November 2001 Natural Resource Management Plan (NRMP) for Construction of SeaTac Third Runway Dear Ms. Terzi and Ms. Walker, As you both know, Azous Environmental Sciences (AES) has been reviewing the impact of the Port of Seattle's proposed development at SeaTac airport on wetlands, streams and - fisheries resources on behalf of the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC). The purpose of this letter is to provide initial comments on the November 2001 update of the Natural Resources Management Plan (NRMP). A list of documents reviewed in preparing this response is provided below. List of Documents Reviewed: • Natural ResourceMitigation P/an (NKMP); Seattle-Tacoma International Airport; Master Plan Update Improvements dated November 2001, Parametrix, Inc. • Natural ResourceMitigation Plan (NtOdP) Appendices A-E Design Drawings dated November 2001, Paramettix, Inc. • Wetland FunctionalAssessment and Impact Analysis; Master Plan Update Improvementr, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, December 2000 by Parametrix, Inc. Although a 2001 edition of this document is referred to in the November 2001 NRMP, that document has not been made available to ACC. • Wetland Delineation Report; Master Plan Update Improvement_, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, December 2000 by Parametfix, Inc. This letter reviews the proposal for mitigating wetland impacts contained in the November 2001 NRMP. The NRMP differs internaBy in what how it characterizes the Port's mitigation proposal) For this discussion…
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