EXH0700026273

PCHBPollution Control Hearings Board of the State of Washington

i>.arametrix,: _ Inc. Consultants in Engineeringand Environmental Sciences 5808LakeWashingtonBlvd.NE,Suite200,Kirkland,WA98033-7350 425-822-8880,, Fax:425.889-8808 TRANSMITTAL FORM To: Muffy Walker Date: November 2, 2001 P.O. Box 3755 (98124-3375) ProjectNumber.556-2912-001-03 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ProjectName: STIA MPU 4735 E. Marginal Way S. Natural Resource Seattle, Washington 98134-2385 Mitigation ° We are transmitting the following materials: Responses to ACOE Questions on 26 October 2001 Submittals Comments: Attached is the information you requested of the Port on October 31, 2001. Please call if you have any questions. These are: [] PERYOURREQUEST SentVia: [] U.S.MAIL [] FORYOURINFORMATION [] COURIER [] FORYOURREVIEWANDAPPROVAL [] EXPRESSOVERNIGHT [] FORYOURFILES [] OTHER- INTEROFFICE [] FORYOURACTION [] HANDDELIVERY/PICKUP Sincerely, cc: Elizabeth Leavitt, Port of Seattle " AR 026273 Jim Kelley,Ph.D. QualityService ThroughEmployeeOwnership _ RESPONSE TO ACOE QUESTIONS ON 26 OCTOBER 2001 SUBMITTALS November 2, 2001 Pararnetrix,Inc. Jim Kelley 1. The air photo and overlay previously provided are correct. As stated inthe submittal (page 2, Item 4), the air photo was taken in 1980 when the area was in residential use. Wetlands do indeed occur where some houses once stood. I am providing a 1990 photo and overlay which also shows that many houses are present, a few where wetlands are present. The scale of these photos is 1 inch equals about 400 feet. Regarding Wetland B14, it was surveyed and mapped as occurring partially in a street right of way (see overlay and other wetland maps). The air photo shows that about l0 years ago 2-3 houses were once located in the area…
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