EXH0795028160

SUBJECT: Summary of telephone conversations with Elizabeth Leavitt and/or Jim Kelley regarding Corps review of the draft response to comments from Azous and Sheldon 1. I spoke with Jim and Elizabeth over a two-day period on 9 and 10 April 2001 to discuss the Corps' comments on their draft responses to the Azous and Sheldon letters. Jim was present for both of the conversations and Elizabeth was on for approximately 1 hour on the 9th. a. General overall comments: (1) Need to be careful about making absolute statements of compliance with the 404(b)(1) Guidelines or having provided sufficient information. The Port may believe they are in compliance with the Guidelines, however, this is the Corps determination to make and we have not yet made a final decision. The Corps also has requested additional information and the responses should reflect that the Port is working on submitting answers to our questions. (2) By dividing the letters paragraph by paragraph, the responses were sometimes difficult to follow and some answers either covered more than one paragraph or were matched to the wrong paragraph. I suggested organizing by topic, or subtopic, and giving an overall, comprehensive response and then, if there were specific data/issues in the paragraphs of the subgroup, add responses to those. (3) I suggested finding an "informed layperson" to review information being provided to the Corps. Someone who understands wetlands, streams, environmental issues, etc. but is not intimately familiar with the 3rdRunway. Jim and the other consultants working for the…

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