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Re: Coastal Zone Management Act Consistency Statement for Port of Seattle's Proposed Master Plan Update for Seattle Tacoma International Airport Dear Mr. Luster: On December 6, 1999, the Port of Seattle submitted to the Department of Ecology a Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) Consistency Statement relating to its application for a Section 404 permit from the Corps of Engineers. Federal regulation provides that, if Ecology does not concur or object to this consistency statement within six months of its receipt, then Ecology's concurrence with the statement is conclusively presumed. 33 C.F.R. Sec. 325.2. The six-month deadline for Ecology to make its determination on the Port's request is June 5, 2000. You have informed us that Ecology will be unable to concur with the Port's consistency statement prior to June 5 because there are unresolved issues associated with Ecology's review of the statement and, therefore, Ecology will deny concurrence unless the Port withdraws its consistency statement. Accordingly, with this letter, the Port hereby withdraws its consistency statement submitted on December 6, 1999. Simultaneous with this withdrawal, the Port hereby submits a new consistency statement, which is enclosed with this letter. This new consistency statement begins a new six-month review period. However, based on communications with you, it is our understanding that Ecology's intent is to use only the time necessary to resolve the outstanding issues and not use the entire six-month time period. As always, we are prepared to respond to any questions and provide Ecology whatever information it needs to…

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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 [...]