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FWS Reference #: 1-3-00-F-1420, Master Plan Update Improvements, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport X Reference #: 1-3-96-1-29, 1-3-99-SP-0744 Dear Mr. Johnson: This document transmits the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) biological opinion 030) regarding the effects of the proposed Master Plan Update Improvements (MPUI) for the Seattle- Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tat) in King County, Washington on the threatened bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus), bald. eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), and marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in accordance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). This project is proposed by the Port of Seattle, Sea-Tac (Port). Your June 15, 2000, request for formal consultation was received by our office on approximately June 16, 2000. We received a letter by fax from you on August 21, 2000, requesting that we concur with a "may affect, not likely to adversely affect" call for the marbled murrelet rather than a "'no effect." This biological opinion is based on the following information: biological assessment (BA) dated June 2000; Supplement for Property Acquisition and Demolition for 34X Runway Protection Zone, dated September 2000; supplement to the BA, dated December 18, 2000; Memorandum, dated December 21, 2000; Sea-Tac Runway Fill Hydrology Studies Report (PGG 2000), Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan (Parametrix 2000a); Seattle-Tacoma Airport Master Plan Update, Low Streamflow Analysis (Earth Teeh, Inc. 2000) letter dated October 30, 2000 transmitting new Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application; Final Natural Resource Mitigation Plan (Parametrix 2000b) information provided by fax from you on October…

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