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Letter dated February 16, 2001, from Helsell Fetterman attorneys Peter J. Eglick and Kevin L. Stock, representing Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) — comprised of Burien, Des Moines, Federal Way, Normandy Park, Tukwila, and Highline School District — to Jonathan Freedman (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District) and Ann Kenny (Department of Ecology, Northwest Regional Office), Corps Reference No. 1996-4-02325. ACC urges denial of Port Of Seattle’s Clean Water Act Section 401 certification and Section 404 permit for the third runway and MPU improvements at Sea-Tac Airport. Letter details Phase 4 embankment construction ($31–$48 million, 50 acres clearing, 2,300,000 cubic yards fill, two sedimentation ponds), alleges Port has spent ~$300 million pre-permit, and argues Ecology lacks ‘reasonable assurance’ under state water quality standards. Cites PCHB case Okanogan Highlands Alliance v. Department of Ecology and Battle Mountain Gold Company (PCHB Nos. 97-146, 97-182, 97-183, 97-186, 99-019). Raises deficiencies in stormwater management plan (SMP), Miller Creek relocation, 18 acres wetland fill, inadequate Best Management Practices, and comments by Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, Sheldon & Associates, and Water Resources Consulting (Dr. Peter Willing). Exhibit AR023598–AR023600.