EXH AR023684: Letter to Ecology re MTCA Ground Water Study STIA w/ Meeting Notes Agreed Order Status 11/16/00

A January 2001 letter and accompanying meeting notes document communications between the Port of Seattle and the Washington Department of Ecology regarding a groundwater contamination study at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, conducted under the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) Agreed Order 97TC-N112. The records outline the scope of the study, which focuses on hydrogeologic investigation and a review of the Fuel Operations Area, and clarify that any necessary cleanup would be handled separately after the study's completion. Both parties discussed concerns about scope expansion and the process for addressing contaminated sites identified through the study.

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Letter dated January 24, 2001 from Paul Agid, Senior Environmental Program Manager, Port Of Seattle, to John Wietfeld, Washington Department of Ecology Northwest Regional Office, transmitting meeting minutes from the November 16, 2000 Ecology-Port meeting regarding the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA) MTCA Ground Water Study conducted under MTCA Agreed Order 97TC-N112. Attached memo from Marilyn Guthrie to Paul Agid (dated 1/23/01) documents meeting notes: attendees included Steve Alexander, John Wietfeld, Roger Nye, Ching Pi Wang (DOE), Elizabeth Leavitt, Paul Agid, Marilyn Guthrie (POS). Topics include scope of Agreed Order (Hydrogeologic Study and Fuel Operations Area review), groundwater contamination pathways, receptors, AOMA boundary, VCP (Voluntary Cleanup Program), Independent Action, scope creep concerns, 3rd RW geotechnical wells, flow model boundaries, and responses submitted to Ecology in December 2000 regarding Agreed Order 97TC-N122. Document identifier AR 023684–AR 023686.

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