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AR023947. Ecology (ECY) SMT talking points dated 9/8/00 briefing on the Third Runway (3RW) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA). Covers Puget Sound Regional Council 1996 go-ahead for 3RW without consideration of Snohomish and Pierce County alternatives; ECY’s 401 Certification history including 1998 issuance under pressure and Port of Seattle withdrawal of application; NPDES Industrial Stormwater Waste Discharge Permit litigation; 60-day notice of intent to sue from RCAA/CASE to Port of Seattle for CWA violations; primary regulatory concerns including Natural Resource Mitigation Plan (NRMP), wetland mitigation in two sub-basins, Wildlife Hazard Management Plan (WLHMP), BASH/FAA agreements, Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP), King County SWMP review, Des Moines Creek flow augmentation, ESA, CZM consistency, HPAs, Auburn off-site wetland mitigation (65 acres), SR-509 cumulative impacts, and clean fill criteria. Notes political pressure from legislators, Mic Dinsmore, the Governor, ACC, RCAA, CASE, and the Gravel Studies/Maury Island arsenic contamination. Current 401 clock expiring end of September 2000.