EXH AR024356: Letter to Ecology Requesting Admin Order Lagoon #3 Bypass; SEPA Addendum IWS Lagoon #3 Upgrades & Expansion

The Port of Seattle requested regulatory approval to temporarily take Lagoon #3, part of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport's industrial wastewater treatment system, out of service from April through December 2002 for remediation and expansion work. The project aimed to increase the lagoon's storage capacity from 26 million gallons to 76 million gallons, add a protective liner, and rebuild berms to prevent untreated wastewater from seeping into the ground. During the construction period, some untreated industrial wastewater flows could potentially be released into Des Moines Creek as unavoidable bypasses.

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AR024356. January 24, 2001 letter from Michael Feldman, Director of Aviation Facilities & Environmental Programs, Port Of Seattle, to Ed Abbasi P.E. at Washington Department of Ecology Northwest Regional Office, requesting an administrative order under Special Condition S5.B of NPDES Permit WA-002465-1 for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Letter concerns taking Industrial Wastewater System (IWS) Lagoon #3 out of service April 1 to December 31 during remediation and lining construction, with potential untreated bypass flows to Des Moines Creek. Also includes January 25, 2002 SEPA Addendum (POS SEPA No. 02-01, Ecology File 200200442) to the December 22, 1999 Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) for IWS Lagoon #3 Upgrades and Expansion, revising project completion to March 2003 and lagoon capacity increase from 26 million gallons to 76 million gallons, with AKART effluent to King County South Treatment Plant at Renton for discharge into Puget Sound.

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