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A fisheries biologist, writing on behalf of the Airport Communities Coalition, assessed the Port of Seattle's plan to use City of Seattle drinking water to boost low summer flows in Miller and Des Moines Creeks near Sea-Tac Airport. The report concludes that the drinking water's chlorine and fluoride content would be highly toxic to fish and other aquatic life, far exceeding Washington State water quality standards even after dilution in the streams. The biologist recommends against the plan and suggests that well water from within the local watersheds may be a less harmful alternative.

Draft memorandum dated August 21, 2000 from Jamie Beaver, Mike Bailey P.E., and Barry Chen P.E. of Hart Crowser, Inc. to Jim Thomson at HNTB (project J-4978-30) providing geotechnical design information for RECo for MSE wall and reinforced embankment fill design for the Third Runway Embankment at Sea-Tac Airport. Document includes minimum factors of safety

Letter dated August 18, 2000 from Keith R. Smith, Water Resources Manager at Port Of Seattle (Seattle-Tacoma International Airport), to Jillian Hoyt of Seattle Public Utilities, regarding the Des Moines Creek Basin Plan Flow Augmentation Facility. The Port seeks to purchase water from SPU as an alternate supply for the proposed flow augmentation facility, which

In August 2000, the Port of Seattle submitted a revised implementation plan to the Washington Department of Ecology for a flow augmentation facility on Des Moines Creek, near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The plan outlines two potential water sources — a Port-owned well used to irrigate the Tyce Valley Golf Course, or water purchased from Seattle Public Utilities — along with details on pipeline construction, dechlorination treatment options, and pump configurations. Construction of the facility was scheduled to begin in June 2002, with the well preferred as the lower-cost option pending resolution of water rights issues.

A wetland scientist hired by the Airport Communities Coalition reviewed the Port of Seattle's proposed wetland mitigation plan for the SeaTac Third Runway construction and concluded it was wholly inadequate. The report argues that the planned out-of-basin mitigation at an Auburn site fails to replace the wetland functions lost in the Walker Creek, Des Moines Creek, and Miller Creek watersheds, and that placing mitigation in a different drainage basin cannot scientifically compensate for local losses under Washington State environmental law. The reviewer also warns that the Auburn mitigation site faces multiple risks and is unlikely to be sustainable long-term.

Memorandum from Brian Pippin (Parametrix, Inc.) to Linda Logan (cc: John Brooker), dated August 14, 2000, Project Number 556-2912-001, Port of Seattle WERs. Discusses critical conditions for Water Effect Ratio (WER) sampling per the Permit Writers Manual for the third runway treated stormwater discharge into Miller Creek. Uses HSPF hindcasting over 49-year period to evaluate

Facsimile cover sheet from Elizabeth Leavitt, Manager, Aviation Environmental Programs, Port Of Seattle, transmitting a 7-page package to Tom Luster (Ecology) and Eric Stockdale (NWRO) regarding the Auburn HPAD and shoreline exemptions. Includes August 9, 2000 letter from City of Auburn Planning Director Paul Krauss to Elizabeth Leavitt and Robert J. Fritzen (Department of Ecology,

Email chain dated August 10, 2000 from Kelly R. Whiting, PE (King County Department of Natural Resources, Water and Land Resource Division, Drainage Services Section) to Louise Kulzer and Kate Rhoads, cc David Masters, regarding Landscape Management Plans and the POS-SMP proposed approach for dealing with metal roofs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA). Whiting raises

Email dated August 10, 2000 from Kate Rhoads to Kelly Whiting transmitting a Word document (POS-Cu.doc) containing technical comments on copper (Cu) levels in stormwater runoff from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA) runways. AR017903-017904. Comments address total recoverable (TR) copper median concentration of 37 ug/l versus the dissolved fraction surface water acute toxicity standard of 4

Hart Crowser draft report prepared for Port of Seattle, August 9, 2000 (J-4978-13), evaluating perched groundwater zone interception and potential wetland hydrology impacts from Borrow Area 3 excavation for the Sea-Tac Third Runway project. Addresses Pacific Groundwater Group (PGG, 2000) concerns commissioned by Washington State Department of Ecology regarding impacts to Wetland 29. Includes ModFlow