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In July 2001, Washington State Department of Ecology staff circulated a confidential preliminary draft of a Section 401 Water Quality Certification related to the construction of a third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The draft certification, addressed to the Port of Seattle, confirmed that the proposed runway project complied with applicable provisions of the Clean Water Act and the Washington State Coastal Zone Management Program, subject to stormwater and other water quality conditions. The document was still under internal review, with sections on stormwater management and low-flow conditions pending further input before finalization.

Email from Ann Kenny (Washington State Department of Ecology, Northwest Regional Office) dated July 29, 2001, transmitting a preliminary draft 401 Water Quality Certification (WQC) for the Port of Seattle Third Runway construction at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA). Recipients include Raymond Hellwig, Kevin Fitzpatrick, John Drabek, Ching-Pi Wang, Erik Stockdale, Joan Marchioro (ATG), Tom Young

Email from Ann Kenny (Ecology) dated July 29, 2001, to the 401 WQC team — including Raymond Hellwig, Kevin Fitzpatrick, John Drabek, Ching-Pi Wang, Erik Stockdale, Joan Marchioro (ATG), Tom Young (ATG), Katie Walter, and Kelly Whiting, cc Jeannie Summerhays — transmitting a preliminary deliberative draft 401 Water Quality Certification (WQC) for the Third Runway

Deliberative, do-not-disclose email from Ann Kenny (Washington State Department of Ecology) dated July 29, 2001, transmitting a preliminary draft 401 Water Quality Certification (WQC) for the Port of Seattle Third Runway construction at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA) in the Miller, Walker, and Des Moines Creek watersheds. The draft WQC references JARPA application dated October 25,

Handwritten Record of Telecon dated 7-27-01, call from Kelly Whiting (KCI), subject: low flow — Wetland 44a. Notes state no water coming from the drain to south, cut not fill on runway, third-way model over-estimated flow; Parametrix modeled at 2200; 11,000-foot estimate; embankment will provide flow except where lined; flows feeding 44a are not meeting

Deliberative internal email chain dated July 27, 2001, from Erik Stockdale to Ann Kenny, forwarded to Katie Walter, transmitting draft language for additional mitigation on Miller Creek related to SeaTac 3rd Runway construction. Ecology determined that ‘temporary’ wetland impacts (up to 2.05 acres, including 1.25 acres from stormwater ponds) are permanent in nature and require

In this July 27, 2001 letter, attorney Kevin L. Stock of Helsell Fetterman LLP writes to the Washington Department of Ecology on behalf of the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC), protesting that the Port of Seattle submitted a massive two-volume Low Flow Analysis on July 24 while Ecology planned to issue its Clean Water Act 401 certification decision as early as August 6. The ACC argues that this timeline denies the public a meaningful opportunity to review and comment on a critical water quality report, as required by the Clean Water Act and state law. The letter urgently requests that Ecology grant the public a minimum of thirty days to comment on the Port's latest low stream flow analysis before issuing any certification decision.

Deliberative internal email chain dated July 27, 2001 from Erik Stockdale to Ann Kenny, forwarded to Katie Walter, transmitting draft language for additional mitigation on Miller Creek related to the SeaTac 3rd Runway project (AR 018239–018241). The draft document, titled ‘Mitigation for Temporary Impacts — SeaTac 3rd Runway,’ addresses Ecology’s determination that impacts characterized as

Meeting notes from 2-26-01 discuss a new CFM proposal for Walker that may significantly increase storage requirements and affect SMP design feasibility, potentially impacting NRMP. Key concerns include the need to understand design feasibility and impacts, with discussion of resizing UDP to allow CFM regulations and hydrological monitoring. Participants noted too much time was being spent on modeling rather than addressing core design and impact questions.

Letter dated July 25, 2001 from Keith R. Smith, Water Resources Manager, Port Of Seattle, to Ann E. Kenny, Washington Department of Ecology Northwest Regional Office, clarifying the Low Streamflow Analysis and Summer Low Flow Impact Offset Facility Proposal for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Corrections address: embankment recharge calculation using ‘flat outwash grass’; non-contiguous groundwater contributions