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Internal deliberative emails from Kevin Fitzpatrick (NWRO Water Quality Program Section Manager) to Chung K. Yee, Ann Kenny, Ching-Pi Wang, and others at Washington State Department of Ecology regarding development of acceptable clean fill criteria language for the 401 Water Quality Certification for the Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway (Sea-Tac Master Plan Improvements project). Emails reference

Email correspondence (June 4, 2001) from Andrea Grad, paralegal at Helsell Fetterman, to Ann Kenny at Washington State Department of Ecology (ECY), following up on a Public Disclosure Act (PDA) request for Parametrix’s 1999 draft report titled ‘Water Effects Ratio Screening Study of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport: Toxicity Evaluation of Site Water.’ The Port of Seattle

Email chain (June 1, 2001) from Kevin Fitzpatrick, Section Manager, Water Quality Program NWRO, to Ann Kenny and Ching-Pi Wang, cc Raymond Hellwig and Steve Alexander (Ecology), forwarding deliberative draft language for clean fill criteria in the 401 Certification for Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway construction. Includes August 24, 2000 email from Fitzpatrick to Tom Luster

Letter dated May 31, 2001 from NMFS Northwest Region to FAA Airport Division Manager Lowell H. Johnson (NMFS No. WSB-00-318) concurring with the ‘may affect, not likely to adversely affect’ determination for threatened Puget Sound chinook salmon (Onchorhynchus tshawytscha) and designated critical habitat under ESA Section 7(a)(2), and finding STIA projects ‘not likely to adversely

Letter dated May 31, 2001 from NMFS Northwest Region (Seattle, WA) to Lowell H. Johnson, FAA Airport Division Manager, concurring with the ‘may affect, not likely to adversely affect’ determination for threatened Puget Sound chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and designated critical habitat under ESA Section 7(a)(2) for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA) Master Plan Update Improvements

In May 2001, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a biological opinion concluding that planned construction and expansion projects at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport — including a new 8,500-foot runway and other facility upgrades — were not likely to adversely affect threatened Puget Sound chinook salmon or their designated critical habitat. The review, requested by the FAA under the Endangered Species Act, examined potential impacts to nearby waterways such as Miller, Des Moines, and Gilliam creeks, as well as Essential Fish Habitat for coastal and groundfish species. NMFS concurred with the airport's own Biological Assessment, determining the projects could proceed with the mitigation measures proposed.

Email from Ching-Pi Wang (Port Of Seattle) to Paul Agid, cc Roger Nye, dated May 30, 2001, transmitting redline edits to the May 8th draft of the preferential ground-water flowpath technical memorandum related to construction of the Third Runway at Sea-Tac Airport. Attached redlined memorandum (From Port to Ecology, May 30, 2001) addresses preferential flowpaths

Washington State Department of Ecology Northwest Regional Office letter dated May 29, 2001, to Michael D. Feldman, Director of Aviation Facilities, Port Of Seattle, modifying NPDES Permit No. WA-002465-I for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (expiration July 30, 2002). Modification authorizes discharge of construction stormwater to Walker Creek including tributaries and Gilliam Creek including tributaries; adds monitoring

Final draft meeting notes from a 401 Permit Decision-Making technical meeting on May 25, 2001, regarding the Sea-Tac International Airport Third Runway project. Prepared by Rachel McCrea of Floyd & Snider Inc. Attendees included Ann Kenny (Dept. of Ecology), Kelly Whiting (King County), Keith Smith (Port of Seattle), Paul Fendt and Tom Atkins (Parametrix). Topics

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a biological opinion in May 2001 evaluating the potential effects of proposed Master Plan Update Improvements at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on three protected species: bull trout, bald eagle, and marbled murrelet. The review was conducted under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act at the request of the Federal Aviation Administration, which had determined the project was 'not likely to adversely affect' any of the three species. The opinion covers planned airport development in the cities of SeaTac and Des Moines, along with off-site wetland mitigation near the Green River in Auburn, Washington.