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On December 13, 2002, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a federal permit allowing the Port of Seattle to build a third runway at Sea-Tac Airport as part of its Master Plan Update. The project includes an 8,500-foot runway, two Runway Safety Areas, and related construction that will permanently impact nearly 20 acres of wetlands and up to 980 linear feet of Miller Creek. After weighing input from government agencies and the public, the Corps determined the project was not contrary to the public interest and approved the permit.

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the U.S. Department of the Army and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) articulating policy and procedures for determining type and level of mitigation required under Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines. AR037425. Covers three mitigation types: avoidance, minimization, and compensatory mitigation; establishes no net loss of wetlands goal;

Direct testimony of Erik Stockdale, Senior Wetlands Specialist at Washington State Department of Ecology, submitted in PCHB No. 01-160 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board. Stockdale, a certified Professional Wetlands Scientist, evaluates wetland impacts from Port Of Seattle Master Plan Update projects at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA). Project will fill 18.37 acres of palustrine freshwater

Declaration of Michael Cheyne, Port Of Seattle project manager for the Sea-Tac third runway construction, filed in PCHB case No. 01-133 (Airport Communities Coalition v. Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle). Cheyne describes his role overseeing administration, planning, design, and construction of the Sea-Tac third runway as part of the Master Plan Update (MPU).

Pages 26-28 of law review article published at 25 Envtl. L. 255, containing footnotes FN148–FN189 covering Clean Water Act (CWA) enforcement topics including: NPDES permitting, nonpoint source pollution, Section 303(d) TMDL lists, Section 401 water quality certification, Section 1313(d), 33 U.S.C. ss 1319, 1341, 1365, 1377(e); cases including Northwest Envtl. Advocates v. City of Portland

This research study examines how heavy metals in highway stormwater runoff behave as water flows off pavement, finding that most heavy metals remain dissolved rather than attaching to solid particles due to low alkalinity and short travel times on the pavement surface. The study, conducted on Interstate 75 in Cincinnati over two years, explores how best management practices like detention basins or infiltration trenches could be used to capture these metals before they reach receiving waters.

National Research Council publication by the Committee on Mitigating Wetland Losses, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, and Water Science and Technology Board titled ‘Compensating for Wetland Losses Under the Clean Water Act.’ AR034586, Exhibit-2178. Covers mitigation compliance standards including jurisdictional hydrology, wetland delineation, hydrological performance standards, design standards for mitigation sites, USACE wetland filling

Letter and memorandum from EPA Assistant Administrator Robert Perciasepe transmitting the final Interim Permitting Approach for Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations in Storm Water Permits to State Water Program Directors and EPA Water Management Division Directors. The policy addresses NPDES storm water permit effluent limitations, adopting best management practices (BMPs) in lieu of numeric water quality-based

Resume of James C. Kelley, Ph.D., wetland ecologist with Parametrix, covering 16 years of professional experience in aquatic ecology, wetland delineation, mitigation planning, NEPA compliance, Section 404 Clean Water Act permitting, and Endangered Species Act compliance. Projects include SR 509 East-West Corridor EIS Wetland Report for Washington State Department of Transportation (Port of Tacoma), Port

This 2001 Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. Army and the EPA outlines the policies and procedures for determining what types of mitigation are required when issuing permits for discharging dredged or fill material into waters under Clean Water Act Section 404. It establishes a three-step mitigation sequence — first avoiding impacts, then minimizing unavoidable impacts, and finally providing compensatory mitigation for any remaining harm — with a goal of no overall net loss of wetlands. The document provides guidance to Army Corps of Engineers and EPA field personnel on how to evaluate standard permit applications in compliance with these environmental protection standards.