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This April 2001 memorandum summarizes a meeting between Corps of Engineers staff and Port of Seattle representatives (Elizabeth Leavitt and Jim Kelley) regarding the Port's submission of additional information related to the Third Runway project at Sea-Tac Airport. The parties discussed an approach to assessing cumulative environmental impacts, including the use of 1930s aerial photos and historical soil surveys to estimate wetland impacts from past airport construction. Several technical reports and construction drawings related to retaining wall designs along Miller Creek were also submitted for review.

Memorandum for Record (MFR) dated 24 April 2001 from CENWS-OD-RG summarizing telephone conversations with Elizabeth Leavitt and Jim Kelley (Port of Seattle consultants) on 9-10 April 2001 regarding the Army Corps of Engineers’ review of the Port’s draft responses to letters from Azous and Sheldon concerning the Third Runway project at Sea-Tac Airport. Corps comments

In this March 20, 2001 email, Ann E. Kenny, a Senior Permitting Specialist at the Washington Department of Ecology, contacts Elizabeth Leavitt while working on a three-month Coastal Zone Management (CZM) status letter. Kenny requests copies of two key documents: a shoreline exemption letter issued by the City of Auburn on 8/9/00, and air quality compliance documentation including a Governor's Certification from 6/30/97 and a PSCAA permit from 9/21/99.

Port of Seattle transmittal letter dated January 11, 2001 from Environmental Manager Elizabeth Leavitt to Ann Kenny at the Washington State Department of Ecology, transmitting a revised Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Consistency Statement (Federal Project Number 96-4-02325). The CZM certification covers construction of a third runway and other improvements at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, including filling

This October 2000 internal memo from Roger Nye to TCP Section Head Steve Alexander explains the history of the Agreed Order between Washington State Ecology and the Port of Seattle regarding environmental cleanup at Sea-Tac Airport. It describes how the Port agreed to conduct a large-scale groundwater evaluation under an Agreed Order, with the understanding that a risk-based cleanup remedy scenario would be developed if contamination risk proved low. The memo also notes that the Agreed Order intentionally excluded language about remedial actions, with Ecology reserving the right to formally intervene if cleanup became necessary.

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 dated June 12, 2000 from Erik Stockdale (Wetlands Specialist, Washington State Department of Ecology) to Jim Kelley (Parametrix) and Elizabeth Leavitt (Port of Seattle), summarizing a June 9, 2000 conversation regarding the Wildlife Hazard Management Plan (WHMP) and its consistency with the Natural Resource Mitigation Plan (NRMP) and 401 water quality certification. Stockdale outlines

Memorandum dated May 3, 2000 from Jim Kelley (Wetland Ecologist, Parametrix Inc.) to Jonathan Freedman (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), cc Elizabeth Leavitt (Port of Seattle), analyzing indirect impacts to wetlands from the temporary SR-509 interchange at South 176th Street near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Concludes no significant indirect impacts to Wetland 43 or Wetland 44

A March 16, 1999 outgoing phone call was made to Elizabeth Leavitt of POS regarding her questions about the WER (Work Element Review) outline, review process, and mixing zones. Elizabeth was advised she could discuss the WER outline directly with Kevin Fitzpatrick and Mark Hicks, and that the team was preparing written thoughts on mixing zones for further discussion. The call also addressed scheduling a Port review of the WER workplan outline, with a suggestion to coordinate the review alongside a Fooogy (likely Ecology) meeting the following week.