TagEnvironmental Impact Statement(328)

NMFS No. WSB-00-318. Letter dated August 9, 2001 from NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Acting Regional Administrator Donna Darm to Lowell H. Johnson, Manager Airport Division, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), regarding Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) consultation under Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) Section 305(b)(2) and 50 CFR 600 for Master Plan

FAA Northwest Mountain Region letter dated August 9, 2001, from Lowell H. Johnson (Manager, Airports Division) to Colonel Ralph Graves (District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District Office) regarding Seattle-Tacoma International Airport third runway project. References May 22 meeting and April 30 Memorandum for Record. Describes two written environmental re-evaluations of the Final

FAA Northwest Mountain Region Record of Decision (ROD) dated August 8, 2001, determining that no supplemental EIS is required for Port of Seattle Master Plan Update (MPU) development actions at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, including the Third Runway project. Relies on 1996 Final EIS and 1997 Supplemental EIS (FSEIS). Two environmental reevaluations (Appendix A and Appendix

Parametrix, Inc. report prepared for Port Of Seattle on cumulative impacts to wetlands and streams from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Master Plan Update improvements, August 2001 (AR 050792, Exhibit 1267). Covers land use changes in Miller Creek and Des Moines Creek watersheds, wetland inventories, soil survey maps, aerial photograph analysis, stream conditions and fish habitat in

Memorandum from Ching-Pi Wang to Ann Kenny (cc: Ray Hellwig, Roger Nye, John Wietfeld, Steve Alexander) dated June 22, 2001, outlining Toxics Cleanup Program (TCP) recommendations for 401 certification related to the Port Of Seattle Third Runway project. Three recommendations: (1) Port Of Seattle to develop a plan by September 14, 2001 to monitor contaminant

FAA Northwest Mountain Region letter dated June 19, 2001, from FAA to Ms. Muffy Walker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Branch Seattle District Office, following up on May 31, 2001 letter. Addresses three issues raised in April 30, 2001 Memorandum for the Record regarding the Port of Seattle third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Letter of transmittal dated June 18, 2001 from Michael Bailey, P.E. (Senior Principal, Hart Crowser) to Jim Kelley at Parametrix, Job No. 4978-06, transmitting four draft figures for the Third Runway Project Borrow Area 3 Wetland Protection Swale: Figure 1 Post-Reclamation Topography and Drainage Facilities, Figure 2 Typical Cross Sections, Figure 3 Post-Reclamation Topographical Detail,

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

Final draft meeting notes prepared by Kate Snider (Floyd & Snider Inc.) from a May 9, 2001 technical meeting on Low Flow Analysis for the Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway 401 Permit Decision-Making process. Attendees included Ann Kenny and Dave Garland (Dept. of Ecology), Kelly Whiting (King County), Keith Smith (Port Of Seattle), Joe Brascher (AquaTerra),

Memorandum dated May 5, 2001 from Dave Garland, Ecology NWRO Water Quality Nonpoint Unit, to Ray Hellwig and Ann Kenny, through Kevin Fitzpatrick, documenting an April 20, 2001 meeting with Pony Ellingson and Crispin Prahl of Pacific Groundwater Group (PGG) regarding the ‘slice model’ (PGG, June 2000) integration methods for estimating 3rd runway embankment drainage