TagFill Dirt(75)

Email chain among Craig Thompson, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Chung Yee, Peter Kmet, Ann Kenny, and Ching-Pi Wang of Ecology NWRO Water Quality Program regarding acceptable fill criteria language for the draft 401 Water Quality Certification for the Sea-Tac Master Plan Improvements project. Discusses review of previous clean fill draft language, response to Pete Kmet’s comments and

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

A May 2001 letter from the Port of Seattle's Environmental Program Manager to the Washington Department of Ecology provides a quarterly update on fill material placed at the Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway Embankment project. The letter presents final tonnage and calculated volumes of soil placed during the Phase III Embankment contract (May 2000 through February 2001), noting no new fill sources were received in the first quarter of 2001. An attached summary table lists all fill sources, suppliers, categories, and final volumes consistent with the 1999 Airfield Project Soil Fill Acceptance Criteria.

Email dated January 3, 2001 from Chung K. Yee to Kevin Fitzpatrick regarding copper contamination in fill soil samples from a proposed Third Runway fill source site. Beth Clark questioned use of Method B protection of groundwater standard (100X groundwater standard) for copper samples testing 70–100 mg/kg. Yee reaffirmed the Method B standard and disagreed

A scientist retained by the Airport Communities Coalition wrote to the EPA in December 2000, raising serious concerns about the Port of Seattle accepting contaminated fill materials for the proposed Third Runway project at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The letter argues that the Port improperly used Washington State's Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) cleanup standards as fill acceptance criteria, when those standards were designed to clean up existing contaminated sites, not to permit introducing pollution onto previously clean land. The scientist also criticizes the Port's soil testing methods as statistically inadequate to detect the true extent of contamination, warning that chemicals in the fill could leach into groundwater, wetlands, and surface water including Miller Creek.

Memorandum from Reese P. Hastings and Michael J. Bailey, P.E., Hart Crowser, Inc. to Ralph Wessels, Port Of Seattle, dated December 8, 2000, quantifying potential impacts to wetland resources from development of Borrow Areas 1, 3, and 4 and an on-site haul route for the Third Runway embankment at Sea-Tac Airport. Document J-4978-62 details 17

Draft Subsurface Conditions Data Report for Phase 4 Fill of the Third Runway Embankment at Sea-Tac International Airport, prepared by Hart Crowser (HartCrowser) for Port of Seattle and HNTB, dated November 29, 2000, project J-4978-28, AR 046207. Report covers generalized geologic conditions, subsurface soil conditions, hydrogeologic conditions, field exploration methods including auger borings, Standard Penetration

Email chain (AR 017786-017788, DOE S-13:01 0884-0886) forwarded by Joan Marchioro (ATG) to Raymond Hellwig on November 22, 2000, originating from Peter Kmet to Chung K. Yee on September 11, 2000, marked not for production as deliberative. Discusses proposed new Method A soil cleanup levels under MTCA (Model Toxics Control Act), WAC 173-340-708(b), with attached

Email dated November 15, 2000 from Chung K. Yee to Kevin Fitzpatrick regarding Sea-Tac fill dirt, specifically the ‘Black’ virgin site where soil samples exceeded Method B 100X groundwater standards under MTCA (Model Toxics Control Act). The site holds 200,000 to 300,000 cubic yards of fill and is workable during winter months. Beth Clark arranged

Email dated October 26, 2000 from Chung K. Yee to Kevin Fitzpatrick regarding Sea-Tac Airport fill material contamination concerns. Yee reports a conversation with Paul Agid explaining Ecology and the public’s concerns about possible groundwater and surface water contamination from fill material, and sampling frequency to quantify soil characteristics. Paul Agid expressed interest in discussing