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Draft technical memorandum prepared by Associated Earth Sciences, Inc. (AESI, Project No. BV99122C) for Port Of Seattle, dated June 19, 2001, analyzing preferential ground water flow paths relative to the proposed Third Runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA). Responds to Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) request regarding whether contaminated ground water below the Aviation Operations

Internal deliberative email from Chung K. Yee to Kevin Fitzpatrick (cc: Craig E. Thompson, Curtis A. Dahlgren, Tim Nord), dated June 13, 2001, regarding acceptable fill criteria language for the Draft 401 Certification for the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Third Runway project. Pete Kmet of HQ/TCP recommended MTCA (Model Toxics Control Act) should not be used

Email from Chung K. Yee to Kevin Fitzpatrick (cc: Craig E. Thompson, Curtis A. Dahlgren, Tim Nord), dated June 13, 2001, regarding acceptable fill criteria language for the Draft 401 Certification for the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Third Runway project. References June 11 discussion between Craig Thompson and Pete Kmet of HQ/TCP, who recommended MTCA (Model

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

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

This Washington State Department of Ecology fact sheet explains how the Model Toxics Control Act (Initiative 97, 1989) governs the cleanup of hazardous waste sites in Washington, outlining who is liable, how sites are identified, and the options available for conducting cleanups. Potentially liable parties — including past and present owners, operators, and those who transported or disposed of hazardous substances — may clean up sites independently or work cooperatively with Ecology through formal agreements such as consent decrees. Note: this document concerns hazardous waste site cleanup regulation and does not contain information related to Sea-Tac Airport noise policy.

A Port of Seattle memo from April 2001 summarizes environmental testing of rock aggregate imported from the Black River Quarry for use in the Third Runway embankment project. Testing by environmental consultant AMEC found petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and elevated copper levels in some samples, prompting operational changes at the quarry including equipment cleaning and discarding the first hundred tons of rock after asphalt recycling operations. Follow-up testing confirmed that contaminant levels fell below MTCA Method A cleanup standards, and the Port halted material imports from the quarry in mid-October 2000 pending resolution.

Port Of Seattle internal memo dated 04/30/01 from Beth Clark to Paul Agid (cc: Elizabeth Leavitt, Jim Thomson) regarding rock aggregate imported from the Black River Quarry (King County, Washington), owned by Stoneway Rock & Recycling, used in the Third Runway embankment during August–October 2000. Documents AMEC and City Transfer Inc. (CTI) chemical testing for

Email chain dated March 12, 2001 from Steve Alexander (ECY/Ecology) to Ann Kenny and Raymond Hellwig, forwarding draft meeting notes from a March 9, 2001 management meeting between the Department of Ecology and the Port Of Seattle regarding the 401 Certification process for Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway. Alexander clarifies that TCP (Toxics Cleanup Program) committed

A March 9, 2001 letter from law firm Helsell Fetterman, representing the Airport Communities Coalition (cities of Burien, Des Moines, Federal Way, Normandy Park, Tukwila, and the Highline School District), demands that Washington State Department of Ecology enforce a 1999 Agreed Order requiring the Port of Seattle to complete groundwater contamination studies at Sea-Tac Airport. The coalition argues that the Port has failed to finish required groundwater flow and contaminant transport studies — originally due December 1999 — and that Ecology cannot legally certify the third runway project under the Clean Water Act without this data. The letter also requests a State Auditor review of how the Port spent grant money provided by Ecology to fund those studies.