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Annual Stormwater Monitoring Report for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA), prepared by Scott Tobiason, Environmental Management Specialist, Aviation Environmental Programs, Port of Seattle, covering the period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001. Report includes NPDES stormwater monitoring data for Sea-Tac Airport storm drainage subbasins, grab and composite sample results for total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), fecal

This report, prepared by the Port of Seattle in September 2001, presents the findings of annual stormwater monitoring conducted at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for the period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001. It covers water quality sampling results for pollutants including petroleum hydrocarbons, fecal coliforms, suspended solids, metals, and deicing-related contaminants collected from the airport's storm drainage system. The report documents sampling locations, storm events analyzed, and outfall inspections aimed at assessing the airport's environmental impact on surrounding waterways.

Email dated August 16, 2001 from Raymond Hellwig to Tom Fitzsimmons regarding a meeting in Seattle, attaching strategy notes (p3rw-1.doc) on Washington State Department of Ecology’s 401 Certification issued to Port Of Seattle. The attached document outlines overriding messages and specific responses to Port concerns about the 401 Certification, including that substantive changes would require

Internal Ecology meeting notes and talking points dated 8/16/2001 regarding the 401 Water Quality Certification issued for the Third Runway project at Sea-Tac Airport. Ecology staff prepared responses to Port Of Seattle concerns about the certification’s open-ended conditions, covering topics including NPDES major modification, stormwater retrofitting, wetland mitigation, Water Effects Ratio (WER) Study, Walker Creek

Email chain between John Drabek and Ann Kenny (Washington State Department of Ecology) dated August 3, 2001, regarding a preliminary deliberative draft Section 401 Water Quality Certification (WQC) for the Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway. Drabek raises question about RCW 90.48 required AKART implementation in NPDES permit reissuances and integration with the 401. Kenny’s original email

Draft Water Quality Certification #1996-4-02325, pages 16-17 of 23, dated August 2001, issued by Washington State Department of Ecology regarding Port Of Seattle Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA). Covers operational stormwater requirements including the approved Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan (CSMP) Volumes 1-4 December 2000 as revised July 2001, retrofitting of stormwater management facilities, discharge of operational

Deliberative, do-not-disclose email from Ann Kenny (Washington State Department of Ecology) dated July 29, 2001, transmitting a preliminary draft 401 Water Quality Certification (WQC) for the Port of Seattle Third Runway construction at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA) in the Miller, Walker, and Des Moines Creek watersheds. The draft WQC references JARPA application dated October 25,

A July 18, 2001 letter from Helsell Fetterman law firm to the Washington State Department of Ecology complains that the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC), representing over 150,000 residents near Sea-Tac Airport, had not received any Public Disclosure Act documents from Ecology's Northwest Regional Office for over a month during the critical review of the Sea-Tac Third Runway project. The letter specifically highlights that a key contaminants pathways analysis dated June 19, 2001 was withheld for weeks, preventing ACC's independent scientific experts from providing timely comments on potential environmental and contamination risks. The attorneys urge Ecology to halt issuing a Section 401 water quality certification decision until the document disclosure cutoff is reversed and ACC's scientists have had a fair opportunity to review and respond to the Port's latest submissions.

Memo dated July 18, 2001 from Tom Fitzsimmons, Director, Washington State Department of Ecology, to Governor Gary Locke regarding the status of the 401 Water Quality Certification decision for the Port Of Seattle proposed Third Runway and associated projects. Ecology is awaiting final technical information from Port consultants on stream low-flow mitigation requirements, expected by

In this June 2001 internal email, Tom Luster documents a conversation with Ann K. regarding Senator Patterson's request that he review an NPDES stormwater permit related to the Sea-Tac Airport expansion project. Luster notes concerns about whether construction Best Management Practices (BMPs) in the permit were sufficient to meet water quality standards under Section 401 requirements, stating that BMPs with a history of non-compliance should be replaced with proven alternatives. He also addresses his role as an independent reviewer, emphasizing his goal of ensuring a legally defensible decision rather than advocating for any particular party's position.