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This 2001 email chain discusses how fill materials used in the construction of Seattle-Tacoma Airport's Third Runway Embankment should meet environmental criteria under a 401 water quality permit. State regulators and Port of Seattle staff debated which materials — including topsoil, utility backfill, base course, and general embankment fill — required testing, supplier certification, or quality assurance plans to demonstrate compliance. Officials agreed that highly processed materials like topsoil could be covered by supplier certification, while bulk embankment fill would require a statistical sampling and QA/QC program.

Parametrix, Inc. prepared this Des Moines Way Nursery Mitigation Plan (AR 052455) for Port Of Seattle, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, November 2001, project number 556-2912-001(03). The plan covers wetland restoration and enhancement at the Des Moines Way Nursery mitigation site, including grading design, expected hydrology, wildlife considerations, planting plan, vegetation monitoring, performance standards, maintenance and contingency

Memorandum dated November 1, 2001 from Elizabeth Leavitt (Port Of Seattle) to Muffy Walker (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) regarding Army Corps Section 404 review of on-site borrow areas for Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway embankment fill. Covers Borrow Areas 1, 3, and 4 located in Des Moines and SeaTac; combined 6.1 million cubic yards of

Final Natural Resource Mitigation Plan (NRMP) prepared by Parametrix, Inc. for the Port Of Seattle, covering Master Plan Update Improvements at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac Airport). Document number 556-2912-001 (03), dated November 2001. Administrative Record document AR 029275–AR 029277.

These draft meeting notes from October 30, 2001 document a technical review session in which Port of Seattle consultants disclosed and explained several errors found in the low streamflow modeling for the Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway project. The key errors included a 1/24th magnitude conversion factor mistake in embankment fill data input, incorrect input files used for embankment modeling, and an overlap in which approximately 8 acres of the Walker Creek embankment appeared to be counted in both the Hydrus embankment model and the HSPF stream model. The meeting outlined corrective steps to be taken by the Port's consulting team to fix these errors before finalizing the revised Low Streamflow Analysis required under 401 Permit conditions.

Memorandum dated October 30, 2001 from Michael Kenrick of Hart Crowser, Inc. to Jim Thomson of HNTB, CC Elizabeth Leavitt of Port Of Seattle, project number 4978-06. Addresses wetland hydrology impacts of Third Runway Embankment Fill construction at Sea-Tac Airport, covering depression wetlands, slope wetlands, and riparian wetlands. References Miller Creek and Walker Creek baseflow,

Meeting notes from an October 30, 2001 technical session addressing errors discovered in the low streamflow modeling for Sea-Tac International Airport's Third Runway project. Consultants identified six modeling errors, including a conversion factor mistake that caused embankment flow contributions to be understated by a factor of 24, along with incorrect input files and improper groundwater routing. Representatives from the Port of Seattle, King County, the Department of Ecology, and the Army Corps of Engineers agreed on corrective revisions to be incorporated into a revised Low Streamflow Analysis and Summer Low Flow Impact Offset Facility Proposal required under the 401 Permit.

Final meeting notes from October 30, 2001 Low Flow Analysis meeting regarding Port Of Seattle’s revisions to the Low Streamflow Analysis and Summer Low Flow Impact Offset Facility Proposal per 401 Permit conditions for Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway. Attendees included Ann Kenny (Dept. of Ecology), Kelly Whiting and David Masters (King County), Lisa Scott (Corps

Memorandum dated October 30, 2001 from Michael Kenrick of Hart Crowser, Inc. to Jim Thomson of HNTB (project number 4978-06), CC Elizabeth Leavitt of Port Of Seattle, regarding wetland hydrology impacts of the Third Runway Embankment Fill at Sea-Tac Airport. Covers depression wetlands, slope wetlands, and riparian wetlands; references FEIS for the Master Plan Update

Port Of Seattle’s submittal of record references in PCHB case No. 01-160 (Airport Communities Coalition v. Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle), filed October 29, 2001, opposing ACC’s motion for stay. Lists declarations from James C. Kelley Ph.D., Katie Walter, Erik Stockdale, Paul S. Fendt, Joseph Brascher, Donald Weitkamp Ph.D., Ann Kenny, Edward O’Brien,