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The Port of Seattle recorded this Declaration of Restrictive Covenants to permanently protect the Tyee Valley Golf Course Mitigation Area as a natural wetland, as required by the Washington State Department of Ecology and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in connection with the construction of Sea-Tac Airport's third runway. The declaration prohibits clearing, grading, filling, and construction within the mitigation area, with limited exceptions for approved wildlife management, monitoring, maintenance, and stormwater infrastructure. It was established to satisfy federal Clean Water Act requirements and state water quality standards by preserving and enhancing wetland and riparian habitat displaced by airport expansion.

Final draft meeting notes prepared by Rachel McCrea of Floyd & Snider Inc. for 401 Permit Decision-Making technical meetings on June 25 and June 27, 2001, regarding Sea-Tac International Airport Third Runway. Attendees included Ann Kenny and John Drabek (Dept. of Ecology), Kelly Whiting (King County), Keith Smith (Port of Seattle), Paul Fendt and Tom

Email from Chung K. Yee to Kevin Fitzpatrick, cc Craig E. Thompson and Ann Kenny, dated June 26, 2001, transmitting draft fill criteria language for a 401 Certification related to the Port Of Seattle Third Runway embankment project. Fill criteria are based on Method A table, 3-phase model protection of ground water and surface water,

Email from Chung K. Yee to Kevin Fitzpatrick (cc: Craig E. Thompson, Ann Kenny), dated June 26, 2001, transmitting draft clean fill criteria language for the 401 Certification related to the proposed Third Runway embankment at Sea-Tac Airport. Fill criteria based on Method A table, 3-phase model protection of ground water and surface water, PQL,

Email dated June 26, 2001 from Chung K. Yee to Craig E. Thompson and Kevin Fitzpatrick (Ecology) transmitting draft fill criteria requirements for the 401 Water Quality Certification for the SeaTac Third Runway Embankment project. Attachments include: draft clean fill criteria, spreadsheets deriving surface water quality criteria and ground water cleanup levels using three-phase model

A June 2001 technical memo from Pacific Groundwater Group to the Port of Seattle outlines groundwater modeling work related to the proposed Sea-Tac Airport third runway construction. The memo defines areas to be analyzed using Hydrus/Slice modeling software instead of the standard HSPF model, focusing on how new runway fill in the Miller Creek and Walker Creek basins will affect groundwater recharge. It also describes the selection of three representative hydrogeologic cross sections and methods for calculating effective recharge, accounting for runoff from impervious runway surfaces into surrounding pervious fill areas.

These are meeting notes from a June 25, 2001 technical meeting regarding the 401 Permit Decision-Making process for the Sea-Tac International Airport Third Runway project, focused on analyzing low stream flow impacts. Participants from the Department of Ecology, King County, Port of Seattle, and various consulting firms discussed methodologies for evaluating water flow modeling results, vault filling estimates, and potential mitigation requirements for affected streams. Modeling results were not yet available at the time of the meeting, and a follow-up meeting was scheduled for July 9, 2001 to review completed modeling output and determine any required mitigation measures.

Final meeting notes prepared by Kate Snider of Floyd & Snider Inc. for the 401 Permit Decision-Making process for the Sea-Tac International Airport Third Runway project, covering Low Flow Analysis discussions held June 25, 2001. Attendees included representatives from Washington State Department of Ecology (Ann Kenny, John Drabeck), King County (Kelly Whiting), Port of Seattle

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

GeoSyntec Consultants, hired by the Airport Communities Coalition, wrote to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Washington State Department of Ecology in June 2001 raising serious technical concerns about the proposed Third Runway Expansion at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The letter challenges the Port of Seattle's geotechnical analysis for the West Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Wall, arguing that soil strength testing was insufficient, the extent of liquefiable material may have been underestimated, and seismic stability analyses were being performed incorrectly. GeoSyntec concluded that the Port had not yet demonstrated the wall could be safely and economically constructed to withstand potential seismic loads without unacceptable deformation.