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In February 2001, a Washington State Department of Ecology site manager requested an audit of a Port of Seattle grant (Grant No. G0000052) tied to Agreed Order #97T-N122, citing concerns about potential duplicate funding where costs could be covered by both the grant and cost recovery from other parties. The grant, worth up to $861,000 (split 50/50 between state and local funds), was issued to support a Phase 1 groundwater study at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac), investigating contamination from jet fuel and petroleum products released from underground storage tanks and fuel distribution systems. The study aimed to model groundwater flow and assess risks to nearby public drinking water wells and surface water bodies.

Letter dated January 25, 2001 from Peter M. Douglass, P.E. (Technical Review Board Facilitator) to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Jonathan Freedman, Project Manager) and Washington State Department of Ecology (Ann Kenny, Environmental Specialist) summarizing findings of an independent expert panel convened by Port Of Seattle to review embankment fill and mechanically stabilized earth (MSE)

A January 2001 letter and accompanying meeting notes document communications between the Port of Seattle and the Washington Department of Ecology regarding a groundwater contamination study at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, conducted under the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) Agreed Order 97TC-N112. The records outline the scope of the study, which focuses on hydrogeologic investigation and a review of the Fuel Operations Area, and clarify that any necessary cleanup would be handled separately after the study's completion. Both parties discussed concerns about scope expansion and the process for addressing contaminated sites identified through the study.

The Port of Seattle requested regulatory approval to temporarily take Lagoon #3, part of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport's industrial wastewater treatment system, out of service from April through December 2002 for remediation and expansion work. The project aimed to increase the lagoon's storage capacity from 26 million gallons to 76 million gallons, add a protective liner, and rebuild berms to prevent untreated wastewater from seeping into the ground. During the construction period, some untreated industrial wastewater flows could potentially be released into Des Moines Creek as unavoidable bypasses.

United Airlines formally disagreed with a proposed use of Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) funds totaling $104.3 million toward a $587.4 million third runway construction project at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The airline argued that the runway would not meaningfully improve national air transportation capacity, safety, or competition, noting that less than 30 seconds of average delay could actually be attributed to the absence of a third runway. United also raised concerns about potential improper diversion of federal transportation funds and warned that approving the project before its full costs were understood would set a harmful precedent.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Public Notice (Reference 1996-4-02325, dated 17 January 2001) amending the second revised public notice dated 27 December 2000 for a Department of the Army Section 404 Clean Water Act permit application by Port Of Seattle. Project located in Miller Creek, Walker Creek, and Des Moines Creek watersheds and wetlands at

Transmittal record dated January 11, 2001 from Elizabeth Leavitt, Environmental Manager, Port Of Seattle Aviation Environmental Group, to Ann Kenny, Department of Ecology, transmitting a revised Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Consistency Statement for Federal Project Number 96-4-02325. The CZM certification covers construction of a third runway and other improvements at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, including filling

Port of Seattle transmittal letter dated January 11, 2001 from Environmental Manager Elizabeth Leavitt to Ann Kenny at the Washington State Department of Ecology, transmitting a revised Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Consistency Statement (Federal Project Number 96-4-02325). The CZM certification covers construction of a third runway and other improvements at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, including filling

Port of Seattle technical appendices (Volume 2) to the study examining effects of runway deicing on dissolved oxygen (DO) in receiving waters at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, covering the 1999-2000 winter season. Includes QA/QC and field methods for Hydrolab instruments, Northwest Ponds DO profile data collection, continuous monitoring data assessment, tracer plots for each monitoring location,

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