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This October 2000 email chain between Washington State Department of Ecology staff discusses coordination efforts regarding the Port of Seattle-SeaTac International Airport Agreed Order (A.O.) and Remedial Action Grant (RAG). The team planned a November meeting with Port of Seattle representatives to confirm completed cleanup work, agree on remaining scope, and address grant-related issues. Key action items included transmitting a Responsiveness Summary to the Port, reviewing billing records, and briefing the Ecology 401 Certification team on progress.

This document contains progress reports prepared for the Air Transportation 4th Annual Progress Workshop, held on October 26, 2000, at the Puget Sound Regional Council offices in Seattle, Washington. The workshop brought together key regional stakeholders including the Puget Sound Regional Council, Port of Seattle, Highline School District, Washington State Department of Transportation, and King County International Airport to review air transportation planning efforts in the region.

Resume of Paul S. Fendt, P.E. (Parametrix), dated October 26, 2000, detailing over 16 years of stormwater engineering and planning experience. Projects include Valley Creek Estuary Restoration (Port of Port Angeles, WA), Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP) for Potlatch Corporation (Lewiston, ID) and Port of Vancouver (Columbia River, WA), stormwater treatment system design for Port

In October 2000, Washington State Department of Ecology prepared internal talking points to explain staff changes in the environmental review of the Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway project, including shifting the 401 water quality permit review from Olympia headquarters to the Bellevue regional office and replacing the senior wetlands specialist with an outside consultant. Ecology emphasized that these were routine workforce-management decisions driven by competing project demands, not outside pressure. The agency maintained that its responsibility to ensure the Third Runway met state environmental protection laws — covering stormwater, wetlands, in-stream flow, and clean fill — remained unchanged.

Letter dated October 25, 2000 from Elizabeth Leavitt, Manager of Aviation Environmental Programs, Port of Seattle, to Jonathan Freedman, Regulatory Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District, submitting a new Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application (JARPA) for Clean Water Act Section 404 permit, Corps of Engineers Project No. 96-4-02325, for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Master

In an October 25, 2000 letter to Washington State Department of Ecology Director Tom Fitzsimmons, the Airport Communities Coalition (representing cities of Burien, Tukwila, Des Moines, Federal Way, Normandy Park, and the Highline School District) protested the removal of senior environmental specialist Tom Luster from the Port of Seattle's third runway 401 water quality permit review. The coalition alleged that political pressure from the Port of Seattle — including secret meetings with the Governor's office and a coordinated public relations campaign — was improperly influencing the regulatory process. The letter demanded Luster's immediate reinstatement, citing his three years of institutional knowledge and commitment to science-based, nonpolitical decision-making on the permit.

Email exchange dated October 24, 2000 between Ann Kenny (Ecology NWRO, 425-649-4310) and Rachel McCrea of Floyd & Snider, Inc. regarding Third Runway 401 permit negotiations with Port Of Seattle. McCrea informs Kenny she will be replacing Tom Luster in the 401 permit negotiations and provides meeting notes (3rw-401 100200, 100600, 101000, 101300, 102000). Upcoming

Final draft meeting notes prepared by Rachel McCrea of Floyd & Snider Inc. for the Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway 401 Permit Negotiations meeting held October 24, 2000, 1:30–5:00 PM. Attendees include representatives from King County (Kelly Whiting, Mark Lampard), AquaTerra (Joe Brascher), Earthtech (Rick Schaefer), Parametrix (Paul Fendt, Jim Dexter), HNTB (Alan Black), and Floyd

Memorandum dated October 20, 2000 from Michael A.P. Kenrick, P.E. and Michael J. Bailey, P.E. of Hart Crowser to Jim Thomson of HNTB regarding Sea-Tac Third Runway Borrow Area 3 wetland preservation, project J-4978-06, prepared for Port Of Seattle. Covers hydrology sustaining Wetlands 29, B9, 30, B7, B6, and B5 in Borrow Area 3, including

Memorandum dated October 20, 2000 from Michael A.P. Kenrick, P.E., and Michael J. Bailey, P.E. of Hart Crowser to Jim Thomson at HNTB (project J-4978-06), prepared for Port Of Seattle regarding Sea-Tac Third Runway Borrow Area 3 wetland preservation. Reviews hydrology sustaining Wetlands 29, B9, 30, B7, B6, and B5 in Borrow Area 3, located