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Final report prepared by S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc. for Port Of Seattle, dated February 15, 2002, analyzing water quality and contaminant transport from embankment fill materials used in the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Third Runway construction. AR 053402. Covers embankment fill soil criteria, water-quality criteria, chemical analysis of soils, adsorption capacity, Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure

In February 2002, Washington State Department of Ecology staff exchanged emails about resource constraints in reviewing the Port of Seattle's Low Streamflow Report related to Sea-Tac Airport's Third Runway project. Water Quality section chief Kevin Fitzpatrick warned that his team's resources were stretched to a breaking point and that senior staff could no longer participate in low flow analysis, leaving Ed Abbasi and John Drabek as primary contacts. Senior Regional Planner Ann Kenny explored options to offset costs, including billing staff time to an Interlocal Agreement with the Port and potentially contracting with the EPA for technical assistance.

This document is a list of environmental and regulatory records relied upon by Greg Wingard, covering Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) operations from the 1980s through 2002. It includes NPDES discharge monitoring reports, stormwater management plans, groundwater contamination assessments, and industrial wastewater treatment evaluations involving the Port of Seattle (POS) and various airline tenants such as Alaska Airlines and Northwest Airlines. The records primarily address water quality, stormwater runoff, fuel spills, and environmental compliance at the airport.

This document, Appendix H from a National Research Council publication titled 'Compensating for Wetland Losses Under the Clean Water Act,' presents a comparative table of 40 common wetland functional assessment procedures. The table summarizes key attributes of each method, including habitat type, scale, functions assessed, and whether social values or weighting factors were applied. It serves as a reference for evaluating and comparing tools used to measure wetland functions in the context of Clean Water Act mitigation and compensation requirements.

A February 2002 letter from Marten Brown Attorneys at Law transmits Excel spreadsheets containing Elizabeth Clark's notes on fill sources related to the case ACC v. Port of Seattle. The attached spreadsheets provide a cumulative fill summary for the Draft Third Runway project at Sea-Tac Airport, detailing fill sources, suppliers, volumes, and placement locations across three construction phases spanning 1997–2001. Sources include borrowed pit materials, city transfers, and various property acquisitions used to build runway embankments and stockpiles.

This document is a February 2002 fax from Water Resources Consulting LLC addressing the effect of increasing water hardness on fresh water acute water quality standards, referencing WAC 173.201A.040. It contains tables calculating acute water quality standards for copper and zinc at varying hardness levels in fresh water. The document appears to be part of an administrative record (AR 021262) and was transmitted between consultants, though its connection to Sea-Tac Airport noise policy is not evident from the content.

This document presents a technical analysis of the effect of increasing water hardness on Fresh Water Acute Water Quality Standards, referencing WAC 173.201A.040. It includes calculated values for copper and zinc acute water quality criteria at varying hardness levels (ranging from 10 to 110 mg/L), showing how the allowable concentrations change as hardness increases. The document was transmitted via fax in February 2002 from Water Resources Consulting LLC.

This document is the curriculum vitae of Dr. John A. Strand, a fisheries biologist with 30 years of experience studying the effects of human activities on aquatic resources. His work spans Washington, California, Alaska, and other regions, covering environmental impact assessments, aquatic toxicology, and regulatory compliance related to contaminants such as oil, heavy metals, and radionuclides. While not directly related to airport noise policy, his expertise in endangered species protection and habitat mitigation may have been relevant to environmental review processes in the Seattle-area region.

A February 2002 letter from Analytical Resources, Inc. to attorney Richard Poulin of Smith & Lowney, P.L.L.C. transmits laboratory analytical results for nine water samples accepted on January 28, 2002, under Case 1. The samples were received intact with no discrepancies noted on the chain of custody record, and analysis for requested parameters including glycols, TSS, copper, zinc, and hardness proceeded without incident. Quality control results, including a method blank showing no detected ethylene or propylene glycol above 5.0 mg/L, are included in the report.

Analytical Resources, Inc. submitted water sample analysis results to attorney Richard Poulin of Smith & Lowney law firm in February 2002 for a matter identified as Case 1. Nine water samples were collected on January 28, 2002 and tested for ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, with neither compound detected above the 5.0 mg/L detection limit. The chain of custody record shows samples were collected by Greg Wingard of CASE and received by ARI laboratory staff for quality-controlled analysis.