TagThird Runway(1098)

Environmental scientist Amanda Azous submitted this declaration to Washington's Pollution Control Hearings Board in support of the Airport Communities Coalition's appeal against permits issued for Sea-Tac Airport's third runway construction. She argues that the Port of Seattle's Natural Resource Mitigation Plan is inadequate to compensate for the destruction of wetlands and streams in the Miller, Walker, and Des Moines Creek watersheds. Azous warns that once wetlands are filled, the damage is irreversible, and requests a stay of the Section 401 Water Quality Certification to prevent permanent environmental harm while the appeal is reviewed.

Dr. Peter Willing, a water resources expert, submitted this declaration opposing the Department of Ecology's water quality certification for Sea-Tac Airport's proposed third runway construction. He argues that the certification relies on vague future performance expectations and unresolved contingency plans that fail to provide reasonable assurance that water quality standards will be met. His key concerns include the Port of Seattle's flawed low streamflow analysis and inadequate stormwater management plans that could perpetuate ongoing water quality violations in nearby Class AA streams.

Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) Water Quality Certification letter dated August 10, 2001, addressed to Port Of Seattle, Attn: Elizabeth Leavitt, for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Public Notice 1996-4-02325. Certifies that construction of a Third Runway and related projects at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA) in the Miller, Walker, and Des Moines Creek watersheds

FAA Northwest Mountain Region letter dated August 9, 2001, from Lowell H. Johnson (Manager, Airports Division) to Colonel Ralph Graves (District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District Office) regarding Seattle-Tacoma International Airport third runway project. References May 22 meeting and April 30 Memorandum for Record. Describes two written environmental re-evaluations of the Final

Fax cover sheet dated 8/9/01 from Ralph Wessels (Port Of Seattle, 3rd Runway/Airfield, Westside Office, 1006 S 170th, Seatac WA 98148) to Ann Kenny at Washington State Department of Ecology (fax 425-649-7088), requesting attached documents. Attached is an April 4, 2001 certified mail letter from Ecology to Ralph Wessels granting coverage under the Stormwater General

Confidential discussion draft press release (01-138 DRAFT, dated August 9, 2001) from Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) announcing approval of Port Of Seattle’s 401 water-quality certification permit under the federal Clean Water Act to construct a third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The permit includes conditions covering stormwater management (15 major ponds and vault

FAA Northwest Mountain Region Record of Decision (ROD) dated August 8, 2001, determining that no supplemental EIS is required for Port of Seattle Master Plan Update (MPU) development actions at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, including the Third Runway project. Relies on 1996 Final EIS and 1997 Supplemental EIS (FSEIS). Two environmental reevaluations (Appendix A and Appendix

Pacific Groundwater Group (Seattle, WA, project JE0105) prepared this embankment fill modeling report for Port Of Seattle regarding the Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway construction, dated August 8, 2001. The report addresses groundwater and fill modeling associated with the Third Runway embankment fill at Sea-Tac Airport. Document marked ‘Superceded’ and received by Foster Pepper & Shefelman

Memorandum dated August 7, 2001 from Dave Garland, NWRO Water Quality Watershed Unit Supervisor, Washington State Department of Ecology, to Ann Kenny, Kevin Fitzpatrick, and Ray Hellwig, reviewing Parametrix Inc.’s July 2001 “Low Flow Analysis, Flow Impact Offset Facility Proposal” prepared for the Port Of Seattle regarding the proposed third runway at Sea-Tac Airport. Reviews

Memorandum dated August 7, 2001 from Dave Garland, NWRO Water Quality Watershed Unit Supervisor, to Ann Kenny, Kevin Fitzpatrick, and Ray Hellwig of the Washington State Department of Ecology Northwest Regional Office. Reviews the Parametrix Inc. July 2001 report ‘Low Flow Analysis, Flow Impact Offset Facility Proposal’ prepared for Port Of Seattle regarding predicted impacts