Why The Port Of Seattle's Third Runway EIS Fails To Adequately Examine Impacts To Wetlands And Prescribes Inadequate Mitigation

Please place these ln Arlene's mailbox. Thanks. Al 3-1-97 5:21pm p. 1 of 7 Date: 3-1-97 Page 1 of 7 " .. / ~ .. ...,. -·--· ~tHrt THE POF:T OF SEA1TI.E'S 3F.D F.IJlH•]AY EIS FAILS ADEC!fJATEL':.( TO EXAl·fWE B·fPACTS TO ~·)ETLANDS AUD PP.ESCF:IBES m ADEC!fJATE l·HTICJATIOU The FAA Must Comply With Federal Requirements for the Protection of Wetlands Every federal agency is obligated "to minimize the destruction loss or degradation of Vetlands, and to preserve and enhance the natural and beneficial valu~s of wetlands in carrying out the agency's responsibilities for ... providing Federally undertaken, financed, or assisted construction and improvements." 1 Federal agencies, including the FAA, are prohibited from providing funding or other assistance for the construction of projects in wetlands unless they find ·· ( 1) that there is no practicable altemative to such construction, and (2) that the proposed action includes all practicable measures to minimize harm to wetlands which may result from such use." 2 Each of the Master Plan l:"pdate ''Vith Project" proposed alternatives would affect existing wetlands. 3 "Impacts on these wetlands would include: placement of fill material, dredging. removal of existing vegetation, and changes in hydrologic regimes as a result of increase impervious surf ace area and storm water management system restructuring." 4 Section 404 of the Clean Vater Act requires that anyone proposing to discharge dredged or fill material into navigable waters must first obtain a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ('Corps'). 5 "Navigable waters" are defined as…

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