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December 1999 Rev A to DOE (typographical corrections only)
(29
November 1999 Original to Corps)
Wetlands and Water Comments on Revised Public
Notice of Port of Seattle
File 1996-4-02325, Public Notice Date 30 September 1999
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Buried Truth
Increases probability of aircraft accidents
Inevitable changes due to questionable EIS
Increased wetlands impact
Huge embankment redesign
Cost overruns & Schedule Slides
Actual traffic growth exceeds SEIS
Pollution underestimated
Air
Noise
Ground water & drinking water
Fill source, cost and transport method still
unknown
Seismic,
aquifer & health hazards underestimated
Submitted by A. Brown, 239 SW 189 Place, Seattle, WA 98166
Table of Contents
Table
of Contents.............................................................................................................................. 2
Distribution........................................................................................................................................ 5
File Number Reference
and Address Clarification Note...................................................................... 5
Abstract............................................................................................................................................ 6
Key Words....................................................................................................................................... 6
Definitions......................................................................................................................................... 7
Acronyms......................................................................................................................................... 8
Summary: Reject Permit
and Require New Master Plan EIS............................................................... 9
Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 10
More review time needed................................................................................................................ 10
Comments on Over
Capacity Hearing.............................................................................................. 10
Clarification of
Revised Project Needed........................................................................................... 10
New Public Health Data
Shows Area Already Has Significant Problems........................................... 12
Executive Order for
Environmental Justice Applies........................................................................... 13
Health Care Access
Differences Insufficient to Account for Health Disparities................................... 14
Increases to Cancer
Risk Rating for Key Pollutants to be Announced............................................... 14
Runway Elevation so Low
Poses Additional Health Risks................................................................. 15
Airports Injure
Children................................................................................................................... 16
New Air Pollution
Impacts............................................................................................................... 16
Hydrocarbon Monitoring
Needed NOW......................................................................................... 17
Highway funds at Risk..................................................................................................................... 17
Barge Pollution Not
Fully Considered.............................................................................................. 18
New Air Pollution
Regulations Should Apply due to Schedule Slides................................................ 18
Contrails Impact on
Climate More Serious then Ozone- Depletion.................................................... 19
Air Traffic and Surface
Traffic Underestimated................................................................................. 19
Underestimating Traffic
Pollution Results in Underestimated Water Pollution..................................... 19
Using Obsolete Land Use
Assumptions Underestimates Pollution..................................................... 20
PLEASE Stop November
1999 hauling NOW................................................................................ 20
Long 1998 Haul season
and Mini 1999 Haul Season Awful.............................................................. 20
New Ground Traffic
Safety Data..................................................................................................... 21
Dead and Displaced
Animals........................................................................................................... 21
Map wrong - Borrow Site
3 has No Till........................................................................................... 21
Its Unsafe to Use of
Borrow Pits 1, 3 and 4.................................................................................... 21
Fill Source, Transport
and Impacts Still Unknown............................................................................ 22
Unknown Silicosis
Threat................................................................................................................ 22
Record Setting
Embankment Unsafe................................................................................................ 22
Embankment needs to be
higher to reduce Pollution......................................................................... 25
Slopes too Steep............................................................................................................................. 26
Seismic Hazard Analysis
Still needed............................................................................................... 26
Soil stabilization............................................................................................................................... 26
How do you Mitigate a
Hazardous Man-made Waterfall.................................................................. 26
Approximate location of
Huge Embankment Inadequate Information................................................. 27
Detailed Modeling in
conjunction with Schedule Needed for Embankment Feasibility Study.............. 27
Shoreline Act
Compliance Should be Required................................................................................ 27
Near Shore Habitat
Endangered...................................................................................................... 28
Ground Water Study
Makes Mockery of Public Comment Process.................................................. 28
Aquifer Impacts Still
Unknown........................................................................................................ 29
Contamination from
Diffusion........................................................................................................... 29
Soil transmits
vibration into heart of Normandy Park........................................................................ 30
Bottomless Pit that you
can stand on................................................................................................ 30
Water Main and other
Potential Utility Impacts Unknown or Ignored................................................ 30
EPA Considering More
Stringent Arsenic Regulations...................................................................... 30
Delegation of Authority
to DOE Should be Withdrawn Unless Staff Increased.................................. 30
Use of Northwest Ponds
Allowed?.................................................................................................. 31
Endangered Species
Impacts Still Unknown..................................................................................... 31
Hazardous De-icers and
Anti-icers in Creeks and Aquifer................................................................ 32
De-icer Pads should be
Required..................................................................................................... 32
Why was enlargement of
Borrow site 4 not mentioned in Permit?...................................................... 33
Permit Wetlands
Mitigation Inadequate............................................................................................ 33
Oil tank Clean up
should be mandatory............................................................................................ 33
Best Management
Practices Inadequate per Port.............................................................................. 34
EIS Maps misleading....................................................................................................................... 34
SEIS Underestimated
Noise............................................................................................................ 34
SEIS Air Traffic Safety
Analysis Outdated....................................................................................... 35
New Procedures to
Reduce Incursions May Result in Excessive Third Runway Delays..................... 36
SEIS Bad Weather Delays
Misrepresented...................................................................................... 36
Purpose of runway
Varies in Documentation.................................................................................... 36
Rejected for Second
runway due to Environmental Impact. Whats different?................................... 37
Cost/Benefit Analysis
Outdated....................................................................................................... 37
Funding plan needed that considers Initiative 695 Impact.................................................................. 38