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RESOLUTION NO . /I�o ,3l
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WHEREAS, a Petition has been filed with the City Clerkof
the City of Renton on or about May 29 , 1969, petitioning for the ,
vacation of a certain portion of Street as hereinafter more
particularly described and said Petition having been signed by
more than two-thirds of the property owners abutting upon said
portion of street sought to be vacated, and the same being
described on the attached exhibit, Labeled 1PA" , and incorporated
herein as though fully set forth:
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AS FOLLOWS :
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SECTION I : That the �t3� day of July, 1969 , at the hour
t e it ouncil Chambers in the Cit Hall Renton
of 8 m. a th C y C y , ,
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Washington, be and is hereby fixed as the time and place when
the aforesaid Petition for vacating the afore-described portion
of street shall be heard and determined. .
SECTION II : The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed
to give notice of said time and hearing as provided by law, and
any and all persons interested therein or objecting to said
vacation may then appear and be heard thereon, or they may file
their written objections thereto with the City Clerk prior to or
at the time of the hearing on said vacation. The City Council shall
determine, at or prior to any such public hearing, as to whether an
appraisal shall be secured to determine the fair market value of
the property sought to be vacated as provided for in C�dinance
No . 2349 and the City may likewise retain an easement for public
utility and related purposes .
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 16th day of June , 1969
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Helmie elsori, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR t s ��6 th day of une 19 6 9 .
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Donakl W. Custer , Mayor ,
John K. Pain, Jr.
Asst. City Attorney
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� Parce2 C: That portion of the southwest 1/G of Section 20, Township �23 Narth, Range 5
� � East, W.M. , described as fo2lowat Beginning at the northweat corner of the eauthwest 1/4 :
' ;� - af Sectian 20, Township 23 North, Rangc S EasC; thence N 89°10'20" E along north line of �
�� E-+ smid southwest 1/4, A tl�S�flI1CG' of 31+4.88 feet ta a point an the northeasterly msrgin of
� Benson Road; thence S 16°1.6'56"' � along said margin a distance of 489,,37 feat ta s paittt �
' H an the southwesterly r�argin of Bonneville Power Admfnistratian's right-of-•way as recorded
� �• � under Auditor's File No. 3292927 and No. 32412Q6� the�ce 5 42°35�54" E a2ong eaid marg3n, �
� W a disCance af 181.90 feet to the true paint of beginning; thence cantinuing alang eaid
�: ; southwesterly margin, a di.etance of 62.01 feet; thence S 32°28'34" W a dietance of 1G3.86
feet to a point on the northeAeterl.y margin of Benson Road; •thence N 16�16'S6" W along -
a�id margin, a di.r�Cance of 79.$d fecC; thence N 32°28'3G"' E, n diatance of 107.24 feet to
; tt�e trve Po�nt oF beginnfng. �XCI:PT the �ortion thexeo£ which lie� withit� the boundaries �
- � of Eagle Ridge Driv�.
�' Pazcel 8: That portion of the southwest 1jG of Section 20, Township 23 North, Range 5 �'}
`. East, W.M., described as follows: Beginning at the narthwe�t corner of the southwest :
' . 1!4 of Sectian 20, Tawnship 23 Narth, Range 5 East; 'thence N 89°10'20" E along north lina
� af said southwest 1J4, a distance bf 523.33 feet to a point on the northeaeterly margin �
�` af Bonneville Power Administratton's righC-a£-�way as recorded under Auditar's File Np. �..'
3292927 and 1Vo. 324I1Ob; Chence S 42°35'S4" E alang said margin, a distance of 433.97' �
feet to the true paint af beginni.n�; eaid paint being on the narCherly margin of old
Etliier Raad; thence �long said margin on a curve �o the right having a radius o£ 220,99
feet, an arc difltance of 2t�3.46 fect; thence S �2 Sl'3r+" W, a distnnce of 60,01 £eet, to
; a point on ttYe r�e>��tl�wetiter.ly m<irg"tn c�f (�1c� l:Chi.cr Ror�d; thcncr. nlang snid tnt�zg3n on e Cuz'V!
k« tlii� le(�k !►:�visi�; i� r:�dli�t� ctf lfi(1.�9 fcet, :�n �rc difltnnce c�f 1.63.69 fcat to tl poinC oA
` tt�c nartt�c;�At'c!rly morFjl�n �f Rc�i�nevi] lc P��wc�r Aclrniniatr�t�,on'n ��l�ht-aE-way ae zecorded
� �ander A��di�tor'�+ 1�I.le IVo. 32929�7 �c�d Nn. 3241106; thencd N G2 35'S4" W along enid margin,
a dieCance of 62.01 fect to the true point a£ beinnf.ng. EXCEPT �he portione Chereof which
, lie within the baundarica of Eagle Ridge prive artd the realigned section of Ethier Raad. .
Property to be vracated ta Puget Power {parcel D}
That portion c�£ the eouthwest 1(4 of Section 20, Township 23 North, Range 5 Ea.st, W.M., '
� described as fallow�: Begtnning at the narthwest corner of the �ot:thwe�t 1(4 af Section►
20, Townet��p 2� Norkh. Range 5 F.��st; thence N 89°10'2Q" E along north line of eaid sauth-
• � west 1/4, a dietance of 344.88 feet to a point an the narCheasterly margin af Benson Raad;
--� thenc� S 16°16'S6" � along said margin, a digtance of 489.37 feet to a point an the south-
westerly margin� of Bonneville Power Administration's right-of-�way as recorded under Auditor,
�n File No. 3292927 and No. 3241106; thence S 42°35'S4" E along said margin, a dietance of
;;;,,� , 181.90 feet ta the true paint of beginning; thence N 32°28'34" E, a distance of 254.09
feet to a point of curvature; [hence along a curve to the right havir►g a radius of 220.99 .
feet, an arc distance of 1Q5.55 feet to a point on the northeasterly margin of Bonneville
. ' �Pawer Adminlstration's right-of-way as recorded under Auditor's �'ile Na. 3292427 ez�d No. ,
': � � 3241106; thence S 42°35"54" E ,along said margin, a dietance of 62.01 feet; thence alang , '
� ' a curve to the left having a rAdiue of 160.99 feet; an arc diatance of 90.26 £eet; thenca
' k S 32°28'34" W n diatance of 27C1.09 feet tn a point on the eouthwesterly margin o£ Bonne� ' �
' ville Power Adminintrution's right-of-way As recorded uader AudiCor's File No. 3292927 - �
;,j and Na. 3241106; thcncr. N 42°35'54" W ul.ong eaid margin n dietnnce of 62.01 feet to the '
� true point of beginning» �7CCEPT the partion thereof which liee w�thin the baund&riee a! .
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AUBURN INTERCEPTOR
ENVIRQNMENTAL ASSESSMENT
(DRAFT ENVIRONMEIJTAL IMPACT STATEMENT)
by
THE MUNICIPALITY OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Pa�e No.
Statement Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
I. Description of the Proposed Action. . . . . . . 3
II. Environmental Impact of the Proposed
Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
III. Description of How the Treatment
Work Design and Instruction Controls
Will Minimize the Adverse Impact on
all Aspects of the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . 16
IV. Adverse Impacts Which Cannat be Avoided
Should th� Proposal be Implemented. . . . . . .17
V. Relationship Between Local Short-Term
Uses of Man's Environment and the
Maintenance and Enhancement of Long--
Term Productivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
VI. Irreverslble and Irretrievable
Commitments of Resources Which Would
be Involved in the Proposed Action
Should it be Implemented. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
VI�. Alternatives to the Pr�oposed Action. . . . . . 20
VIII. Comments and Suggestions Raised By
Federal, State and Local Agencies, and
By Interested Parties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
METRO-Auburn Contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Exhibit A
Technical Appendix
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� STATEMENT SUMMARY
NATURE OF THIS REPORT: Environmental Assessment
(Draft Environmental Impact Statement)
SPONSORING AGENCY: Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle
410 West Harrison Street
Seattle, Washington 98119
284-5100
CONTACT PERSON: Peter S. Machno, Manager, Planning Services
TYPE OF PROPOSED ACTION: Construction of water pollution control
and abatement facility (Auburn Interceptor)
and related sewage disposal contract and
comprehensive plan amendments.
OFFICIAL TITLE: "Auburn Interceptor"
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED ACTION:
The basis of the proposed action is the construction of the
Auburn Interceptor by the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle
which will be a sewer line varying i� diameter from 48" to 78"
running from the southeast corner of the existing City of
Auburn sewage treatment lagoon to a point of connection with
the Municipality' s Kent Cross Valley Interceptor, at South
216th Street in Kent . The Municipality will be committed to
construct the Interceptor by a pending basic sewage disposal
agreement with the City of Auburn. Implementation of the
agreement and construction of the Interceptor will require
corresponding amendments to the Municipality' s Comprehensive
Sewage Disposal Plan.
COST OF PROJECT: •
The estimated cost of the pro�ect is $8,400,000. Seventy-
five percent of that cost will be paid by the U. S. Environ-
mental Protection Agency, fifteen percent by the Washington
State Department of Ecology, and the remaining ten percent
by the Municipality.
SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:
The environmental assessment of the proposed action under
consideration indicates that the primary long-term environ-
mental impact of the Interceptor pro�ect will be the removal
of sewage effluent from the Green River 29 river miles upstream
from Elliott Bay. This will allow the implementation of land
use planning with minimal impact to the quality of the water
resour.ces of the Green River Sewerage Area and a portion of
the White River Watershed.
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of the Interceptor through public righta-of-way and private
eaeementa accompanied by temporary disturbance and incon-
veniences oP public utilitiea and roadways.
SUMMARY OF MAJOR ALTERNATIVES: �
1) No Action -- This alternative provides for continuation
of the present sewage treatment by th� City of Auburn's
lagoon syatem with attendant problems of inadequate
secondary treatment. .
2) BuildinR a Secondar.v Treatment Plant at Auburn -- Th1s
a�ternative would remove biochemical oxygen-demanding (BOD)
materials from the effluent and provide for future
growth needs but would require substantial capital
commitmenta and continuing measures to comply with
seCondary treatment requirements .
3) Interim Solutions -- The interim solutions described
herein would 811eviate the present water quality problem
in the areen River but would not provide for long-
range growth n�eds in the Green River Sewerage Area.
4) Alternative Routes for the Interceptor -- Two additional
' locations were eaamined for the phyalaal placement o�
the interceptor in the Valley to meet the same ob�ectiv�s
of the proposed action.
PUBLIC HEARING: December 13, 1973, 7 � 30 P.M. , Auburn Amer2can
Legion Hall, 707 Auburn Way South, Auburn,
Washington.
HEARING BODY: Sewer Committee of the Municipality of Metro-
politan Seattle.
OFFICIAL REVIEW PERIOD: November 13 to December 28, 1973•
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RECIPTENTS OF THIS DOGUMENT;
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Soil Conservatian Service
Attn: Mr. Merle R. Br3tton, Area Conservationist
United States Department of Army,
Corps of Engineers
Attn: Mr. Steven Dice, Chief of Environmental Resources Section
Washington State Department of Ecology
Attn: Mr. John Biggs, Directar
Washington State Department of Ecology,
Redmond Office
Att»: Mr. Robert McCormick, Regianal Manager
Washington State Office of Community Development
Attn: Mr. Richard Hemstead, Directar
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Attn: Mr. A1 Koch, 5enior Engineer
Washington State Department of Fisher3ea
A�tn: Mr. Gil Holland, Fisheries Research Coardinator
Washington State Department of Game
Attn: Mr. Eugene S. Dziedzic, Ass 't. Chief
Environmental Management Aivision
Washingtan State Highway Commissian, District #1
Attn: Mr. W. C. Bogart, District 1 Engineer
Puget Saund Air PolZution Control Agency
Attn: Mr. A. R. Dammkoehler, Executive Director
Puget Sound Governmental Conferenee
Attn: Mr. Mart Kask, Executive Director
King County Department of Public Works
Attn: Mr. Jean DeSpain, Director
King County Department of Budget and Finanee
Attn: Mr. Joseph McGavik, Direetor
Department of Budget & Program Planning
King County Department of Cammunity and �nvironmental
Development
Attn: Mr. Thomas Ryan, Director
Seattle-King County Department af Public Health
Attn: Dr. Lawrence Bergner, Director
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Pierce County Department of Planning
Attn: Mr. Hal Hagested
Mayor, City of Algona
Attn: The Honorable John E. Matchett
Mayor, City of Pacific
Attn: The Honorable Jack W. Johnson
City Administrator of Kent
Attn: Mr. Joseph Street
City of Auburn Department of Public Works
Attn: Mr. Pat Nevins , Director
City of Auburn Planning Department
Attn: Mr. aeorge A. Schuler, Planning Director
Lake Haven Sewer District
Attn: Mr. Ivan Day, Manager
Chicago Milwaukee St . Paul and Pacific Railroad
Attn: Mr. Robert Butler, Jr. , Engineer
Audubon Society
Attn: Mr. Thomas 0. Wimmer, President
Washington Environmental Council
Attn: Miss Joan Thomas, President
River Basin Coordinating Committee
Attn: Mr. Don Benson
, Friends of the Earth
Attn: Mr, Dale Jones
Sierra Club
Attn: Mr. Dick Fiddler
Northwest Steelheaders ' Council of Trout Unlimited
Attn: Mr. Jerry Newman
Green for Tomorrow
Attn: Dr. Gary Green
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� PREFACE
Thia Environmental Aseessment for the Auburn Interceptor and
r�la�ed contractual and planning developments conaista of a de-
tailed t�chnical appendix (Appendix) prepared by consultants
to tbs Council of Muaiaipality of Metropolltan Senttle (Metro)
and an aasessment sutamary (Swnmary) prepared as a Metro atafP
anslysia of the proposed aetion and baaed on the information con-
tained in the Appendiz. After a public hearing on the proposed
actloti, tbe Metro 3eMer Committee pill recomtaend actions in
regard to the proposed action to tbe full metropolitan Council
ineluding forraal resolutiona authorizing a federal grant applica-
tion� execution oP a baaie sewage diapoaal agreement between
Metro and the City of Auburn and, eventually, aiaendmenta to
Metro'a Comprehenaive Ser�age Dispoaal Plan. Thia Enviroruaental
Asaesa�aent will serve aa the initial "Draft Environmental Impact
Statement" Por the propoaed action. After the incorporation of
comments from citizena and agenciea and responaes thereto, the
document will aerve as the Environmental Impact Statement of the
propoeed action in accordance with the State Environmental Policy
Act of 1971. The Environmental Impact Statement Nill be forwarded
to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as
the Environmental Aesessment oP the Interceptor pro�ect Por EPA
consideration in granting partial federal funding Por construction.
EPA will independentlq �udge the environmentsl aigniPicance of
the construction pro�ect in accordance with the National Environ-
mental Act of 1969.
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and abatement for the metropolitan area on a long-term basis,
Metro haa propoaed an action consisting oP three elements: (1)
�, ; the conatruction of the Auburn Interceptor; (2) a related agree-
ment Por sewage interception and disposal with the City of Auburn;
and (3) corresponding amendments to Metro's Comprehensive Sewage
Disposal Plan. The proposed construction of the Interceptor
is the result of years oP careful and thorough planning by Metro,
beginning in 1958. Although an interceptor similar in location
and size has always been a part oP Metro's Comprehenaive Sewage
Disposal Plan (Comprehensive Plan) , recent plan revisions have
been authorized by Metro which re-examine the Green River Sewerage
Area and a portion of the White River Watershed which will be
served by the Auburn Interceptor. A study, which includes amend-
ments to the Comprehensive Plan required by this proposed action,
which reflects prior authorized amendments and construction, and
which provides technical data in support of all such changes, is
nearing completion and will be available pr�or to the December 13,
1973 hearing. The Comprehensive Plan amendments of concern in
this assessment are those required by the purchase and construction
of facilities specified in the pending Metro-Auburn agreement.
The pending Metro-Auburn agreement represents the legal and
administrative vehicle to commence construction of the proposed
Intereeptor. The agreement, which is set forth in the attached
Exhibit "A", delineates the responsibility of both parties in
terms of long-term sewage disposal and, additionally, imposes
specific conditions regarding the use, construction, maintenance
and operation of the Interceptor.
The three elements of the proposed action will be presented
and discussed individually in Section I of this Summary entitled
"Description of the Proposed Action. " The balance of the Summary,
however, will not adhere to such a rigid division of elements in
discussion of the total proposed action. The Summary assessment
will thereafter primarily evaluate the environmental impact of
the actual physical implementation of portions of referenced
agreement and Comprehensive Plan changes through construction of
the Interceptor. Additional public hearings and environmental
assessments will be necessary in order to update the information
in this assessment and to evaluate future construction activity
and planning related to the construction of the Interceptor, the
pending Metro-Auburn agreement and corresponding amendments to
Metro's Comprehensive Plan.
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The Appendix which serves as the basis for this Summary
represents an indepth evaluation of the environmental impact
af the prapased action and was prepared for Metro by the firm of
Wilsey and Ham, Inc . of Renton, Washington. The canc3usions of
that independent environmental assessment as described in the
Appendix support irnplementatian of the proposed action. Althaugh
particularly applicable gortio�s of the Appendix are referenced
in this Summary, Metro would recommend that the supportive
Appen��x infarmation also be examined in reviewing this Environ-
� mental Assessment .
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I. - DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ACTION
GREEN RIVER SEWERAaE AREA - PLAN AMENDMENT
Residents of the metropolitan Seattle area recognized in
the 1950's that serious water pollution problems were imminent
in the Lake Washington drainage basin. Tn response to an area-
wide problem, a citizens group in 1957 introduced a bill in the
Washington State legislature to allow the creation of inetropolitan
municipal corporations to deal with water pollution and other area-
wide problems . The bill became law in March of 195? a,s Chapter
35 . 58 RCW. In September, 1958, the voters in the metropolitan
Seattle area voted to create a metropolitan corporation to perform
the function of inetropolitan sewage disposal. T�e specific powers
granted by Chapter 35.58 RCW to this corporation to perform its
statutory function included the power to prepare a comprehensive
sewage disposal plan, t'o acquire or construct and to operate and
regulate use of Metro facilities, to fix rates and charges for use
of such facilities, and many other powers necessary for the per-
formance of the function.
Immediately following the election authorizing ita formation,
the municipal corporation began organization and operation through
its governing body, the Metropolitan Council, as provided in the
enabling legislation. The Council' s first step was to prepare and
adopt an areawide Comprehensive Plan for sewage disposal encom-
passing a study area of approximately 230 square miles and ir�cluding
two ma�or draina�e basins, namely the Cedar and Green River Basins.
The Green River Basin inc�udes the City of Auburn.
The Comprehensive Plan was based on a detailed report setting
forth a long-range plan under which provisions would b� made for
a systematic, cost-effective and environmentally sounc� construction
program to provide necessary sewerage improvements for the metro-
' politan area.
Metro 's Comprehensive Plan provides for the development of
interceptors and treatment facilities to serve the Seattle metro-
politan area. Facilities are planned for staged construction
relative to pro�ected development in the metropolitan region.
Sewers contemplated in the Comprehensive Plan are based on service
to a minimum local area of 1,000 acres within natural drainage
areas . Provisions for local sewerage facilities serving smaller
areas are the inde end
p ent responsibility and function of local
political entities .
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The original Comprehensive Plan was corn leted in 195$ and I
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adopted by the Metropolitan Council in 1959. That Plan praposed ,
facilit3es for the Auburn area quite similar to those now con-
templated by construction of the Auburn Interceptor.
Because unfaraseen changes in land use, population and
employment can rapid2y outdate design assumptions, Metro' s
Comprehensive Plan is sub�ect to periodic review and amendment
ta insure its viability. In the case of the Auburn Interceptor,
Metro 's Comprehensive Plan has contemplated construction of the
facility for more than a decade. Several factors have affected
the sewerage needs in the Green River Basin and a portion of the
White River Watershed and accelerated the need for this particular
Interceptor. Among these factors are :
l. Regional and local Iand use planning.
2. Znduatrial and commercial grawth.
3. Location of residences .
I 4 . The use of septic tanks as a means of treatment
and disposal of sewage from residences .
5. Accelerated eutrophication (pollution) of water hodies
resulting from the utilizatian of previously uninhabited
land.
The listed factors resulted in prior planning changes for
facilities within the two basins and �he immediate necessity for
the Interceptor and reZated Comprehensive Plan amendments. Those
changes are a11. incorporated in the above�refereneed technical
s�udy naw nearin� completian. The specific amendments to Metro ' s
Camprehensive Plan related ta canstructian of the Interceptor and
the pending Metro-Auburn Agreement are described in the attached
Exhibit "A" . The currently adopted Camprehensive Plan is set
I farth in Resnlution No . 1829 adopted by the Council an March 1, 1973•
(See , generally, Appendix pages 1 through 53 . }
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Metro' s function of inetropolitan sewage disposal is imple-
mented through basic agreements for sewage disposal services
between Metro and component agencies . The pending basic sewage
disposal agreement between Metro and the City of Auburn parallels
Metro' s standardized agreement with other component agencies. The
Metro-Auburn agreement will be executed by both parties subsequent
to a hearing on the environmental impact of the proposed action.
The referenced agreement attached as Exhibit "A" provides
that Auburn will deliver its sewage and industrial waste to the
metropolitan sewerage system and that Metro will accept such
sewage and industrial waste for treatment sub�ect �o Metro's rules
and regulations. The agreement delineates different responsibilities
of Metro and the City regarding the acquisition, construction and
maintenance of certain sewerage facilities. The agreement also
sets forth terms under which the City will pay sewage disposal
charges and other general administrative relationships between
the parties. Section 9 of the agreement provides that Metro will
construct both the Auburn Interceptor and that portion of the
West Valley interceptor from llth Avenue North (in Algona) to
Main Street (in Auburn) within a reasonable time after the Auburn
Interceptor has been completed. Other sections of the agreement
provide that in cases where Metro sewerage facilities are routed
on City-owned property or rights-of-way, the City will have a
right to approve the location. The agreement provides that the
Interceptor will serve as both a metropolitan and local sewerage
facility wherever the City has authority to provide local service .
Under Section 4 , the City is guaranteed the right to connect any
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of its local facilities into any manhole of the e ro acil
whether or not the facility has been approved by any agency other
than Metro or the City of Auburn provided the connections are in
accordance with Metro rules and regulations .
The terms of the contract remain in full force and effect
until July, 2016 .
(The Metro-Auburn agreement is referenced throughout
Section 1 of the Appendix, i .e . , pages 10 and 34 . )
CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED AUBURN INTERCEPTOR
The construction of the Auburn Interceptor represents
implementation of a proposed element of Metro ' s Comprehensi�e
Plan and is a portion of the second phase of the ultimate
development of an areawide waste water and treatment system
serving the total sewerage needs of the Green River Sewerage
Area and a portion of the White River Watershed.
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The proposed Interceptor will be a 48- to 78-inch rein-
forced concrete pipe totaling 7.1 miles in length. The pipe
will commence at the influent structure of the existing City of
Auburn sewage lagoon and connect with the exiating Metro-Kent
Cross Valley Interceptor as shown at Figure 14 of the Appendix
at page 63 .
Completion oP the Interceptor Nill terminate the operation
of the existing Auburn sewage lagoon and provide for transport
of waste water by the Interceptor to Metro's Renton sewage treat-
ment plant . The existing Auburn lagoon has become overburdened
and future growth and development in the Auburn area is now
constrained by the inadequate treatment facilities.
(The location and design of the Interceptor, corridor
descriptions and necessary administrative actions for the
pro�ect work are described in detail at pages 62 through 89
of the Appendix. )
BACKGROUND
Sewera�e Area Boundariea
The sewerage area to be served by the Interceptor encom-
passes the Green River Sewerage Area and a portion of the White
River Watershed. (See Figure 1 ) Included within this area is
all of the Lower Green River Valley in the vicinity of the cities
of Kent, Auburn, Algona and Pacific, and Des Moines Plateau
(West Hill) to the west . The area to be served by the Interceptor
in the White River Watershed lies north of Lake Tapps and within
both King and Pierce Counties .
Ph,ysio�raph.y
These upland plateaus incised by the valley trough and flood
, plain of the Green River are the principal topographic features
of the sewerage area. The ascent to the upland areas is abrupt
with differences in elevation between the river bottom and the
plateau in excess of 300 feet . The uplands present a rolling
glacial relief characterized by depressions and hummocks in
which stream courses and drainage patterns are often poorly de-
fined. Numerous local basins and de res
p sions of retarded drainage
are occupied by small lakes and swampy areas and bogs . The Green
River is artifici�ally controlled by an upstream dam and man-made
levees, which parallel the stream throughout most of its length
within the sewerage area. Natural overbank flooding has been
eliminated from most of the Lower Green River Valley . The White
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COA�REM�NSNE PLAN AFAEPDI�AEMf FIfiURE t
__ __ GREEN APD Wh#TE RIVER SEM►ERAGE AREAS
Land Use
In addition to its diverse topography, the sewerage area is
characterized by a variety of land uses : agriculture and sharply
contrasting industrial development in the Green River Valley,
retail, commercial and residential uses in the cities and towns;
and forestry, mining, open space , recreation, and scattered rural
residential and farming uses on the eastern uplands . Recent
photogrammetric interpretations of the sewerage area reveal the
following land use allocations : k�oodland, 37 ,700 acres ( 40 per-
cent) ; suburban land, including low-density residential, recrea-
tional-home, and neighborhood commercial areas , 15 ,780 acres
(17 percent) ; agricultural land, 9 , 030 acres (10 percent ) ; open
and vacant land, 8 ,720 acres, (9 nercent ) ; high-density residential
an� commercial areas , 6 , 300 acr•es ( 7 percent } ; transportation
corridors including railroad yards and freeways, 5 ,890 acres
(6 percent ) ; transmission line utility corridors, 4 ,140 acres
(4 percent ) ; industrial areas , 1,140 acres (1 percent) ; and
recreational areas , 410 acres ( . 1 percent ) . The acreage des-
ignated as commercial areas probably includes some light industrial
an� warehousing establishments on aerial photographs .
, L" and use trends for the ma�ority of the sewerage area are
' taward more intensive uses , particularly in the Green River Valley
f1Qod plain. The annexation of valley bottom lands by Kent and
Atiburn, and the subsequent zoning of these lands to industrial
' and commercial classifications has stimulated dramatic changes in
land uses from the traditional doniinance of a riculture to more
g
intensive uses with consequent demands for increased utility
service .
(See Appendix pages 2 through 3 . )
Population
�'orecasts of population and employment for the central Puget
Srund region, prepared by the Puget Sound Governmental Conference
(PSGC) , a reg�cr:al planning body for King, Kitsap , Pierce , and
Sr.ohomish Counties , provide a basis for estimating growth general-
?�� within the sewera�e area. The PSGC predictions extend to 1990 ,
w:.t!� extrapc�lations �rc.vided to the year 2000 . The 1990 fore-
ca.s�s havF been �ro�Jected to the year 2030 by Metro ' s consulting
�ngineers , usin� a logarithmic trend method in order to estimate
:�f�we:age needs far the duration of the Auburn Interceptor' s service
l..ife in the sev�erage area . The average density within the sewer-
age ar�a, exclusive of industrial areas , is pro�jected to equal 5 . 1
' ;?ersons per a.cre in the year 2030 . This is nearly double the PSGC ' s
�' . 6 pro,jection for 199G . The total population within the study
arr�� is preser.tl;,� ab�ut 118, 400 . The total population pro,jected
fcr t��e }�ear 2('3�� is thus over 37� ,000 . Of this total amount , an
estimat�eri ;�1 ,00� are art.�cipatea to require sewer service.
!�:�� Appendix page 3.)
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Sewer DesiRn
Pro�ections for sewerage facility needs have been developed
by considering the most probable population F�o�ections and land
uses for the sewerage area. Loadings for existing and future
sewerage Pacilities are derived by applying established unit
quantities to population totals and including factors for indus-
trial wgstes, and infiltration!infl�w (water which enters the
collection system due to ground water flow through pipe connec-
tions or breakage) . Loadings are described in terms of peak
flow pro�ections . A total peak flow of 153 million gallons per
day is pro�ected for the sewerage area and for the design popu-
lation of about 321,000 expected to be living on 55,535 acres of
residental land having sewer servj.ce by the design year 2030.
(See Apperidi� pages 3 to 5 . )
Washin�ton State Department of Eeolo��
In the State of Washington, tlie responsibility for water
pollution control and abatement is vested in the Department of
Ecology (DOE) . Under the provisions of the Federal Water Quality
Act of 1965 a Federal-State partnership was established and the
State was required to develop and implement water quality standards
and policy guidelines. The State compiled a plan that described
specifie actions necessary to achieve compliance with established
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water quality criteria. In 1970, the State s Implementation and
Enforcement Plan was adopted and the City of Auburn was thereafter
advised by a letter that interception of the Auburn sewage lagoon
' to the Metro sewerage system was required pursuant to agency guide-
lines. This directive included a specific time schedule fnr com-
I pletion of required improvements whereby the facilities were to be
operational by April, 1973•
Compliance with the directive was further insured by the D0�
in a statement that denied approval of further extension of the
Auburn municipal sewerage system until Auburn consummated a s�rvice
agreement with Metro. (The DOE restriction on sewer extensions is
still in effect . ) The DOE directive included an explanation for
upgrading the water quality in the Green River to the established
level. Any expanded use of the Auburn sewage lagoon would lead
toward depressed water quality conditions in the Green River.
(See Appendix pages 19 through 22 . j
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Interrelationship of Proposed Action to
Other Re�ional Planning Programs
PuRet Sound Governmental Conference
The Interim Regional Development Plan (IRDP) for the central
Puge� Sound region provides the foundation for all research,
planning, and program activities of the PSGC . The plan integrates
local governmental comprehensive plans with the Regional Open
Space Plan and provides a comprehensive statement of goals and
policies for the region.
An element of the IRDP is the Interim Regional Sewerage Plan,
which has been adopted by the PSGC . The Auburn Interceptor and
the tributary interceptors proposed in the original Metro Com-
prehensive Sewage Disposal Plan are consistent with the PSGC ' s
Interim Regional Sewerage Plan. Some of the plan changes antici-
pated by Metro in relation to the pending agreement with Auburn
differ with portions of the IRDP Sewerage element . It is hoped
that at the end of this review process the PSGC will update that
element to include the proposed plan changes. .
Within the Green River Sewerage Area, the land use element
of the IRDP generally supports the continuation of existing land
use with the notable exception of the valley bottom areas . In
the Green River Valley, exce�t for thase areas presently committed
to intensive uses, the IRDP encourages open space use . This
feature continues to conflict with portions of some local comprehen-
sive plans . One of the ma�or conflicts involves over 1,740 acres
of land west of the Auburn city center which will be eventually
served by some proposedinterceptors tributory to the Auburn
Interceptor.
- (See Appendix pages 23 through 27 and 38 through 43. )
` River Basin Coordinating Committee
Recent federal and state legislation requires the develop-
ment of water pollution control and abatement plans by river
b3sin. To fulfill this requirment , King County and Metro were
requested to �ointly develop such a plan for the Cedar and Green
River Basins . Local government and agencies were invited to form
a committee for coordinating the planning effort . The committee
is currently providing technical guidance to the planning study
and recommending actions to be taken by the Metropolitan Council,
the agency legally responsible for the development of the Integrated
Environmental Management Plan for the Cedar and Green River Basins.
The program is in its second year and represents an ambitious
effort on the part of local commuriities to work for solutions of
enY�.ronmental problems . The planning program involves several
interrelated elements :
l. Water �uality Study
2 . Wat�r Resource Management Study
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3. Urban Drainage Study
�, 4. Regional Land Use Study
, 5. Solid Wastie Management Study
6. Air Quality Study
This prapased action has been coordinated closeiy with the
RIBCO study. An interim repart far the Water Quality Study
published in October, Iq73 by Stevens, Thompson and Runyan, Znc .
suggests that this proposed action will be cansistent with the
, fina2 recommendatians for a water gollution control and abate-
; ment plan for the basins. Many of the alternatives to the pro-
' posed action have been analyzed in the RIBCO study for its pre-
� scrlbed purpas�, but the Auburn Interceptor and tributory
facilities have been tentatively identified as the most cost-
effective actian.
(See Appendix pages 27 through 30. )
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II. - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF PROPOSED ACTION
The environmental impact of the proposed action can best be
described by examining the specific impacts of the Interceptor
� and its overall impact which could lead to the ultimate develop-
ment of a comprehensive sewage disposal system for the Green
, River Basin and a portion of the White River Watershed. The dis-
cussion will emphasize the significant beneficial impacts,
environmental consequences, and anticipated secondary impacts .
The impact of the pending agreement between the City of Auburn
and Metro will be described as it relates to the conditional
uses imposed upon the proposed facilities . (The technical infor-
mation upon which statements and conclusions in this Summary
Assessment are based is found on pages 90-148 of the Appendix. )
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BENEFICIAL IMPACTS
The proposed action will result in a number of positive
impacts which are described as follows :
Proposed Action
Advanta�es
a. Provides the most cost-effective solution to managing
the quality of the water resources of the Green River
Sewerage Area and a portion of the White River Watershed.
b . Eventually decreases the accelerated rate of eutrophica-
tion of some small lakes and streams in the Auburn vicinity.
c . Eventually eliminates health hazards associated with the
misuse of septic tanks for sewage treatment .
d. Consistent with State , regional and metropolitan water
pollution control and abatement plans for the Green
River Basin.
e . Satisfies the DOE directive for Auburn to connect to
the Metro system.
f. Allows Auburn to implement its land use plan without
the present sewerage restraint by the DOE.
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The philosophy characterized by the Green River Sewerage
Area Plan amendment is a regional service concept designed for
optimum water quality management . The potential benefits, however,
go beyond the obvious improvements to water quality by allowing
implementation of land use planning. The regional service con-
cept advocated by the proposed action provides a systematic
approach to developing staged facilities which can provide local
agencies with a vehicle for orderly land development consistent
with their respective land use policies so that sewerage facilities
are not �ust responding to crisis situations . Failure to address
the problem of sewage disposal on a long-term basis will only
result in compounding current problems and constraints upon
development . If local government is unassisted in solving the
problem, solutions will be largely piecemeal, addressing only
local problems and in most instances representing short-term
solutions .
ENVIRONMENTAL TRADEOFFS - SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM
, The direct impacts of the proposed Auburn Interceptor itself
will result in several temporary and permanent consequences.
Eventual construction of interceptors tributary to the Auburn
Interceptor will result in impacts similar to those described below
and those impacts will be examined in further assessments and
hearings as specific pro�ects are proposed for construction. The
following is a brief summary of the Appendix description of the
environmental consequences associated with the construction of the
Auburn Interceptor.
1 . Soil , p�ant communities and wildlife habitat will be
� disturbed as a result of construction activity. Although
construction areas will be restored, site restoration
will not immediately duplicate preconstruction conditions .
2 . Two areas cf concern lie in the path of the Interceptor.
' Both areas are wetlands and should be closely evaluated.
�ne area is zoned industrial by the City of Kent ,
so it is
only a matter of time before the ecosystem will be sub-
stantially altered by land development. The second area,
south cf Z77th Street , is already transversed by existing
rights-of-ways .
:3 . Ui^�ct ; rcipac� �apori existing human settlement , structures ,
and ac�iv:t.;-� area will be minimized because the ma,jority
of the can:�truction is expected to occur within existing
rigizts-c�f'-way or ad�acent utility corridors . The con-
struction ac:tivit�� may cause temporary disruption of
transpor`ation and utility systems .
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In summary, direct physical environment , social and economic
impacts from the construction of the Interceptor itself will be
minimal . Though the proposed Green River amendments to the Com-
prehensive Plan does propose new facility extensions to service
and an expanded service area, adverse environmental consequences
are anticipated to be minimal . For example , prior Comprehensive
Plan revisions have eliminated the planned East Valley Inter-
ceptor. Additional capacity to be provided by the earlier planned
East Valley Interceptor has been designed into the Auburn Inter-
ceptor. This deletion will eliminate further disturbances of the
valley environment from construction of a second valley interceptor.
(See Appendix pages 208 through 215 . )
SECONDARY IMPACTS
Planning for the location and service by sewerage facilities
is obviously bound to land use decisions . Decisions regarding
the construction and location of functional facilities must be
made on the basis of pro�ected patterns of growth and development .
The proposed Interceptor is consistent with Federal, State ,
regional and local utility planning policy. Although the proposed
Interceptor does support local land use policy and regional utility
planning policy, the construction of the proposed system tends to
create a dilemma for local governments controlling land use regard-
ing preservation of open space .
�_ Land use control and maintenance of the unique characteristics
of an area is a difficult task when confronted with the dollar
impact sewerage facilities have on land values . It is probably safe to
assume an �increase in land costs will occur. Such increases would
be based on the highest and best use of the land. Pressures would
be brought �o bear on city and county planning bodies to change '
designated open space areas to more intense uses because of higher
land costs . The end result is that a utility system built to allevi-
ate existing and future pollution problems in conformance with urban
� development policy can in the long run be one of the factors that
lead to destroying the very nonprice values which the land use plan
was designated to protect , i .e . , the preservation of open space
��nd unique features .
The key to the problem is , of course , land economics and what
is involved in 3etermining the costs and benefits of public
investment . All too often, the determination of appropriate land
use is base� upon prices established for land in the private land i,
market . The benefits of increased land prices accrue to the I
private owner or, as in a great many cases , to the land speculator. '
On the other hand, the cost to the public for providing services,
facilities , :�nd utilities te such areas accrue to the taxpayer.
Whiie �� wr,,uld t�e difficult to estimate the total costs to the public
for urbaniz�n� 2reas unsui��.ble for development , the cost would run
very hi�h.
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There are no easy solutions to this dilemma. Perhaps the
community needs to heed the call heard more and more often for a
"new land use ethic" , an ethic which carries with it an attitude
toward land as a valuable natural resource to be conserved and
developed wisely rather than bought and .sold on the open market
as a commodity. Any such change would require not only legisla-
tive change , but wholesale change in public attitude .
Although the physical existence of the Interceptor may
stimulate growth, it will allow urban development to occur where
local governments determine it to be appropriate . In a positive
sense , the Interceptor will reinforce patterns of human activity
which have developed in the sewerage area during the past decade .
The development of new industry and businesses could be a bene-
ficial long-term effect of the proposed action. In contrast ,
urban growth will diminish the natural character of the Green
River Basin if urbanization is encouraged according to present
land use plans .
The construction of the Interceptor will allow the City of
Auburn to develop land use in a manner it deems appropriate .
The development of the Green River valley by the City of Auburn is
a notable conflict in land use plans between the PSGC and the City
of Auburn. The conflict area comprises 1,740 acres of valley
bottom west of the city. Auburn has chosen to zone the land for
industrial use , and the PSGC believes it should be retained for
agriculture. Many organizations and citizens in the community
are sympathetic with the Conference ' s viewpoint . Auburn retains
the legal authority for land use control and zoning, and therefore
is the legal entity to determine the future of the conflict area.
The only possible change in this authority could come from the
Washington State legislature ' s consideration of HB 791. Hope-
fully, the bill would provide an appropriate forum to discuss .
and arbitrate land use conflicts which are thought to have state
or regional significance.
The contractual agreement between Metro and the City of
Auburn will commit Metra ta construct a portion of an interceptor
tributary to the Auburn Tnterceptor serving the identified conflict
area. Further, the contract will allow the City of Auburn to
utilize the Interceptor as a local sewerage facility. This condit�on
provides unlimited access :;o the facility ,so long as connections are
consistent with Metra ' s a�:opted rules and regulations, and a means
to include anticipated industrial development such as the "Auburn
40�" proposal . Althou�h this particular situation will encourage
argument , the implementation of the Ir.terceptor is a case where
functional planning r.as followed legal local land use planning. il
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The diler��la of compatability of land use and the proposed
action would a� no less if any feasible alternative to the present
Auburn lagoon were implemented. State restrictions on sewer
extensions wo��:�d be lifted and the possibility of urban growth
would exist a� a result of those facilities .
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III. DESCRIPTIOiJ OF HOW iHE TREATMENT WORKS DESIGN
AND INSTRUCTIOPI CONTROLS WILL MINIMIZE THE
ADVERSE IMPACT ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE ENVIROIIMENT
The construction pro�ect will employ state-of-the-art methods
and rigid manufacturing and quality control standards . The con-
struction process will utilize the best available �echnology,
while at the same time preserving economics and will also be de-
signed to meet or exceed all applicable federal, state and local
standards and regulations .
The specific design and construction controls respond to
specific regulatory agency requirements . In all instances , these
controls will assure that only minimal adverse environmental im-
pacts will result from the proposed pro,ject . Some specific design
and construction controls include the use of screened wells in the
dewatering process to eliminate the intake of soil particles and
the use of pipe outfalls and diffusers to discharge the water
created by the dewatering process . This treatment will lessen the
threat of soil erosion and the slumping of drainage ditch banks .
Sedimentation basins will be utilized to prevent the degradation
of streams used as spawning channels . P•2onitoring of the dewatering
effluent will occur periodically to insure that no water quality
impacts result .
�ust and particulate matter will be controlled by sprinklin�;
access roads and trenches . Noise can be controlled by conventional
methods .
Upon completion of the Interceptor the Renton Treatment Plant
will treat all sewage flowing through the Interceptor by a very
efficient secondary process which removes BOD and discharges that
effluent to the Green River just upstream of the Duwamish Estuary.
�i'he Plant exceeds 1977 requirements of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act Amendments of 1972 for secondary treatment . Recently,
;•Zetro initiated a study which will build upon the results of the
HIBCO Stud,y to determine the needs for the treatment process to
meet the requirements of best practicable treatment and the 1985
�oal of zero dischar�;e .
(See Appendix pa�;es 1119 throu�;h 150 )
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IV. ADVERSE IMPACTS WHICH CANNOT BE AVOIDED
SHOULD THE PROPOSED ACTION BE IMPLEMENTED
Adverse impacts which cannot be avoided by the proposed action
consist primarily of disturbance to plant , animal, and soil commu-
nities within the pipeline corridor. The existing terrestrial
ecosystem will be altered along much of the pipe route. Existing
vegetation will be removed and trenches will require displacement
of existing soils . Site restoration will not immediately duplicate
natural conditions . Consequently, the quantity and diversity of
birds and small mammals may be altered for a short time.
Temporary disturbances associated with construction will occur
along the route corridor. Increased levels in noise and temporary
disruptions of roads and public utilities will occur. Noise will
be regulated by control of working hours and local ordinances , and
traffic flow regulation will be performed by local communities .
Corridor aesthetics will not be impacted by equipment , materials
and construction for more than a brief period along any one portion
of pipe construction routes . The corridor will be restored to as
near its original condition as possible.
These disturbances should not constitute a significant adverse
impact to the community and should not damage the surroundings
aesthetically, damage human health, standards of living, or sacri-
fice any environmental goals set forth in section 101(b ) of the
National Environmental Policy Act .
(See Appendix pages 151 through 152)
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V. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOCAZ SH4RT-TERM ,
USES �F MAN'S ENVIRONMENT AND MAINTENANCE '
AND ENHANGEMENT OF LONG-TERM PRODUCTIVITY '
The short-term temporary environmental impact associated with
the pro�ect w�ll result in long-term benefits to the Green River
Basin and por�ions of the White River Watershed and ta the metropo�i�an
Seattle region as a whale by eliminating a suspected souree of pollu- �
tants ta the Green River 29 river miles upstream fram E3liatt Bay . '
The RIBCO study has shown that if the PSGC Interim Regianal Develop-
ment Plan {ZRDP} were implemented with the elimination of the Auburn
lagaan, treatment as propased, �nd the elimination of other point '
saurces of pollution in the Auburn area, the quality of the Green ,
' River would nat decrease in the year 2000. There would be mare
poten�ial contaminan�s discharged to the river by way of runoff
from land surfaces. HpWever, due to the lar�e amount of water
associated with th�s runaff, the concentration of such cantaminants
in the Green River woulfl nat exceefl standards for Class A waters.
The proposed action w�ll allow for the City of Auburn ta expand
its se�v��e area �ince �he Department of Ecalogy ban wauld be lifted.
This w�uld allow Auburn to serve many residences with public sewers
rather than the present use of septic tanks .
The proposed action would allow Metro to eventually extend
, service to other areas in King and Pierce Caunties where septic
. tank prablems have b�en identified and have resulted frarn the
density of urbanizatian.
The propased action will also allow the City of Auburn to
implement its land use plan without impacting the quality of the
water resources of the Green River Basin.
(See Appendix pages 153 thraugh 156}
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VI . I�jREVERSIBI,E AND IRRET�IEVABI,E CQMMITMENTS QF
RESOURCES WHICH WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE
PROPOSED ACTION SHOULD I�' BE IMPLEMENTED
Givez� th� information presentiy av�.ilable , the commitment of
$$. � mi2lion ta construct the Interceptar is consider�d the most
eost-effective alt�rnative to pravide a solution to �he present and
potential prablems in ��ie Green River Sewerage Area and a portion
of the White River Watersh�d.
The Interceptor will commit the community to a regianal approach
to water qual,ity management . Metro has examined thi� questinn on
several occasians . The latest published report in support of region�l-
ization was in 1971, by the consul�ant firm Qf CH2M & HiII and now
the RIBCO study is evaluating the concept again. At the present
time, regionalization appears the most cost-effective and accepted
r�ethod of praviding service to the commun�.ty and managing the quality
of �he waGer resources of the metropalitar2 Seattle area.
This appraach pro�rides for reliability and flexibility in future
water quality m�.nagemeMt decisions � I.f water is required for uses
othez° �han the present, there may be a n�ed for water af greater
quality. For example, this could be for any number af rEasons such
as dr�.nking water, irrigation, crr �'isheries . Higher quality wat�r
could be provided by advanced waste tr�atment techniques at th� place
where it is needed. Such a treatment plant could be located ad�acent
to the proposed Interceptor. The Interceptor would be used for
salid� transpo�t for tr�atment at the regional plant . A� the present
time small trea�ment plants are nat feasible .
(Se� Appendix pages 157 throu�;h 158}
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VZI. - ALTERNATIVES Tp THE PROPOSED ACTION
The following is a summary of general a�.ternatives to the
selected course of action. �he �lternatives are listed with
their prpbable advantages and disadvantages . The alternatives
have been proposed and evaluated in the context of the entire
Green River Sewerage Area and a portion of the White River Water-
shed. The technical information upon which this analysis is
based is found in the Appendix, pages 159-223 . The summary of
the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed actiQn is found
on page II of this Assessrr�ent .
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NO ACTION
Advantages : �
a. P10 capital costs �
b . No �emparary direct physical �nv�ronmental, social and
economic impacts rel�ted to construction activity.
Disadvantages :
a . Increasing water quality management problems in the
Green River Basin and a por�ion of the White River
Watershed.
b . Cont�.nued accelerated eutr4phicat�.qn of some small
lakes and streams in the vicin�ty o�' Auburn.
c . Continued potential health hazards associa��d with
misuse of septic tanks for sewage treatment .
d . Not cor�sistent with �he present� state , regional and
metropolitan plans for water pollution contr�ol �.nd
ab�tement for the Green River Basin.
e . TYie directive to the City of Auburn by the DOE would
:zot be met .
f. In�bilit,y of Auburn to implement its land use plan
with the present sewerage restraint because the DOE
Uan on additional extemsions to the Auburn sewage
syst��;�� would still be in effect .
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"BUILD A SECONDARY TREATMENT PLANT AT AUBURN"
Advanta�es :
a. Meets the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act Amendments of 1972 for Secondary Treatment .
b . Eventual decrease of the accelerated rate of eutrophica-
tion of some small lakes and streams in the vicinity of
Auburn.
c . Eventual elimination of health hazards associated
with the misuse of septic tanks for sewage treatment .
, d. The DOE would probably lift the ban on additional exten-
� sions to the Auburn sewage system when the pro�ect was
completed. This would allow Auburn to implement its
land use plan without the present sewerage restraint ,
Disadvanta�es :
a. Not the most cost-effective solution to managing the
quality of the water resources of the Green River
Sewerage Area and a portion of the White River Water-
shed .
b . Not consistent with state, regional a�d metropolitaM
water pol�ution con�rol and abatement plans for the
rreen River Basin.
e . Doesn' t satisfy the DOE directive for Auburn to connect
to the Metro system.
d . Represents a aommitment to provide "Best Practical Treat�
ment" , (BPT) (if necessary) at a smaller treaLment plant
rather than the proposed cost-effective a�ternative .
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"INTERIM INTERCEPTOR OR TREATMENT"
Advanta�es :
a. Less initial capital costs .
b . Eventual decrease in the accelerated rate of eutrophica-
tion of some smal� lakes and streams in the vicinity of
Auburn.
c . Eventual elimination of health hazards associated with
the misuse of septic tanks for sewage treatment .
d. Probable satisfaction of the DOE directive for Auburn
to connect to the Metro system.
e . All.ows Auburn to implement its land use plan without
the present sewerage re5traint by DOE.
Disadvanta�es �
a, Not tl-ie mc7st cost-effective solution to managing the
quality of the wat�r resources of the Green River
Sewera�e Area and a portion of the White River Watershed.
If ultimate needs for sewerage facilities for the service
area develop as pro�jected for the year 2030, then the over-
all cost for providing new facilities �o meet that need
will be higher than implementing the present proposed
action.
b . 'i'emporar�y physical environr�ental, social and economic
irnpacts related to constructior� activity.
c . Not consistent with present state, regional and metropolit�.n
water pollution control and abatement plans for the Green
Rj_Ve1' Basin.
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"ALTERNATIVE ROUTES FOR INTERCEP�OR CONSTRUCT�ON"
Advanta�:
a. Eventual decrease in �he accelerated r�te qf eut�ophica-
tion of some small lakes and streams in the viaiMity of
Auburn.
b . Eventual elimination of �ealth hazards associated with
the misuse of septic tanks for sewage treatment .
c . Consistency with s*ate , regional and metrapolitan wa�er
pollution contro� and abatement plans for the Green
River Basin.
d. Satisfies the DOE directive for Auburn to Gonneat �o
the Metro system.
e . Allows Auburn to impl�men� its land use pl�� withput
the present sewer$ge rest�aint by the DOE.
Disadvantages :
a. Less cost-effective than the proposed aetion.
b . More temparary physic�l environmental , soci$1 and eco�omiG
impa�ts re�ated to const�uction activity than the pn�-
posed action. �
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T�e "no action" alternative wpuld result in the inability
to �xtend sewer lines to serve existing residences and proposed
industry. The status quo would be maintaineda but the Federal
Water 9uality Control A�t Amendment of 1972 requires the City of
Auburn to provide additional treat�ent of its sewage to meet the
requ�rement of Best Practica� �reaLment (BPT) . Thus , the "no
action" alternat3ve would not meet national and communS�y goals .
Cpmpared to all alternative solutions , the proposed action
is the most cost-effective and e�vironm�ntall,y sound a1Ge�native
to achieve the ob�ective . This eonclusion is supported by Wilsey
and Ham, Inc . in their independent Environmental Assessment of thg
proposed action (Appendix) . The reader is referred to the alterna-
tives section of the Appendix far a thorough evaluation and compar-
ison of alternatives .
Since the proposed Auburn Interceptor is to be part�ally
funded by a Fed�ral grant fnAm the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPAa , that agency will be the final determinant in the �udgement
of alternatives . In its environmental review the EPA will have
to address aMy comments from the PSGC on the �dentified land use
co�flict . At present , the Jackson Land Use Bill (5268) i$ bein�
cons�dered by Co�gress . In that Bill, responsibility for land
use planning would remain at the State level. Th� present form
of Washington State Land Use Bill (HB 791) would complement the
Jackson Bill and would leave land use planning with lo�al govern-
ment . However, `here would be provisions to resolve land use con-
fl�cts of regional ar statewide significance such as the PSGC/
Auburn issue .
At the present time and in the present configuration of land
us� controls , the local entity-- in this case, Auburn--retains the
final authority far land use planning. In reg�rd �o the p�oposed
ar_tion, whatever solution is chosen, other than the "�o action"
al�ernative , the Washin�ton State Department of Ecology would
probab�y lift the ban on the extension of Auburn' s sewerage facili-
ties ar.d consequently Auburn could implement its land use plan
without that rest.raint . Sewerag� facilities are considered by many
�lanners as a prime too] to regulate urban growth as well as pro-
:riaing necessar,y services to the communi�y . The basic question to
this aommunit,y , which eventually must be resolved, is �hethe� "growth"
car: occur anc'. �,till bc compatible with man' s part and dependence
upon the natz,ira.? en�Tironment . The RIBCO environmental planning �tudy
w�_.11 be provi.�ir?�, �.nforma�icn ta assist the community in those de-
!'�S10riS .
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VZII. COMMENTS AND SU�GESTIONS RAISED BY FED�RAL, STATE,
AND LOCAL AGENCIES, AND BY IN�ERESTED PARTIES
This section will include the comment� and suggest�ons rais�d
by Federal , State , and local agencies , a�d by interested parties
during the revi�w period and public h�aring.
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.�r. George AS. �fack
Roberts, Shefelman, Lawrence, Gay & Aioch
� 1818 IBM Building
i Seattle, t�� 9810i
� Re: hletro-Auburn Setaage Disposal Contract
Dear George:
Please find enclosed six execution capies and ten addi-
tional capi�s of the above-referenced Agreement which
includes al2 those changes agreed to by the lega�, caunsel '
and staff of the City of Auburn and Metro at our October
31, 1973 meeting. If the execution co�ies meet �vith your
a�,pinyal., would yau �7lease forcaard those documents to the
t�uburn City Co�ncil far consideration at their November 5
meeting.
Since Z will be out af town for the rest of the week,
please feel free ta call �Tim Ellis if you have any further
questions or clarifications. '
Very truly yaurs,
I PRESTON, T}IORGRIMSON
ELLIS, HOLMAi3 & FLE'i'CHER
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MUNICIPALITY OF M�TROPCLITnN SEATTLE
CITY OF J�UF3URN
AGR�E[�IEtv'T FOR 5����P.GE DISPOSAL
TFIIS 11GREEb1EI�T is made as of this day of ,
1973, between the CITY OF AUT3URtd, a municipal corporation of the
St�te of Washington (hereinafter r.eferred to as the "City") , and
the bSUNICIF�lLZTY OF D1I:TP.GPULITi+t] SEATTLE, a municipal corporation
of the State of t•�ashington (hereinafter referred to as "Metro") .
W I T N E S S E T H:
P1H�RF'AS, the public health, welfare and safet-y of the
residents of the City and the residents o� the metropolitan area
require the elimination of potential sources of water pollution
and the preservation of the fr.esh and salt water resources of
the area; and
4;tiEREAS, thc� State of Washi.n9ton Department of Ecology
has adopted water qualit}r st<.indards and a plan of implementation
thereof whicti r�quires that certain major sewage disposal works "
be constructed and operated and that the cities and special
districts within thc metropolitan area dispose of th�ir. se�vage
in accordance kith a com�rehensSve plan for the metropoli.tan
ar<:a; and '
WEIERFIIS, Metro is enr��ged in developing and operating
a metropolitan se:aage disposr�l s}�stem and the City is engaged
in developinq and o��eratiny a sewage co1.leCtion system; and
�•7lII:LI:11S, tc� E�rovide Sor the dis�osal by Mrtro of sewage
collc�cted L�• the �ity, it i_, r.��c� ss.iiy th��t a contract be now
entered irito establisliiiig ti��� i iyhts and duties of the parties;
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p10tJ, TiTFRFFOR}', �.n consa.deration of the mutual cpvenat7ts
�ontainecl hercin r iT IS FII'RFF'Y I�C.RI'T'P AS FQ7.TrOk1�:
Section l. t�Pfinitian of Terms. The fo�lowina wards
� and phrases usecl in this contract shall have t#�e meanings here-
� inafter Set forth in this section:
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a) 7'he wQrds "Comprehensiv�; Plan" shall mean the
Comprehensive �earage Dispcasal Plan adapted in
Resolution r?o. 23 af the Municipality o� Pletropolitan
Seattle �nd all amendments there�f heretofore or
I hereafter adoptec�.
I b) The words "Metxopolitan Seweraae System" shall
' mean �11 af the faai�.itzes to �e constx�tcted, acauirec�
oa used by r1etro as a part of th,e �omprehensiu� Plan.
The Me�xopolitan �ewerage �ystem sh�ll. qenerally
incluc�e sewage disposal Facilit}es 4rith capacity to
receive se�+arre from r�atural c�rafpac?e area� of a�-
proximately on� thcrusand acres or �rore. The Metropolitan
� 6ewcrage �ystem shall thus include trunk ar intexce�tor
sewer �acilities ea�tenc�in,q to a point within each
I, tributary and natural drainage area where nat moze
than pne thous��nc� acres remain ta i�e servec� beyond
the upper t�rminus of such trunk or interceptor sewt�r.
�} R'h� �+ords "i,oe��l �ekcracse Faci_li�.ies" sha21 mean
� all facilities own�c� or operatec� by a PaXticipant for
the 7.oc��J. col2�ction af sewacte to be delivered to the
� Metrapalitan �e���c�racr� eystern anc� all. sir�e sewers and
� c�nriectian �itti.nas co�necter� c�irectly to such System
whieh serve customers of the Participant.
d) The words "Metropolitan Area" shall mean the
area coptained within thc� �otindari�s af the
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Municipality of ldetropolitan Seattle as now or
hereafter coq�tituted.
, e) The word "Participant" shall mean each city,
town, county, sewer district, municipal corporation,
person, firm or private corgoration which shall dis-
pose of any portion of its sanitary sewage into the
Dletzopolitan Sewerage System and shall have entered
into a contract with tdetro providing for such disposal.
f) The words "Residential Customer" shall mean a
single family residence billed by a Participant for
sewerage charges.
Section 2. De.livery and Acceptance of Sewac�e. On the
�irst day of the month next following the execution of this contract
or the acceptance by i•letro of a federal grant by the United States
�;nvironmental Protection Agency for construction of the "Ruburn
Interceptor" as hereinafter defined, whichever is the later, the
Citp siiall deliver t� thP Metmnniitan Sewerac�e System �]1 of the
sewage and industrial wastes collected or received by the City,
and Dietro shall accept the sewage and industrial wastes delivered o
for treatment subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as
may be adopted from time to time by the Metropolitan Cpuncil. rietro
shall not directly accept sewage or Hastes from any person, firm or
corpor.ation ��hich is located �•�ithin the boundaries of or is delivering •
iCs se�agge int:o the Local Se�•�erage Facilities of the Citx without the
written consent of the City. The City sha11 nat deliver sewage to
an}• ottiei- agcncy fc�r disposal without the written consent of Metro.
The treatment and disposal by fietro of the sewage and
industrial o-:aste deli��c�red b�• ttic City to hlet.ro shall comply �vith
all applicable federal and state standards and requirements.
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Sectian 3. Constructian of PSetro Facilities. Metro
shall construct, acquire ar otherwise secure the right �.o use all
facilities within Y.ing County requireci fc�r the disposal af sewage
delivered to bletro pursuant to this A�reement and shall perforrn
all services required far the maintenance, operation, repair,
replacement or improvement af the Metropolitan Sewerag� System,
incluciing an� additions and betterments thereta. Excep� as otherwise
provided in Sections 9 and 20 of this Agreement, Metro sha�l in its
sole discretion determine th� nature, location and the time of can-
structian of facilities of the Afetrapolitan Sewerags System.
Scction 4. Connection of Loc��l Seweraqe Facilities to
Permanent Ft�ci2ities of the Aletropol,itan 5eweraqe System. I,oca1
6ewerage I'acilities of the City sha11 be connected to the Me�ro-
politan Sewerage System at such time as any of the permanent
facilities of SUCI1 iietropolitan Sewerage System shall be available
to receive sewage collected by su�h local facilities. Th� initial
� connectian af a3I such lacal faci2ities existing a�. the time of
this Ac�reemcnt shall be acccamplj,shed at the expense of Metra.
Subseqtlent connections shall be accamplished at the ex�ense of_
thc_ City in accardance with the rules and reguiation$ o£ bietro and
at such point or paints of connectz.on tis shall be determined by
Dietr.o, exceN�t ttlat t:ze City shal.l' have the riqht to connect any of o
its local facili�ies it7to an�� manholc of th� Metropolitan Se�verage
System, a�id such right ma�r b�. etiercised �.hether ar nat the same has
bc:en approved by an�� agency othez thC-�i1 the parties, The Ci�.y sh�111
sc�clire and ��ay� fcr the right to us� all Local Set,�eraye F'acilities
of another Participant which may be rec;uired to de2iver the City's
sewage to the Metrof�olitan Sewerag� System. �
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Section 5. Pa}�ment for Snwage Dispasal. For the dz:;F�osal
of sewage hereafter callected by the City and delivezed to Nietzo
, the City shall pay to bSetro, on or b�fare the last day of each month
during the term of this ligreement, commencing on the first day of
II the month next £ollawing the date of execution of this contract ar
the acceptance by Metzo af a federal grant by the United 5tates
Environmental Protection Agency for the canstruction of the "Auburn
Intercepror, " as hereinafter defined, whichever is the later, a
I sewaqe dispasal charge determined as prov�ded in this Section 5.
� l. Far the c�uarterly periods ending March 31, June 30,
I F September 30 and Decembex 31 of each year, every Participant $ha2],
subma.t a written repor� to bietro setting forth (a) the number of
Residential Customers billed by such Particigant far local sewerage
charges as of the last day of the qu,�rter, (b} the tatal number of
, all custamers billed by such Participant as gf such day and {c) the
tdtc�.1 wa*er Cpt?ctttTi[�t?.Q:'1 +:��SYlTln cilC�! tTL��Ytcr fnr s��.�. CUSt.01!trs7"S �7.12@C�
by sucli Participant other than I'�esidential Customers. The quarterly �'
water consumptios� report of the Ci.ty shall be taken from wa�er meter
recprds and m�-�y be adjusted ta exclu�e water which, under the rules
and regulations af Metro, nceds not and i� fact does nat enter tne
sanitary facilities of a customer: Where actual sewage Plo�v from I
an individual customc^r is mcterec3, the metered sewage flow shall be �'
rrf�orted in lieu af t-�djusted ���atcr consum�7tion. The total quarterly
watcr consum��"ian repor.t in cubic feet shall be clivided by 2,700 ta i
dete2�n:iii� tlle number af. I.esiden�.ial Ct�stozt�er. equiva�lents re�aresented
by e�ch Participant':� customers other than aingl.e family residences. ��
Metra sh�ll t�aintain a perma�i�nt rccord of the quarter2}� custamer
reports £rom each Participant. I
The City's £irst qu�rterly report shall cover the period I
fzom the date cahen se�.age is first dc�livered to Metro to the end
of. t:he quarter in which s.ich dc�li��ery occurs and shall be
sahnaitted taitliin thi.rty c.1ys th�reafter. Succeedi��g re�}orts 'I
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st�all bc rnade for cach yuartcrly period thercafter and ;,•}�al.l be
eubmitted within thirty (30) days following L-he end of L•he
quarter. . ' •
2. a) To form a basis for de�.ermir,ing the monthly
sewage disposal charge to be paici by each Part;icipant during
any particular quarterly periocl, 2detro sha].1 ascertain the number
of Residential Customers and Residential Customer equivalen�s of
each Participant, This ,deterMination shall be made hy taking the
sum of the actual number of P.esidential Customers reportPd as pf
the last day of the' ner.t to the last preceding quarter and the
• average number of Residential Customer equivalents per c�uarter
reported for the four quartcrs ending with saic� ner,t to the last
. pr.eced.ing quarter, adjusted for each Participant to el.fminate
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any Resicleni:ial Customers oz Resic�.ential Custor.:er eauivalents
whose sewage is delxvezed to a aovernmental agency other. than
Metro or other than a Participant for disposal outsic?e of the
_ Metropolitan Area. The number thus determined is hercii�af.ter
called the "basic reported nur�ber" . �
b) For the initial period un�.il the City shall have ' �
submitted six consecutive quarterly reports, the basic reported
number of Resic?ential Customers anc� Ftesidential Customer eaui-
va]_ents oi the City shall be deterr�iried as provic?ec? in this •
subpar.acraph (b) . Qn or hef.ore the tenth day of cach month .
' begxtininR �:ith th� month F.ricr to thc r.onth in �;hich seH•aae
fror,l the City is first dclivere.�. to tic�tio, thc Ci.i:y shall �ub-
mit a �:•ri.tt:�n :>tatcr:�tlt of thc nuc^ber. of Resicicntial Custo:ners � •
and Resic?cnti�-:1 Customer. eRuivaleni�s estimatc�3 to be bilJed by
the Ci.ty during the ne::t succeeclina mont}l. For the puzF�ose of
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dctermining the,basic repor.tcd numbcr. of Re�i.clenL-iaJ. Cu�•�omers
or Residential CustoMer equ:valents of the (:ity for such next
succeeding month, Metro may at its discretion aclopt either such
estimate or the actual number of Residentxal ('ustomers and
Residential Customer eauivalents reportec? by the City as of the
last day of the next to the last preceding reported quarter. �
After the City shall have furnished six consecutive quarterly �'
reports, the basic reported nur?ber of Residential Customers and
#tesidential Customer eauivalents of the City shall be determined
• as provided in the immediately preceding subparagraph (a) .
' ' c) If the City shall fail to submit the required
� mon�hly and/or quarterly reports w11en due, Dietro may make its
o�an estimate of the number of Residential Custot�ers and Resi-
dential Customer equivalents of the City and such estimate shall
consLitute tne basic reporzed number for tahe pt�r.pose of deter-
mininc� sewage di�po�al eh�.rres. �
d) The basic reported nu�nber of Residential Customers
and Residential Customer equivalents of ,the City shall be further
. adjusted b}• adding thereto twenty-five percent (25t) of the
number of Resic?ential Customers or Residential Custor.?er equiva-
� lents of. the �ity located out�i.�e thc boundarics of fdetro. The
sum tlzus cietermined is heYeinafter callec� the °a�juste2l reported
nutnber" . If all of the area ].ocatecl �rithin tt;c City or any area
located outside Che City and servec� i.nt:o its Local Seweraae
Facilitics sllall be annexcd �o ;lctra �t any time after the dat� of
this agrec�m�nt or if the t��et�t��-five percent ar?ditive adjustment �
shall have becn ��aid by the City for a period of ten years, sai�
udditive adjustm.enL� sh��ll be elir+inatec� effective as of: thc first.
day of �hc month follo�aincr such annexation as to the nt�ml�cr of.
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Resicicnti�l Customcr� or Reszc?c,�tiK-�I Custor�er equivalents I,ocated
wit}i�n such ��ni�cxed arca rtnci .in �ny evcnt sha31 t>r. c�liminaLed
enf:ire2y upan the tqnth annS.versar.y oi, the clate rr}�en seF�aqe
disposal Chargcs shall have first been paici to rini.ro by the City.
Zf the additive adjustment de�cribec� above shall not be applied
to the Residential Customers or. Resic?ential Customer equivalents
of any other Participant 2ocated outside of t}ie present boundaries
af 1•ietro under any future aareenent bet�•reen Metro and such Partici-
pant or shall be applied in a lesser amount, then the ad�'itive
adjustment cle�cribed in this partiqraph (d) shall be �orrespandingly
zeduce�3 .c�r de2eted. The uc3justt��, reported' nurnber o� Re$ic�ential
Custorr.crs ancl Resider�ti�11 Custamer cauival�nts aE the City shall
be the n�mber af P.esiciential CusComers anci Resic?ential Custor!er
• ec;uivalents reportcc: by the Cit-.y f.or the purpose af deL-ermining
setaage c?ispasal charges gtirsuant to Faraqraph 3 of this sect�.oT�.
. ' , 3, T:�� monthly s�.wag� dispo�al `ctlaruG p1yable to t�ietro
shr�ll. be determinecl as fo2lows: � -
a) Prior to .Tuly lst. of each year, rtetro shall detcr.min�
its t�otal manctary require�,ents Lar the di.sposa2 af s�ca�ae during
l.he next ruccecc?ing calendar 3�car. Such xequ�.rcr.ients �h��ll
a.t�c3.tade the cast of ac3rninistratic�n, aper�-�tior�, maintenance, re-- ,
pair anri �epl�ccnent of th� t�tet.ropolitan Sewerane System, es-
tab].a_,lim.ent �i�c3 maintenai�ce of r7ecc�ssary r:orkinc� ca�iL-al �3nc1
,re4er�-e., t}�e z-ecluarc�t^ents c�f an�� rerolution prava,c�ina ic�r tlle
�.s�;u7iicr_ af rczvcnue Uottc'.N of t-?ct T-o to fi.rzaiic.e ttie .icutiisitiot�,
can:>t.ructic>ix oi usc: of :�e�:cr<-�c�c faci.li.tics, plu� not to exccec�
lv c�f.' thc f<7rcc;oi.nc� rc�<�uii:-et�cntrc f.or c�ciic�ral adc;�ii�� ��trativc�
overttieac� cosi.s.
b) Ta dctcrmi2lo thr. monthly raLc p�r Rcsicicntial
Cu�iomer or ?:esidenti�l Ct�s'.:olrc�r enlsiv�ticnt to he tised dura.t}c�
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� the n�>:t succeeding c��lei,dar yecii , the tota] mc>neLary reciuirements Lor
di�.posal of. :;et•�ayr as cictermined � n su}�para��r.aph 3 (a) of thi.s :section
shall bc divideci by twclvc and th�: resultiny quoticnt shall be divided
by the total number of Residential Custoir.ers and Residential Customer
equivalent� of all Participants for the October-December quar.ter pre-
ceding saici July lst.
c) The monthly sewage disposal charges paid by each Parti-
c�.pant to Dfetro shall be obtained by multiplying the monthly rate by
the number of Residential Customers and Residential Customer equiva-
lents of the Participant. An addi.tional charge may be made for sewage
or wastes of uciu�ual quality or composition requi�ing spe�ial treat-
ment, or Dietro may require pretre<<tment of such sewage or wastes. An
additional charge may be made for c�uantities of storm or ground �aaters
, enteriny those Local Sewerage Facilities which are constructed after
January 1, 196�, in excess of the minimum standard established by the
general rules and regulations o£ t�lQtro, except that any such additiqnal
charyes shall be offset by any expenditures made by the City on the
planning and development of faeilities for the correction of inflqw
and infiltration into the existing sewerage system of the City. If
^ the City shall expend more than 550,000.00 in any one year on such
planning and development from any source other ,than categorical grants,
the amount eapended over $50,000. 00 in that year may be credited once
to an}� future year.s in ��hicti the actual e:{E�enditure �aas less than
$50, 000. 00 so as to avoid the cc�llection in those }•ears of the addi-
tional charye F:rovided in the immcdiat�l�� precediclg sentence. o
4. A :;tatement of the amount of the moi•.thl}� sewage disposal
charg.� shall b� submitted by Pletro to each Participant on or before
the fir:;t da�� o£ each month at�d �.:����ment of such charge shall be due
on the l��t c3ay of �uch month. 7f �i1y c}ZZrye or portioci tiiereof due
to r1utro stiall remzin un��aid for Lifteen da}•s following its due date,
the Participant shall be charged �;ith and pay to Dletro interest on
the amount un_�aid from its due date until paid at the rate of 68 per
annum, alld ttetro t�a}�, upc�n the failure of an}• Participant to pay such
amount, �nforce pa}•r���nt b�� an}� rcrr,cd�� avsilat�].c at law or e�Zuit}•.
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5. 'The City irrcvoc�,l�ly o��li����tas and binds itsclf to E>�y its
sewaqe Qisr�osal charcJe out of. the yr�:;r; revenu�� from sew�ye coller_ted
or reccived by the City. City furt;}icr binds itself to establish, main-
tain ancl collect charges for sewer service which �will at all times be
sufficier,t to pay all costs of mainteii�ince ai�d operation of the sewer
system of the City, includincJ the sewaye disposal charge payable to
rietrq hereunder and sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on
any revenue bonds of the City which shall constitute a charge upon
such gross revenues. It is recognizeci by Metro and the City that the
setaage disposal charge paid by the Cit}� to Metro shall constitute an
expense of rnainteriance and operation of the sewer system of the CiL-y.
The City shall provide in the issuance of future sewer revenue bonds
of the City that expeilses of main�enance and operakion of the sewer
system of the City shall be paid befor.e payment of principal and
interest of such bonds. The City shall have the right to fix its own
sehedule of rates and charges £or sewer service provided that same
shall produce revenue sufficient to m�et the covenants contained in
this Agr.eement.
Section 6. l:espor�sibi.lit�> of Citv. The City shal� be respon-
sible for the delivery to the Dietropolitan Sewerage System of sewage ,
Collected by the City, for the construct-ion, maintenance, and operation
of I,ocal Se�•:erage I'acilities, for tkie prompt connection of all premises
served by such facilities, and for the payntent of all costs incident
to the collection of such se�;�ige aiid i.ts delivery to. the rletropoJ.itan �
Se��era9e System,
�c: tion 7. I:�cords. Permanent t>ooks and records shnll be kept
by bletro ar,d L-he Cit:y of the r��spective rates established, the vo]umes
of sewac�e deli•:�ered ai:d disch��ryed it�?o the tletropolitan Sekerage System
where�er �ucti vol.umes are me�isured atici the ntimbc�r. of Ite�idential Custom-
ers and Residential Customer equivalcnts reported. In addition, D]etro
shall keep cotttplete books of account sllowing all costs incurred in
connection wi_th thc hlf�t:r.oE�olitan Se�:craye System, and the City shall
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keep complet-e recorcis st�o�cing the arnount billed to each of its
customers for seo�er service and the bzsis used for such billing
� including sewage flow and water consumption for each customer where
applicable. The records required by thi.� parayraph shall be avail-
able for er.ami.nation by eit-her party at any reasonable time.
Section 8. Development of r�etropolitan Seti•erage System
It is contetnplated that the P]etropolitan Sewerage System will be
develqped in stages ai�d, except as provided irt Section 9 hereof,
tlie nature of all faciliti�s uL ti�e i�ietropolitan Seti�erage System to
be constructed, acquired or used and the time of such constructzon,
acquisition or use shall be determined in the sole discretion of '
fdetro, it being coriem�lated t}�at tietro sliall ultiilintely pro-�ida
sek�agc disposal for the entire P,etropolitan Area and such adjacent
areas as may fea,ibly be ser.ved into tlle rletropqlitan Sewerage
5ystem. '
Section 9. Construct:ian of Cer.tain ^ictror.olitan Trunk Sea:ers
by �letro. htetro agrees ttiat it �•�i.11 design, conski-uct and inspect
facilities of the f•ietropol.itan Sew�rag� System generally described
on Exhibit "A" attached her.eto (the "nuLurn Interceptor") upon
the execution of this cotitract and the acceptance by Dietro of a fed-
eral grant by the Un3.ted States Envi.ror.me:ttal PrOl;OC.t.LOI1 Agenc}�
for censtruction �f said I�ubu�:n Interce�,tor. The facilities
shall be ccrincct��d arid re�dy for service r:ithin t��enty-four caleiidar
months ne�t. after the exrcuticn of this contrzct cind the acceptancc
hy PSetro c�f a fcQcral 7rant :iy the Ui�iteci States L'nvironmental
I'rotecti.on �.crencf foi the co::struc�ion of t.he Auburn Interccptor.
Thc date of. coniiu��ti�t: may bc c:;tcI1C1�=(.� by th�� tim�� cotlsu:iu�d by
acts of God, strikes, material �hortages or other dela}•s beyond the
control of rlekro or its contr��ctors. In the event of a dispute
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over th� �>:istence of any of the delays F�ermitti.ny such date to be
extended or ovcr thc amount of timc of such extcnsion, eithcr party
� ma}� submit such disputc to the Su�erior Court of King Coui�ty for �
arbitration. If sucti faciliti�s are not completed by such date or
extension thereof, the amount of t�letro charges paid by the City from
such date to the actual date of completion thereof may be used by the
City as a credit in determining the feasibility of eonstruction of
future fletrqpolitan Sewerage System facilities which the City may re-
yuest rietzo to buila. 5uch credit shall be applied directly against
that portioii of the cost of such future facilities which is borne
by tdetzo, other than Uy grant.s, and the test of feasibility used
b� D?etro stiall be on� tahich is then gener�lly applied by t•letro to
all e:ttensi.ons o£ thc Dletropolitan Sew�erage �ystem.
In addition, Metro shall place in every cor�struction con-
tract relating to the Intereeptor sewers described in Exhibit "A"
a provision for the payment of each such contr.actor of lic;uidated
I , dar�ages to the City of $300. 00 per day for each day such constrtic-
tion has not beer. completed after such date or extension thereof,
ancl such lic7tiidated dzmage provision shall provide for the enforce-
ment ther.eof by th� City. Ptetro shail not approve any such time
e>:ter.sior. �;�ithou:: prior approval of the City, ��tiicll shall not be
unrcaconabl}� •..itliheld.
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Metro :�.hal.l construct ttiat portion of the West Valley
Int:erc�F��tor f rom llth �1��enue Vc�rt.h (i n n]gona) to blain Street
(in T.uburn) �:� trin �i rc��:,o:�a:�l�� .*imr. ��tcr the �luburn Interccptor
�h,zll ha��e ,,�en �•ei^,i,l� t��d ciad th�� Ci t�� �hall h�l�•e I'C2cIllrStCC� such
con�tructic�n, ar.d thr Cit,• s!::�11 ��rovicli� s pumE� slation <ind £orce
main connection froi�� the [tiest �'alley Elighti�ay alonq t•]ain Street to
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the eYist-ing Poeing Trunk ser:er. A]Ctt'o shall a�prpve thc design of I
� and shall operatc and maintain L-he pumi� station. At such time as
the pump statzon is no longer raquired by Dietro, the possession of �
such facility and responsibility for o�eration and maintenance
therefor shall revert to the City.
At such time as the Gity shall request Metro to construct
additional tdetropolitan Se�oerage System facilities within King County
and wit•hin the drair�age area of the City's Local Sewerage Facilities
and such construction is feasible under the test of feasibility then
generally applied b}� 1•Ie�ro to all extensi.ons of the Metropolitan
S�caerage S}�stem, bletr.o shall construct such additional facilities
within a reasonable time after such request.
The City shall grant to tdetro witrout cost a fifteen-goot
permanent easement and an adequate construction easemeiit on City
property fox the construction of a portion of the Auburn Interceptor.
The loGation of such easement �hall commence at the influent struc-
ture of the existing City Secvaae Lagoon, thence nor.therly and qen-
� era].].y parallel to the existing City Sewage Lagoon to 30th Street
Northeast, the exact ].ocation t� be agrced upon by Metro and the City.
Section 10. Use b�� D'.etro of. City Sewerage P'acxlities.
Certain e:{isting se���erage facilities of- the City can serve as
"tetnporary" DIctropolitan Sekerzge Sy�teiii faeilities and ceztain
exisiinq s����:er�c�e fac.il.ities c��i �•�r.vc ar-� "permanent" Dletropolitan ,
Sewerage Sy:�tem £acilities. Effective on the date sewag� disposal
charges sha11 fir:�,i. be ch�zrc(eable ;iereunder. , or such earlier date
as may be ?nutuall�� agreed upon (hereinzfter callcd "takeover date") ,
Dlctro shzll h�ve thc i-ight to usc ��nd thc duty to maintain, op-
erate, repair and replzce the £acilities owned by the City which
aze described on Exhibit "B" attached hereto and by this ref-
erer.ce made a part hcrcof. The Cit}� shall have the right to
jointly use t}�e interceptor s����ers described otl Exhibit "B" as
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•City Crunl: sew�rs for thc deli�•�_r.y ot z)�y scr�ayef collected l��
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� the Cii.y, taut tlic m<�k�.nn of any z�clditional latcral �nct sidc scy�er
connections shall be subject to approval by�ictro of the manncr � ,
� such connGctions are to be made, based on �;dopted 6tetro �andards. ,
If sewaye di.sposa� Charges are chargeable to the� City � �
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and if the City shall construct an adclitional freeo�ay crossing
wi�h th� apprqval by 1dei:ro of the desi.gn and 1'oCatiot: of such . ,
�ucility or crossing, the Ci,ty shall he zeimbursed for i:he City's
actual cost thereof (less any orants received) iri addition to
the amount of r�imburse.�nent set for.�h helow. The freeti�ay reim-
. bur�ement sha�.l be made in eash �•rithin thirty-�ive (35) days fol-
, �.00�ing ,completion an�i. billing by the City, but r�o rooner than the
taY.c�over datQ. The C.i�y sh�11' cantin}�e to own the facilities
de5crihed in this Seci:ion 10 aiid shall co�itinue to pay the principal
of and },ntarest o� any bonds issuec� tq pay in ti�hole or in part
the cost of aeguisitipn and constructicn of Such f�cilities,
�Y.'�'viCG�ii t:liut. CiiC;A'11t.�LS �ani�n c71e C�E'.S14�I1�1�G'd d:i ��perr�anent�� Shdll
be conveyed by �he C�ty to f�tetro hy �uit claim deed upon payment
, o� all presently outstanding revenue banc� or general ohligation
bond� of ihe City secured by or issued to acc{uire or construct
saicl facilities.. � ' �
• Th� riy}�t o� P�ctro t.o usc any of t;h� facilitic�s which
�r.e des�nnated as "l.em.porary" sh��ll c��pire �L- such time as Ptetro
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sh��ll nq 1pIlner ronuire the usc± of such portioi�.. Upon thirty
(30) days' not:ice by Pletxo ta� the Ci�}�, such t-er:porary faci].i�:ie�
Shall 2�c; returned to tlie Cit}• R}rid 1•'.et.ro's O�Jllqilt:l011 to maintai.n t
opereii.e, r.epair and r.eF�lricc thc�s;c• tcr,f�or.al-y f�1ci..l.itics sh�zll •
cease. It is coi�ter�F�latecl by this I�qr.ec�nent that the Git:y shall,
at thc� elrlic�C pra�ticablo clate ,�1nd at it•s evp�n::e, separate the
stprm ai�ci scini�ary ::c<<�nge in �1rc�s of the City wharr st�rm ��nc'.
sanit�iry sc�:��ic�c �ire now comhinc�cl. 7'he right oi- rtctr.o to usc the
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; • � �ity Se��aae 'ireaCmr_nt Lac�c�on af.tf:�- inter.eePt-ion sh.�ll terminate �:han ,
the City sh<ill },avc apI�licci 4�f.tc1 thr_ datc of this contr.act at lcc��t 'i
5207,OOU o� Ci.ty fw�cls, fr.�m any :UUTCr' othcr. than catecforical cJrants,
to tYie con�ruction of storm sewer :cparation faci.litics. Metro stiall
havc the right to salvaye any eyui}.incnt which it has installed or
purchased from th�� City i.n the "tem��orary" facilitics after the period
of Metro's use, ot-herwise such faci].ities shall be returned to the
City in "as then is" coY�dition upon expiration of use by Metro.
For the privilege of using the facilities described in
E}c�iL�it "R" Metro shall pay to the City the total amount of $713,713
(hereinafter called "amount of reirnbursement") . Said amount of reim-
bursernent shall be subject to reduction and reimbursement to Aletro
for any grant hereafter received by the City applicabl� to such facil-
it;es. Metro s2�a11 also reimburse �he City �or the package lift
statipn located at 41st a�id A Street S.E. as shown on E�tiibit "B"
withiii thirty (30) days after tt�e City transfers title to t}�e lift.
station facility and underlying property to Metr.o. The hietro reim-
ubrsement shall i.nclude the actual cost of acquisition of the property
plus the current depreci�ted v��lue of the lift station facility �ahich
• is agreed to bc $37,495.00. .
Tietro furthez agrees that prior to adver�.isement for bids
for the construction of the faciliti.es gener<�lly descriLied on Eahibit
'A" attar_hed hereto, pr a�zy future cpnstructzori of Pietropolitan 5c�;;er-
age System facilitics to �a��xch Loc�l Se�•:crage Facilities of the City
could ciir.ectly connect, it will sttbanit ��lans and speCifications for ,
tho>e facilities to the City for it:; rc��ic�w and u�on timel}� notice to
l-he Cit�• m3}� indiclte to r:etro wherc �u�tnhole st:ub cennc_ctions should
be insta].led and ^]�tro shall thc�rezfter iiistall �ame, in antici.�.ation
of. furth�,r fuiuT:e conni�ctionr b;✓ the City at those I�o�nts. The install-
�tion of such stubs will be at no cost or e:cpense to L•he Cit}'. The
City shall have thG right to connect any I,ocal Sewezage Facilities to
those stubs. The City shall also have a right to approve the location
of f•1et:ropolitan S�werage S}'st.em fzci.lit:ics on Cit}�-o�.ned propert}• or
ri9ht o£ ��ays, which aE�F?ro��al shall not: be unrc�sui�ab]y ���ithhcld. ,
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'1'hc� C:i.Ly �.2i.�1.1 �3ivc ��.z:� ' i.� ri iiot.icc� tv t;c�tz{} (>2-L<,r L� tl;�,
L•a}:aut�%:r. dnt�, rr•tt.i nca f.��rth t h�, � �,u�r.�.r i n ��1�.i c}7 t}�c ��tnour�C of r ��i.ni-
rur�c�tr.z�nt shall };n �,aic3. 'Ph�� Ci- ,� t��.:�•.� el<�c;t to rr.ccive <<31 ar cxnl
�aortic�n �t ����cl <+iuount in c��:;}i �;:it2�in thirly f3U) days iollowiny t.hc
date t�+h�n sc�wac�� d.i.sgusal chxsryes s'.1�11 first bC charuc�zb2e hereuncler
ihere� naft�r called "cash paymcn� d�tr."} ana r�ay eleci: ta receive any
portian which is not paid an said car.h uayment date tc�y�ther with
interest thereon at thn rate of 4" pr�r annum fram said c�ate, in the
form of a credit aqainst the City's mc�nthly seti�age dispoaal charge in
� equal monthly am�unts suff9.cicnt ta amortize ;,uch un��aic3 amount af
II reimbursen:ent and iY�terest thereon prior to July 1, 19Q0. The City
may at any time a�ter t3ie ca�l� pt3}•mcr7t date elect to receive an}� un-
paicl portion o£ the ar,rount oE rcimF�urCement in cash with interest at
� the ratc of 9� per annum to date af final �rayment by gzt•inq writtun
natice to t•ietra at least oMe year ��rior to the da�.e such final �aa;'ment
is to be made.
SeCtian 12. Joir.t. Use of: �1;3;�ur.iZ Int_ercep�or. The City
and t•letro �Zgree that the Auburn Int�rceptor (hereinafter called
"'tirE S,ii��i cc��tor`') 5.iall s��rve as batta a Metr.o}>olitan ana a
Local Se�:erage f'acility �+�}lcrc:��er thc City has authority t.o providc:
local ser�ice. Th� City shall h�ive the right ta make dir.ect local ,
aonnectians to said ItiterceE�Lar for a:hich thc� City shall pay
to bloi:zU, k�efnre u�akinq saicl connc�ct:ian, the sum of $B. OQ per
I f.rvt�t faot of eac17 �3�r,-cel of �}rr�F�c�rt}• servcd on cach sic:e of the �
' I.t�te�rcci tar or a to' ril of $1G. 00 l�ci' fr.orit: f.aot of ��ach [aarcel of
��ro��cet, :;c.r:�t�c: � ` loc�l :c�r�•it��� is c;i�t��n <,n l.c�th si.d�s of
� the Intc�i���pto��. S;tid Zrivunt r.��E�z'�>c�nte t1�c r�:;timated cn=:t of
� con.>truc:tii,ci a.z �,.iglit-iz:cn (£3") l��c,�l �;cwc>i� o�� tl:t� s<�m�� �i]_i.<�izm�nt.
as th�� Int��r.4e�>to: tt�rounilc�,ll. tli,ii: ��r,rtion c�hcrc� local c�oni�cctic�ns
are allc��:r�ci. C't�c��� �,�i}•n�c�iit o+: ...li<1 :it����tint, th�� �it�, titi.i.11 cwcl an
i eic�tlt-iz�ch (8"} �cluivalet�t _.iilrc r>C the Inter'ce�>tor ��t7c�re l.acal
'� servicc is yivc�n c�n both sides of the Interce��tor, arid one-half
� thetc��?i �;':c�re Str�•ic�c is qi�•,�n c7n oiii�; one �;ide. Lc>c=�.I cas�ttecti.on
I to l}ic.� Int� i�c.'���rc�t� i,��,,�� k,�� ri.�c?�� 1�,� th�.�� �� t:}� itt :;uch a man����r. zs
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sh��ll bc al.pr.oved by i•letro. 7'h�• Ci.ty shall hold 1•tr_tro harmless fro�„
any loss, cost, ch�rye, liabi.lity or exi-�ense resultiny from or arisiny
out of damaye to the Interceptor or to tlle pers6ns or property of
others caused by the makiny of such connections or the City's fai.lure
to observe an;� covenant of this Agreement relatiny to such eonnections.
SecCion 12. Construct:ion arid t'aintetlance of Local Sek�erage
Facilities. The City shall either construct, operate and maintain at
it� ey:pense or cause others to construct, operate and maintain at
their expense in a proper fashiori, any Local Sewerage Facilities other
than joint use facilities connected to the Interceptor up to and
including the tee connection. Metro shall have no zesponsibil,ity for
either constr.uct.ion, operation or maintenance of such Local Sewerage
Facilities.
S�ction 13. Infiltration �nd Inflow in Auburn System. The
City shall prepare and deliver to bietro on or before April 15, 1974,
an inf.lo�a at�d infiltration analysis and survey of the existing Auburn
Sewer System �•:hich shall compl}� with applicable regulatiot�s of the
U�iited Stal-es Environmental ProL-action nyency. f9etro shall include
in the Auburn Interceptor grant application the grant eligible portions �
of the cost of such evaluation studies and t��e gzant eligible portions
of the cost of any improvements or corr.ections t:o 1luburn Se�:er Systc�m
f��cilities whi.ch are tributar�� to such Interceptor, which are recom-
mende�d by t}:c e��alu��t.ioil studic:, and kI11Ct'l cotnpl.y �vith api�] icable �
Unite:i Statcs En�•i.ronr.�.ent�,l F'TOt.CCL10Il ncJ�nc�• regul<ztions.
tL�trc� shall rei�nl�ui-:,�� the Ci t:y foi- ttle eligi.ble F�ortiotls
of the ev<ilultion stuciieS c1IlC� >>:1?�rovements or corrcctions as grant
funds are recc�ived by �let.ro for such purposes.
:cctio;i 14. In;.ur:incc� tind I,icihilit)' for Dc�m�iqes. Tlie City
and rietro shall respectively secure and maintain with responsible
insurers all such insurance as is customarily maintained with respect
to se�aage s;�st�ms of li}:e charc�ctur a��ciinst loss of or dnmay� to the
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ser�eraye faciliCics of tYic City a��cl :�.ntr.o re�,��ecL-ively ancl ayain�t
public and other liability Lo the extent that sucti insurance can be
secured and rnaintained at reasonable cost. Any loss or damage
occurring as a result of tt�e operation by t•fetro of the hietropolitan
Sewerage System, the temporary facilities described in Exhibit "B"
and the joint use sewers referred to in Section 10, shall be the sole
liability o� Metro and any loss or dariage occurring as a result of
the operation by the City of the Local Se��:erage Facilitie5 stiall be
the sole liabilitl� of the City.
Secti.on 15. Assiqnment. The Cit}� shall not have the right
to assign this Agreement or any of its rights aMd obligations here--
� under cither by operation of law or by voluntary agreeMent without
tl�e written consent of tletro, acting reasonably, and neither party may
terminate its obligations hereui�der by dissolution or otherwise with-
out first securiny the written consent of the other party, acting
rn�SO.^.�.h�1� ,...^.'? �k:l.� 1�7ICC:�:.I7� ;:iuii J;� wlil:iiliy UNGI� ii11C� 111U1:1: �U {:.ilC'
benefit of L�he xc:spective successors and assigns of ttle parties hereto.
In the event that tlie City should be dissolved or should no longer be
authorized to oper.ate sewer facilities, the Local Se��erage Facilities
owned and operated by the City shall be assigned and transferrc�d to
' 11eL-ro or such other public ayency authorized by la�•� to operate sewcr
facilit.ies �ti�hich agrees to carry out the terms of t}Zis Agreement, subj�ct �
to any ou�stai�di�:g debts of t21c City �ahicli t1z��e been iiicurred for ttie
specific ��urpase of CUIISL'1UCLlI:cJ or acquiri.ng such flcilities and
subjc:ct to the acceptaiice L�y t•tetro 01: that other agency of tlie obliga-
tion to continue to provide sc�.ei: ser.vice to the residents served by
such local facilities upon paymcnt hy such residents of sewage disposal
charyes determinecl as herein �rovicled and the reasonable costs of
lecal se���er servicc.
SecCi�n 1 G . l.f fc�.t���c J�<.tc� [tu�? 7'crrn o� CotlCr�ct. This
Agreement. shall t�e in ful.l £c�rce ancl effect and binding upOn ttie
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partics hereto u��on the excci:tio� of: ihe Agr.cemeiiL- �t�r1 sti�ll. continUc
in full force and effcct until �uly 1, 201G.
Section 17. Terrnination of I�uburn-71]c�ona ]'ac� f.ic J�grcnment.
Upon e•r.ecution of this Agreement and the e;:ecution of seo:age disposal
agreements bet�.ecn hletro and the Citi.es of 11].gona and Pacific, that
certain sewage disposal contract dated August 18, 1970 between the
Cities of 1luburn, Algona and Pacif.ic shall be termi.nated by the City.
This same paragraph shall be included in an}� �ubsequent �ontract for
- ser�aye disposal entered into bet�•;een Dietro and the Cities of Algona
and Pacifie.
Secti.on 16. Idotice. i�henever by this Agreement r�otice is
requir.ed to be given, thc same shall be given by registered mail
addressc�d to the r.espective parties at the following addresses:
Municipalitl of tt�tr.onolitan Seattle
410 t�lest Harrison �treet
Seattle, ��ashington 98119
City of. Auburn
20 "A" Street Nol�thti�est
F1U}Jlltll, j'ii,tciilillc�Cut1 yO�UG
unless a different address shall be hereafter designated in writing
by either of ttie parties. The date of giving such notic� shall be
deemed to be the date of mailincj thei-�of. Aillings for and pa}�m��tits
of. sewage d�sp�scil costs may k,e mad;� by regular m�il.
SE'Ct1C�Il 19. L�:ecut�ien of l�ncumenis. This I�greement shall
bc executed in si.x r.ounter��arts, ciny of which shall b� regar.ded f.or
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a11 purn�:;cs �� c�n�.� origiuri2. ;��,ch ��,�rty �c�r.ee:� Lhat it ti�ill execute
any and �11 deeds, instrur�ents, docur;ents ��nd resolutions or orc',in�nces
t�ecess:u:}� to <Jive c�f.f.ect tc� the tc�rm�; of this I�greentent..
Sect.�c�r: 20, t�_ii��er. ido �;aiver by either party of. an}� terrtt
or condition of t'�i s �1�i-er.m�nt �:h:il l t�e dee�ned or. constsued as a
waiver of any other term or condi.tion, nor stinll a waiver of any
breach }�c dremed to constitute a ��aiver of any subsequcnt breach
wheU:er of the �:amc� or a di.ff�runt ��ro��ision of thi.s Agrccment.
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Ncct�an 21 . l�r,r�,.,c1ir �,. In ac?�l.ition to t3�e r.crncdie� �Prov�dc�d I
by l�w, this Ilyrc:��rnt_�nt shall bc: S�aecifieally entorecable t�y eithex
gar.ty. �
Section 22. Entaret;�. This Ac,�rcement meryes and super-
sedes all ��ri.or negotiations, rei�res�-ntations ai:d agreemcnts between
the parties hereto re3atj.ng to tlic subject matter hereof and consti-
tutes the entire contract bet4,�een the ��arties.
Iid idZTh:ESS t•�HEREOF, the partics hereto have eaecuted this
Agreement as of the dal and ye�i first above written.
' CITY OF 11UBURN, t•7TiStiINGTC?N
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Un ttiis da}� of , 1973, befor.e
m� F�ersonal]� apt�c<�rcd ;T11C:1,EY P. I:L'1?S1.Y ur,d F.nRI,n L. }3YF.I2L1:Y,
to r�e kno�•rn to be thc, t1.Zyor ��nd C� ty Clcr};, resE�ecti��ely, ot the
City of Aut:urn, a municipal cort>or.ation, and ackno�,�ledqed the with-
in �nd foregoing instrument to bc the fr��� and voluntary act and
deed of said corporaticn, £or the uses and purposes therein men-
tioned, �nd on oath stated that they were authorizccl to execute
said instrurr:�nt and that the seal affixed is the corporate seal of
said corporation.
II� �9ITivF,SS �•;IlEREOF I have hereuiito set m� hand and
afiix�d my official seal the day and year first above �aritten.
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NO'1'l+�tt' 1'U13f,IC in and f.or thc Statc
of t7aGhington, residing at
STAT� OF WASHINGTOti )
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Gn tiiis ciay oi , 19'13, beiore
me personz].ly api�eare:: C. C�1P,F:Y D��P:Ui�7'H nrld ?3. J. CAROL, to me
kno�m to k;c� thc Chzir.man of tn^ Counci.l anil Clcrk of the Council,
rc:�z�ecti��ely, of the tiunicip:�li.��� of !1,^tr.o��ol�tan Seattle, �� muni-
cipal coruora"ion, and ackno�:rle'u�d tli� �•�ithin and foregoiny instru-
metit to �e tne fr.ee and volt:nt�r.}• act: zr.d deed of s�id corporation,
for th� uses anci �,urpa>r, thereir. mcnt�o::�:d, and on oath striCe3
that th��v wcr.� zur::or.ized tc� ex�cut.c said instrun���nt and that the
, seal afFixed i.s t}ie cor.porate seal of sa.id corporation.
IK iC]'1'i:`'SS �:!i?;ItEC�F I hnvr. her_uunto set tr,y hand and
af�i::cd my offici.al soal the dn; and ycctr first z�1�o��e �.ritten.
1.'(�'t'�11:'i ?�l,'1'J�.IC ir. cu,d for the 5tate
of iCashin<�ton, res.i.din� at
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The nuburn Tnterceptor iS a perr�anent Metro�olitan
Sevrerage Gystem facility� that z•rill pr_ovic�e intc�rceptor service
for that portian of the Green River valley that includes Auhurn's
sec�.er service area sout!� an� �r•est o£ the C�reen P.iver, the toV:i�s
af Alaona ancl Pacific, and the t'est Hill, South Kent and Thonas
ses�.er ServiCe areas. The intercE�ptor cor^m4nces at the influent
s�:ructure of the e>,istine� Au}�urn se�,•aae Iaaoon, thence nartherly
and ti•esterly in easer^ent and pul�lic riaht-af-kay throuqh
the City� o� I'ent ta a connecti�n t:it': the er.istinct F�etra-Kent
� Crc�ss Valley Interceptor.
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Municipality of Metropalita� Seattle
410 West Harrison Street
Seattle, Wash'sngton 98119
Attentian: Mr. Theodore W. Mallar
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Sub'ect: Environmental Assessment of the Auburn interceptor
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'� Attached is a report summarizing the environmenta] impacts ta be expectad
'�, from the proposed Auburn Interceptor. This assessment was prepared in
response to Metrapolitan Council Resolutian No. 1$13, adopted April 5,
1973, which autharized the study.
Throughaut our investigatians we have acknowledged METRO's desire that this
assessment" should be an objective and independent third-party reporting of
the significance of the proposed action upon the social and biophysical
environments of the Green River Sewerage Area. We trust that this report
wiii cieariy indicate our success in accomptishing this objective.
We wili be prepared to discuss the cantents af this repart at the pubiic
hearing ta be helc! in (}ecember: �973, in Auburn. Subsequent to this hearin g,
any concerns expressed by the public or governmental agencies will be included
within this assessment.
Very truly yaurs,
WI�SEY � HAM, INC.
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Frank E, Brown
Project Planner
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Mi hael J. Br ks
Praject Manager
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Attachment
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE AUBURN INTERCEPTOR
Pursuant to :
THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1969
SECTION 102
November 1973
Prepared by:
WILSEY � HAM, INC.
RENTON, WASHtNGTON
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors of this report are indebted to METRO and the other governmental
agencies who rendered invaluable assistance and helped to make this study
possible.
Sincere appreciation is also accorded to the University of Washington,
Department of Landscape Architecture, Robert Buchanan, Chairperson, for
contributing significantly to the successful completion of this study.
Under provisions of a research grant, the Department has assisted with
the preparation of the computer grid mapping analysis of the Green River
Sewerage Area utilized in this report.
Special thanks are also due Mr. Frank Westerlund of the University of
Washington, Department of Urban Planning, Earth Resources Orbiting Satellite
� Project, for making available valuable data and assisting with its use.
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CONTENTS
Section Page No.
Introduction �i �
Summary of Findings and Conclusions ix
I . Description of the Proposed Action I
A. Present setting and time frame I
I . Sewerage area boundaries I
2. Physiography I
3. Land use I
4. Population 3
5• Sewer design criteria 3
6. Time frame 4
7. Relationship with existing and proposed projects,
plans, policies, and regulations 7
8. Financing and cost of the proposed action 53
B. Purpose 54
t . Policy considerations 54
Z. Water quality considerations 55
C. Project description 62
I . Location 62
2. Interceptor corridor description 69
3. Interceptor design and construction 78
4. Construction permits, reviews, and approvals 83
I1 . Environmental Impact of the Proposed Action 90
A. Introduction 90
B. Impacts directly related to the proposed action 9�
I . Natural systems 90
2. Man-made systems 101
C. Secondary impacts stimulated by the proposed action 102
III . A Complete Description of How the Treatment Works ' Design
and Construction Controls Will Minimize the Adverse Impact
on All Aspects of the Environment �49
IV. Adverse Impacts Which Cannot Be Avoided Should the
Proposed Action Be Implemented 151
V. Relationship Between Local Short-term Uses of the
Environment and the Maintenance and Enhancement of
Long-term Productivity �53
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VI . Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments of Resources
Which Would Be Involved in the Proposed Action Should
It Be Implemented 157
VII . Alternatives to the Proposed Action 159
A. Introductory comments 159
I . Policy constraints �59
2. Context 160
3. The evaluation process 160
B. The "No-action" alternative-continued utilization of
the existing Auburn Sewage Treatment Plant and
treatment process 161
C. Individual source treatment systems �63
D. Local short-term collection and treatment systems-improving
the existing treatment process 158
E. Short-term reduction of volumes utilizing existing facilities 176
F. Regional short-term collection and treatment systems 182
G. Land disposal systems 186
H. Local long-term collection and treatment systems �99
� I . Regional long-term collection and treatment systems 208
J. Administrative alternatives 2�5
K. A comparative evaluation of the major alternatives,
including the proposed action 22p
VIII . Comments and Suggestions Raised by Federal , State, and Local
Agencies and by Interested Parties 224
References ��5
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FIGURES
Figure No. Page No.
I Vicinity Map 2
2 Sewer Oesign Criteria 5
3 Existing and Propased Sewers 6
4 METRO Comprehensive Plan 9
5 METRO Water Quality Monitoring Stations 35
6 Bacteriological Summary 36
7 Nutrient Summary 37
8 Auburn Conflict Area 40
' 9 Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations 57
10 Water Quality - Upstream of the Mouth of
Big Soos Creek 58
II Water Quality - Immediately Downstream of
the La oon Outfall
g 59
' 12 Water Quality - South 212th Street Bridge
in Kent 60
13 Pollution Sources 61
14 Auburn Interceptor - Location Map 63
15a- 15d Auburn Interceptor - Plans and Profiles 6�•=67
16 Birds Observed at the South 277th Street
Marsh and Riparian Grove 77
17 Typical Cross Sections 84
18 Fragile Areas I10
19 Forestry Suitability 112
20 Agricultural Suitability 114
21 Residential Suitability 116
22 Industrial and Commercial Suitability 118
23 Land Use Suitability Composite 121
24 Existing Land Use 124
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25 Local Comprehensive Land Use Plans 126
26 The Interim Regional Land Use Plan [IRLUP] 128
27 Composite of the Existing Land Uses and
the Land Use Suitability Composite 131
28 Composite of the Local Comprehensive Land
use Plans and the Land Use Suitability
Composite 135
29 Composite of the IRLUP and the Land Use
Suitability Composite 139
30 Compatibility Comparison of the Existing
Land Use and the Land Use Suitability
Composite 141
31 Compatibility Comparison of the Local
Comprehensive Land Use Plans and the
Land Use Suitability Composite 143
32 Compatibility Comparison of the IRLUP and
the Land Use Suitability Composite 145
33 Waste Loadings per Acre 148
34 Existing Auburn Treatment Plant 170
35 A Proposed Treatment Plant Expansion
Scheme 177
36 Potential Land Disposal Sites 192
37 Land Disposal Requirements 194
38 Land Disposal Requirements 195
39 Auburn Interceptor - Plan b 209
40 Auburn Interceptor - Plan c 210
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INTRODUCTION
Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act requires the U.S. Environ-
mental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct an environmental analysis of waste-
water treatment projects by agencies which apply for federal assistance under
provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. To accomplish this ,
EPA requires that environmental assessments be prepared for all projects.
This assessment must enable EPA to determine if the awarding of a new con-
struction grant or the continued support of an existing grant involves a
significant environmental impact. EPA reviewers must be able to make this
determination with the information indicated in the assessment. Region X
EPA will utilize this assessment in its environmental review process and in
its decision to either issue a negative declaration or prepare an impact
statement. If a significant number of adverse environmental impacts are
indicated in the assessment , EPA is required to prepare an environmental impact
statement.
EPA does not review an environmental assessment until it has been commented on
by State and local clearinghouses in accordance with provisions of Office of
Management and Budget Circular No. A-95. The Puget Sound Governmental
Conference (PSGC) is the local clearinghouse which will be responsible for the
review of this assessment, while the Washington State Office of Community
Development will be the state agency responsible for such review procedures.
For the applicant, the environmental assessment is a tool used to define and
evaluate the effects of a proposed project on all aspects of the environment.
It exhibits two essential features. First, it is a documentation of the
logic, including intermediate decisions, that led to the formulation of the
proposed project. Second, the assessment is an environmental analysis and
comparison of project alternatives.
A public hearing must be held on all wastewater treatment works , except when
the requirement for such a hearing is waived by EPA's Regional Administrator.
A record of the public hearing is part of the applicant's environmental
assessment. The record shall contain, as a minimum, a list of witnesses to-
gether with the text of each presentation and a statement that the participants
at the hearing were informed that one of the purposes of the hearing is to
discuss the environmental effects of the proposed treatment works and
alternatives to it as required by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Before a grant application can be considered as complete and submitted to the
Regional EPA office for grant processing, it must contain:
(a) a completed environmental assessment
(b) comments on the assessment by the state and local clearinghouses
in accordance with OMB Circular A-95
(c) a copy of any published advertisement of public hearing
(d) a list of those notified of public hearing
(e) certification that the hearing was held in accordance with the
notification requirements contain�d in 40 CFR 6.58(b)
(f) a record of the public hearing, including as a minimum a list
of witnesses, text of each statement , and a statement that
participants at the hearing were informed that one of t�e
purposes of the hearing is to discuss the environmental effects
of the proposed treatment works and alternatives to it as
required by the EPA.
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This environmental assessment fulfills the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Section 102. It also complies with EPA
regulations governing the content and format of an environmental assessment
as contained in the January 17, 1973, Federal Register (40 CFR Part 6) and
CG-42 and CG-47 (Revised March, 1973) . The requirements of the Washington
State Environmental Policy Act of 1971 are also satisfied by this assessment.
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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
The proposed action is the construction of the Auburn Interceptor, a 7. 1 mile
48 to 78 inch reinforced concrete pipe interceptor sewer. It will be under-
taken by the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (METRO) as the first linkage
of what will ultimately develop as an extensive waste water collection and
treatment system serving the existing and projected sewerage needs of the
Green River Sewerage Area until the year 2030. The Green River Sewerage Area
contains over 85,000 acres within Southwest King County and Northern Pierce
County, extending west to Interstate Five from the town of Black Diamond and
south to Lake Tapps from Lake Youngs. The Lower Green River Valley, including
the cities of Auburn, Algona and Pacific, and most of Kent, and the Black
Diamond Plateau and portions of the Des Moines and Enumclaw Plateaus , are
included within the Green River Sewerage Area. Over eighty percent of the
sewerage area is presently devoted to woodland , agricultural , open space,
recreational , and low density residential land uses. Intensive urban develop-
ment has been limited to areas served by major sanitary sewers and waste water
treatment facilities in the cities of Auburn, Algona, Pacific and Kent .
The proposed action will terminate the operation of the existing Auburn Sewage
Treatment Plant, a two stage stabilization and oxidation pond, and transport
the wastes collected by the Auburn system to METRO's existing Renton Sewage
Treatment Plant. The Auburn Lagoon has become overburdened as a result of
continued urban development in the Auburn area. Treatment efficiencies have
consequently suffered, At the present time further growth and development
dependent upon the Auburn Sewage Treatment Plant is constrained by Auburn's
inadequate treatment plant.
The effluent from this plant is suspected of creating conditions in the Green
River which do not meet existing water quality standards. In particular, the
Auburn Lagoon is suspected of contributing to depressed dissolved oxygen levels
in the Lower Green River during critical summer low flow conditions. Though
the present adverse water quality impacts of the Auburn Sewage Treatment Plant
are slight by all standards, the continued utilization of the existing plant
represents a potential source of pollution to the 6reen River. It is antici-
pated that a low flow year in combination with an upset condition in the
existing Auburn waste treatment facility could result in severe violations of
water quality standards in the Lower Green and Duwamish Rivers , possibly
damaging their aquatic ecosystems.
The proposed action is , however, as much a response to policy decisions made
by federal , state, regional , and local agencies during the last fifteen years ,
as it is a response to a potential or existing water quality problem. The
proposed action represents a continuation of METRO's policy to serve the needs
of an expanding urban area. An interceptor similar in size and location to
the Auburn Interceptor has been a part of METRO's Comprehensive Sewer Plan
since 1958. Downstream facilities have been designed and constructed in
anticipation of upstream facilities , including the Auburn Interceptor.
The proposed action is encouraged by and consistent with f ederal and state
policies , plans , and regulations. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of
1970, for example, stresses the regional area services concept (regionalization) ,
the intent of which is to limit the number of point source discharges in order
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to effect better control of water quality within a drainage basin. Regionali-
zation emphasizes the construction and utilization of large centralized
treatment facilities and the use of interceptor sewers to transport waste
water from collection systems to regional treatment facilities , such as
METRO's existing Renton Sewage Treatment Plant. The Washington State Depart-
ment of Ecology and Region X of the Environmental Protection Agency both
strongly support the regionalization concept. Regardless of water quality
considerations , the Auburn Interceptor is viewed by these agencies as
necessary in order to comply with water quality management requirements.
Impacts directly related to the proposed action will be minimal , primarily
affecting the interceptor corridor and the water quality of the Lower Green
and Duwamish Rivers. The soils, plant communities , and wildlife habitats of
the proposed interceptor corridor will be removed or disturbed as a conse-
quence of the construction activities associated with the Auburn Interceptor.
Two significant plant communities and wildlife habitats, including a
natural wetland area, will be impacted by the proposed action, if the present
route remains in effect. The water quality impacts of the proposed action
are difficult to ascertain. Available evidence does, however, suggest that
a slight improvement in the water quality of the Lower Green River may result.
Adverse impacts upon water and air quality will be minimized by design and
construction controls throughout the construction of the Auburn Interceptor.
Direct impacts upon existing human settlements , structures, or activity areas
will be minimized, because the construction is expected to occur primarily
within existing public rights-of-way or adjacent to existing utility corri -
dors. The construction activities may, however, cause occasional temporary
disruptions of transportation and utility systems.
The most significant impacts on all aspects of the environment related
to the proposed action will be those affecting the land resources within the
Green River Sewerage Area. Urban development within the Auburn area, in par-
ticular, is likely to be encouraged by the presence of an adequate sewage
treatment system,because an existing Department of Ecology ban on extensions
of the City of Auburn's sewerage system will be lifted when the Auburn Lagoon
is retired. Local governmental planning and policy decisions consequently
may encourage growth in presently undeveloped areas or may lead to the inten-
sification of existing land uses.
Future planned and proposed METRO facilities serving the entire Green River
Sewerage Area will stimulate urban development, if local governmental land
use decisions favor such development. The construction of these facilities,
many of which will provide sanitary sewer service to areas presently dependent
upon septic tank disposal systems, is encouraged by the Auburn Interceptor.
Water pollution problems resulting from improperly sited and maintained septic
tanks and the density of development relying upon these systems have forced
some public health officials to restrict development throughout much of the
sewerage area. When METRO facilities reach these outlying areas, development
could be allowed if local governments desire such development to occur.
Urbanization stimulated by the provision of adequate waste water collection
and treatment systems is quite likely to change the character of the Green
River Sewerage Area and affect many aspects of its environment given the
existing local land use plans and the present planning framework. Certain
critical components of the sewerage area environment are presently marginal
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in quality or extremely fragile, creating possible hazards to public health
and safety if infiuenced by development. Critical conditions or problems may
result if growth is allowed to occur within t�e sewerage area in an uncontrolled
manner. It will be difficult, for example, to maintain the existing marginal air
quality within the Green River Valley, if relatively uncontrolled urbanization,
perhaps stimulated by the proposed action, is allowed.
Urban development (even if carefully controlled and in accordance with regional
land use plans) , possibly encouraged by the construction of the entire Green River
Sewerage Area's proposed sewerage system, could also adversely affect the area's
water quality. Though the quality of the Lower Green River would be expected to
improve if the wastes from existing point sources (including the Auburn Lagoon)
discharging into the Green River were eliminated, preliminary studies by the
River Basin Coordinating Committee (RIBCO) , a technical advisory body to METRO,
show that the quality of Big Soos Creek and the Black River would decline, due to
the increased coliform bacteria and nutrient loads in runoff associated with
urban development. Overall water quality within the Green River Basin, as well as
the entire Seattle metropolitan area, will decrease by the year 2000 as a net
increase in wastes discharged occurs. The Green River's expected improvement should
occur, however, because the urban runoff wastes will be diluted by the higher
streamflows associated with the rainstorms that wash the wastes to the river.
During runoff periods, these large amounts of wastes washed off existing and future
urban and developed areas, may create problems, however, as they "flush" quickly
through the Green River and accummulate in the Duwamish Estuary. The expected
irapacts upon the estuary will be known in early November, as the RIBCO estuary studies
are completed.
Like the environmental costs, the public costs associated with the urbanization of
the Green River Sewerage Area may be substantial . The costs of providing services ,
' facilities, and utilities to such developing areas presently accrue to the taxpayer.
A sharply increased demand for additional public facilities will occur if develo -
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ment, possibly stimulated by the provision of adequate waste water collection and
treatment facilities within the sewerage area, is allowed to take place in a manner
similar to that by which urban areas in the United States have historicall develo ed.
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The physical existence of the Auburn Interceptor, in itself, will not create urban
development. It will , however, allow urban development dependent upon public
sewerage facilities to occur, if the local governmenfial bodies with existing land use
planning powers, including the cities of Auburn, Kent, Algona, Pacific, and Black
Diamond, and King and Pierce Counties, determine that such development is appropriate.
The significant secondary impacts created by the construction and operation of the
proposed action will be the result of local governmental planning and policy decisions.
An additional impact of the proposed action is related to the contractual agreement
required between Auburn and METRO before METRO can divert Auburn 's wastes to the
Renton Sewage Treatment Plant. This agreement, when approved, will probably require
METRO to construct an additional interceptor sewer to the site of a proposed major
shopping center west of Auburn's existing central business district. This sewer,
the West Valley Interceptor, is not presently a part of METRO's Comprehensive Plan.
Thus, the impacts of the West Valley Interceptor and the modification of METRO' s
Comprehensive Plan are associated with the proposed action.
In its entirety, the proposed action can be considered as basically irreversible,
due to the large commitment of resources involved. Such irreversible actions,
though in conformance with all applicable plans, policies, and regulations,
generally commit future generations to specific actions and resource uses. The
commitment to a regional waste water collection and treatment system, for example,
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probably represents an irreversible approach to water quality planning and manage-
ment. Though technology may develop new waste �ater collection and treatment
systems, ne� facilities in the Green River Sewerage Area will pro6a61y continue
to be built around the proposed interceptor facility and the Renton Sewage
Treatment Plant. However, if in the future, �ighly treated effluent at
Auburn becomes necessary (for flushing pollutants out of the Green River,
for example) , a local treatment plant could be constructed. At times when
the plant could not operate efficiently, the proposed interceptor could be
utilized, transporting t�e sewage to t�e regional treatment facility.
Alternatives to the proposed action are constrained by existing policies and
plans of the Department of Ecology which require the retirement of the exist-
ing Auburn Lagoon. Environmental Protection Agency policies and regulations
also affect alternatives to the Auburn Interceptor. A recent Environmental
Protection Agency interpretation of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Amendments of 1972, for example, states that construction grants for treat-
ment facilities utilizing any lagoon system without supplemental treatment
components will not be approved. Therefore, the construction of facilities
which would terminate the use of the Auburn Lagoon or, with Department of
Ecology approval , the construction of supplemental treatment facilities
which would be capable of improving the Auburn Sewage Treatment Plant's
effluent to an acceptable level , appear to be the only feasible alternatives.
As noted previously, Environmental Protection Agency regionalization regula-
tions and guidelines further limit the possible alternatives. EPA cost-
effectiveness criteria restrict alternatives to an even greater degree. In
fact, the proposed action may be the only alternative which meets long-term
cost-effectiveness standards and conforms to regionalization concepts. Fur-
thermore, since the Auburn Interceptor is and has been a part of the Seattle
Metropolitan Area's water quality management plans for fifteen years, the
Renton Sewage Treatment Plant and METRO facilities in the Kent vicinity have
been designed to accommodate the Auburn sewage system's wastes after inter-
ception by the Auburn Interceptor.
These past actions and existing policies, regulations, and guidelines, as
well as many additional factors, appear to limit the possible alternatives
to providing Auburn with a sewerage system capable of accommodating growth
and solving potential and/or existing water quality problems associated
' with the Auburn Sewage Treatment System to the Auburn Interceptor. Though
other facilities would solve existing and future problems, resource commitments and
decisions made during the past fifteen years have created a situation in
which only the Auburn Interceptor appears to fulfill all requirements. Only
the Auburn Interceptor or a similar interceptor project is likely to be funded,
constructed, and placed in operation.
Due to the existing policies, plans, and regulations affecting war_er quality
management, the proposed action does appear to be justified. Feasible alternative
solutions seem to be less cost-effective than the proposed action, particularly
if the Auburn Interceptor, a similar project, or a new treatment plant at Auburn
is required in the future, due to the more stringent water quality standards
embodied by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972. Reserving
long-term options by inaction or implementation of an interim or short-term solution
at this time would probably only delay the construction of a permanent solution,
thereby increasing the costs of water pollution control in the sewerage area.
Growth would continue within much of the sewerage area, but the present regulations
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limiting the extension of Auburn's sewers and restricting the use of septic
tanks to specific areas �ould, however, dictate where the g�owth could occur.
Water quality impacts resulting from the continued use of septic tanks within
most of the Green River Sewerage Area woutd increase. Other adverse impacts
would continue to occur even if the proposed action is not implemented,
because land use planning and related policy decisions (not the potential
stimulus of the Auburn Interceptor) are creating the impetus for the continual
degradation of t�e sewerage area environment.
Further justification of the proposed action is provided by the fact that if any
atternative solution providing Auburn with adequate waste treatment facilities
were implemented, the Department of Ecology restrictions upon trunk, lateral ,
and collector sewers would probably be eliminated. The stimulation of urban
growth provided by the availability of these facilities, particularly in the
undeveloped portions of the Green River Vatley, would be no less than that
provided by the proposed action. These sewerage facilities would allow
urban development to occur, just as if the proposed interceptor were built.
By itself, the construction of the Auburn Interceptor will not create any
significant adverse impacts upon the Green River Valley environment, partic-
ularly if a small portion of the proposed corridor is rerouted, bypassing a
significant natural wetland area. The major benefit likely to result is the
fact that the Auburn Interceptor's construction will allow local governments
to regulate land use within their jurisdictions without the constraints imposed
by inadequate waste water collection and treatment systems. If intensive
urbanization continues to be encouraged, several adverse environmental impacts
are likely to result. This urbanization, which in some cases, would not be
consistent with present regional plans and policies, could significantly
degrade the long-term quality of South King County's natural environment.
As the Auburn Interceptor and future METRO facilities serving the Green River
Sewerage Area are constructed, their potential long-term secondary impacts
upon land use and the environment should not be ignored.
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1 . DESCRIPT(ON OF THE PROPOSED ACTION
A. Present Setting � Time Frame
The Auburn fnterceptor, a 7. 1 mile 48 to 78 inch reinforced concrete
pipe interceptor sewer, in conjunction with the on-going expansion
of the Renton Sev�age Treatment Plant, represents the first phase of
wf�at could ultimately develop into an extensive waste water collection
and treatment system serving the existing and projected sewerage needs
of the Green River Sewerage Area until the year 2030.
1 . Sewerage Area Boundaries (See Figure 1)
The Green River Sewerage Area encompasses over 85,000 acres lying
within Southwest King County and a small portion of Northern
Pierce County. Its general boundaries extend east and west from
the Town of Black Diamond to Interstate Highway Five and north
and south from Lake Youngs to Lake Tapps. Included within this
area is all of the Lower Green River Valley in the vicinity of
the cities of Kent, Auburn, Algona�and Pacific; portions of the
Des Moines Plateau (West Hill ) to the west; and the majority of
the Black Diamond Plateau (East Hill) to the east of the Green
River Valley.
2. Physiography
These upland plateaus incised by the valley trough and flood plain
of the Green River are the principal topographic features of the
sewerage area. The ascent to the upland areas is abrupt with
differences in elevation between the river bottom and the plateau
in excess of 300 feet. The uplands present a rolling glacial
relief characterized by depressions and hummocks in which stream
courses and drainage patterns are often poorly defined. Numerous
local basins and depressions of retarded drainage are occupied by
small lakes and swampy areas and bogs. The Green River is
artificiallly controlled by an upstream dam and man-made tevees,
which parallel the stream throughout most of its length within
the sewerage area. Natural overbank flooding has been eliminated
from most of the Lower Green River Valley. The White River loops
through the southern portion of the sewerage area separating the
areas to be served in Pierce County from the balance of the
sewerage area.
3. I.and Use
In addition to its diverse topography, the sewerage area is
characterized by a variety of land uses: agriculture and sharply
contrasting industrial development in the Green River Valley;
retail , commercial , and residential uses in the cities and towns;
and forestry, mining, open space, recreation, and scattered rural
residential and farming uses on the eastern uplands. Recent
photogrammetric interpretations of the sewerage area reveal the
following land use atlocations: woodland, 37,700 acres (40°6) ;
suburban land including low density residential , recreational-home,
and neighborhood commercial areas, 15,780 acres (17q) ; agricultural
land, 9,030 acres (10�) ; open and vacant land, 8,720 acres (9%) ;
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high density residential and commerciat areas, 6,300 acres (7�) ;
transportation corridors including railroad yards and freeways,
5.890 acres (6�) ; tramsmissior line utility corridors, 4,140 acres
(4i) ; industrial areas, 1 , 140 acres (l�) ; and recreational areas,
410 acres (.5%) . The acreage designated as commercial areas
probably includes some light industrial and warehousing areas
which are difficult to distinguish from commercial establishments
on aerial photographs. Surface water covers approximately fivE
percent of the sewerage area. See Figure 24.
Land use trends for the majority of the sewerage area are toward
more intensive uses, particularly in the Green River Valley flood-
ptain. The aggressive annexation of valley bottom lands by Kent
and Auburn, and the subsequent zoning of these lands to industrial
and commercial classifications has stimulated a dramatic change in
land uses from the traditional dominance of agriculture to more
intensive uses. Growth on the Black Diamond Plateau, on the
other hand, has been slowed recently due, in part, to existing
restrictions and partia) moratoriums on the issuance of septic
tank permits. Almost atl of the Black Diamond Plateau lacks
public sanitary sewerage facilities.
4. Population
Forecasts of population and employment for the Central Puget Sound
Region, prepared by the Puget Sound Governmental Conference (PSGC) ,
the regional planning body for King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish
Counties, provide the basis for predicting growth within the Green
River Sewera e Area. The PSGC redicts onl to 1990 with
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extrapolations provided to the year 2000. The 1990 forecasts have
been projected to the year 2030 by METRO' s consulting engineers,
using a logarithmic trend method in order to estimate sewerage
needs for the duration of the Auburn Interceptor's service life.
The average density withing the sewerage area, exclusive of industrial
, areas, is projected to equal 5. 1 persons per acre in the year 2030.
This is nearly double the PSGC' s 2.6 projection for 1990. The
total population within the study area is presently about 118,400.
The total population projected for the year 2030 is over 370,000.
Of this total amount, an estimated 321 ,000 are anticipated to be
provided with sewer service, according to METRO' s consulting engineers.
The many large land holdings and unihabited areas in the southern and
and eastern portions of the sewerage area should be the last to develop.
METRO believes that it is probab)e that they will not require sewers
for many years.
5. Sewer Design Criteria
Many indeterminant factors affect planning for specific sewerage
needs within the sewerage area. Among these are: (1 ) the extent
of industrial development and the ratio of water-use industry
versus non-users; (2) the economic growth rate and housing
demand; (3) the effect of land and open space planning on
curtailing urban sprawl ; and (4) the possibility of implementing
new types of urban development. Projections for sewerage facility
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needs have been developed 6y considering the most proba6le
population projections and land uses for the sewerage area.
Loadings for existing and future sewerage facilities were derived
by applying established unit quantities to population totals,
_ industrial �astes, storm water inflow, and infiltration. Infil-
tratian and inflow quantities were found to be t�e dominant
factor affecting sewer design within the Green River Sewerage
Area, as shown by Figure 2.
According to an analysis by METRO, a straight line projection
to 2030 of the PSGC' s population estimates for the year 2000
results in a population only three percent lower for the Green
River Sewerage Area than that utilized in the preliminary engineer-
ing studies for the proposed project. A growth rate equivalent
to Central Puget Sound from 1975 to 1990 (1 .86 percent annually)
results in a population five percent higher. A 78-inch sewer was
determined to be required even if the sewerage area population
does not increase beyond the PSGC 's year 2000 level , and a 84-inch
sewer would be required if the entire study area were sewered,
given the unit quantities utilized in this analysis. For the
sewerage area, a total peak flow of 153 million gallons per day
is projected for the design population of about 321 ,000 expected
to be living on 55,535 acres of residential land having sewer
service by the design year 2030.
6. Time Frame
The construction of the Auburn Interceptor is anticipated to
begin sometime in 1974. There will be two or three simultaneous
construction contracts awarded with a specified construction period
of two years.
Completion of the Auburn Interceptor will enable the eventual
completion of additional METRO facilities ptanned to serve the
sewerage area which are slated for construction between now and
1985. These facilities include the Dolloff Lake Interceptor,
the Lake Geneva Interceptor, the East Green River Valley Inter-
ceptor, and the West Soos Trunk. See Figure 3.
In addition, the construction of atl or specified portions of the
West Valley Interceptar, which is currently a part of Auburn's
Comprehensive Sewerage Plan, is likely to commence soon after
the completion of the proposed action. This facility is not
presently a part of METRO's Comprehensive Sewerage Plan, but is
likely to be incorporated into METRO' s Plan in the future. The
proposed agreement between Auburn and METRO will , if ratified, actually
require the construction of the southern portion of this interceptor.
Depending on the Washington State Department �f Ecology' s prioriti-
zation for funding of similar facilities throughout the state, m3n�
o� these facilities ma;� be constructed before 1�80.
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7. Relationship With Existing and Proposed Projects, Plans, Policies,
and Regulations
[n order to clearly understand the relationship of the proposed
action arith existing policies, plans, and regulations, the following
description of the administrative, enforcement, or interpretive
agencies involved is provided. Their specific concerns regarding
water quality management planning will be highlighted.
a. The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (METRO)
In the early 1950's the waters of the Seattle Metropolitan
area were seriously polluted. In response to this situation
and recognizing that such problems had to be dealt with at a
regional scale, a citizen effort to find some means of dealing
with community problems that were areawide in scope was launched.
In 1957 a citizens study group was successful in introducing
and obtaining legislative approval far a bill authorizing the
creation of inetropolitan munlcipat corporations empowered
to perform certain specified functions. The bill became
law in March, 1957• It enables voters of any area of the
state containing two or more cities (at least one of which
is a city of the first class) to establish a metropolitan
municipal corporation to be governed by a metropolitan council .
The obJects and purposes of the act are set forth in the act
as follows:
"(t is hereby declared to be the public policy of the
State of Nashtngton to provide for the people of the
populous metropolitan areas in the state the means of
obtatning essential services not adequately provided
by existing agencies of local government. The growth
of urban population and the movement of people into
suburban areas has created problems of sewage and gar-
bage disposai , water supply, transportation, planning,
parks and parkways, which extend beyond the boundaries
of cities, counties and special districts. For reasons
of topography, location and movement of population, and
land conditions and development, one or more of these
problems cannot be adequately met by the individual
cities, counties and districts of many metropolitan
areas. It is the purpose of this act to enable cities
and counties to act jointly to meet these common problems
in order that the proper growth and development of the
metropolitan areas of the state may be assured and the
health and welfare of the people residing therein may
be secured."
On September 9, 1958, the voters in the Seattle metropolitan
� area votad to create a municipal corporation to perform the
sewage disposal function. The specific powers granted this
metropolitan corporation for the function of sewage disposal
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completion of these facilities was to result in the removal
of all sewage discharges to Lake Washington and the inter-
ception of all raw sewage discharges to the Duwamish River,
Elliott Bay, and Puget Sound. In keeping with the philosophy
of providing essential services to the entire metropolitan
area as contained in the legislative act authorizing formation
of inetropolitan municipal corporations, the Metropolitan Council
authorized construction of core facilities with sufficient
capacity to serve the entire metropolitan area even though much
of this area was outside the boundary of the Municipality at ,
that time. '
The first facility constructed by METRQ to be placed in operation '
was the Carkeek Park Treatment Plant. Commencement of operation '�
of this plant in July 1962, marked the beginning of the achieve- ��
ment of METRO' s goal to provide clean waters in the metropolitan '
Seattle area. At the dedicatior of �he Carkeek Park plant on ,
July 6, 1972, the "No Swimming" signs with which the beach on
Puget Sound adjacent to the plant had been posted were ceremon-
iously burned. Activation of the Matthews Pa�k pumping station
in April 1967 stopped the last discharge of sewage effluent
to Lake Washington. Completion and start-up of the Duwamish
pumping station in October 1g69, permitted interception of
the last raw sewage discharges to the Du�amish River and Elliott Bay.
Thus, within 8-1/2 years after adoption of the 10-year con-
struction schedule by the Metropolitan Cauncil , the objectives
of the schedule were attained.
Because of pressure to provide service to additional areas , the
need to upgrade the standard of service, and because construction
of needed facilities could not be financed with bonds authorized
for the first stage program, the Metropotitan Council authorized
the beginning of the second stage construction program of the
Comprehensive Sewerage Plan on November 3, 1966. The issuance
of $80,000,000 in revenue bonds to finance facilities to be
constructed under this second stage construction program was also
' authorized. The Auburn Interceptor and the associated existing
planned METRO facilities within the Green River Sewerage Area
are part of the second stage construction program.
' The first phase of this program, wnich has been completed,
extended sewer service to many areas not previously served
by METRO. METRO believes additional facilities to be constructed
during the second stage program have now become necessary to maintain
receiving water quality at the levels required by regulatory
authorities and the general pubiic, as well as to keep up with
the growth of the metropolitan area. The Auburn Interceptor is
such a facility. The Metropolitan Council , relying upon the
recommendations of the en ineers and staff of the Munici alit
9 P Y�
authorized the construction of the Auburn Interceptor on
March 15, 1973, subject to the execution of an Agreement for
Sewage Disposal with the City of Auburn.
10
METRO' s primary function of eliminating pollution from the
�aters of the Seattle Metropolitan area is implemented through
such agreements for sewage disposal entered into by the partic-
ipants and METRO. The agreements provide that each participant
will deliver all sewage and industrial wastes collected by the
participant into the METRO sewerage system. METRO agrees to
accept suc� sewage and industrial wastes for treatment subject
to specific rules and regulations.
The agreements also delineate METRO 's responsibility to
acquire, construct, and maintain the facilities required for
disposal of sewage delivered to it. Each participant, in turn,
is responsible for the construction, operation, and maintenance
of facilities necessary to collect sewage and deliver it to the
METRO system. The plar.ning, construction, and operation of new
works,and the maintenari�e and u�e�dtiG� of existing METRO facil-
ities remains the responsibility of METRO.
Major trunks and intercepting sewe�s are extended to a point
in the natural drainage area to serve the local sewerage agency.
The extent of service by METRO includes providing trunk and
intercepting facilities to serve a minimum local area of 1 ,000
acres. In other words, service is planned for each natural
drainage area to a point where not more than 1 ,000 acres remain
beyond the upper end of the trunk system. Local drainage areas
less than 1 ,000 acres will be served by the local sewerage
agency.
METRO derives its revenue from charges levied on the various
agencies to which sewerage service is provided. These charges
are based on the number of customers reported by each agency
and are at present $2.75 per month per single family residence
or per residential equivalent. Residential equivalent customers
include all multiple unit dwellings and commercial and industrial
establishments. The number of equivalents is based on water
consumption and is determined by dividing total quarterly water
consumption in cubic feet of a particular establishment by 2,700.
METRO's scope of operation can, therefore, be considered that
of a wholesaler. While METRO is not precluded by law from
entering into the collectian of sewage from individual
residential and commercial customers, it has restricted
itself to t�e conveyance and treatment of sewage collected
and delivered to it by local sewerage agencies. Long-term
contracts, such as the required contract between the City of
Auburn and METRO, form the basis for conduct of METRO's business.
The proposed action must be recognized as the resutt of years
of careful and thorough planning by METRO, beginning in 1958•
An interceptor similar in location and size to the Auburn
Interceptor has always been a part of METRO' s Comprehensive
Sewerage Plan. Such a facility has always been envision�d as
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necessary to serve the needs of the growing Seattle nietropolitan
area. Downstream facilittes have been designed and constructed I
in anticipation of upstream facilities, such as the Auburn
Interceptor. METRO's policies and plans have encouraged the '
Auburn Interceptor's eventual construction since 195$• Federal
and state actions have, however, also played a major role in
encouraging the proposed action. I
b. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) �
Federal legislation regarding water quality dates back to the
nineteenth century, when Congress enacted the River and Harbor
Act of 1886, recodified in the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899.
It is only within the last seven years, however, that major
water pollution legislation has been passed. Recognizing the
threat that polluted water posed tc the �ublic health and
welfare, Congress enacted the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act (FWPCA) , in order to "enhance the quality and value of our
water resources and to establish a national policy for the
prevention, control ,and abatement of water pollution", in 1948.
FWPCA and its several amendments set out the basic legal
authority for federal regulation af water quality.
Yhese amendments, in particular, have broadened the federal role in
water pollution control . The Water Pollution Act Amendments
of 1956 strengthened enforcement provisions by providing for an
abatement suit at the request of a tate pollution control
agency. The federal role was further expanded under the
Water Quality Act of 1965. That act provided for the setting
of water quality standards which are state and federally
enforceable• It also became the basis for interstate water quality
standards. The Clean Water Restoration Act of 1966 imposed
a $100 per day fine on a polluter who failed to submit a
required report. The Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970
again expanded federal authority, and established a state
certification procedure to prevent degradation of water
below applicabie standards.
Despite the improvements achieved by each amendment to the
original Act, the result of this sporadic legislation was a hodge-
podge of law. Eleven reorganizations and restructurings of
federal agency responsibility compounded the difficulty of
effectively implementing the law. To solve these problems,
in 1972, amendments to the FWPCA restructured the authority for
water pollution control and consolidated authority in the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
The objective of the amended Act is to restore and maintain
the chemical , physical , and biological integrity of the
nation's waters. In order to achieve this objective, the
Act set two goals. The first national goal is the elimin-
ation of the discharge of all pollutants into the navigable
waters of the United States by 1985, The second national goal
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is an interim level of water quality that provides for the
protection of fish, shellfish, wildlife, and recreation hy
July 1 , 1983.
The 1972 amendments changed the thrust af enforcement from
water quality standards, regulating the amount of pollutants
in a given 6ody of water, to effluent limitations, regulating
the amount of pollutants being discharged from particular
point sources. Ambient water quality requirements can still ,
however, dictate the amount of pollutants permitted for a
discharger. The Administrator has been directed to publish
regulations establishing guidelines for effluent limitations
and identifying the "best practicable" water pollution control
technologies available for various industrial categories.
Factors considered included the cost-benefit of applying such
technologies, the age of equipment and facilities involved, the
process used and the environmental impact of applying the
controls. Industrial dischargers must meet these standards
by July l , 1977. Public treatment works must meet effluent
limitations based on secondary treatment by this same date.
In addition, the Administrator shall identify the "best available"
technologies for preventing and reducing pollution. He is also
responsible for identifying technology which would achieve the
elimination of the discharge of pollutants. In both cases, he
must take into account the factors enumerated above. Industrial
dischargers are obliged to meet these standards by July 1 , 1983,
meeting zero-discharge requirements if the Administrator deter-
mines that such a requirement is "economically and technologically
achievable". By July 1 , 1983, public treatment works must use
the "best practicable" waste treatment technology over the life
of the works. New sources of discharge are required to use the
"best available" technology as determined by the Administrator
and published in the regulations. Zero-discharge by 1985 is
the goal ,however, though it is not specifically a requirement
under the 1972 amendments.
The 1972 Amendments to the FWPCA still stress the basic
state responsibility for water pollution control by requiring
the states to submit to EPA water quality standards for all
interstate and intrastate navigabte waters. These state
standards spell out water use classifications , such as
recreation, fish and wildlife propagation, public water
supplies , and industrial and agricultural uses. States are
then required to define the quality of water required
to achieve these uses and develop detailed plans for maintain-
ing the desired levels of quality. If the Administrator
determines that application of technology required by 1983 will
not assure protection of public water supplies, agricultural
and industrial uses, and the protection and propagation of a
balanced population of shellfish, fish, and wildlife,and allow
recreational activities, he may impose such additional controls
as he finds necessary to meet such standards.
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In addition to setting watar quality standards, where effluent
limitations will not be stringent enough to meet these �.
standards the states are required to establish maximum daily '
loads of pollutants permitted in the waters that will allow the
propagation of fish and wildlife. A similar assessment must be
made for thermal discharges. States are also required to
develop a continuing planning process which is able to deal
with the changing patterns of water pollution within the state.
Beginning in 1975, the states must submit to Congress and EPA
annual reports with an inventory of all point sources of
discharge, an assessment of exlsting �water quality and
projected goals, and proposals of programs for nonpoint source
control . EPA must submit a similar report to Congress on
January 1 , 1974.
� Recognizing that effective plans are an essential part of the
process of esta6lishing, implementing� and maintaining water
quality standards, EPA requires that any municipal waste treat-
ment facility or interceptor sewer receiving or applying for
Federal grant support be included in a basin plan, and where
appropriate, an areawide (or metropolitan/regional) plan. Basin
plans provide an overview of the impact of pollution sources
and alternative pollution control measures on the receiving
waters, basic information on stream flows and water quality,
and requirements for jurisdictional cooperation within basin
hydrologic systems into which liquid wastes are discharged or
ultimately flow. Areawide plans are functional plans for urban
concentrations and/or groupings of small cities and are subsets
of the water quality management plan for a river basin. They
also take on the role of the functional waste water collection
and treatment (sewerage) plan element of the comprehensive
areawide plan as set forth in the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) Areawide Planning Requirements.
, The purpose of these extensive planning requirements is to
insure that:
(1) The construction grant investment to which the Federal
Government is committed is cost-effective;
(2) The investment will be supplemented by actions to abate
other sources of pollution; and
(3) The investment will provide maximum protection and enhance-
ment of water quality.
According to national EPA guidelines, the metropolitan/regional
plan must be consistent with all elements of the areawide
. comprehensive plan and the basin plan. All must consider the
environmental impact of the implementation of the plan. Land
use considerations must also be included and utilized as a
planning predictor. In the formulation of inetropolitan/regional
plans, growth patterns are to be determined from a social and
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economic analysis of existing development and "scenarios"
of possible development patterns and then used as a base to
project the need for treatment plants and sites.
The Federal guidelines continue to place primary emphasis on
regional wastewater management systems for the locational and
capacity aspects of the collection system. Such regional
systems are encouraged to utilize one or more treatment plants
which provide integrated, but not necessarily interconnected
wastewater treatment for a community, metropolitan area,or
region. Regionalization implies that a single administrative
agency plans, constructs, and manages all wastewater collection
and treatment facilities in an area. Certain economics are
known to accrue from centralizing the functions of personnel ,
laboratories, and maintenance. Other economics may accrue,
however, from planning a dispersed configuration of facilities.
A regional agency, such as METRO, can plan facilities in a way
such that the most cost-effective configurations result. Metro-
politan/regional plans (e.g. METRO's Comprehensive Plan) must,
in fact, define the strategy which results in the most cost-
effective solution for wastewater disposal problems within
the planning area. METRO has avoided the planning or construction
of small treatment plants, realizing the economies of scale
associated with the operation of large regional treatment plants,
such as METRO's facility at Renton.
EPA guidelines note, however, that with the advent of reliable
and effective advanced waste treatment facilities, it is now
feasible to consider maintaining good quality waters in small
streams and rivers by using small local advanced treatment facilities.
The metropolitan/regional cost-effective strategy may be
several of these facilities dispersed throughout the metro-
politan area rather than one large centralized facility with
� its attendant interceptor and trunk sewers. The overriding
constraint in water quality planning is the maintenance of
I water quality goals through a coordinated and unified planning
a effort within a metropolitan/regional area. Large regional
treatment facilities are not required by Federal EPA guidelines.
I Cost-effective water quality management programs for metropolitan
regional areas consistent with the overall strategy for the
basin, as defined in the basin plan, are required.
� The states and their political subdivisions have been assigned
the basic responsibility for the water quality management
planning effort. EPA's role is primarily one of assistance,
� guidance, and evaluation. Within the Seattle metropolitan
area, the state has accepted METRO's Comprehensive Plan as
the metropolitan/regional plan. When the ongoing major basin
planning effort, required by the 1972 Amendments to the FWPCA, is
1 completed, modification of METRO's plan may be required. The River
, Basin Coordinating Committee, a technical advisory body to METRO,
is assisting METRO' s basin planning efforts in the Green and Cedar
I River Basins. A fully developed basin plan is required to be
completed by July I , 1974.
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The existing federally-designated areawide planning agency
and designated clearinghouse, the Puget Sound Governmental
Conference (PSGC) , adopted an Interim Regional Sewerage Plan in
October, 1971 , assuring the continued eligibility of local
jurisdictions for Federal assistance in wastewater treatment
works. Facilities planned and proposed by METRO as part of
METRO's Comprehensive Plan are included on the PSGC's Interim
Regional Sewerage Plan.
Since the basic responsibility for cleaning up the nation's
water is retained by state governments, Congress authorized
numerous grants to aid the States' pollution abatement efforts.
These provide assistance to states for research and development,
manpower training, water quality planning, monitoring, and enforce-
ment. Grants are also available to institutions of higher edu-
cation for programs designed to bring students into professions
that deal with water pollution control . The major thrust of
the Federal grant effort is, however, directed towards munici-
palities for the construction of sewage treatment plants and
sewers. The Administrator is authorized to make grants of
$18 billion to the states, according to need, for construction
of new treatment works duing the fiscal years 1973-1975• The
Federal share for these projects is 75 percent with the remainder
to be divided between state and local governments and industrial
users. The construction of the Auburn Interceptor will be
financed by an EPA construction grant, covering 75 percent of
its cost. Municipalities are also eligible for grants for
demonstration projects that utilize new methods for treating
sewage, joint systems for municipal and industrial waste, and
� new water purification techniques.
The construction of federally financed waste treatment works
generally is accomplished in three steps; (1 ) preliminary
plans and studies, (2) preparation of construction drawings
and specifications, and (3) fabrication and building of a
complete and operable treatment works. Although in most
cases completion of preliminary plans and studies will be a
prerequisite to award of a grant, in order to allow State
and Federal officials an adequate basis to determine the
merits of proposed projects, the EPA Regional Administrator
' may award a grant for completion of preliminary plans and
studies . �n no case, however, may a grant be awarded
unless the Prbposed project has received a priority certification
which accords with an approved state system for determining the
priority of needed treatment works. Apptications for grants
and grant amendments must first be submitted to the state
agency, The State agency then forwards the complete project
applications or grant amendments, after certification that they
are entitled to priority, to the appropriate EPA Regional
Administrator. �
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Sewage collection systems for new communities, new subdivisions,
or newly developed urban areas must be addressed in the planning
of such areas and must be included as a part of the development
costs of the new construction in these areas; they are not
covered under the construction grant program.
Before approving a grant for any project for any treatment works,
. the Regional Administrator must determine:
1) That a current basin plan and regional or metropolitan
plan has been adopted.
2) That such works are in conformity with any applicable
state plan.
3) That sm¢h works have been certified by the appropriate state agency
as entitled to priority and that the award of a grant for
the proposed project will not jeopardize the funding
of any treatment works of higher priority.
4) That the award of the grant will not result in the
, total of all grants awarded to applicants of a state,
including grant increases, to exceed the total of all
allotments and reallotments available to su�M �tate.
5) That the applicant has agreed to pay the non-federal
project costs.
6) That the applicant has provided assurance acceptable
' to the Regional Administrator that any necessary
discharge permit has been or will be obtained in
accordance with $ection 402 of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act.
' 7) If the application is for a project which includes the
building and erection of a treatment works (including sewers) ,
(a) That the design, size, and capacity of such works
are cost-effective and relate directly to the
needs to be served by such works, including
adequate reserve capacity;
`(b) That such works will meet applicable effluent
limitations and applicable water quality
standards and attain not less than secondary
treatment as defined by the Administrator;
(c) That alternative waste treatment techniques have
been studied and evaluated;
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(d) And, if the grant is to be awarded from funds
authorized for any fiscal year beginning after
June 30, 1974, that such works will provide for the
application of the best practicable waste treatment
technology over the life of the works consistent
with the purposes of Title II of the FWPCA;
(e) And, if the grant is to be awarded after July 1 , 1973,
that each sewer system, including interceptor and
collection sewers, discharging into such treatment
works is not subject to excessive infiltration/inflow;
, (f) That the design for the project meets or exceeds such
guidelines as the Administrator has published con-
cerning treatment works design;
8) That the applicant has complied with applicable require-
ments of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
9) That the applicant has complied with the applicable
requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
10) That the applicant has made satisfactory provision for
assuring proper and efficient operation and maintenance
of the treatment works, including the employment of
trained management and operations personnel .
11) That, prior to award of any grant after March 1 , 1973,
for a project which includes the building and erection
of a treatment works the applicant (a) has adopted or
will adopt a system of charges to assure that each
recipient of waste treatment service will pay its pro-
port#bnate share of the costs of operation and maintenance
(including replacement) ; (b) has received firm written
commitments satisfactory to the Regional Administrator
for the payment to such applicant by the industrial users
for their proportionate share of the Federal share of
capital costs for the project allocable to the treatment
of such industrial wastes to the extent attributable to
the Federal share of the cost of construction; and (c)
has legal , institutional , managerial , and financial
capability to insure adequate construction, operation,
and maintenance of treatment works throughout the applicant's
jurisdiction.
12) That, if the project is for, or includes, sewage collection I
system work, such work is for replacement or major rehabil-
itation of an existing sewer system and is necessary to
the total integrity and performance of the waste treatment
works servicing such community, or is for a new sewer system
in a community in existence on October 18, 1972, with
sufficient existing or planned capacity to adequately
treat such collected sewage.
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13) That, for grants made from fiscal year 1975 or later funds,
for the erection, building, acquisition, alteration, remodel-
ing, improvement, or extension of treatment works, the
applicant (a) has studied and evaluated alternative waste
management techniques to insure that the proposed works will
provide for the application of the best practicable waste
treatment technology over the life of the works; and (b)
has, as appropriate, taken into account and allowed to the
extent practicable for the application of technology, at a
later date, which will provide for the reclaiming or recycl-
ing of water or otherwise eliminate the discharge of pollu-
tants.
Applicants for grants awarded after July 1 , 1973, must
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Regional Adminis-
trator that each sewer system discharging into such treat-
ment works is not subject to excessive infiltration/inflow
through an inftltration/inflow analysls. 1�lhere approprlate
and approved by the Regional Administrator, a sewer system
evaluation survey must be undertaken.
c. The Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE)
The responsibility for water quality control in the State of
Washington was originally vested in the Washington State Water
Pollution Control Commission. Established in March 1945, this
Cortmission, which was reorganized and renamed in 1970, becoming
the Washington State Department of Ecology, has played a major
role in water pollution control planning in Washington.
_ Under the terms of the Federal Water Quality Act of 1965, for
example, each state was required to adopt water quality
' objectives applicable to their interstate waters and to
develop a plan for the implementation and enforcement of these
objectives. Policy guidelines for implementing the act, as
contained in '�f�uide�lines for Establishinq Water Qualitv Standards
for Interstate�'Waters," U.S. Department of Interior, Federal
Wate�r- Pollution Control Administration, May, 1966, stressed
the formation of water quality standards designed "to enhance
the quality of water." To meet the goals established by the
Act, water quality standards had to protect and upgrade water
quality in the face of population and industrial growth,
urbanization, and technological change. The plan for
implementing and enforcing the water quality criteria had
to be submitted in sufficient detail to describe the nature
of the actions to be taken to achieve compliance. A time
schedule for such compliance, and the enforcement authority
and measures for ensuring compliance were also required.
The Water Pollution Control Commission complied with the
- requirements of the Act.and, in June 1967, published a
report entitled "Implementation and Enforcement Plan for
Interstate and Coastal Waters."
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, St�iiar require.ments were issued by the Fadera3 �overnrnent 1n
1967 rGgarding the abatemer�t af water poilutlon af intrastate
I waters. Each state was required to prepare a five year p1an,
the first s f wh
� tep a ich agatn �nvolved the setting af standards
and wate� qaality criteria. Qn January 8, 197Q, the Washington State
Water Poliuttan Control Cortmission, adopted a regulation relating
to water quality standards for all intrastate surfa4e waters af
' tite 5tate of Washington and a plan of implementation and enforce-
ment of such standards. This regutation ciassified the Lower
Green River as Giass A water, ta which the foilawing revised
water quaiity standards, adopted June i9, 1973, aPply:
CLASS A EXCELI.ENT
General Characteristic
Ltater quaiity af this class shall meet ar exceed the require-
ments for all or substantially all uses.
�Ctaaracter i st i c Uses
Characteristic uses shaTl include, but are not limited to, the
foitowing:
Water supply (domestic, `rndustrial , agricuitural ).
Wildlife habitat, stock watering.
General recreation and aesthetic enjayment {pic-
nicing, hiking, fishing, swimming, skiing,and
baatingj,
Commerce and nav i gat i or�.
Fish and shellfish reproduction, rearing,and harvest.
Water Quaiity Criter:a '
T4TA� COI.IFORM QRGANlSMS sh�? ? not exceed median value �f
240 (fresh water} with less �han 2Qi af samples exceeding
I ,OQQ when associate� wit� any f'ecal sources or 70 (marine
water) wfth less than 10$ of samples exceeding 230 when
associated with any fec31 s��urces.
QISSOL�fED OXYGEN shal � exceed 8.0 mg/1 (fresh water�
ar 6.4 mgll (marine waLer} .
TOTAL p15SOLVED GAS - the concentration of totai dissoived
gas shall not exceed ii0� ��f $aturatian :�t any point of
sample caltectian.
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Ti�'EMTU1lE - wata� temp�tratures shat i nat exceed 65°�. (fresh �
r+ater) o� b1° F. faa�rine water} due in part ta measurable
(4.5°F.} increases resul�ing fran human activities; nor shall
such temperatu�e increases, at arry time, exc�ed t = 901{T-19)
{fresh wate�} or t = 40/{T-35) {�rine water} ; for purposes
hereof "t" represents the permissive tncrease ar►d "T" repre-
sants thc water temperature due ta all causes cambined. �
pH sha1T be within the range of 6.5 to 8.5 (fresfi wat�r)
or 7.0 ta $.5 (marine water} with an induced variation i
of less Chan 0.25 units.
TURBtDITY shall nat exceed 5 ,1TU ave� naturai conditians. '
TOXIC, RAQIQACTIVE, QR DELETERIOUS MATERIAL CONCENTRATIQNS �
shal) be below thase 4F pU�7� IC: health significanc�, ar whi%h �
may cause acute or chronic toxic conditions to the a�uatic �
biota, or which may adversely affect any water use. �
AESTH�TIC VALt1ES shait not be irnpairgd by the pres�nce of j
nrateriais or tfieir ef�ects� exeluding those of natural origin,
�tich affend the s�enses af sight, smell , tauch, or taste. I
The GreenlDuwamish River belaw the autfall of the Renton
Sewage Treatment Plant was classified as Clas 8 water (good) ,
which meets or exceeds the requirements for mast uses. Coli-
farm, dissalved oxygen, turbidity, and other water quality
criteria are less stringent for Class B waters than Cl�ss A
� w�ters. Simitariy, the characteristic uses of Cia,ss B waters
are samewhat more iimited.
The Impiementatian �nd Enforcem�ent Plan iricluded both industries
and me�nicipalities and specified the t}�pe af w�ste treatment or
; u�grading necessary far that entity to cofnply with the water
44$� ity standards, It also specified definite time schedules
far cqmpletion of various phases af the prolects.
The City of Auburn was inclucied on the 1970 tmpiementation an�
fnfarcement t�lan for Water Quality Standards and was advised
by ietter dated February 1"7, fi970, that the interception of
the Auburn Sewage Treatmenr P1ant ta the METRO Sewerage Syste�n
was required. This directive tetter included a s{3ecific time
schedule far �anpletian af ttie required impraver��ent as follows:
A. Contract execution far errgineerir�g 5ervices-
July l , 197�.
B. Completion of engineerin� ,report - Octaber 1 , 1970.
C. Cpmpletion of constructian plans and Sp�CI�lGs�LtOtiS�-
Aoril 1 , 1971 .
D. Arr�tngement of flnancing� advertisi��y t�r bids, ar3d
start canstructi�n - October l , 197l.
E. Facil �ties placed in aperatian - Apri1 l , 1973.
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As early as August il , 1969, the Water Pollution Control
Commission had stated that the use of the Auburn Lagoon
should be limited to three years. The State Implementation
and Enforcement Plan supported this statement with legal
enforcement powers, which the D.O.E. soon utilized.
To ensure compliance with its February directive, the DOE,
in May of 1970, stated that approval of future extensions of
Auburn's local sewerage system would be denied until such
time as the City consummated a service agreement with METRO.
This ban on sewer extensions is still in effect. This May 1970
letter also included an explanation of the need for upgrading
the water quality of the Green River to the established level ,
as well as the need for assuring that the highest water quality
reasonably possible would be maintained in the river. The
Department of Ecology noted that these conditions had been
anticipated by the design and optimum location of METRO's
Sewage Treatment Plant at Renton in order to minimize waste-
water impacts on the Green River. The fact that future require-
• ments for advanced treatment of wastewater were also considered
in the size and location of the METRO plant also made the
interception of the Auburn system to METRO's regional collection
and treatment system a beneficial action.
, The concept of such regional systems, known as "regionalization",
was stressed in the Federal Water Quality Act of 1970. This
further encouraged the Auburn Interceptor project, for the
State Department of Ecology strongly supported the regionali-
zation concept. Though regionalization does not necessarily
require the construction of large centralized treatment facilities
with their attendant interceptor sewers, it does imply a single
administrative agency which plans, constructs, and manages all
waste water facilities in an area. Within the Green/Duwamish .
River Basin, the D.O.E. recognized METRO as the regional
administrative agency and approved the METRO Comprehensive
Sewerage Plan as the areawide plan for the Seattle metropolitan
area. The Department of Ecology noted that, "as a consequence
of the Federal Water Quality Act of 1970, all sewage co) lection
and treatment projects are required by the Federal Environmental
Protection Agency to conform to the regional area services
concept. This concept would be the interception of sewage for
treatment at optimal regional locations as developed in the
METRO Comprehensive Plan for the King County Service Area.
The intent of the regional service concept is to limit the
number of point source discharges to effect better control of
water quality within the drainage basin." To further emphasize
this point the Department of Ecology stated that, "In a heavily
populated area such as King County, numerous small or medium-
sized commercial and domestic discharges receiving varying
' degrees of treatment impose an intolerable burden upon the
rivers, streams, and takes of the region. The most efficient,
and perhaps the only effective, means of controlling such a
situation is by interception, treatment, and discharge of
these wastes on a regional basis."
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d. The Puget Sound Governmental Conference (PSGC)
Recognizing that many issues, inciuding the control of pollution,
the provision of adequate transportation facilities, proper land
use planning to advert environmental degradation, and economic
stability, transcend local boundaries, requiring the combined
attention of all governments within a metropolitan area, the
Commissioners of King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties
formally organized the Puget Sound Governmental Conference to
undertake regional planning in 1957. Two years later, the
central cities of the Central Puget Sound Region, Seattle,
Bremerton, Tacoma and Everett, were invited t� join in the
cooperative effort. With the prospect of increased planning
responsibilities as a result of federal legislation in the
mid-1960's, the Conference broadened its membership in 1967
as the suburban cities and towns were invited to participate.
In January 1972, the Indian triba] councils of the region ,
were extended membership. The Conference continues to serve
as a medium of communication enabling officials of both large
and small cities, urban and rural counties, together with
state and federal officials (participating as ex-officio
members) , to understand the differing needs of each and to
account for those needs at all decision-making levels. By
participating in the policy-making activities of the Conference,
local governments assure themselves that the interests of their
own communities, each with its individual characteristics and
needs, are represented in the development of regional plans.
The Interim Regional Development Plan for the Central Puget
Sound Region provides the foundation for all research, planning,
and program activities of the PSGC. Incorporating studies
reflecting years of effort and extensive Conference and citizen
review, the Interim Regional Development Plan (IRDP) was adopted
by the Conference on August 12, 1971 . The plan integrates local
governments' comprehensive plans with the Regional Open Space
Plan adopted by the cities and counties of the region in the
mid-Sixties, and provides a comprehensive statement of goals
and policies for the region. The IRDP brings together in one
document a consensus of locai government po] icy on many issues,
including the natural , economic, and social environments of
the region.
The Puget Sound Governmental Conference recognizes land use and
open space planning as the key to maintaining a unique quality
of life within the Puget Sound Region, as well as a balanced
economic and social structure. The PSGC views the location of
major industrial , commercial , transportation, and residential
facilities as having a direct impact on the nature of neighbor-
hoods, the opportunities for work and lesiure, and accessibility.
The Conference also recognizes that the location, nature, and
extent of these facilities can affect the quality of air and
water resources, the stability of soils, the survival of plant
and animal life, and environmental quality in general .
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The PSGC believes increasing pressures on the land resource�,
for housing, industry, and commercial development, often result
in development occurring without regard to social , economic,
and, particularly, environmental considerations. In adopting
the Interim Regional Development Plan, the Conference agreed
that no major new commitment of existing open space and agri-
cultural lands sfiould be made for development until precise
land use suitability studies are completed. These studies,
which are a major work program of the Conference, should
provide a much better foundation for deciding which areas
within the Central Puget Sound Region are rrbst suitable for
development, and the degree of development desirable. These
studies will also delineate the lands which are least suitable
for development and therefore should be preserved on the basis
of natural hazards, ecological significance, and natural values
or amenities. �
An example of such a special study is the on-going PSGC - Wash-
ington State University study of maintenance of a regional
agriculture industry. This study will define a regional
agriculture industry, its benefits and costs to the region,
its requirements for viability, and the existing and potential
means of maintaining those requirements. The results of this
study, which should be completed by June, 1974, will be
especially important to the future of the Green River Valley
and similar valleys throughout the region. If a regional
agriculture industry is determined to be feasible, policies
encouraging the agricultural utilization of valley-bottom lands
may evolve. If the study reveals that the costs or problems
confronted in maintaining a viable agricultural industry in
the region are considerable, the trend toward the industrializa-
tion of valley-bottom land will be encouraged.
As noted previously, the Interim Regional Development Plan
, provides the focus for development and implementation of
regional policy by the Conference. The plan is the vehicle
for the Conference's primary policy implementation mechanism,
the Federal aid application review process, or the "A-95 Review",
as it is commonly termed, referring to the U.S. Office of Manage-
ment and Budget Circular A-95. This circular sets forth review
procedures and lists Federal aid programs requiring regional
review. Through its various policy advisory committees, the
PSGC serves as the designated regional clearinghouse within
the four county Central Puget Sound region. Over one hundred
categories of federal programs , including EPA's "Construction
Grants for Wastewater Treatment Works" program, require the
PSGC's review.
The purpose of this review is to advise Federal agencies
whether proposed programs and projects are consistent with
regionally adopted plans and policies. Conflicting and
duplicate projects are also minimized by the "A-95 Review"
process. Comments or recommendations made by or through
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the PSGC may include information concerning:
a. The extent to which the project is consistent with or
contributes to t�e fulfillment of comprehensive planning
for the State, region, metropolitan area, or locality.
b. The extent to which the project contributes to the
achievement of State, regional , metropolitan, and local
objectives as specified in section 401 (a) of the
Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, as follows:
(1 ) Appropriate land uses for housing, commercial ,
industrial , governmental , institutional , and other
purposes;
(2) Wise development and conservation of natural resources ,
including land, water, minerals , wildlife, and others ;
(3) Balanced transportation systems , including highway,
air, water, pedestrian, mass transit, and other
modes for the movement of people and goods ;
(4) Adequate outdoor recreation and open space;
� (5) Protection of areas of unique natural beauty historical
and scientific interest;
(6) Properly planned community facilities, including
utilities for the supply of power, water, and comnunica-
tions, for the safe disposal of wastes , and for other
purposes ; and
(7) Concern for high standards of design.
c. As provided under section 102 (2) (C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the extent to which the
project significantly affects the environment including
consideration of:
(1 ) The environmental impact of the proposed project;
(2) Any adverse environmental effects which cannot be
avoided should the proposed project be implemented;
(3) Alternatives to the proposed project;
(4) The relationship between local short- term uses of man 's I
envircnment and the maintenance and enhancement of
long- term productivity ; and �
(5) Any irreversible and irretrievable commitments of
resources which would be involved in the proposed
project or action, should it be implemented.
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When appticants submit their completed applications for federal
d al a enc the must include;
assistance to the appropriate fe er g y, y
{�) Any cor�nents and recommendations made by or through
clearinghouses, along with a statement that such camments
have been considered prior to submission of tF�e application;
or
(2) A statement that the procedures as outlined in Circular
A-95 have been follawed and that no corrgnents ar recommenda-
tions have been received.
Whiia not a "veto" pa�wer, the opportunity to review and make
specific cortxnents and recommendations regarding proposed prajects
and programs provided by the "A-95 Review" process can affact the
the praposed action's design or funding priarity. The Department
I ' of Ecotogy, far example, generally expects favorable comments from
the regional ctearinghause before approving funding for sewer
projects. Before granting funds or forwardin� the grant applicatian
to the EPA, the DOE would expect ta receive pasitive comments from
the PSGC (and, of course, the Office of Community peveiopment} , noting
that the Auburn Interceptor and West Valley Interceptor are consistent
, with a11 applicabie regianal plans. Because bath interceptars pass
thraugh areas designated as open space on the Interim Regianal
peveloprnent Plan, the PSGC staff are not likely to farward the
propased action' s "A-95 Review" to the Conference for approval without
recommending that restricfiions be placed on the use af thnse portions
of the interceptors in the open space areas. The PSGC staff will ,
�, no doubt, be particularly cancerned with the West Valley Interceptor,
and the modificatians of METRO's Camprehensive Plan, which are
required to implement either af these pipelines.
'� The sewerage element af the IRDP, which was adopted by the PSGG twa
� months after adoption of the lRQP, shows present and future (1990}
facilities and areas to be served in confarmance ta the policies,
goals, anr� abjectives of the overall Regional Devel.opment Plan. The
Auburn Interceptar is consistent with this sewerage plan, as are many
of the tributary interceptors and trunks prese»tiy propased to be
built after the Auburn Interceptor is constructed. The West Vatiey
lnterceptor, in particular, is not consistent with the Interim Regional
Sewerage Plan.
� !n the e�d, however, the PSGC is not likely to greatly influence the
� DOE and the EPA tan award funds far the
proposed act�on. Both the
I praposed action regardless of PSGC complaints. At the state level ,
water quality consideratians (not land use considerations) appear to
be the averriding factor, influencing the prioritization and awarding
of funds for sewer construction. EPA, which has the greatest amaunt
of "power" with regard to the propasad action, must only clearly
poi nt out why i t awarded funds for a project ��+at i s� i�tccxas#-stent wi th
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regianal policies, ptans, ar abjectives and 9oals.
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Within the Green River Sewerage Area, the tand use etement af the I
Enterim Regional Plan generally supparts the continuation af
existing land uses with the notable exceptic�n of the valley
bottom areas. In the Green River Valley, except for those areas
presently committed ta more intensive uses (those areas currently
provided with pubiic facilities encouraging urban growth and I
industrial-cammercial development) , the Interim Regional Develop-
ment Plan encourages agricultural and open space uses. 7his I
feature of the IRpP continues to canflict with portions of �
some local camprehensive plans. One major canflict area,
invaiving over 1 ,7�t� acres of tand west of Auburn's city
center, is proposed to be served by the West Uailey lnterceptar
artd some af the aCh,�r proposed i nterc��stors tri butary to the
Auburn interceptor.
The utilization of this conflict area tor industrial-commercial I
uses would be inconsistent with the Regional Land Use Plan. I
Proposed sewerage facilities serving the conflict area, includ- , �
ing the West Valiey Interceptor, are contrary to the Regional �
Sewerage Ptan. 'I
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e. River Basin Coordinating Cosnmittee (RlBCQ)
In 1969, state legislation was passed requiring the development
of water pollution control and abatement plans for river basin I
areas. Seeking to fulfill this requirement, the Water Pollution I
Contral Commission asked King County and the Municipality of I
Metropaiitan Seattle, together, to suggest ways of deveiaping I
such a pian far the Green and Cedar River Basins. _ Locat govern-
� ments and agencies in the Lake Washington-Cedar and Grean River
basins were invited tc� form a committee far coordinating the
planning effort far ME7R0. In 1971 , as the Federal government i
be an to em hasize similar basin planning pragrams, represent-
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� atives from nine cities and agencies together established the
River Basin Coardinating Cammittee. As the river basin program I
took shape under the direction of this committee, it became I
' apparent that funding and legislative responsibitities for
the pragram should be under fihe controi af elected represent- I
atives, At the request of the corr�nittee, the Metropolitan
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' Counci ] assumed lega] and financial responsibility far the
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The following agancies are members af the RIBCO Committee: ,
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Snohomish County �
City of Seattle ,
Green River B�sin cities
Lake Washington-Cedar ftiver Basin cities
Sewer districts
King County water districts
Puget Sound Gavernmentat Conference
Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Agency
Enviranmental Protection Agency (non-voting}
METRO
Army Corps of Engineers (r�an-vating}
Task Force for Citizen Participation
' Department of Ecology (non-voting)
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The River Basin Coordinating Committee is made up of represen-
tatives from the cities, utility districts and government
agencies handling water and waste management in the Cedar and
Green River Basins, which are the drainage basins encompassing
the metropolitan Seattle area. In addition, citizens have been
involved on a person-to-person basis in a community involvement
program. The Metropolitan Council , which has ultimate responsi-
bility for the program, wil � make the final recommendations, by
approving an integrated environmental management plan for the
two river basins. The basin plan is scheduled for completion
by July, 1974. The implementation of the plan will be the
responsibility of existing agencies or be accomplished through
intergovernmental agreements. Agencies not now in existence
may be required. The RIBCO Committee will "self-destruct" in
the near future as the planning phase is completed (July l , 1974) .
The river basin planning program has been an ambitious attempt
to bring concerned citizens together to work for solutions of
our environmental problems and plan strategies for the wise
use of our natural resources. The goals of the program remain:
l . To achieve a quality physical environment in the Lake
Washington-Cedar and Green River drainage basins.
2. To develop an awareness on the part of the people of
the interaction of public/private decisions on
environmental resources.
3. To provide the people and policy makers with information
necessary to make better decisions on the use and
allocation of our environmental resources.
The anticipated results of the program include:
t . An integrated environmental management plan for the
two river basins.
2. A coordinated process of accumulating, organizing and
interpreting information which will provide planning
tools for the decision-makers in the two river basins.
These planning tools will be able to be continuously
updated so that the impacts of various events and
decisions can be assessed and analyzed by our elected
officials.
3. Identification of institutional responsibilities for
the continued operation of the various water and
waste management functions in the two river
basins. ,
To achieve these goals, the River Basin Coordinating Committee
compiled a unique package of five environmental studies which
deal directly with all aspects of water and waste management
in the Cedar and Green River basins. Though the RIBCO study
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initially centered on water p�) lution control and
abatement, it soon became apparent that the total ,
environment had to be considered. Other components, including
water resources, urban drainage, air quality, land use, and
solid waste management, were consequently included in an
� integrated system during the RIBCO program.
In order to develop an integrated water and waste management
program, it became essential that land use activity be
analyzed. The Metropolitan Council decided to call upon
the regional land use planning program of the Puget Sound
Governmental Conference (PSGC) to produce the needed basic
land use plan. The PSGC land �se �llocation Study is developing
a mathematical modeling tool called the activity allocation
model , which will forecast the amount and location of population
and economic activity in the basin areas. These projections
will be based on the land use strategy of the Interim Regional
Development Plan. Projections also witl be made for two other
land use concepts. The first, a "continuation of past trends,"
assumes a laissez-faire policy in land use control , and
consequently, relatively unplanned growth. The second, the
"corridors" concept, calls for strict land use controls to '
produce a ri�id pattern of land developments along major F
tr�nsportation routes. The land use element of the basin
studies wi11 6e used to evaTuate the water and waste - �' i
facility alternatives to see �ow sensitive these plans are to •
different potential growth patterns in the region. The resulting �
information will be used to measure the desirability of tne plans. �
The Wa�er Quality Study is developing management plans
for achieving and maintaining high water quality in
the major bodies of water within the Green and Cedar
River basins. Data on water quality and existing and
patential sources of pollution has been collected. These
pollutants result from urban runoff and industrial wastes, as '
well as storm and sanitary sewer systems. This study utilizes '
water quality and quantity models which simulate stream and
river flows for flood and drought conditions. Thus, it relies
on the models developed in the Water Resources Management
, Study. The Water Pollution Control and Abatement Plan which
will result from this study will establish water pollution
control needs including plans for sewer trunk lines, pump
stations, interceptors, and industrial treatment plants.
This will include a capital improvement plan as well as a
non-facility implementation plan.
The goal of the Water Resources Management Study is the
development of a management plan for water supply for the river
basin areas which considers future sources of water and future
demands for water. This study focuses on the supply and
demand for water for municipal and industrial purposes in the
river b�sin ar�as while ma�ntaing�g adequate flows in the
�ivers and streams. Data has been collected concerning
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existing and potentiai sources of water. Tfie demand for water
h�s been determined by projecting future popuiation growth and
activity based an the three land use concapts af the �and Use
Allocation Study. The nature of the prablem af water resources
management for the regian will be determined by the reiation-
ship of the supply and the demand for water. Water quantity
and quality models have also been develaped to project stream
and river flow in flood and draught periods. Alternative plans
wiil be developed to satisfy future needs. The management plan
for water resources resuiting from this study wi11 contain
recommendations abaut new storage areas, new saurces of water,
', changes in the pricing of water, and new management arrangements
for existing water saurces.
The Urban Runoff and Basin Qrainage st�dy, directed by the Army
Carps of Engineers, is analyzing existing and pote�tial urban
drainage problems. A generalized plan for handling drainage in
the river bastn ar�rs wiil result from the study. Th1s study
canplements the Water Resources Management and Water Qvallty
studies, assuring that ali the water-related probiems are
included in the river hasin studies and giving it a campre- �
hensive environmentai planning approach. Five small draina�a areas
serve as demanstration areas in this study, assessing tlie
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relationships af runoff, pallution, and floading, Detailed
alternative solutions ta these prablems will ae tested
in the demanstration areas. Urban drainage models will also
be developed in order to predict urban runoff quantity and
water quality. 7he study will atso evaluate the efifects of
urban runoff and water quality and quantity based on the
three land use concepts contained in the land use study.
The fifth Rl8C0 Study is involved with salid waste management,
An Air Pollution Control and Abatement Study was alsa originally
caordinated with the river basin plar�n'sng process. Funding for
the air pollution studies was discontinued and is still lacking. Totat
funding for the five major RIBCO studies totals over $5,p�a,000.
The praposed action is not likely ta be affected by the RiBCO study
activities, though tha result of the Water Quality Study
may be a water qua] ity management plan which suggests other
facilities for the Green River Basin than thase shown on
METRO's existing Comprehensive Sewer Plan. Many af the
alternatives ta the proposed actian have been and will
conCinue ta be analyzed by the RiBCO study. New alternatives may be
identified as feasible and cast-effective actions. By the time the
RIBCO studies are completed, the contractual agreement obiigating
METRO to build the Auburn and West Va3iey lnterceptors is, however,
likely to be signed.
f. The City of Auburn
The City of Auburn was incarporated in 1891 , at which time a
sewerage agency was farmed. Though Auburn's first sewers were
constructed in i910, collecting only sanitary sewage, its first
majar sewer pianning and canstruction project occurred in tg28
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when a combined sewer system was installed in the downtown area,
together with a treatment plant cansisting of septi: tanks,
located in the vicinity af Henry Road. Combined sewers continued
to be used in newer sectians of the City, serving until 1950,
when they began ta be replaced by separate sanitary sewers. The
septic tanks functioned as the only means of sewage treatment
until 1954, at wt�ich time a primary sedimentation tank with a
design capacity of 1, 1 million galions per day (mgd) was
constructed. The septic tanks were converted ta sludge
digestion and sludge starage units. Chlorinated effluent was
discharged directly into the Green River.
in i9�1 an engineering report recommended that a new treatment
piant and outfall , tagether with the necessary trunk and
intercepting sewars be constructed. The recommended facilities,
which included the existing treatment facility, were constructecl,
and the use af the ariginal primary treatmenfi plant was dis-
, continued in 1q63. The ald 42" outfall was converted into a
storm sewer and the plant site has been developed into a City
Park.
During the rtxid-196o's rapid deveiopment began to occur in the
Auburn vicinity, requiring new sanitary sewer facilities. In
1965, for example, the Green River Community Callege site w�as
seiected on the undeveloped piateau area east af Auburn. The
Coliege coordinated its efforts with the City and constructed
the lea Hill Trunk Sewer. €n 1966, the City and the Baeing
Campany joint]y constructed tF�e West Interceptor ta serve
the newly treated Baeing Plant at Auburn. As such actions
continued, forcing the City to provide public facilities in
response to development , it became apparent that a laca]
comprehensive sewerage plan was required to coordinate the
urban development of 1:he Auburn area with the provisian
of sewerage faciiities.
The Comprehensive Sewerage Plan for the C'sty af Auburn was
compieted in November, 1�68. Several recommendations for the
enlargement and improvement of Auburn's sewerage system were
proposed, including the continued extension af sewer service
to areas beyond the city limits. Nearly the entire South-
western quadrant of the Green River Sewerage Area, including
Auburn, Algona, Pacific, and portions of Pierce and King
Counties, was prapased to be served by the Auburn system.
The plan also recommended that the ongaing city sewer separation
program be cantinued. Various other improvements and enlargements
to the sewer callection anc! treatment system were detailed.
The ptan determined that the existing Auburn Sewage Treatment
Plant, a two stage stabilization and oxidation pond, was loaded
to abaut ninety percent of its 196$ design capacity. Infar-
mation avaiiable at that time indicated that its capacity
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would be exceeded by 1970. The Comprehensive Plan recarxnended
that the existing lagoon system be improved by the construction
of four additional six acre aerated lagoon structures. This
system was determined to be capable of adequately treating
the projected 1980 BOD loadings of 11 ,200 lbs./day and
average flows of 5.3 mgd, plus industrial waste water flows
averaging 0.6 mgd. See Figure 35•
At the same time, the plan also recommended that the City of
Auburn begin preliminary planning and discussions that
would lead to Auburn's joining METRO for the treatment and
disposal of its sewage. After further study of alternatives
to joining METRO�. the City of Auburn began negotiations with
the MUnicipality. These negotiations have been continuing for
nearly five years. Though no agreement between Auburn and METRO
has been approved by the Metropolitan Council , an agreement 'is
expected to be ratified in the near future.
' The present Auburn sewer system serves over 4000 business and
residentiat connections, together with the Boeing Company and
the General Services Administration Depot. Service to Algona
and Pacific was provided two years ago, resulting in an
additional burden upon the Auburn Lagoon. The existing sewer
system still utilizes some of the old combined sewers in the
downtown portions of Auburn. Some roof and street drains
remain connected to the sanitary sewers. Consequently,
the inflow and infiltration of storm water into the Auburn
system remains a problem, affecting the quality of treatment
provided by the lagoon during the wet winter months.
Despite the provision of r��Qr sanitary sewer facilities in
, Auburn for nearly fifty years, over forty percent of Auburn's
, residents still utilize septic tank treatment and disposal
systems. The extension of sewer facilities to many of these
areas within Auburn which utilize sept.ic tanks is prohibited
by the existing ban on sewer extensions by the Department of
' Ecology. This ban will be lifted when the Auburn Lagoon is
retired and the Auburn system is connected to METRO. Additional
growth within the Auburn area will also be accommodated by the
proposed action.
The existing Auburn Sewage Treatment Plant is located south
, of 30th Street Northwest and east of the Burlington Northern
Railroad tracks. Composed of approximately 38 acres of tagoons
preceded by a lift station and a grit removal facility and
followed by chlorination facilities, its }agoons were qe.iginally
arranged in six compartments or cetls. The first three were
designed to operate as anaerobic units, while the secondary
phase of treatment was provided by three aerobic units.
Difficulties experienced with the removal and disposal of grit,
the large amounts of fat and greases contained in the Auburn
raw waste, and with odors emanatr�g from the anaerobic lagoon�
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forced many design and engineering changes to the original
treatment plant scheme. The disagreeable odors associated
with the anaerobic lagoons were particularly noxious. Although '
the lagoon remained an effective and economical means of treating
municipal wastewater, its inflexibility became a major drawback.
When the Auburn Lagoon was placed in operation in October 1963,
it was far from the densely populated areas of Auburn and
odors were of no consequence. Duri�ng the late sixties, however, as
urbanization encroached upon the lagoon, the odors became a
nuisance. To combat this problem,in 1969 the anaerobic cells
were converted to two aerobic cells utilizing floating aeration
devices. This action also improved the degree of treatment
provided by the lagoon and its capacity to treat wastes. The
treatment capacity of the lagoon is presently 8 mgd. The on-
going installation of two additional floating aerators in the
aerated lagoons is expected to increase this capacity to over
10 mgd. See Figure 34.
Generally speaking, raw waste presently enters the first two
aerated aerobic units where a detention time is maintained for
about five days; it then flows to the final aerobic cells where
the effluent is held for an additional twenty to twenty-five
days. The average daily flow of sanitary sewage entering the
Auburn Lagoon prPsently approaches 2.0 mgd. Peak wet weather
flows, however, sometimes surpass 10.0 mgd, upsetting the
quality of treatment provided by the facility. The occasional
overtoading of the Auburn Lagoon is the major problem associated
with its operation, though the typical problems related to the
maintenance of proper treatment conditions in lagoon treatment
facilities also occur.
Due to the occasional overloaded conditions, the normal depth
of wastewater within the lagoon is sometimes greater than its
optimal operating range and retention times are sometimes less
than those desired. Occasionally, effluent must be released
without receiving the desired level of treatment. The effluent
is not, however, a major potlution source under normal Green
River flow conditions. Typical BOD reduction rates have, for
the last three years, consistently ranged between the values
shown below:
Month BOD Reduction
January 92 - g5�
February 92 - 95�
March 85 - 90%
� April 90 - 95�
May 7� - 95�
June 85 - 90�
���Y $5 - 95%
August 70 - 85%
September 65 - 75�
October 50 - 65i
November 0 - °
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December 65 - 85�
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Data made available by METRO shows that the quality of the efflu-
ent presently produced 6Y the Auburn Lagoon is typically equal
in quality to that presently produced by the Renton Sewage
Treatment Plant, with the exception of slightly higher ammonia-
nitrogen concentrations i� the lagoon's effluent. A special
Green-Duwamish River Coliform Study, which was conducted '
from October 13 to November 30, 1972, identified sources
of coliform contamination and nutrient enrichment in the 'I
Green-Duwamish Rivers from below the Renton Sewage Treatment I
Plant to the Au6urn Packing Plant outfall at Big Soos Creek. I
This study found that Auburn Lagoon did not contribute greatly
to coliform counts and tF�at its nutrient concentrations were
quite similar to those of tF�e Renton Sewage Treatment Plant.
Figures 5, 6, and 7, detail the results of this study.
Department of Ecology efficiency checks conducted in August 1973 I�,
d A oon do s r a a rath r '
foun that the existing uburn Lag e c e te e
� acceptable effluent. The recently established EPA secondary
treatment standards for suspended solids and BOD were not met
however. EPA standards require treatment reductions of 85 per-
cent, weekly averages of 45 ppm, and monthly averages of 30 ppm
for these pollutants. The DOE data shows that treatment
' efficiencies for suspended sotids and BOD averaged 79 percent;
suspended solids were reduced from 271 ppm to 55 ppm; BOD was
reduced from 155 ppm to 32 ppm. Tests conducted by Auburn
showed treatment efficiencies of 83 percent for BOD reduction,
as the BOD was reduced from 175 ppm to 31 ppm. Almost all of
the suspended solids contained in the effluent was found to
consist of very fine green algae. Coliform bacteria reduction
rates exceeded 99 percent. This data can be considered typical .
A summary report for 1973, through August 15th, shows that the
average BOD reduction efficiency has equalled eighty percent.
The average BOD reduction rate in 1972 was 79 percent; in
1971 BOD was reduced by 84 percent. The ongoing addition of
two more mechanical aerators to the lagoon should increase
BOD reduction rates to levels acceptable as secondary treatment,
as well as increase the treatment capacity of the lagoon. The
City of Auburn has operated the Auburn Lagoon in a very efficient
manner. State and Federal agency officials have praised the
Lagoon's reliability record and the performance of the City's
staff, which operates and maintains the treatment plant.
When an agreement between Auburn and METRO is reached regarding
the interception of the Auburn system by METRO, the Auburn
Lagoon's operation will become METRO's responsibility. After
completing the Auburn Interceptor, the Lagoon may be retained
by METRO and utilized as a storage facility to reduce peak wet
weather loadings. METRO may also return the Lagoon to Auburn
to be utilized for storm water retention.
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WATER QUALITY fig. 5
Mt�NiTt'3RING STATIE31\IS
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B1ICTERIOLOGICAL SU."SA4ARY OF THE GREEN-DiJWAMISH RIV�R
October I3 - November, 1972
Station Total Colif/100 mis Fecal Colif/100 mis
Max. Min. Median P•Sax. Min. Median
3106 5900 25 1000 630 20 85
3107 2700 20 1500 lOCO 20 140
351 4200 70 1300 380 20 25
3108 25G0 20 1500 6?0 20 180
311 3100 45� 1100 170 20 58
312 � 300Q 260 1400 3Q� 20 GO
313 3100 20 920 160 20 62
3Z31 4800 20 960 40 20 2Q �
3132 2200 20 320 20 20 20
3Z5 3200 140 700 180 20 85
3151 94000 380 7200 540 51 240
3152 7700 200 1200 1500 120 370
3153 1000Q� 1200 38000 16000 70 760
315? � 2.8x106 26000
�w�� ;�!OCO 364nn er�nnn, 2C�QQ0 �$OC1 1_�Q00
3155 20000 1U400 15000 3300 340 1800
�156 9200 480 20 250
3?58 58 , 95 96 32 20 26
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31.6 ?30Q 30 620 1Q0 20 38
hr
�18 �vOG 30 324 100 20 40
3183 ?.20� 30 130 40 20 24
sj P i ''r 1.7�� �rL� �� 2� 7V ��
31 s� 4�G 55 260 GQ 20 5G
�20 �.GO{J 5� 400 7r3 ?_0 ?0
315� ? 800 100 490 i.�00 20 3�
31°3 1�.��:14G G 24000 2.Ox106 440G00 5C0� 44000
3a.9=� �00 68 120 55 20 ?.0
BACTERIOLOGICAL
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NUTRIENT SUMMARY, GREEN-DUWAMZSH RIVER
4ctober 13 - November, 1972
Station NH�N mgfl N43+Nt}�-N myfl PO�--P mg/3.
Ma;;. Min. Mean Aiax. P4a.n. Mean biax. Min. Mean
3106 1.00 .09 . 39 .79 .34 .4S .59 .22 .37
3107 2,20 .09 .55 .78 .34 .51 1.42 .12 .34
351 13 .00 2. 35 6 .'��. 5 .40 I.00 2 .�2 7 .8U 1..00 3.�b
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3I08 2 ,OG► .09 , 49 .98 .34 .55 .95 .12 ,40
311 .I4 .0? .11 .48 .34 .39 .47 .22 .20 �
312 .18 .02 .10 .38 .32 . 35 .�I7 .11 .20
31� .i6 .07 .11 .38 .2_6 .34 .50 .10 ,21
31.31 I8. 30 4.04 13.5{3 .32 .14 .18 9 .00 2 .1� 5.12 �
3332 . 3I, .04 .].4 .32 .06 .16 .62 .12 .27
3I.5 .14 .02 .08 .36 .12 .25 .94 .0? .33
31.a� . 37 .I2 .24 .�4 .30 ,3I .2� .2.�. .18
3152 9 .00 . 22 3. 82 .44 .Q4 .23 2 .4Q .1.5 1.22
:i153 ,37 ,.1.0 .�4 .64 .30 .43 .5i .17 .33
3157 ' .10 .20 4.{�t3
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315�1 3. 12 .39 �..7& .28 .26 ,2'7 .�7 .7t1 .?4
31�5 18.84 .16 9.48 .28 .24 .26 9 .�8 .26 37.2
3256 .49 .18 .34 .6$ .26 .�7 .�,� .39 .48
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Auhurn's Comprehensive Land Use Plan, which was adopted
February 17, 1969, suggests that a substantial amount of the
projected gro�rth of the Seattle Metropolitan area should be
absorbed by the Green River Valley. Auburn's central location,
and possession of major transportation systems and large quan-
tities of undeveloped land, were viewed as an advantage to the
Auburn area with respect to its ability to compete for indus-
trial and population growth. The saturation population estimates
for the Auburn Planning Area range between 98,000 and 121 ,000
people according to the Comprehensive Plan. Auburn's 1970
population was 21 ,817.
Though the plan notes that the climate, soils, and topography
of tF�e Green River llalley are ideal for dairying and truck
crops, it recommends the industrialization of all valley bottom
lands north, west, and south of the exist.ing city center. Over
3560 acres of tf�e Auburn Planning Area are allocated to industry
by this Comprefiensive Plan. All of the industrialty designated
land is found in the Green River Valley. Today, nearly sixty
percent of this land is devoted to agriculturat or open space
uses. Approximately two-thirds of the Auburn Planning Area,
which makes up most of the southwestern quadrant of the Green
River Sewerage Area, is vacent, forested, or utilized for
agriculture.
A primary reason for the absence of much of the intensive urban
development encouraged by Auburn's Plan is the present inade-
quate sewage treatment ptant. The Auburn Lagoon simply cannot
accommodate much additional growth in the Auburn area. The
lack of sanitary sewer facilities, which are required to facilitate
high density residential , commercial, and industrial development
in the Green River Valley, has also delayed the development of
much of the Auburn Planning area. The Auburn Interceptor will
eliminate both of these constraints on growth. The recently
expanded Renton Sewage Treatment Plant is capable of adequately
treating the largest projected Auburn area waste loads, and
the existing Department of Ecology ban on sewer extensions will
be ti�fted when the Auburn Interceptor is completed. This will
allow presently unsewered valley bottom areas to become sewered.
The construction of the Auburn Interceptor will , therefore,
allow Auburn's Comprehensive Plan to be fulfilled.
The Auburn Interceptor and its related METRO and non-METRO
components of the Green River Sewerage Area, including the
Dolloff Lake, Lake Geneva, East Green River Valley, and West
Valley interceptors, and the West Soos Trunk will directly
�� serve the proposed industrial areas within the Green River
� Valley, as well as downtown Auburn, and proposed residential
areas upon the Black Diamond Plateau. All of these proposed
facilities will serve areas and direct growth to areas which
Auburn has determined as desirable for development, with the
exception of the West Soos Trunk. Auburn proposes to preserve
the Soos Creek Vatley as an open space and rural area. The
West Soos Trunk, which is facilitated by the proposed action,
is proposed to be routed through this valley, and may stimulate
its development.
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The futfiliment of Auburn's Comprehensive Plan, which is a I'
likely result af the proposed actian, would nat be consistent
with the PSGC's Interim Regional Development Plan. The iRDP
I� encourages the utilization of a large portion of the Green River
� Valley for open space and agricultural purposes. 7he canflict
between the IRDP and Auburn's Comprehensive Plan has been a '
major cantroversy for over a year and remains unresolved. The
PSGC has, however, upheld the iRDP's open space/agriculture
designation af the major conflict area at its monthly meeting
in November 1972.
This contraversy highiights mast of the key land use and tand
develap�nt issuas currently confronting the Puget Saund region;
the preservation of open space and agriculture in the valleys
I versus the industrialization and development af valley botfiom-
� lands; the role o� regional planning and land use activities
� in influencing local land use contral decisions; and the
� effect of the provisian of public facilities, including sanitary
� sewers, upan urban develapment. Portions af both t�e proposed
� Lake Geneva and West Valley Interceptors would serve the 1740
acres within the conflict area (See Figure $) . METRQ's com-
� prehensive Sewerage Plan, the Auburn Comprehensive Sewerage
' Ptan, and the Puget Sound Governmental Conference's Interim
Regional Development Plan all suggest that the construction of
the Lake Geneva lnterceptor should begin saon after the com-
pletian of the Auburn Interceptar. Oniy the Auburn Camprehen-
sive Plan present]y proposes to construct the West Valley Inter-
ceptor. METR4 will , however, probably have to construct this
� facility as part of any agreement with Auburn that provides for the
regionalizatian of the existing Auburn sewerage system by METRO,
requiring an amendment to the METRO Comprehensive Plan. This sewer
wauld also serve Algona, Pacific, and the Lake Tapps area in the
future. The Puget Sound Gavernmental f�nference staff daes not favor
the canstruction af the West Valiey interce�tor. '
To report the total scope af the Auburn-PSGC controversy would I
require a large chapter of this assessment. The fotlowing
informatian provides the basic facts and the chronoiogy of
events regarding the Auburn Conflict.
1 , March 1972 - The PSGC requested its staff to review the
Interim Re ional Development P1an (IRDP) and local plans �
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2. July 1972 - The PSGC adopted a report stating the difference ' I
ocal lans and the iRDP. Process for resoTving �
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differences was aiso adopted. (50 conflicts were originaliy
identified; over 35 have been resolved to date, including
� two invalving Auburn).
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3. July/August - PSGC staff ineetings were held with the City
of Auburn to develop facts for presentations to both the Auburn
City Council and the PSGC.
4. The Auburn Conflict was first considered by the Environ-
mental Policy Advisory Committee of the PSGC at its
regular meeting on September 22, 1972. At that time the
decision of the Committee was that a visit to the site
was necessary in order to familiarize all members of the
committee with the conflict area.
5. A special meeting of the Environmental Policy Advisory
Cort�nittee �EPAC) was held on Friday October 6, at the Auburn
City Hall . The meeting was precede� by a bus trip
which toured the Auburn conflict area and the designated
industrial areas of the City of Kent. After hearing
presentations by staff and the City of Auburn, the
Committee voted to postpone a decision until the next
regular meeting of the Committee.
6. At the regular meeting of the Committee on October 27, the
group again heard presentations from the PSGC staff and
the City of Auburn. A motion was made to amend the Interim
Regional Development Plan to reflect the industrial desig-
nation of the Auburn Comprehensive Plan. That motion was
defeated by a 4 to 2 vote. The recommendation of the
Environmental Policy Advisory Committee to the full Con-
ference was then formulated: That the Conference uphold
the Urban Open Space/Agriculture designation in the Auburn
conflict area.
7. The PSGC at its regular monthly meeting of November 9, 1972,
after considerable floor debate and additional testimony
by the City of Auburn, land develo ers and ro ert owners
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voted to uphold the IRDP designation of the Auburn conflict area.
8. At its meeting of December 14, 1972, the PSGC voted not to
reconsider its November 1972 action on the matter until
such time as new information was forthcoming from either the
City of Auburn or the PSGC on the subject. The EPAC was
requested to continue its review of the matter and has
continued to date.
The following facts summarize the basic issues relating to the
' Conflict Area. '
1 . The soil types in the valley adjacent to Auburn are classified �,
by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as Class II and Class _ ',
III , or prime, agricultural soils. These soils are a scarce �I
natural resource comprising less than six percent of the
soils found in the entire Puget Sound region. Less than ,
three percent of the soils of King County are classified as �
rime a ricuitural soils consis i f
P g , t ng o Class I , II , or III
soil types.
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' 2. The Interim Regional Development Plan Policy No. 62 states:
"Not all farm land recently used for farming should be kept
for that purpose. But where soil quality is high and where
conditions are better suited for agriculture than for urban
uses, measures should be adopted to preserve such sites in
agricultural use."
3. The area alrPady has a ponding problem; any increase in
the amount of impervious cover may aggravate this condition.
4. The Conference's adopted policy is to encourage future
regional development �vithin existing and committed regional
centers, located near regional transportation routes and
where utilities and public improvements aiready exist.
Regional benefits of this policy include preserving
regional open-space resources, eliminating unnecessary
expenditures for public facilities and improvements, and
reducing the amount of time spent in home to work commuting
trips.
5. Trans ortation and utilit ri ht-of-w
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exist in the conflict area.
6. The PSGC encourages identifiable, self-sufficient communities.
7. The total land allocated for industrial use within the
Auburn area equals 3,563 acres, of which 1 ,179 are presently
developed.
8. The Interim Regional Development Plan of August 1971 , desig-
nates a 1 ,740 acre area as Urban Open Space/Agriculture,
whereas the Auburn Comprehensive Plan of 1968 designates
the area for industry.
9. Auburn is a signator of the 1965 Open Space Plan which
was incorporated as an element of the Interim Regional
Development Plan and predates the 1968 Auburn Comprehensive
Plan designating the area for industrial use. Section 1 of
the 1965 Agreement reads: "It is the intention of the
parties to this agreement to cooperate with each other in
the joint exercise of responsibility for the acquisition
and preservation of permanent regional open space land
in the Central Puget Sound Region and in the development
of such plans, policies and procedures as will best promote
that objective."
10. Auburn received a letter from the Governmental Conference on
January 10, 1969, stating that "The objectives, goals and
policies, as put forth in the Auburn Comprehensive Plan
appear to mesh well with those of the PSGC.. .The recreation
and open space policies and plans coordinate closely with
the goals of the PSGC."
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6oth the Au6urn Comprehensive Plan and the PSGC's IRDP are
approved and certified by the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development, further complicating the matter.
PSGC and other governmental officials recommend the utilization
of controls on the use of sewer facilities where they pass
through conflict areas, such as the West Auburn area mentioned
above, or areas which are composed of prime agricultural soils
(Class I , Class II , and Class III soils) or simitar scarce
resources. The open character of some existing valley bottom
lands in the Puget Sound region, for example, could perhaps
be retained through controls on use of sewers or other utilities.
Such measures have been adopted by the Metropolitan Council and
successfully used in King County. Lbca1 land use planning decisions
and policies, however, contribute to the success of these measures.
, Without the cooperation of the local agencies with existing land
use planning powers, these regulatory measures are ineffectual .
An example of such a measure, a resolution adopted by METRO
regarding an interceptor in open space areas of the Sammamish
River Valley, follows:
"The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle will not permit a
connection on the Sammamish Valley (nterceptor between the
North Redmond City Limits and the Woodinville-Duvall Road
which is not approved by the governmental agency with lawful
authority to zone the area served by such a connection."
Many governmental officials do not wish to see such use II
controls imposed upon any sewer facility. Others view such
� regulatory measures as totally useless, for the local agencies
can still approve of connections to the interceptor sewers,
and open space areas could be developed. Within the West Auburn j
conflict area, it is quite unlikely that any use-control regulations
would be implemented, for, though METRO could adopt a resolution
similar to the above example, it would probably have little or
no effect. Auburn is not amenable to such measures, and would
likely approve connections to the West Valley, Auburn, or other
proposed interceptors in regionally-designated open space areas.
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g. Relationship with Other Local Comprehensive Land Use Plans
and Sewer Systems
Land use studies and plans are the basis of the planning process
of establishing guidelines for the orderly development of an
area. Their use serves as a guide for locating parks, schools,
roads and highways, and in the determination of utility require-
ments. Land use plans are also a functional device directing
the establishment of zones for various units of residential ,
comnercial , industrial, and agricultural land uses of an area.
Land use plans also form an essential part of population pro-
jections, for future growth is typically allocated according to
proposed land uses.
Only the local governmental bodies within the State of Washington
have actually been given the power to control and direct the use
of the land within their jurisdictions, utilizing such measures as
zoning actions. Many governmental bodies which lack legal
enforcement powers nonetheless create plans which act as guides
for development and growth. Because local comprehensive plans
are adopted and approved by elected representatives, the land
uses proposed by the Green River Sewerage Area local comprehensive
plans supposedly represent the desires of the study area residents.
The comprehensive land use plans are the only existing identifi-
able growth and development policy statements regarding land
use'within the sewerage area which can be implemented and
d his time. 2
enforce at t See Fi ure 5.
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In the near future, however, the implementation of some form
of State and/or National land use planning appears likely.
The Federal government's concern with local land use planning
activities has been apparent for a number of years though
Congress has only recently seriously considered National land
use legislation. Typical of the recent statements issued by
Congress regarding land use is the following declaration issued
in June, 1973�
"The Congress hereby finds that there is a national interest
in a more efficient system of land use planning and decision-
making and that the rapid and continued growth of the Nation's
population, expanding urban development, proliferating transporta-
tion systems, large-scale industrial and economic growth, conflicts
in patterns of land use, fragmentation of governmental entities
exercising land use planning powers, and the increased size, scale,
and impact of private actions have created a situation in which
land use management decisions of wide public concern often are
being made on the basis of expediency, tradition, short-term
economic considerations, and other factors which too frequently
are unrelated or contradictory to sound environmental , economic,
and social land use considerations. . . .The Congress (also)
finds that intelligent land use planning and management can
and should be a singularly important process for preserving
and enhancing the environment, encouraging beneficial economic
development, and maintaining conditions capable of improving
the quality of life."
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I Most Federal land use plann�ng proposals presently under con- ,
sideration encourage the tate governments to assume the position
af leadership in developing plans and implementing land use
management powers aver matters of regional , tate, and national I
concern. t�Iashin tan State in antici ation of Federal action,
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has already created a State Land Pianning Commissian, which
II has drafted a State Land Use Pianning Act presently undergoing �,
I review by State, regianai , and Iacai governmental agencies.
!t is possible that this Act, with minor modifications, may be
passed by the egislature c4uring the caming year. if this were
to accur, it is possible that many af the present land use
planning activities throughaut the State, including those affect-
I ing the Green River Sewerage Area, would be modified, At this
time, however, the effect of State planning upon lacal land use
I� ptanning remains speculative.
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1} King County �
� ln accardance with a directive of the Board of Gaunty
� Corrumtssioners, dated May t , C96( , the King Gaunty Departmertt
� of Planning and Planning Commissic�n prepared the "Comprehensive �
j Plan for King County". The Comprehensive Plan was submitted !
to the Board of County Commissioners an June 23, 1964,
and approved and adapted by the Board on Octaber (3, 19b4.
�The ptan defines the goals and pravides the generat guidance
far the continuing development af King County.
� Some industrialization af the Kent and Auburn areas is
� proposed by the King County Plan, however, open space areas
j are specified as being valuabte to preserve within the
Green River Valley. The plan is not specific in regard to
the actual amount of apen space desired, except that it
does clearty express the concept of the preservation of open
space west of the Green River. An open space buffer, separating
Kent and Auburn is alsa specified. The fulfilir�nt of the ,
King County Plan has, however, been made ineffectual by the '
planning palicies and annexations of Kent and Auburn; today,
virtualty no county jurisdiction remains within the valley
bottom. In fact, only in a small area between Kent and Auburn, I
through which the Auburn Interceptor is proposed to be routed,
does King County retain controt af the land. If the praposed
praject is completad, tt may be difficult to maintain the desired ,
Auburn-Kent buffer proposad by the King County Plan, due ta
deyelopmental pressu�-es. A resolution by METR4, regulating the
use of sewer facilities in this area rnay have some effect, however.
King County has cooperated with such �resolutions, restricting:
access to sewerage facilities, such as the Sammamish Valley
resolution nnted previously. Development of the Sammamish Vatley
has been restricted to uses consistent with the local plans
affecting the area (the King Caunty Plan) . King County
planners and t�ff icials have noted, hc�wever, that a METRO
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resolution for the Green River Valley would only affect
a very small portion of t�e flood plain. The implementation
of such measures �ould also require an agreement between
K,ent and Au6urn to restrict access to t�e buffer area and
to prevent its annexation by eit�er city.
Upon the upland areas the King County Plan is a "saturation"
plan, showing residential development occurring over virtu-
ally all of the Black Diamond and Des Moines Plateaus. No
particular development restraints occur, given the provision
of sewerage and water supply systems. King County, at this
time, has no policy of directing or confining growth to
certain more suitable areas. Residential development upon
the plateaus is suggested to be largely moderate-to-low
density in nature, averaging less than eight housing units
per acre. A small area in the Soos Creek vicinity, known
as the Covington site, is represented as being suitable
for industrial development. The development of this site
would likely occur only if efforts to preserve the remainder
of the prime agricultural Green River Valley lands in the
Kent-Auburn area are successful . King County planners
believe that restricting or precluding further industrializa-
tion of the Green River Valley would direct attention to the
Covington site, accelerating the already rapid residential
' development of the Black Diamond Plateau. '
The King County Plan does give consideration to the value '
of green-belt, agricultural , or open and recreational areas
by designating portions of the Upper Green River Valley
and Enumclaw P,lateau as agricultural reserves or very low
density (less than two dwelling units per acre) residential
areas. Though extreme developmental pressures occur, King
County favors a policy of retaining the agricultural
functions and open space areas of these unincorporated
portions of the county for as long as possible, rather than
allowing widely scattered subdivisions to develop between
Auburn and Enumclaw.
2) Pierce County
The Pierce County Comprehensive Land Use Plan, approved on
March 6, 1962, and adopted and certified on April 2, 1962,
affects approximately seven square miles in the extreme
southern portion of the Green River Sewerage Area. This
entire area, north and east of Lake Tapps and south of
the White River, is designated as rural residential . This
classification identifies areas �vhich lie outside of the
path of irnmediate urb�n expansion and beyond the areas of
su6urban residential development provided with adequate
public services. Rural residential uses are recommended
to occur ari tfiin tE►e P ierce County port ion of the studY
area in order to avoid tC�e premature and uneconomic exten-
sion of public facilities and services. The reservation
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of potential residential land in sufficiently large parcels
�, ta permit proper subdivision at a future date is also a
beneficiat feature of this proposed iand use. Pierce County
has aiso recognized that the provision of areas where rural
living can be enjoyed with a m'rnimum of use restrictions
within reasanable commuting distanca of majar emplayment
centers camplements snare urban and suburban residential
areas, This entire area presently utilizes septic tank
waste water treat,nent and disposal systems.
I 3) Kent
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Incarporated in i$90, the City af K�nt is the second oldest
city in the Seattle metropoiitan area. Sewer canstruction
began in 1909, and by 1955 Kent had approximately 10 miles
of 6 to 24 inch sewers, one pumping statian, and a sewage
treatment plant with a design capacity of l .7 mgd, 7reatment
consisted af primary sedimentation and effluent chlorination.
During the canning season, a trickling filter was used to
accammodate and treat the extra loading created by Kent area
canneries. Effluent, containing the filter humus during
the canning season, was discharged directly inta the Green
River.
On July 1 , 1e67, Kent agreed to became part of METRO.
� Encouraged to join by the Washington State Water Pollution
Contral Commission, Kent was then utilizing two local treat-
ment plants, a 56-acre lagaon, constructed in 1964 as an
interim treatment warks with a iisted design iife of ten
years, and the sma} 1 inefficient Kent Sewage Treatment
Ptant. When Kent jained METRO an January 1 , 1968, METRO
assumed tha operation af bath facilities.
METRO d'ssmantled, maved, and rebuilt the Lagoon facility,
activating it in 1969, after an interceptor was completed,
linking the Kent area with the Kent Lagoon. METRO con-
tinued ta aperate the Kent Lagoan as a temporary treatment
facility until August, 1�73, at which time atl sewage flow
from the Kent area was diverted via the Kent Cross Va11ey
Intercep�or to METRO's Rentan Sawage Treatment Plant. The
recent expansion of this plant enables this additional
greater sewage flaw to be treated. The old Kent Se�age
Treatment Plant was decommissioned in late summer of 1969.
The Kent Lagoon will be maintained by METRO on a stand-by
basis. In the event of a prolonged rainy period, when the
sewage ftow from Kent to the Renton plan can increase from
the normal ) .5 mgd ta as much as 9 mgd, the lagoon may
be put to use as a temporary storage facility. When the
City of Kent completes its pragram of separating starm and
sanitary sewers, METRO will return the lagoon to the City.
At that time, only sanitary sewage will be treated at the
Renton plant and all storm water runoff from Kent will be
diverted by Kent through a storm water system to the Green
River.
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Kent's revised Comprehensive Plan, adopted October 18, 1971
designates lnost of the valley flat-land north of the core
area of Kent and lying between the Green River and the Valley
Freeway as industrial . The land sout� of the core area,
between the West and East Valley Highways is also proposed
to be developed for industrial purposes. P�oposed commercial
districts are situated in t�e central business district, at
t�e intersections of major highways and in areas where local
neig�borhood shopping districts are determined to be needed
or already exist. Agricultural uses are proposed in two areas
presently south of Kent's corporate city limits in King
County. The plan notes that many factors, most of w�ich are
beyond the control of local government, may require a change
in this land's use to something other than agriculture, and
therefore, the designation as agriculture may be regarded as
a desirable but transitional use. The flat valley ground
west of the Green River and north of the Kent-Des Moines
Highway is proposed generally as Residence-Agriculture.
Residential areas are situated primarily on the plateau
areas east and west of the Green River Valley and in existing
residential areas on the valley floor. The Kent planning
area population projection for 1988 anticipates 145,000
residents. In 1970 Kent contained 16,275 residents.
According to the City of Kent's t973 land use inventory,
sixty-seven percent of the 16.5 square miles in Kent is
vacant. The developed portion of the city has 1700 acres
used for residential purposes, 1000 acres used for industr-
ial purposes, 170 acres used for commerce, and 150 acres
utilized for agriculture. For comparative purposes,
Kent's 1967 land use inventory found 642 acres of residential
land, 720 acres devoted to industry, 174 acres used for
commercial purposes, and 1071 acres of agricultural land.
The current zoning designates 3400 acres for residential
use, including 724 acres zoned for residential-agricultural
purposes; 5�35 acres zoned for industrial uses; and 1000
acres zoned for commercial uses. About 1800 acres of the
industrially zoned land is designated manufacturing-agri-
culture, allowing either use.
' The PSGC has determined that the industrial space require-
ments for King County will be approximately 6500 acres in
the year 2000. Since approximately 3200 acres were estimated
to be in industrial use in 1g70 this indicates that only an
additional 3300 will be needed by the year 2000. Because
of the technique used in generating the King County employ-
ment forecasts and because the land per employee ratios
are calcutated at the aggregated level of total manufactur-
ing, which is by no means a homogenous category, this forecast
of industrial space requirements for King County must be
considered a gross approximation. The PSGC has therefore
calculated a range of industrial space requirements under
the assumption that the true requirements will be within
15q of those forecasted. The range indicates that between
2,340 acres and 4,300 additional acres will be required
for manufacturing and wholesaling uses by the year 2000.
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Kent, therefore, has enough already cort�nitted industrially-
zoned land, served by METRO'S sewer system and an adequate
city water system, to provide for all of the projected
industrial development likely to occur by 2000 within
King County. Industrial development of the Kent vicinity
would also be consistent with all applicable regional plans.
Despite the fact that almost all of the Green River Valley
north of Kent is comprised of prime agricultural soils,
the Puget Sound Governmental Conference approved the Kent
Comprehensive Plan. The Puget Sound Governmental Conference's
policy of focusing development in existing utility and
service areas seems to have bsen more important than the
poticies which recommend the retention of naturally suit-
able open space and the conservation of criticat natural
processes and resources. The policy of encouraging self-
sufficient identifiable, communities and reducing the need
for long-distance commuting also seems to support the
Conference's industrial designation of the valley bottom
north of Kent. When the City of Kent Planning Commission
attempted to revert some of the industrial areas on their
comprehensive plan to agricultural designations, the large
property owners (80� non-residents) of these areas pre-
vented such action. The designation of these committed
lands as industrial areas presently insures their ultimate
� industrial development.
Throughout most of its route, the Auburn Interceptor passes
through the City of Kent within areas designated as industry
or industrial park on Kent's Comprehensive Plan. Only at
the Green River crossing does the Interceptor pass through
another land use area. Kent suggests that the Green River's
� shoreline be preserved as an open space area. The proposed
action must, therefore, be considered consistent with the -
local land use plan. Kent officials do fear that t�e Auburn
Interceptor will focus additional developmental pressure on
areas to the south of Kent in King County, which are less
expensive and taxed at lower rates. The development of
the area between Kent and Auburn is very likely to leave
parcels of undeveloped land, particularly in areas already
designated and zoned for manufacturing uses, bypassed.
Governmental officials and planners for Kent, Auburn,
King County, the PSGC, and the Qepartr�nt of Ecolo�y
have acknowledged that the Auburn Interceptor is likely
to influence land use in this manner. Over 4000 acres
of the Green River Valley north of the Auburn Lagoon and
south of the Green River is presently unsewered. The
Auburn Interceptor will pass through the heart of this
area.
4) Algona
The Atgona Comprehensive Plan, submitted to the Algona
citizens on April 6, 1970, and adopted by Algona on
March 16, 1972, supports the industrialization of the
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eastern third of the city. Residential land uses and a
small area devoted to commercial development occupy the
remainder of the city. The lack of adequate sewage treat-
ment facilities a61e to accor�nodate growth presently pre-
vents the fulfiliment of the Algona Comprehensive Plan.
Of the 770 acres of land in the City of Algona, almost
sixty percent remains devoted to some form of productive
agricultural use or is classified as nonproductive and
vacant land. Much of the Algona Comprehensive Plan con-
flicts wit� the Puget Sound Governmental Conference's
Interim Regional Land Use Plan, which suggests that the
combination of existing agricultural production and open
space uses is optimal .
Algona is presently served by the Auburn Treatment Plant.
Under a joint agreement with METRO, a new sewer system
begun in mid-1970 was just completed. About sixty percent
of Algona is served by this system. Algona is not likely
to be affected by the proposed action even though the
West Valley Interceptor, which is associated with the
Auburn Interceptor project, would pass through portions
of Algona which are presently unsewered and undeveloped,
perhaps encouraging their urbanization. Algona officials
note that the areas presently unserved are not yet populated
enough to justify sewer facilities. As development occurs
in the remaining agricultural or vacant areas, sewers
would be constructed as required by the City of Algona
regardless of the proposed action and its associated sewers.
5) Pacific
The proposed Comprehensive Plan for Pacific, completed in
November 1969, stresses the desired residential character
of the town. Low density residential areas are proposed
to occur on the Des Moines Plateau, above tfie future
extension of the Valley Freeway, and separated from it by an
existing forested open space buffer zone along the
valley wall . Medium density and multi�family housing
will comprise the valley bottom portion of Pacific,
according to the unadopted plan. Industrial develop-
ment is iimited to t�e area adjacent to the future
freeway route and that portion of Pacific between the
Wf�ite River and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul , and
Pacific Railroad main line. The streamway and shores
of t�e White River are designated as proposed parks.
Pacific's wastes are treated by the existing Auburn Lagoon,
and approximately ninety percent of the town is served
by a reasonably adequate sewer system. Only the
southwestern portion of Pacific and a small develop-
ment along the Valley Highway are unsewered. The
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Au6urn Interceptor should not significantly affect
Pacific. The town of Pacifie presently believes
Auburn's Treatment facility is adequate and that they
are experiencing no major growth problems requiring a
higher degree or expanded form of treatment.
6) Black Diamond
The Comprehensive Plan for Black Diamond, adopted in
May 1968, anticipates moderate growth and development
of the town, yet ignores the serious water quality
problems which have plagued the Black Diamond area ,
for years. Fire protection, water supply, educational ,
storm drainage, park and recreation, parking, tele-
phone, electrical , and library facilities and services
are considered while sanitary sewers are not. Black I
Diamond officials do acknowledge that anticipated
growth, fulfilling this identifiable policy statement,
will further degrade water quality without the con-
struction of adequate wastewater collection and treat- �'
ment facilities. Therefore, sewers are now a top
priority need in this community. The lack of an ��
adequate sewer system is hampering growth. Black
Diamond presently has three unrelated small community
systems , one serving 7 houses, another 9, and the
. largest serving twenty-two homes. A) l provide no
treatment of the wastewater. The proposed action will
make it possible for METRO to construct the West Soos
Trunk sewer and additional facilities upon the Black
Diamond Plateau. These facilities wilt eventually
relieve the town of Black Diamond's present water I
quality problem, as well as the existing problems
in the Lake Sawyer and Llpper Soos Creek areas.
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h. Relationship �ith Flood Control Projects and Plans
flood control for the Green Riyer Ya11eY is �eing accoloplis�ed
bY t�e Ho�ard A. Hanson Dam 4vftich serves to conzrol destructive
floods originating in the �igfier �mountains. T�e U.S.D.A. ,
Soil Conservation Service, Green River Watersfied Project, a
camprehensive drainage plan, has 6een approved and will provide
a system of drainage cfiannels whic�, when supplemented by local
feeder canals and land treatment measures, will afford 100-year
protection against lowland flooding. The pumping systems to be
incorporated into the S.C.S. Project will ultimately disc�arge
the increasing quantities of storm water into tfie Green River.
These waters pond in the Green River Valley each winter, unable
to flow into the river because of the levees and unable to seep
into the round because of the saturated soil conditions. It
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is quite possible that the levee capacities of the Green River
may ultimately be exceeded during extreme conditions. The U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers is currently investigating alternative
plans for increasing the heights of these levees where they are
deficient. The possibility of reducing flows as controlled by
Howard Hanson Dam and increasing the channet capacity of the
Green River from Auburn to the Duwamish turning basin to
accomodate increased flows resulting from the SCS project has
� also been investigated. The integration of such flood control
measures with enhanced opportunities for recreation was also
investigated. Further action awaits a King County investigation
of the potential influence of flood control implementation upon
land use patterns in the valley. The tops of manholes along
the Auburn Interceptor will be set approximately one foot
higher than ground level when traversing low lying areas in
recognition of the present ponding problems.
i . Other Projects, Plans, Policies, and Regulations
Many of the previously discussed agencies are responsible for some
additional aspect of the Auburn Interceptor's construction
corridor or construction process, Included among these agencies
are METRO, the Cities of Kent and Auburn, King County, and the
State Department of Ecology. In addition, the State Departments
of Natural Resources, Fisheries , and Game, the State Highway
Department, the Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Agency, and
the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul , and Pacific Railroad, have
� some particular concerns regarding the corridor or construction
process. The approvals, review procedures, and permits required
from these agencies are described in detail in Section I C 4.
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$. Financing and Cost of the Propased Action
The general terms of the proposed aqreement between METRO
and the City of Auburn, esfiablishing the canditions under
which METRO will extend its sewage dispasal system to Auburn,
specify the construction of the proposed action (the Auburn
interceptor} , a short south section of the West tlaltey Interceptor,
and the addition of severai otF�er sewer iines to METRO's
Comprehensive Plan. 1'his proposed agreement must be ratified by
the Metropolitan Cauncil and the cities of Auburn, Algona, and
Pacific.
The mast costly element involved in the proposed actian, the
Auburn Interceptor, wilt cast an estimated $$,400,000, State
and federal aid will pay for ninety percent af the cost of this
faciiity.
The south seetian of the West Valley Interceptar is estimated to
cost an additional $840,Q00 to $I ,$OO,QOQ. METRO may have to pay
for the entire cost of this facility, due to the PSGC's objectians
to its construction. Though the PSGC may disapprbve construction
of the proposed portian of the West Valley Interceptor, the PSGC
cannot prevent its construction. The "A-95 Review Pracess", nated
in the previaus sectian, could, hawever, block federal financiat
support of the section of the West Valiey tnterceptor proposed to
be con�tructed. The estimated maximum share of the tatal cost af
the Auburn and West Vailey Interceptors that may be borne by METRQ
will be $2,604,000. If federal aid is available, it would reduce
METRO's cost far the West Valley Interceptor ta only $8Q,000 to
$18q,000. METRO may, therefare, have ta spend only $q20,000 ta
construct the twa proposed interceptor facilities. Regardless
of the amount of federal aid available, revenue from customers in
the Auburn area wili more than pay METRO's share pf the construction
casts.
Other canditions af the proposed agreement would require METR4
to pay Auburn $713,7l3 for sections of the Auburn sewerage system
to be acquired by METRO and for the interim use of the Auburn
Sewage Treatment Plant.
Because the present Aurburn sewerage system serves the cities af
Algona and Pacific, the proposed agreement is extended to inctude
these cities. METRO would pay Algona $239,��� ��r its facilities,
and Pacific would receive $5�►9�Q, if the proposed agreement is
ratified by the requirec! parties.
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B. Purpose
The purpose of the proposed action is to terminate the operation of the
existing Auburn Sewage Treatment Plant, thereby eliminating an existing
and potential source of pollutants of the Lower Green River and providing
the Auburn area with an adequate sewage treatment system capable of
accommodating additional growth. The effluent from the existing Auburn
Lagoon is suspected of creating conditions in the Green River which
do not meet existing water quality standards. The proposed action is,
however, primarily a response to policy decisions made by Federal ,
State, regional , and local agencies during the past decade, regarding
the cost-effectiveness of wastewater treatment strageties which antic-
ipate water quality problems, rather than response to actual existing
water quality problems.
1 . Policy Considerations
METRO's Comprehensive Sewerage Plan for water pollution control
and abatement in the Cedar and Green River Basins, adopted by
METRO in 195$ and by the Puget Sound Governmental Conference
in 1971 as a portion of the Interim Regional Development Plan,
outlines a regional sewage collection, treatment and disposal
system. METRO has determined that this system is the most
cost-effective means for meeting water quality goals and maxi-
mizing' human and environmental beneifts within its service area.
The Auburn Interceptor and its associated proposed METRO facilities,
including the Dolloff Lake, Lake Geneva, and Eest Green River
Valley Interceptors, and the West Soos Trunk, are viewed as
necessary extensions of this planned system. These facilities,
as well as the West Valley Interceptor, proposed by Auburn,
will link the Green River Sewerage Area with the regional
sewerage facilities that have already been developed in conform-
ance with the Comprehensive Plan. The Auburn Interceptor, a short
sout�ern sect'on o� the '..'est '�.'alley Interceptor, and additional
METRO facilities, proposed to serve the Lake �apps and Soos Creek
areas, to be added to METRO's Comprehensive Plan, constitute the
proposed action.
The existing Comprehensive Sewerage Plan (Figure 4) indicates that
two parallel interceptors are planned through Kent; one would
extend the South Interceptor through the central valley to Auburn
and the other would be a future line to serve the East Hill and
Soos Creek areas. Preliminary engineering studies for the
Auburn Interceptor have determined that a larger single line
through Kent would be a more effective alternative from the
standpoint of reducing overall construction costs and eliminating
disruption ta the Kent urban core during construction processes.
The construction of only one line also reduces the primary environ-
mental impacts associated with the construction process.
Consequently, the purpose of the proposed project can be described
as an expansion of METRO's regional collection, treatment and
disposal system to Auburn in accordance with METRO' s Comprehensive
Plan and all applicable State and Federal policies, regulations,
and plans. The METRO Comprehensive Plan must be slightly modified
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ta allow the construction of a single large interceptor line in place
of the t�vo paralle) lines indicated an the existing pian. Regard-
less of existing water quality standards and canditions, the proposed
action is necessary in order to meet existing water quality manage-
ment requirements. Because Federai , State and Metropolitan area
plans, policies, and regulations suppart regionalization, oniy a
facility such as the Auburn interceptor is likely to be approved,
funded, or constructed.
The cantinued aperatian of ti�e Auburn �agaan daes nat conform ta
ME7R0's existing Comprehensive Sewerage Plan, t#�e Puget Saund
Governmental Conference's tnterim Regianal Development Plan, and
the Washington 5tate Department of Ecology's tmplementatian and
Enforcement Plan for lntrastate Waters. The Federal Water Pollution
Control Act Amendments of 1972 place additional restrictions upan
the continued operation af the existing Auburn Lagoon. These
amendments require that all sewage treatment piants provide
secandary treatment by Juty 1 , 1977. Ait publicly-owned waste
treatment piants wiil have to use "best practicable" treatment
techniques by July 1 , 1983. Recent EPA interpretations of the
1972 Arnendments appear to eliminate the Auburn Lagaan from the
"secondary treatment" category without the installation af supple-
r�ental treatment facilities or the land disposal of its effluent.
2. Water Q.uality Considerations
I� Data available to the Department of Ecalogy indicates that the
( Green River, approximately six miles downstream of the discharge
� of the City of Auburn (at a sampiing station identified as statian
I #315 of tha METRO Automatic Water Q,uaiity Monitoring System) ,
I has experienced dissolved axygen depressions below the minimum
applicable standard {8.Q mg11) on numerous occasians since
I July, 1969 (See Figure 9). These data do nat indicate a continuing
violation af water quality standards, but do indicate that the
Green River only marginally meets the applicable standard. The
Department of Ecology believes that the City of Auburn is a can-
tributor ta this depressed oxygen condition in the Lower Green
River. It is anticipated by the D.O.E. that a low-fiaw year in
� cambination with an upset conditian in the existing Auburn waste
i treatrr�ent €acility could Iead to severe violations of water quality
standards in the Green or Duwamish, possibly affecting their
� aquatic ecosystems,
As noted earlier, the quality of effluent produced by the Auburn
b uite similar to that produced by METRd's
Lagoon appears to e q
Renton Sewage Treatment P1ant. {See Figures 5, 6, and 7} .
Department of Ecotogy measurements of the �agaon's effluent in
19]2 and tg73 ��V�, however, found that the established levels
of effluent quality acceptable as "secondary treatment" are not
consistently met i�y the present Auburn Sewage Treatment Plant (see
pages 33 and 34) . EPA's defined levels of "secondary" effluent
quality are:
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Units of Measurement M
onthly Averaqe Weekly Average I
BOD (5 cfay) mglt 30 45 ;
Suspended solids 30 4� '�
Fecal Coliform bacteria 2QQ 4QQ '
number/100 ml i
� p� Within limits of 6.p to 9.Q
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In accordance with Section 301 (b) (1) {g) Qf the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act Amendmenfis of 1972 (P•L. 92-500) , compli-
ance with the abave tevel of treatment is to be achieved for all
pubticty owned treatment warks by July 1 , 1977. Regian X EPR notes that
"It is generally recognized that neither standard axidation
lagoons nor aerated lagoons by themse3ves will be able to achieve
the required level of treatment."
Recent monthly Department of Ecotogy sampiing tests faund the BOD of the
Auburn Lagoon's effluent to be 32 mg/1 . Suspended solids concen-
tratians averaged 55 ppm. DOE officials note, however, that
I though they suspect the nutrient load discharged by the Auburn
Lagoon into the Green River may contribute to Che dissatved axygen
depressions downstream, every DOE suruey af the Green River below
the lagoon's autfall has four►d no chemical or biological damage
attributahle to the lagoan. The only existing problem known to be
created by the Auburn Lagoon is an aesthetic problem relating to
the algae contained in its effluent.
Typical water quality data supplied by METRO from stations approxi-
mateiy five miles upstream and ten mites downstream from the Auburn
t�agoan's autfall , as well as information from an automatic monitar-
ing station irnmediateiy downstream af the Lagoan's outfall is shawn
on Figures 10, 11 , and 12. This data further substantiates the
minimal pollution created by the discharge af the Auburn Lagoon
into fihe Green River. No significant degradation of water quality,
directly attributable tn the Lagoon effluent, can be discerned.
For comparetive purposes the present CTass a, water qu�lity etanderd�
affecting this reach of the Green River are detailed an pages 20
and 2 i ,
An analysis af water quality data of all major water bodies through-
out the sewerage area, conducted as a part of this assessment, deter-
mined that many identifiable pollution sources exist, mast of which
are more significant, with regard ta their associated environmental
impacts than the Auburn Lagoon. The major sources af the typical high
coliform counts within the Lower Green River , far example, appear to
be upstream dairy farms and manure sprayfieids. Wastes and decaying
carcasses at the Green River Salmon Hatchery cantribute to the BOD
laad within the Green River, while the two active meat packing oper-
ations in the sewerage area add very high BOD and coliform loads.
Urban drainage within Auburn and Kent, no doubt, contributes ta
water quality problems, and many portions of the sewerage area
experience problems directly related to improperly sized, sited,
and/or maintained septic tanks. Figure 13 nates known poliution
sources within the sewerage area.
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DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS
Station � 315
Metro Automatic Water Quality �
Monitoring Program !
Date mg/1 Dissolved Oxygen
1969 August 1 7.60 1972 August 4 7.84
4 7' 76 5 7.62
l0 7.86 6 7. 14
il 7•94 � 6.78
14 7•52 g 7. 12
15 7• 32
�� � 90 9 7.28
1B 7.66 �� 7. 42
1 g 7. 86 > > 7.82
20 7.40 12 �'�8
�5 � �h 13 7• 72
27 7. 46 27 7.66
28 6.80 28 7.74
30 7•52
31 7.48
1969 September 1 7.87
2 7.80
3 7•54
4 7.90
7 7.82
9 7•94
l0 7.72 •
11 7.64
12 7.84 ,
1971 August 3 7.62
4 7.62
5 7• 78
6 7.52 .
7 7•58
8 7.64
9 7. 48
10 7. 36
11 7• 34
12 7.40
13 7.42
14 7.72
16 7.94
17 7.88
18 7.g2
19 7. 72
20 7. 34
21 7.78 .
22 7.86
29 7.98
1972 August 1 7.96 .
DISSOLVED OXYGEN fig. 9
_ CON�ENTRATIONS
VARIABLE AVERAGE STANDARD MAXIMUM MINIMUM MEDIAN
DEVIATION
Temperature (°C) 17•992 2.266 22.000 14.200 17.400
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/1 ) 9•787 0.696 10.95� 8.500 9.820
pH 7•540 0.217 8. 100 7.080 7.600
Total Alkalinity (mg/1 ) 26•990 1 .906 29.000 22.800 28.000
Bicarbonate a (mg/1 ) 26•990 1 .906 29.000 22.800 28.000
Conductivity (umhos/cm2) 70•333 6. 190 77.000 57.000 73.000
BOD (my/t ) 0.843 0.438 1 .800 0.080 0.760
Turbidity (JTU's) 1 .062 1 .219 6.700 0.400 0.850
Kjeldahl (total ) Nitro-
gen (mg/l ) 0. 196 0.079 0.320 0.060 0.200
Ammonia (mg/1 ) 0.015 0.006 0.030 0.010 0.010
Nitrite-Nitrogen (mg/1) 0.010 0.000 0.010 0.010 0.010
� Nitrate-Nitrogen (mg/1 ) �• 155 0.049 0.230 0.080 0. 150
Total Phosphate (mg/1 ) 0.081 0.050 0.250 0.020 0.080
Hydrolizable Phosphate
(mg/1 } 0.059 0.030 0. 110 0.010 0.065
Orthophosphate (mg/1 ) 0.018 0.013 0. 100 0.010 0.020
Copper (ppm) 0. 186 1 .300 10.000 0.010 0.010
Lead (ppm) 0. 100 -0.000 0. 100 0. 100 0. 100
Zinc (ppm) 0.007 0.009 0.047 0.000 0.004
tlercury (ppm) 0.200 0.000 0.200 0.200 0.200
Total Coliforms/
100 mis 5126.379 10686.703 60000.000 1 .000 1200.000
Fecal Coliforms/
100 mis 83•311 215.040 1280.000 1 .000 27.000
Chtorophyll a (mg/m3) 1 .480 0.706 3.680 0.450 1 .330 i
WATER QUALITY UPSTREAM II
OF THE MOUTH OF . fig.10 i
BIG SOOS CREEK
VARIABLE AVERAGE STANDARD MAXIMUM MINIMUM MEDlAN
DEVIATION
Temperature (°C) 17•229 1 •932 20.600 13•700 17.200
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/1 ) 9•742 0.717 10.600 8.500 10.000
PH 7.368 0. 149 7.600 7.080 7.400
' Total Alkalinity (mg/1 ) 31 • 192 2• 151 33.500 25.700 32. 150
Bicarbonate a (mg/1 ) 31 • 192 2• 151 33•500 25.700 32• 150
du 'vit umhos/c
m2 85.000 10.555 122.000 67.000 86.000
Con ct i y ( )
I BOD (mg/1 ) 1 •239 0.604 3•300 0.600 1 . 125
Turbidity (JTU's) 1 .044 0.418 2.400 0.500 1 .000
Kjeldahl (total) Nitro-
gen (mg/1 ) 0.207 0. 144 0.500 0.050 0. 150
Ammonia (mg/1 ) 0.022 0.010 0.040 0.010 0.020
Nitrite-Nitrogen (mg/1�) 0.010 0.000 0.010 0.010 0.010
� Nitrate-Nitrogen (mg/1) 0.216 0.060 0.300 0. 130 0.230
Total Phosphate (mg/1 ) 0. 108 0.083 0.460 0.0.40 0.090
Hydrolizable Phosphate
(mg/1 ) 0.086 0.034 0. 140 0.030 0.070
Orthophosphate (mg/1 ) 0.035 0.027 0. 150 0.010 0.030
Copper (ppm) 0.024 0.023 0. 120 0.010 0.010
Lead (ppm) 0. 100 -0.000 0. 100 0. 100 0. 100
Zinc (ppm) 0.007 0.007 0.031 0.000 0.005
Mercury (ppm) 0.200 0.000 0.200 0.200 0.200
Total Coliforms/
100 mis 16709.426 45802.602 270000.000 200.000 1600.000
Fecal Coliforms/
100 mis 377•438 1146.380 8400.000 1 .000 87.000
Chlorophyll a (mg/m3) 2•727 2.364 16. 160 0.580 � 1 .970
WATER QUALITY. IMMEDIATELY
DOWNSTREAM OF THE fig. 11
LAGOON OUTFALL
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VARIABLE AVERAGE STANDARD MAXIMUM MtNIMUM MEDIAN
DEV IAT ION
Temperature (°C) 17.947 1 .543 20.000 15. 100 18.000
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/i ) 8.916 1 .310 12.500 7.360 8.650
pH 7.277 0. 117 7.480 7.000 7.300
Total Alkalinity (mg/1 ) 37• 152 3• 317 39.900 2g. 100 39•200
Bicarbonate a (mg/1 ) 35•848 6.633 39•900 9.400 38.900
Conductivity(umhos/cm2) > > 1 •560 13•672 130.000 78.000 118.000
BOD (mg/1 ) 2.920 2.067 7•360 0.420 2.200
Turbidity (.1TU's) 2.444 0.945 4.800 0.600 2.500
Kjel dahl (total ) Ni tro-
gen (mg/1 ) 0.401 0. 184 0.900 0. 100 0.390
Ammonia (mg/1 ) 0.067 0.022 0. 100 0.020 0.070
Nitrite-Nitrogen (mg/1)' 0.012 0.004 0.020 0.010 0.010
Nitrate-Nitrogen (mg/1 ) 0.256 0.058 0.340 0. 190 0.240
Total Phosphate (mg/t ) 0. 185 0.093 0.460 0.060 0. 180
Hydrolizable Phosphate
(mg/� ) 0. 167 0.067 0.270 0.060 0. 150
Orthophosphate (mg/1 ) 0. 122 0.040 0.240 0.060 0. 130
Copper (ppm) 0.023 0.029 0. 190 0.010 0.010
Lead (ppm) 0. 100 -0.000 0. 100 0. 100 0. 100
Zinc (ppm) 0.008 0.008 0.045 0.000 0.005
Mercury (ppm) 0.200 0.000 0.200 0.200 0.200
Total Coliformsl
100 mis 21242.016 61583•797 445000.000 250.000 2900.000
Fecal Colifarms/
100 mis 363•8t3 932• 381 5500.000 10.000 160.000
Chlorophyll a (mg/m3) 6. 114 3.065 12•380 1 .070 � 5•940
WATER QUALITY
SOIJTH 212 th ST. BRIDGE fig.12
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C. Project Description
1 . Location
a. Route Selection Criteria
A first priority in route selection for sewer construction is to
wisely utilize both natural and man-made resources. METRO usually
attempts to locate sewer improvements wit�in existing or future
publically owned rights-of-way. This generally minimizes envir-
onmental impacts and avoids as many acquisition and easement costs
as possible. If, however, a public right-of-way is saturated with
existing utilities, the costs to METRO for construction in, around,
or under these utilities is often so excessive that it is more
economical to select routes over private property and acquire the
necessary easements. The high probability that there will be
inconveniences to utility users during the construction process
also affects this aspect of METRO's route selection process.
b. Location (see location map, Figure 14 and preliminary plans and
profiles, Figures 15a through 15d) .
Accordin to the reliminar n '
g p y e gineering plan, the preferable route
for the Auburn Interceptor begins at a point of connection to
METRO's existin Kent Cr
g oss Valley Interceptor at the location
of what would be an extension of South 216th Street, and runs south
on Kent's proposed 72nd Avenue South street alignment to South
228th Street, then east to a regulator and future diversion struc-
ture on the west side of the Puget Sound Power and Light Company
right-of-way (formerly the Interurban Railroad ri ht-of-wa
9 Y) •
At this point, the line continues south until it reaches the Valley
Freeway (SR-167) where it bends to follow the west toe of the
freeway embankment.
At the James Street undercrossing the Interceptor makes a jacked
diagonal crossing beneath the street and the freeway and then
continues south through Kent on Lincoln and Naden Avenues. These
streets abut the freeway and are relatively undeveloped. A jacked
crossing on the east side of the Willis Street freeway interchange
allows the Interceptor to connect with the South Kent main, retiring
the pumping station at that location. The Interceptor continues
south on 74th Avenue South to a siphon crossing of the Green River.
The Interceptor then parallels the freeway on 72nd Avenue South
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distance to the east where it again reaches the west side of the
Puget Power right-of-way. It continues south to 29th Street N.W.
in Auburn to a future connection with the Lower Mill Creek and
West Valley Interceptors, then east, making jacked crossing under
both the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul , and Pacific/Union Pacific
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Just east of the Burlington Northern crossing, the Interceptor
angles northeasterly to N.E. 30th Street within the location of
a planned street alignment revision. At a point just west of
C Street, where the proposed future connection to the East
Green River Valley Interceptor will be made, the line turns south,
adjacent to the Auburn Airport, to run to its terminus at the
southeast corner of the existing Auburn Lagoon. Here it will
intercept the influent and retire the existing Auburn Lagoon and
its 30-inch outfall to the Green River.
c. Construction and Permanent Easements
The preliminary route selected for the Auburn Interceptor incor-
porates both public rights-or-way (both existing and future) and
easements to be obtained through private property. In the latter
locations, METRO will obtain a fifteen foot wide permanent ease-
ment. A 100 foot (50 feet on each side of the pipeline centerline)
temporary construction easement will also be obtained from each
property owner. These will revert back to the property owner after
construction is complete.
The following sections of the proposed route are to be located within
existing and/or future public rights-of-ways:
1) From South 216th Street along proposed 72nd
Avenue South to South 228th Street.
2) From proposed 72nd Avenue South along South
228th Street to the Puget Sound Power and I
Light Company right-of-way. ,
3) From the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and
James Street, along Lincoln Avenue and Naden
Avenue to the Intersection of Naden Avenue
and Willis Street.
4) From Willis Street along 74th Avenue South to the
Green River.
5) From the Puget Sound Power and Light Company
right-of-way along 29th Street N.W. and 30th
Street N.W. to the Auburn Lagoon.
The following sections of the proposed route are to be located in ease-
ments obtained through private property. ( I•n addition the interceptor
is proposed to cross two pr�vate rallroad rights-of-r�ys).
1) From South 228th Street along the west side of the
Puget Sound Power and Light Company right-of-way
to th� Valley Freeway right-of-way.
2) From the Puget Sound Power and Light Company right-of-way
along the northwest side of the Valley Freeway
right-of-way to James Street.
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3) From the Green River south to South 262nd Street.
4} From Sauth 2b2nd Street along 72nd Avenue South (on a
private easement adjoining the existing 72nd Avenue
South right-of-way} to South 277th Street.
5) From ]2nd Avenue 5outh alang South 277th Street
(on the private easement adjoining South 27?th Street)
to the Puget Sound Power and Light Campany right-of-way.
6) From South 277th Street along the west side of the
Puget Sound Pawer and Light Ccxnpany right-of-way
to 29th Street Northwest.
7) From the Burlington Northern Railraad, northeasterly ta �
3�th Street Nortl�west.
$} From 3�th Street Narthwest, sauth alang the east
side af the Auburn Lagoon ta its infiuent structure.
2. lnterceptor Gorridor Description
a. Biophysical Environment
1) Physio_qraphic Conditions. The corridor of the prapased project
, iies entirely within the mature flood plai� af the Lower Green
Rivar. This broad ailuviated valley resuits frorn thousands
of years af flooding and sediment depositian by both the
Green River and the White River. Steep va] ley walls border
the valley ta the east and the west, delimiting the natural
floadway.
Man has altered the natural flood plain condition of the
Green River Valiey in several ways, first by altering the
caurse af two majar rivers, the White and the Biack, and then
by building 1ow dikes and drainage ditches to promote farming.
These actions were followed by the contral of river flows
through building higher levees and the construction of Howard
Hanson Dam on the Green River 30 miles east of Auburn. U1-
timately, by fiTling much af the vatley flaor for industrial
and other urban land uses, much of the natura} flood plain
has disappeared.
Relief on the flaod plain with'sn the Auburn Interceptor's pro-
pased carridar approximates twenty to thirty faet. The existing
ground surface alang the proposed route slopes somewhat uni-
formly fram an elevation of 54 feet (above mean sea level)
at the influent structure of the Auburn Lagoon to an eievation
af about 23 feet at the connectian to the existing Kent Cross
Valiey lnterceptar. 7he slope is approximately 5 feet per mile.
Localty, the natural topography has been severly aitered by
highway cut and fill , railraad embankments, and the river levees.
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2) Geolo9ic Conditions. The subsurface conditions along the
proposed route of the Auburn Interceptor have been explored
by drilling numerous borings. The following discussion of the
corridor's geologic conditions is based on data derived from
these explorations.
� As the ice of the last (Vashon) glaciation retreated north,
the Straits of Juan de Fuca became ice-free and the ocean
invaded the Green River Valley, In the 10,000 - 15,000 years
' since the glacial activity within the Green River Valley, this
embayment has slowly filled with alluvium carried by the
White, Green, and Cedar Rivers.
At first, the Green and Cedar Rivers built large fans in the
deep water of this embayment, which remained until about
5000 years ago. At this time, the Osceola mudflow flowed into
the Green River Valley from the flanks of Mount Rainier, ex-
tending down valley into the marine embayment nearly to Kent
and perhaps further. This mudfiow forced the White River to
change its course, flowing into the Green River Valley rather
than the South Prairie Creek and Puyallup River Valleys.
Until 1906, when its flow was diverted southward into the
Puyallup River during a flood, the White River was the pre-
dominant source of the sediments which were deposited as a
large alluvial fan in the Green River Valley embayment, covering
� the older deposits and filling the valley to nearly its present
level . As the profile of the valley sta6ilized and the White
River began to meander back and fort� across the valley floor,
normal flood plain deposits were laid down as a thin but per-
sistent 6lanket over the fan deposits. �
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While Osceola mudflow deposits and the underlying Green River
aliuvial fan deposits were not identified by the borings along
the Auburn Interceptor's proposed route, based upon previous
work done by others in this area they can inferred to be present
at greater depths. Nearly all of the material penetrated in
borings of the proposed corridor can be assumed to be White
River alluvium, overlain by a variable thickness of White and
Green River flood plain deposits.
Since the White River alluvium locally contains some silts and
clays, and the flood plain deposits locally contain sand, the
contact between the two units is very difficult to delineate.
The contact between the two units must surely be gradational
and interfingering occurs. There is no marked difference
between the depositional environments of the upper part of the
fan deposits and the lower zone of the flood plain deposits;
the outer edge of the fan, in fact, at times was a flood plain.
White River alluvium varies in depth throughout the Green
River Valley, with portions in the middle of the valley containing
deposits as thick as five hundred to six hundred feet. Areas
near the valley walls usually contain only a few feet of al-
luvium. Throughout the length of the Auburn Interceptor corridor,
many hundreds of feet of alluvium underlie the surface soils.
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The proposed pipeline will require excavation ranging from
15 to 25 feet below the ground surface, which will be primarily
in silt, fine to very fine sandy silt, and silty fine sand.
Based on the exploratory data, it has been concluded that
special foundations (i .e. piling) will not be needed and that
the pipe will be supported by the underlying alluvium.
It is possible that concrete bedding within the trench will
be required in view of the backfill loading, surface loading,
and/or foundation characteristics. Imported backfill to just
over the top of the pipe may be warranted for more uniform
load distribution.
The reusability of the excavated material for trench backfill
has not been fully evaluated pending consideration of subsequent
backfill settlement. Compaction of the trench backfill will
be necessary in improved streets and the suitability of the
excavated material will be partially dependent on whether
construction is carried out during the winter and early spring
months. The excavated trench material would generally be suit-
able for backfill in unimproved land depending on easement
agreements and consideration for lateral support of the shallow
petroleum products pipeline (1400 psi) which parallels the
proposed alignment adjacent to the Chicago, Milwaukee, St.
' Paul , and Pacific/Union Pacific Railroad tracks.
3) Hydrologic Conditions
Surface Drainage. Prior to 1906, when the White River and
its tributaries, the Green and Black Rivers, flowed north-
ward through what is now called the Green River Valley, the
rivers often shifted their meander patterns within their
natural fluvial hydrologic bounds. Old aerial photographs
and maps reveal many point-bar sand deposits, natural levees,
meanders, and oxbow lakes (cut-off ineanders) in the now largely
artificially altered flood plain.
In 1906 the White River changed course during a flood and was
thereafter permanently diverted into the Stuck and Puyallup
Rivers. With flow through the valley thus reduced, use of the
valley floor for farming became more feasible. Farm owners,
individually and by districts, constructed low dikes along
the river, which,while not effective against major winter floods,
did permit the land to be worked earlier in the spring and
later in the fall . Drainage canal systems were also constructed
to further reduce ponding and flooding problems.
In 1962, Howard A. Hanson Dam was constructed on the Green
River about 30 miles upstream from Auburn. The Eagle Gorge
site was the best available for storage and was utilized to its
maximum practicable capacity. Major floodflows were reduced to the
maximum capacity of the river channel within its existing dikes.
At Auburn, for example, floodflows are now limited to tess
than 12,000 cubic feet per second. By way of comparision,
a natural flow of 24,000 cubic feet per second occurred in 1933•
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Internal drainage within the valley is severely restricted
by the presence of an annual high water table (usually just
below the ground surface) and the presence of levees along
the Green River which act as barriers to surface water flow.
During the 1960's, the U.S. Soil Conservation Service (SCS) ,
in conjunction with the Green River Flood Control Zone District
(administered by King County) , completed planning for a valley
drainage system comprised of a network of channels and large
capacity pumping plants in the valley. During storm periods
interior valley drainage will be pumped into the Green River
at several locations. In the near future, the drainage discharged
by these pumping plants added to the controlled flood flows
released by Hanson Dam could result in fiows exceeding the
existing river channel 's capacity.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was authorized by Congress
to initiate a flood control study of the Green/Duwamish River
in 1960. In 1966, with the cooperation of King County, the
study was revised to include an investigation of the possi-
bility of reducing flows as controlled by Howard Hanson Dam
and increasing the channel capacity from Auburn to the Duwamish
turning basin in order to accommodate increased flows resulting
from the SCS Project. Study funding terminated in 1968, but
resumed in July 1970. The Corps has investigated alternative
' flood control measures and integration of these with enhanced
opportunity for recreation. Further action awaits a King
County investigation of the potential influence of flood control
implementation upon land use patterns in the valley.
Groundwater. The phreatic surface in the Green River Valley
is approximately parallel to and has about the same gradient
as the land surface. Gradients range from about 30 feet per
mile near the apex of the White River fan south of Auburn,
to about 10 feet per mile north of Kent. Along the western edge
of the Green River Valley, groundwater is discharged directly
into the alluvial material from the Des Moines Plateau.
The Green River, which traverses the northern part of the White
' River fan, is a gaining stream throughout its course in the
sewerage area. A substantial part of the gain probably occurs
just south of Kent, where the Green River cuts diagonally
across the valley. North of Kent, the water-table gradient
is probably influenced strongly by inflow from the Black Diamond
Plateau and upward leakage from artesian aquifers beneath the
valley floor.
Groundwater resources contained within the alluvial deposits
of the Green River Valley are utilized as a source of many
private and municipal water supply systems. Shallow wells
� generally yield adequate domestic supplies. Deeper wells may
produce very large quantities of water, depending on the
, coarseness of the sands and gravels penetrated. The City of
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Renton, for example, obtains 3,000 gpm (gallons per minute) '
from a well that taps coarse alluvial sediments. High water
yields are also obtained north of Kent, where discharges of 20
to 1 ,730 gpm occur fran artesian wells, and 500 to more than
2,000 gpm from wells which are pumped. The alluvial deposits
which underlie the proposed interceptor's corridor gene�ally
yield only 50-500 gpm, due to the fine grained alluvium that ,
dominates the alluvial deposits between Auburn and Renton.
Over a dozen wells providing domestic and agricultural water
supplies occur within one thousand feet of the proposed pipe-
line corridor. Though many are located within two hundred
feet of the proposed right-of-way, the proposed action will
probably not significantly affect groundwater quantities or
quality. Because the shallowest wells near the proposed corridor
range from 49 feet to 65 feet in depth and the deepest exca-
vation required to construct the Auburn interceptor will be
less than thirty feet, the water source tapped by the wells
should not be affected by either the construction or
operation of the Auburn Interceptor. Most of the wells near the
porposed corridor yield very small amounts of water, normally
between 20 to 60 gpm and supply single residential units of
clusters of one to four homes. the Auburn interceptor will
undergo stringent testing procedures which will insure that only
minimal amounts of leakage wiil occur, thereby protecting
groundwater quality of these nearby wells.
High water table conditions exist throughout the length of the
proposed corridor. An investigation of the piezometric ground-
water elevations along the right-of-way route shows that through-
out most of the route the seasonal high water table remains
at elevations within 1 to 2 feet of the ground surface
between the months of November and April . Many portions of
the corridor commonly experience flooding and pondi�g during
the summer months, A depressed water table is, however, typi-
cally found at depths of three to four teet below the ground
surface during the driest portion of the year.
Near the Green River, the piezometric groundwaf�r elevation
is lowered, due to the influence of this major �ater body.
In the vicinity of the Green River crossing, the high water
table probably remains at depths greater than. l0 feet below the
ground surface elevation and tops of the levees throughout the
year.
Groundwater Quality. Within the Green River Valley, g�roundw�ter
is, in general , of excellent quality. Some of the wells near
the proposed pipeline do exhibit high chloride concentrations,
which is a common occurance in wells which penetrate the finer
grained alluvial sediments of the valley.
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Residual sea water trapped in these deposits less that 5000
years ago as the Green River embayment filled with sediment
contributes to this phenomena. Many of the samples from the
wells near the corridor also exhibit noticeably high iron
concentrations, perhaps due to the common occurrence of peat
and peaty sediments in the Pleistocene and Recent deposits of
the Green River region. Some well water samples also contain
noticeable natural gas odors, which may also result from the
occurrence of peat deposits near the water source. 'The entire
alluvial Green River Valley bottom functions as an aquifer,
replenishing the water supplies of Kent, Renton, and Auburn,
as well as the many small water supply systems, such as those
adjacent to the Auburn Interceptor's proposed corridor.
4) Ped�lo�ic Conditions. All of the surface and near surface
soils encountered along the Auburn Interceptor route are fine
to medium textured alluvial soils, which have developed from
the silt, sand, and clay flood plain deposits of the White and
Green Rivers. According to the most recent (1971) Soil Con-
servation Service Survey of King County, large areas of Oridia
silt loam, Renton silt loam, and Briscot silt loam are crossed.
Smaller areas of Woodinville silt loam, Pilchuck fine sandy
loam, and Puget silty clay loam occur within the proposed cor-
ridor. All of these soils are poorly drained to very poorly
drained nearly level soils, typical of the major river valleys
of the Puget Sound region. The Hta�ter table remains at or near
' one to two feet below the surface for much of the year in these
soils. A1l are classified as Class II and Class III soils, ,
which co�stituta prfmsry agricultural soils.
Oridia silt loam is a rather poorly drained, heavy, fine-grained
soil . Under a thin 9 to 12 inch surface layer of dark gray
brown silt loam; grayish brown, dark gray brown, and gray silt
loam and silty clay loams form a deep subsoil . Mottles occur
throughout the subsoil , indicating the poorly drained character
of this soil type.
Renton silt loam is a rather poorly drained alluvial soil with
a thin 6 inch grayish brown silt loam surface layer and a mottled
dark gray brown very fine sandy loam and fine sandy loam subsoil .
The substratum is a deep mottled black sand. Permeability is
� moderate through the surface layer and the subsoil , and very
rapid in the substratum.
Briscot silt loam is a poorly drained alluvial soil quite similar
Oridia silt loam. Briscot soils have a dark grayish brown silt
loam surface layer between 9 and 12 inches thick which grades I
into a deep subsoil of mottled gray brown stratified fine sandy �
loam, silt loam and fine sand.
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Woodinville soils are rather poorly drained silty clay loam
alluvial soils, highly mottled below 12 inches with iron stains,
and containing layers of peaty material throughout the profile.
The surface layer is grayish brown and highly organic. Sur-
face drainage and subsoil drainage is poorly developed.
Woodinville soils are subject to frequent overflow and ponding
and maintain a high water table throughout the year.
Pilchuck fine sandy loam soils are rather excessively drained
recently deposited sandy alluvial soils. Their open porous
sandy nature results from the lack of glacial flour in the river
waters that flooded Pilchuck soil areas. They normally occupy
the natural levees along streams or the higher undulations and
hummocks in the valley bottoms. The typical profile exhibits
a surface layer of 8 to TO inches of brownish-gray fine sandy
loam which overlies deep deposits of grayish loamy fine sand
or sand. Subject to overflow in the winter months where not
protected by levees or flood control projects, they are droughty
in the summer. Only a hundred feet of the proposed corridor
crosses Pilchuck fine sandy loam soils.
Puget silty clay loam soils consist of recently deposited very
deep poorly drained fine textured alluvial soils. Formed under
conditions of ponded or stagnated �drainage, they contain a great
deal of glacial rock flour and fine glacial sediments. Many
prominent mottles occur in the upper portion of the profile,
'which becomes very blue-gray below 30 to 35 inches. Low flat
stream bottoms, shallow brackish backwater areas, and sloughs
and deltas usually develop Puget soils. Drainage is very poor.
Al1 of these surface and near surface soils (5' to 6' below the
ground surface) possess inherently low load bearing capacities
and shearing strengths. Extra construction costs or damage
to buildings, roads, and public facilities sometimes results
from development upon the soil types encountered along the
proposed pipeline's route. The Woodinville and Puget soils,
which sometimes flow like peat when wet and shrink when dry,
are particularly poor foundation materials. All of these soil
types are moderately important as aquifer recharge medium and
participate in the aquifer recharge process of the Green River
Valley, though their intake rates are relatively low. These
intake rates, which express the interaction of infiltration
and percolation rates, range from an average of about 0.3
to nearly 0.5 inches per hour.
5) Biologic Conditions. The proposed corridor of the Auburn
Interceptor passes through plant communities and animal habitats
typical of both urban areas and areas of remaining rural character.
Within the rural areas, the typical vegetative cover along the
proposed pipeline right-of-way consists of cultivated crops
and pasture grasses. Occasional wetland areas contain various
rushes, sedges, bulrushes and tules, grasses and herbaceous
annuals and perennials. Most of the vegetation along the route
is representative of an early successional plant community/
habitat type.
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� Two portions of the propased route have davelaped established
� plant corr�nunities and associated habitats af an expeciaily
diverse and complex nature. The first lies ir�nediately south
of the proposed point of connectian of the Aub�rn lnterceptor
' with the Kent Crass Valley Interceptor. A combination of fence
o ion
lines, drainage ditches, and wet soil canditions at this 1 cat
, has prevented cultivatian of an area af appraximately twenty
acres. Accordingly, plant succession has continued undistrubed
and a srnall grove of Wiiiows, Indian-Plum, Western Cr�b-
app�e, and Oregan Ash has established itself. This tocation
� stradcllss the proposed right-of-way of 72nd Avenue South and
caincidentally the proposed pipeline canstruction carridor.
Many bird species have been observed in this area, and it is
assumed that small mammals alsa utilize this plant community �
as a habitat. �
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The secand diverse and compiex piant community transected by �
' the propased interceptor route is the marsh and riparian area
lacated south of South 277th Street and immediately west of
the Qlympic Pipeline Company, Puget Power,and raiiroad rights-
af-way, This natural perennial wetland has deve]aped from an
old w troff river meander which extends thraugh the Puget l��wtr i
right-of-way (formerly the Interurban Railroad right-of-way�
to a trestle at the Chicaga, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific/ 1
Union Pacific Raitroad tracks. Field observations have noted I
, a great variety and number of birds in this 2d acre maze of j
' thick brush, shrubs, �rees, and marshy vegetation. Figure 16 j
lists the birds species abservad in this area in June and
July, ]973, during a series of five one hour f�eld investi-
gations.
I� b. Existing Land Uses
Land uses adjacent to the proposed interceptor route range from I
rural ctassifications such as open iand, pasture tand, and cuitivated j
fields (predaminantly corn}, to urban uses including residentiai �
neighborhaods, industrial plants, automobile distribut'ron yards,
and the Auburn Airport. As mentianed previously in the discussion
af easements, the prapased route has been selected to coincide
with public rights-or-way far streets and highways ta the fullest
extent possible. Much af that portian of the interceptor construction
corridor for which easements from private property owners will be
obtained is contiguous with raiTroad, power tine and petraTeum
product pipeline rights-of-way. As a resutt, the interceptor wiil
either lie within or adjacent to estabiished transportation or
utilities carridars.
A visual survey of adjacent land uses daes not necessarily convey �
their often tentative status. Almost ali of the proposed inter- '
ceptor's route lies within fihe incarporated limits of Kent and
Auburn. These cities fiave zaned most of the land through which
the interceptor will pass ta a11ow mnre intensiva uses than those
now occurring. For example, the land in Kent through which the
interceptor is proposed to pass is zoned to ailaw industria] use.
Much af this land has been sold to investars and developers who are
leasing the land to farmers until it is f�asible to 6egin industrial
development.
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Common �Wame Scientific Name
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Green Heron Bcitorides virescens
Mal lard A�ias �platyr�i�nchos
Shoveler Spatula alypeata
American Coot Fulica aa+ericana
Common Snipe Cape���a- ga�linago
Ki 1 ldeer CharadriUs voci fer'us
California Gull Larus caaifornicus
Mourning Dove � Zenaidura macroura -
Unknown Owl
Comrtan Nigf�thawk C�ordei les r�inor
Traill 's Flycatcf�er E�pidonax�traillii
Western Flycatcher Empidonax di#ficilis
Western Wood Pee Wee Contopus sordTduTus
Violet-green Swallow Trachycineta ttialassina
Tree Swallow Iridoprocne 6icolor
Barn Swallow Riparia riparia
Common Crow Corvus tiracFiyrFiynchos
Black-capped Chickadee Rarus �atricapilTus
Common Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes tiewickii
Robin Turdus mi�ratorius
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla ceclrorum
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
MacGillivray's Warbler Oporornis tolmiei
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
American Goldfinch Spi_nus tristis
Rufous-sided Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichenis
Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
birds observed
at the �ou�h 277 th street
mars� and riparian grove .
f�g. 16
In other locations, land owned by industrial firms has been with-
held from intensive development due to industrial plants having
been built on a portion of their large sites with the remainder
reserved for future expansion. Large portions of the Green River '
Valiey within the sewerage area therefore appear to be commited
to open space or agricultural uses when in reality they are commited
to industrial uses.
The neighborhoods in Kent near the proposed {nterceptor route can
be considered in transition. These middle-class residential areas
have been transformed into less appealing areas. The desirability
of these neighborhoods as living areas has undoubtedly been in-
fluenced by the nearby Valley Freeway _(S.R. 167) and its resultant
visual and noise impacts.
The only formal recreation facilities near or in contact with the
construction corridor are the undeveloped Kent Park Department .
trail system which utilizes the Puget Power right-of-way and the
Green River Levee maintenance road as trail routes. These trail
locations have not been improved with the exception of signs
erected to mark their location. The Green River Levee is planned
to eventually become a part of the Lower Green River Trail of the
King County Urban Trails System. There are no other existing or
planned parks or recreation areas in or near the construction cor-
ridor.
Of, informal recreation value is the opportunity afforded by the
pond and riparian grove south of South 277th Street in King County.
This area contains a rich diverse habitat character that attracts
a variety of birds. Observation of birds at this location may be
considered an informal recreation opportunity.
There are no known registered historical sites within the con-
struction corridor. The Puget Power right-of-way is, however,
centered on what was once the road bed of the old Interurban
Railroad which ran between Seattle, Tacoma, and Everett. At the
above mentioned natural wetlands immediately south of South 277th
Street, there are trestle remains of this old railroad line.
3- Interceptor Design and Construction
Engineering for the Auburn Interceptor has not proceeded beyond
investigations conducted by METRO's engineering consultants and
reported upon in the "Preliminary Engineering Report, Auburn
Interceptor, Green River Sewerage Area." Consequently, the de-
tailed engineering design, including specifications, has not been
undertaken and an exact description of the proposed project cannot
be given or referenced. The following discussion, however, provides
a generalized description of the assumed design and construction
techniques to be followed in the Auburn Interceptor project, based
on similar projects which have been undertaken by METRO. The most
recent example of this type of project is the Northwest and North
Lake Sammamish Interceptors, which have been under construction
during the summer of 1973•
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a. Construction Techniques and Specifications
The project primarily involves the construction of a reinforced
concrete pipe intercepting sewer to transport untreated sewage
from the influent structure of the present Au6urn Lagoon to the
existing Kent Cross Valley Interceptor. The pipeline will vary
in diameter from 48 to 78 inches and will be installed wit� all
necessary structures, manholes and appurtenances in order to
function as a completely operable system.
Des.ign and construction of the system will take into account
site conditions characteristic of the Green River Valley that
will 6e encountered throughout the length of the proposed pro-
ject, namely unconsolidated alluvial soils and a high water
table. Excavation and trenc�ing will be undertaken to such
depths as to allow for proper pipe bedding, given the specific
soil conditions that will be encountered. All excavations
will be accomplis�ed only after adequate dewatering measures
have been undertaken. ,
When a contract for construction of a project such as the
proposed interceptor sewer is awarded, the intent of such a
contract is to allow the contractor flexibility to choose his
own methods or construction within specific parameters given
in the contract plans and specifications. The intended improve-
ments are fully described in these plans and specifications
antl the contractor is required to construct these improvements
in accordance with generally acceptable methods, except where
special conditions are anticipated which require more specific
guidelines. In this instance, more detailed requirements are
spelled out in the plans and specifications.
The following is� a brief itemized description of specification
re uirements from the Lake Sartmamish
q Interceptors pro�ect which
can be considered applicable to the Auburn Interceptor project
as well .
1 ) Control of Water: The contractor must furnish all necessary
equipment to keep excavations free from water during con-
struction. He is obligated to dewater and dispose of the
water so as not to cause injury to public or private property
or to cause a nuisance or a menace to the public. Before
dewatering is started , the contractor must obtain acceptance
by METRO's resident engineer on the project for the method,
installation and details of the dewatering system he pro-
poses to use.
Based on previous similar construction projects, it can
be expected that de�atering will be accomplished by drilling
wells at approximately 100 foot intervals adjacent to
t�e section of pipeline awaiting construction. Thirty inch
steel casings are sunk at each well to t�n feet below
the anticipated depth of the pipeline and then cleaned out,
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allawing water to rise within the casing. Depending upan
the particular graund water condition encauntered, the
weils may be pumped by cannecting them to a pump. tf the
wetis are pumped, the graund waterievei is putled to betaw
the proposed pipe} ine invert etevation. The resuiting
water is discharged to nearby existing drainage ditches ar .
water courses.
The contractor must obtai� all permits and must abtain
permission to use existing drainage ditches in order ta
i dispose of water during the dewatering operation. Ne is
i responsible far all quality cantrols in the disposai of
iwater from trenches.
i Wetiand areas shoutd generaily be unaffected by the can- ,
i str�ction process. The contruction period wiil be ampie,
� allowing the cantractor to schedule construction during �ii
� the summer when most wet areas will have dried up. Annua} i
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� wetland areas, such as the relict river meander south of ' �i
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ii South 277th 5treet, wiil be impacted, however, if the present �,
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route selected in the preliminary engineering report remains
the preferred route.
li 2} Remavai of Obstructians: The contractor is instructed to ,
i remove aii brush, trees, lags, stumps, roats, heavy sad,
�i � heavy growth of grass, a11 decayed vegetable matter, �i
� fences and structures where the proper completion of the �i
�i contruction wark requires their remaval . The remoued ,
ii matariai must be disposed of in a manner acceptabie to ',
i ME7R0's resident engineer. �
� 3} Excavation; The contractor is allowed to use any
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� method of excavation within the work timits which he
� cansiders best. At tacatians where the excavation
l� extends belaw static ground water ievel , the contractor
is required to take whatever precautions are necessary
� to maintain the natural soiis at the bottom af the
` excavation.
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At locations where the undisturbed natural soils below
the specified depths to be excavated are cansidered by
METRO's resident engineer to be inadequate to support
the planned structure or pipeline, the contractar will
be directed to overexcavata until adequate supporting
soils are reached and to refill the excavated space to
tha proper elevatian. �
7he contractor must provide and install sheet pi } ing,
shoring, sheeting, bracing, lagging, ar other supports
where they are necessary to maintain the required
excavation or trench section.
The contractor must provide and maintain adequate controt
af dust during att phases of the work. He is held solely
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responsible for any damage to crops in the vicinity of
the project.
4) Concrete Structures: The contractor is held responsible
for the strength and quality of all plain and reinforced
structural concrete elements that he builds in the
project, with the exception of the 72" to 78" sewers.
METRO retains prime responsibility for these structures.
METRO independently tests the strength and quality of the
concrete being placed in the project, but the responsibility
for conformance with the specification's requirements is
solely that of the contractor. All forms and reinforce-
ment must be approved by METRO's resident engineer prior
to placing the concrete.
5) Pipelines: The reinforced concrete sewer pipe used in this
type of project is typically of the tongue and groove type
with rubber gasket joints. The joints are designed so
that the spigot and gasket of one pipe enter the bell or sleeve
of the next pipe, compressing the gasket to form a water-
tight seal . The gasket is confined in a groove on the
spigot so that movement of the pipe or hydrostatic
pressure cannot displace the pipe. Prior to laying the
pipe appropriate bedding materials are placed. These consist
of either a gravel-sand mixture or concrete. The pipe
�laying then proceeds upgrade with the spigot ends
pointing in the direction of flow.
6) Backfill : A variety of backfill materials and varying
degrees of compaction will be utilized throughout the
length of the project, depending upon the proposed
surface uses or land uses encountered. The materials
include a clean gravel-sand mixture; a select granular mater-
ial consisting of imported quarry waste, clean natural
sand or gravel , select trench excavation, or a mixture
of all three; unclassified material free from extraneous
material and obtained from excavation or any other source� '
pea gravel ; and crushed rock of varying gradations. All
backfill materials must be approved by METRO's resident engi-
neer prior to placement.
The contractor must place the backfill in two stages.
The initial backfill is placed around the pipe after
it has been properly laid and inspected. This initial
backfill is carried to a depth of 12" above the pipe
and compacted. Subsequent backfill is then placed
and compacted to the desired finished levels. All
excess excavated material remaining after the backfill
operation is complete must be disposed of by the con-
tractor in a manner acceptable to the inspecting engineer.
7) Acceptance Tests: All completed pipelines are tested
for obstructions and leakage. The testing program is
mutually determined by METRO's resident engineer and
the contractor so as to fit the construction conditions.
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Each section of pipeline is tested for leakage by
closing the lower end of the pipe and the inlet pipe
of the upper manhole with stoppers and filling the
pipe and manhole with water to a point six feet above
the crown of the open pipe in the upper manhole. If
ground water is present, the manhole is filled to six
feet above the pipeline section's average adjacent ground
water level . Testing occurs in this manner for at least
six hours while the specified head is maintained by
measured additions of water. The allowable leakage
must not exceed 0.5 gallons per hour per inch of diameter
per 100 feet of pipe being tested. For pipes 48 inches
in diameter and larger (all of the proposed project's pipe
will be of this size) the contractor must test each indi-
vidual pipe joint for leakage with acceptable portable
bulkheads or special testing apparatus. �
8) Crossings: The proposed interceptor will cross several
streets and roads, SR 167, two railroad rights-of-way
and the Green River as noted previously. The street,
highway and railroad crossings will be made by jacking,
tunneling, or augering the pipe under these improvements.
The disruption to transportation systems will be minimal
or non-existent.
J�cking is generally accomplished by mechanically forcing
the pipe section through the soil from an excavated pit.
The reinforced concrete sewer pipe may be jacked directly
or placed within a steel casing which is used instead
for the jacking operation. The leading edge of the jacked
pipe may be fitted with a cutting head. Nipples may be
introduced for lubricating the outside of the pipe with
a Bentonite slurry or other suitable lubricant. The
jacking operation may be assisted by using an augering
device or by tunneling in advance of placing the pipe.
As with all other aspects of the construction process,
the contractor is allowed to select the construction
methods he prefers providing he receives approval from
METRO's resident engineer. The rules of the Division of
Safety of the State Department of Labor and Industries
with respect to excavation and construction must be
strictly observed.
The Green River crossing will be accomplished by construct-
ing a three-barrel inverted siphon. This structure reduces
the single 78 inch diameter pipeline to three smaller
diameter pipes which then pass down the channel embankments
and beneath the river bottom in an excavated trench.
Bedding and backfill in this trench is made up of materials
similar to those described previously for the pipeline
except that quarry spalls (2 to 8 inch rock weighing at
least 150 pounds per cubic foot) are placed over the initial
backfill on the river bottom and a filter blanket (select
granular material passing a specified seive analysis)
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overlaid by quarry spalls will cover the initial backfill
on the river embankments.
9) Restoration: The contractor is required to rebuild any
structures that have been removed during the construction
and repair any which have been damaged. Curbs, gutters,
driveways, sidewalks, and the surfaces of roads and streets
must be reconstructed or repaired to their original
condition if they are damaged or otherwise affected by the
contractor's operations. All cultivated areas, residential
yards, or other surface improvements which are damaged
by the construction process must be restored as nearly as
possible to their original condition or as required by the
terms of the applicable easements or permits. .
All waterways, channels, drainage ditches, and similar
facilities which are damaged by actions of the contractor
must be restored to their original location and condition.
All water courses will be maintained as continuously
serviceable facilities during the interceptor's construction.
Where necessary, this may require the temporary realignment
of water courses by the contractor.
During the course of the construction the contractor must
not allow the site to become littered with trash and waste
' material . On completion of the project, all chambers and
conduits must be cleaned out and all temporary structures
must be torn down and removed. All wells installed
and other pits are typically filled with suitable material
and their surfaces restored to original conditions.
10) Typical Cross Sections: Typical cross sections of the
completed pipeline are indicated in Figure .l7•
4. Construction Permits, Reviews, and Approvals.
Construction of the proposed project will be monitored at two
levels. The first level involves the inspection, testing, arid
approval of the contractor's work by representatives of METRO.
The second level of monitoring is that performed by all of the
agencies, including the railroads, which have jurisdiction over
some portion of the contruction corridor or some aspect of the
construction progress.
a. Inspection by METRO
Once a contract (or contracts� has been awarded for construc-
tion of the Auburn Interceptor, a resident engineer and
contruction inspectors (more than one if required) will be
assigned to the project by METRO probably on a full-time
basis. The responsibilities of the resident engineer
and the inspectors are generally to assure that the construc-
tion methods and the finished product conform to METRO's
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plans and specifications. The specific responsibilities of
the resident engineer are to: '
-Maintain a 1og of construction progress and reports
on a daily basis.
-Coardinate all survey wc>rk, inspection and "ather"
inspection (ather inspectian includes inspection work
cantracted ta outside firms) .
-Be responsible for the scheduling and quality of con-
struction in the field.
-Work closety with the project engineer to insure pro-
per canstruction techniques and procedures.
,' -Assure that the plans and specificatians are faliowed
during canstruction.
The specific responsibilities of the METRO inspectors
are to:
I -Work directl with and und
y er the resident engineer.
-Report fio the resident engineer anything not built in
accardance with the pians and specifications.
-Repart inunediately ta the cantractor anything not contructed �
in accordance with the plans and specifications. I
I
-Maintain a daiiy record of canstruction. �
The foilowing is a iist of the various inspections and
contruction tests to be performed during the contrucfiian of the
propased action by the METRO inspectors:
-Trench backfill compaction tes�s.
-Concrete cylinder tests when cancrete bedding is required
(usually contracted ta Pittsburgh Testing Lab} .
-lnspection of concrete pipe constructian at the manufactUrer`S
� plant (there is a full time plant inspector assigned ta the
plant during pipe manufacturing).
-Jaint tests for exfiltration.
-Inspection of construction area site restoratian. This
usually involves a finished grading of the ground surfaces
� and seeding as required.
I -A final inspection af the overall pipe installation and
site restoration.
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b. Outside Agency Permits, Review, and Approval .
Monitoring of the project by other agencies is generally
accomplished by issuance of permits which include conditions ,
that, in some way, regulate the work to be performed. Permit
applications may be undertaken by METRO directly or by the ,
contractor depending on individual agency requirements. The
following is a brief description of the project monitoring '
and approval process of each agency which is expected to be I
concerned with the proposed project.
1) City of Kent: A permit must be obtained for use of
public rights-of-way within the city. Conditions for
approval promulgated by this permit relate to the proper
maintenance of traffic movement and all detours and
control of dust during construction. The permit is
similar to that issued by the King County Department of
Public Works.
There are no conditions which relate to controls for
dewatering contruction trenches. A city representative
has indicated that there are very few storm drains
located in the proposed sewer route. The city will
conduct random inspections of the construction with
' specific concerns related to roadway crossings and
constructibn within public rights-of-way.
The Green River crossing of the interceptor will occur
within the Kent corporate limits and therefore METRO
must obtain a Shoreline Management Substantial Develop-
ment Permit from Kent pursuant to the State Shoreline
Management Act of 1971 . This permit requires a review
of the proposed interceptor crossing by the city to
determine if it is consistent with the policies of the
Shoreline Management Act and Kent's Master Program for
shorelines which is currently being formulated. The
permit will be issued only after a public hearing has been
held on the matter. The State Department of Ecology and
the State Attorney General 's office must review issuance
of the permit, particularly since shorelines of the Green
River have been designated to be of statewide significance.
2) City of Auburn: An excavation permit must be obtained
for all excavation operations such as sewer line install-
ation within the city. Additionally, the city will in-
spect all road crossings with special attention being
given to the compaction of the trench backfill . All
locations where trenching crosses existing water lines
will also be inspected.
3) King County: Since the entire length of the Auburn
Interceptor is within a State Flood Control Zone, METRO
will be required to obtain a State Flood Control Permit.
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This permit is obtained from the State Department of
Ecology but is processed locally by the Hydraulics
Division of the King County Department of Public Works.
Issuance of the permit will be predicated upon
specifying proper procedures for constructin� the Green
River crossing and crossings at drainage channels.
A King County inspector will periodically review the
river crossing construction operations. Compliance with
the following basic requirements will be investigated:
1) that a minimum of thiry inches clearance is allowed
for under the Green River channel , 2) that there is a
minimum of eighteen inches of cover on the river banks,
and 3) that there is bank stabilization rip rap installed
with a minimum two to one slope for fifteen feet upstream
and downstream of any disturbed area.
A portion of the proposed interceptor right-of-way occurs
within the boundaries of King County Drainage District #1.
No permit is required, but the District will wish to
review crossings of existing drainage ditches and the
ditch restoration procedures.
4) State Department of Ecology: By state law (RCW 90.48. 110)
� the Department of Ecology must review and approve all
construction plans, specifications, and design calculations
of sanitary sewer projects prior to construction. This
. review involves a technical review of the design plans
and specifications, a technical review of the design's
adherence to state design standards, and a general review
of sanitary sewer area-wide management plans and programs.
The project's adherence to state implementation schedules
and enforcement plans, as well as the justification of
need for the specific sewer line installation is also
reviewed.
As part of the construction grant funding contract, the
Department of Ecology will make routine construction
inspections of the project. These inspections are specifi-
cally concerned with erosion control , the contamination
of ground water by the dewatering process, and the
contamination of streams, rivers, and ditches by oils and
grease from construction equipment. The possible pollution
of streams and rivers by the water discharged during the
testing of the pipeline is also a concern of these
inspections. The Department of Ecology has the authority
by state law (RCW 90.48) to fine and/or shut down a con-
tractor' s operation for violating state water quality laws.
5) State Departments of Fisheries and Game: METRO must ob-
tain a hydraulics permit from the Departments of Fisheries
and Game prior to construction. The Departments will
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issue a hydra�lics permit fo}lowing a review af the
design for the portion of the sewer to be constructed
acrass the Green River {and any other rivers and streams
along the route) and a review of the construction techni-
ques to be used by the contractor (specificatly related
to any excavation within the river banks and the construc-
tion of coffer-dams) .
The hydraulics permit inciudes two basic sections: i} gen-
erai and technical provisions applicahle to any construc-
tian affecting State waters and 2} special provisians can-
taining conditions promulgated by the permit relating to
the specific sewer line construction. One of the condi-
tions of the permit is a time limitation on construction
within or upon river banks. Usually construction is limited
to the period between June 1 and September 1 . The Depart-
ments are primariiy concerned with siltation, water qua-
iit�, river spawning conditians} and the maintenance of
pipelines. The Departments conduct random I�S�@CttOhS af
the constructian site and have the authority to issue
fines and, #f necessary, to shut down a contractor's
operation which is vialating the conditians of the
hydraul 'res permit.
6) ' State Department of Natural Resources: Permits from this
II department will nat be required. METRO must, however,
• obtain an easement fram the Department of Naturai Resources
in order to cross the Green River or any other stream
transected by the proposed route. They do nat cancern
thems�lves with construction methods ar aperations, but
they do make an inspection of the easement area fotlowing
constructian ta ensure proper restoration by the contractor.
7) State Highway Department. Within the corporate limits of I
within count lands the issuance of
cities and towns and y , ,
; perm+ts for crossing most state highways is a responsibi �Ety
af the lacat agencies. Limited access state highways I;
are an exception, hawever, for all permits to crass thes�
facilities are issued by state highway districts. There-
fore, M�TRO must obtain a permit for crossing 5tate Raute
' 167 directly from the responsible district. METRO must
fill aut a permit farm and submit construction drawings I
and specifications for review and approval by the district.
Based on this review and approvat , the State wi11 issue
a permit ta crass the right-of-way, including their con-
ditians for canstructian. These conditions include re- II
quirements for trench backfil ] compaction, site restora- I
tio�, maintenance af traffic flow, and safety standards,
'� The State will , at random, send an inspectar to the site I
of the crossing during canstruction ta assure fihat the �
construction and restoration procedures conform ta the con-
ditions of the permit.
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8) Puget Sound Air Poilution Control Agency. The contractor
for the project must file a "Notice of Construction and
Application for Approval" prior to beginning construction.
The Agency requires of all applicants that "effective
control apparatus and measures shall be installed and
operated to restrict odor-bearing gases or particulate
matter emitted into the atmosphere to a reasonable mini-
mum." Agency regulations further state that "it shall
be unlawful for any person to cause or permit particulate
matter to be handled, transported, or stored without taking
reasonable precautions to prevent the particulate matter
from becoming airborne." The Agency has developed guide-
lines for dust control which it makes available to appli-
cants.
9) The Miiwaukee Road. The tracks extending along the pro�
posed interceptor route are jointly owned by the Chicago
Milwaukee, St. Paul , and Pacific and the Union Pacific
Railroads. The Milwaukee Road, however, handles all
, maintenance, administration and permits. METRO must
reach an agreement with the railroad company regarding
the installation of pipes under existing railroad tracks.
METRO must also acquire an easement for any portion of
the pipeline which extends onto railroad property. The ,
� railroad will enter into agreements or grant easements '
only after they have reviewed all construction plans,
specifications, and design considerations, and prepared ',I
a list of conditions for construction and maintenance I
of the METRO pipeline. The railroad will inspect the '
construction procedures, primarily concerned with potential
problems relating to their existing communication utilities. �
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� I1 . THE ENVIRONMEN7A� IMPACT OF THE PROPO5E0 ACTION ,
A. INTRODUCTION
The proposed action will result in adverse and beneficiai enviran-
mental impacts directiy related ta the proposed action and potential
irttpacts related to the stimulation of urban growth and devetopmant
within tE�e Grean River Sewerage Area. The impacts resulting fran
the Auburn lnterceptor, by itself, will primarily affect the inter-
, ceptor's corridor and the water qualtty of the Green and Duwamish
Rivers. The patential secondary impacts of urban growth will accur
if local governmental bodies choose to encourage urban growth in
presently undeveloped areas and to intensify existing land uses.
'� The physicat eacistence af the Auburn Interceptar does nat, in itself, �
! create urban devetopment; but it does allow urban develapment, partic-
, uiarly development dependent upan public sewerage facilities, to
accur if the locai governmentai bodies with existing land use control '
powers determine that such land uses are appropriate.
' B. IMPAC7S DIRECTLY RELA7ED TO THE PROPOSED ACTION
1 . Natural Systems
, ' A. Atmaspheric Conciitions
�' Atm�spheric conditions should not be significantly impacted
by the cc+nstruction of the Auburn Interceptor. Dust created
during ali phases of the project should be adequately con-
trolled by the contractor and "ss nat likely to become a I
nuisance. The aperatian af heavy equipment within the '
proposed interceptor right-of-way and the utilizatian af a ,
large fleet af trucks transporting pipe, spoi � rr�aterial ,
and imparted backfill material , if required, to and from
the Interceptar �-ight-of-way will affect air quality to a
slight degree. Air quality impacts can be expected to be
maderate, depending upon microclimatolagical conditions, tfi e
equipment involved, and the type of fuei used.
Off-site air quality impacts wili occur, but they will be '
relatively unimportant when viewed within the context of the
regional air pollution prablem. Air pollutian by dust and
particulate matter is a com�non accurrence at concrete pipe
manufacturing and fabrication plants, which may be located
far from the project site.
Noise impacts created by canstructian af the Auburn lnter- �
ceptar will be significant in and adjacent ta the construction
site. Such impacts will be temporary in nature, however, I
affecting the nearby areas for anly short periods of time. I
Air compressar noise and naise, created by jackhammers,
where utilized, will be most noticeable. Jacking pit and j
tunnel locations will be opened for four ta six week periods I
of time, during which crane, truck, and air compressor noises
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will be emitted during the daytime. Noise emitted at night
will be minimal , involving only the possible noise associated
with the operation of pump motors. At all times, the con-
tractor will be required to abide by the applicable local
noise control ordinances.
b. Geologic and Pedologic Conditions
The construction of the proposed pipeline will require
excavation ranging from fifteen feet to twenty-five feet
betow the ground surface, with a mean of approximately
twenty feet. This will entail the removal of the exist-
ing surface soils and underlying alluvial deposits. The �I
excavated trench material will generally be suitable for
backfill on unimproved land depending upon easement agree-
ments and the surface uses. Occasionally, this material
cannot be utilized as backfill and imported material will
be used. Any excavated material requiring temporary stor-
age will be stockpiled under controlled conditions within ,
the construction right-of-way at sites carefully selected '�
by the METRO resident engineer, until used as backfill !
material .
Waste materiat , including brush, trees , fences , and other
surface features to be removed, will be transported to
'landfill disposal sites. No burning of cleared material
will occur. Sod, asphalt, and pavement rubble will normal-
ly be disposed of in the same manner. The contractor may !
wish to sell some of this material as fill , in which case �',
METRO may allow the disposal of this material to occur in '
designated sites. Excess trench material and spoils not �,i
utilized as backfitl will be disposed of in a manner accep- I
table to the METRO resident engineer. Often this material
is spread along the right-of-way and compacted.
The entire construction process will insure that a minimum
amount of siltation, sedimentation, and other possible
adverse water quality impacts created by the excavation,
pipe implacement, and backfill operations, will occur.
Soil erosion, if any, and its associated adverse water
quality effects will be negligible. �
The surface soils encountered within the proposed corridor
are potentially productive Class II and Class III soils.
These soils , which are classified by the U.S. Soil Conser-
vation Service as primary agricultural soils with only
occasional or slight limitations for the sustained produc-
tion of commonly cultivated crops , are a finite regional
resource. Due to the proposed right-of-way location, only
a very limited amount of currently productive soil may be I
sacrificed. METRO policies do not preclude crop production
upon their rights-of-way.
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c. Hydrologic Conditions
Construction and operation of the Auburn Interceptor will �
terminate the operation of the existing Auburn Sewage
Treatment Plant, thereby eliminating an existing and poten-
tiat source of pollutants of the Green River. The efflu-
ent from this plant is suspected of creating conditions
in the Green River which do not meet existing water quality
standards during extreme low flow periods.
Interception of the Auburn sanitary wastes to METRO's treat-
ment plant at Renton will lower the BOD loads upon the
Green and Duwamish Rivers between Auburn and Renton by
eliminating a present source of nutrients. Dissolved oxy-
gen depressions may occur less frequently. The clarity
and general aesthetic appearance of the Lower Green River
is also likely to improve.
The Renton Sewage Treatment Plant provides secondary treat-
ment utilizing an activated sludge process. Its effluent
is discharged into the Duwamish River. Placed in
operation in June, 1965, initial flows to the Renton
plant averaged 6.0 mgd and have increased steadily since
that time. The average flow during the months of Novem-
4 m d. The
rou h A ril 1 1 for exam le was 28. 5
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�design average flow was 24.0 mgd at that time. Plant per-
formance was, however, maintained at a consistently high
level with BOD and suspended solids removals exceeding 90
percent.
In order to provide adequate treatment during peak flow
periods, and because of growth within the Renton plant's
tributary area and the expansion of the tributary area, a
major enlargement of the plant became necessary. This
'� enlargement was just completed, and the Renton plant is
now quite capable of adequately treating the existing and
� projected waste loads of the Green River Sewerage Area.
I The design capacity of the present Renton secondary treat-
ment system is 36.0 mgd. Treatment efficiencies for
loadings which do not exceed this capacity are 96 percent
for BOD and 95 percent for suspended solids. The treatment
efficiencies of the present Auburn Lagoon, as noted earlier,
reduce BOD and suspended solids by approximately 80 percent.
The reliability of the Renton Sewage Treatment Plant is
higher than the reliability inherent to lagoon treatment
systems, though the City of Auburn deserves recognition
for the excellent reliability record of their operation of
the Auburn Lagoon. The Renton Sewage Treatment Plant is
designed to facilitate further expansion and/or the incor-
poration of advanced treatment facilities, if required
' to meet the goals of the 1972 Water Pollution Control Act
Amendments.
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By terminating the operation of the existing Auburn Sewage
Treatment System, the proposed action provides the oppor-
tunity for existing point sources of pollution within the
Auburn areato hook into the Renton division of the METRO
wastewater collection and treatment system. The overall
quality of t�e Lower Green and Duwamish Rivers is likely
to improve due to the higher degree of treatment provided
by the Renton Sewage Treatment Plant. When point sources,
such as the Auburn Packing Plant, join the METRO or City
of Auburn's system, the quality of the Lower Green River '
woutd certainly increase. Bacterial loads, in particular,
would be decreased substantially.
Studies undertaken by METRO's River Basin Coordinating
Committee (RIBCO) , utilizing mathematical models , have
simulated the expected water quality impacts which would
result if the proposed action were implemented. This simu-
lation assumes that the waste loadings from land uses will
correspond to the Puget Sound Governmental Conference's
Interim Regional Development Plan land use projections,
that the Auburn Packing Plant will connect to the METRO
Sewer System, that the existing 71 mgd diversion of water
to Tacoma from the upper Green River will continue, that
the Howard Hanson Reservoir levels will be managed care-
� fully, and that no changes in water use will occur. This
study found that no major water uses would suffer from
unacceptable water quality in the year 2000 during a cri- ,
ticat 1-irr10 year low flow year in the Green River upstream
of Renton.
In general , the study results shaw that the quality of the
Green River would be improved if the wastes from the Au-
burn Packing Plant and the Auburn Lagoon were eliminated.
The quality of Big Soos Creek and the Black River would
decline, however, due to the increased coliform bacteria
and nutrient loads in runoff associated with urban develop-
ment. The results of the RIBCO analysis , based upon the
above assumptions, show that a net increase in wastes dis-
charged in the Green River Drainage Basin would occur, but
a net improvement in the quality of the Green River would
also result. Because the expected urban-runoff wastes will
be diluted by the highere streamflows associated with rain-
storms in urban areas, these wastes will be transported to
the Duwamish Estuary quickly. Wastes will remain in the
Green River for only limited amounts of time, according to
the preliminary results of the RIBCO analysis.
These preliminary results suggest that an increased impact
on the quality of the Duwamish Estuary �ould occur as a
result of waste loads expected in the year 2000. The
wastes from the Green/Duwamish Basin may accumulate and
interact in the slow-flushing estuary to a much greater
degree than today's smaller steady flow of wastes into
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the estuary build up and interact. The wastes would also
be subjected to a shorter period of treatment by the
natural processed of the Green/Duwamish River before
reaching the estuary because of the fiaster-flowing
rainfall and urban runoff fed river expected in the
year 2000.
By itself, the proposed action's impact upon the water
quality of the Duwamish Estuary may be insignificant,
due to the small amounts of wastes treated by the Auburn
Lagoon relative to the total wastes treatad by the Renton
Sewage Treatment Plant. The Renton effluent, whicfi is
discharged into the Duwamish River, together with the
discharge from Seattle's remaining combined sewers dis-
charging into the Duwamish River, may overshadow the
effects of upstream discharges into the Green River, as far
as estuary water quality is concerned. Every discfiarge,
however, must be viewed with regard to its cumulative
ef�ect upon the estuary's water quality. Due to th�
lower quality treatment provided by such upstream treat-
ment facilities as the Auburn Lagoon, (relative to the
Renton Sewage Treatment Plant) even small upstream dis-
charges may be a factor contributing to upset conditions
in tfie estuary. Some METRO biologists and water quality
. planners continue to believe, however, that if an updated
Auburn Sewage Treatment Plant remained in operation in
the year 2000, serving much of the Green River Sewerage
Area, its impact upon the estuary would probably be
slight.
, Questions regarding the effects of upstream actions and
resulting changes within the Duwamish E�tuary will be
, answered during the coming months as the RIBCO Study
perfects its computerized estuary model . Until then, the
previous comments regarding the effects of the proposed
action and those ofi future urban develapment within th�
' Green River Sewerage Area upon the Duwamish Estuary must
be considered speculative. Further analysis of water
quality changes within the lower Green River will be made,
� utilizing additional and/or revised data. As METRO c�n-
tinues its studies of water quality., Water Resources
Management, Land Use Allocation, and Urban Runoff and
Basin Drainage, Solid Waste Management, and their collec-
� tive effects on water quality, much of the data already
produced by the computer simulation models may be revised.
Water quantity impacts of the proposed action should not be
� significant. The existing Auburn Lagoon typically releases
1 .5 to 2.5 million gallons of treated effluent per day into
the Green River. Because a portion of the Auburn Sewage
Collection System is still combined, and because much of
the existing Auburn Sewerage System consists of old and
cracked pipes, allowing large quantities of infiltrate to
enter the system, storm water affects the amount of waste-
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water reaching the Auburn Lagoon. During wet conditions
the lagoon occasionally discharges 5.0 - 10.0 mgd into
the Green River. The diversion of this flow into the •
Duwamish River via the Renton Sewage Treatment Plant is
not likely to aggravate critical low flow conditions of
the Green River because the quantity of wastes discharged
by the Auburn Lagoon is quite small in relation to the
Green River's most critical low flows. The lowerst flows
that typically occur at Auburn, for example, average 150
to 180 cubic feet per second (cfs) , while the largest volumes '
of treated effluent discharged by the Auburn Lagoon during
periods of steady heavy rainfall approach 17 cfs. Since low
river flows never occur during a period of maximum discharge
from the Auburn Lagoon, the proportion of the river flow
supplemented by the Aubun Lagoon is quite insignificant.
Usually when Green River flows reach critical levels
(150 cfs) , the Auburn Lagoon is discharging only 3-4 cfs.
When lagoon discharges are greatest (17 cfs) , the Green
River normally contains flows of 1000 to 9000 cfs. The
probability of the cessation of the Auburn Sewage System's
discharge into the Green River adversely affecting low flow
conditions in the river is further lessened by the fact that
low flow augmentation procedures at Howard Hanson Dam may
be able to alleviate any low flow problems possibly created.
The proposed separation of storm and sanitary sewers in
Auburn will also replace much of the discharge to the Green
River lost by connecting the Auburn sewage collection system
to the regional system, because the storm discharges will
then be rerouted and will continue to flow into the Green
River.
Impacts of the proposed action upon groundwater quantity
and quality are also expected to be minimal . Infiltration
into the Auburn Interceptor through cracks and breaks in
the pipes and defective pipe joints , connections, and manhole
walls should not be excessive. Because the pipeline will �
be constructed of rubber gasketed reinforced concrete pipe, '
the Auburn Interceptor should remain practically watertight
for at least twenty years. As it ages, however, the con-
crete may become somewhat porous. Cracks , primarily due
to earthquakes, may also develop allowing some direct infil-
tration. Though every effort to minimize infiltration
will be undertaken, and relatively little, if any, infil-
tration will occur, between 175,000 to 250,000 galtons of
infiltrate is likely to enter the Auburn Interceptor daily
after the pipe has deteriorated. This will probably not
occur for twenty to fifty years after the Auburn Inter-
ceptor is placed in service. These quantities of infil-
trate fall below allowable limits on infiltration set by
the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and the State of
Washington. Utilizing State standards , over 360,000 gallons
of infiltrate could leak into the Auburn Interceptor per
' day.
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l When the proposed Green River Sewerage System is totalty
developed, infiltratian could equal thirty to sixty mil-
lions of gallans per day. The modern canstructian methods
to be utilized by METRO during the propased actio�s
construction and the constructian af the sewerage area's
system �ake such large amounts nf infi }tratian unlikety,
Nowever, because the greatest quantities of infiltrate enter
sewer systems thraugh small collectar and lateral sewers,
up to forty percent of the wastewater flowing through the
� Auburn Interceptor may ultimately consist of infiltrate.
II lnfiltratian within the sewerage area wilt be affected by
recent Enviranmental Protectian Agency regulations, and
II could be cansiderably lass than the amounts shown above
if efforts to cantrol excess infiltrationlinflow are under-
taken. Section 201 �g) (3} Q� the Federal Water Pollutian
� Contral Act Amendments of 1972 has pravided the impetus
� for such efforts by requiring that no construction gr�nts
� for waste treatment works after July 1 , 1973 Will be given
unless the applicant satisfactorily demonstrates that the
sewer coilectian system discharging into the works is not
II subject to excessive infiltrationlinflow. The emphasis on
infiltrationlinflow occurs because it is often cheaper to
rehabilitate a sewer system than to increase a treatment ,
( works' capacity to provide the required wastewater treatrnent
� for large quantities af infiltration/inflow, The City of
' Auburn, for example, has proposed to undertake a costly
I� storm and sanitary sewer separation program to reduce starm
' water inflow to the Auburn sanitary system and METRO System
I if the Auburn interceptor is constructed. The Auburn Lagoon,
after retirement and disinfectian, roay be utilized as a
starm water retentian facility serving the resuitant Auburn
storm sewer system. Programs such as this, influenced by
the E.P.A. regulations which emphasize the rehabilitatian
of ald deteriorated sewers, are lik�ly to reduce thc i�pacts
� upon the groundwater resources of the Green River Sewerage
Area.
II Occasionally, because af the granutar nature of trench �
backfill , covered sewer trenches may, themselves, act as
large subsurface drains. Due to physical phenomena, under
' saturated conditions and sufficient head, water held in
_, fine-textured soils may flow into the porous coarse-textur�d
trenches and then, by gravity, flow along fihe pipeline route,
passibly draining the fine-textured soils. This is not tikely
ta accur as a resuTt af the proposed action, however, because
of the fine-grained material excavated from the trench will
be uti } ized as backfill periodically, Preventing flaw along
the trench. i
Most wells within the vicinity of the Auburn Interceptor's
route are currently used ta pravide water for livestock and
irrigation in areas undergoing a transition from agri- I
cultural to industrial land uses , and therefare, can be I
viewed as only temporary facilities. Because of the mod-
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erate depth of most wells near the proposed pipeline cor- `
ridor and the rel�tively shallow excavation required by
the proposed action, impacts upon groundwater levels are
not tikely.
Dewatering of the soil along the proposed route will be
necessary. Past experiences indicate, however, that the
lowering of groundwater levels will be a temporary condition
and the groundwater will assume its normal level upon the
cessation of dewatering. The water removed will be dis-
charged under controlled conditions into the existing
nearby drainage canals and is not expected to create any
significant environmental impact. Pumping, for example,
will be stopped, if at any time the water removed contains
soil particles. The water resulting from the dewatering
process will be retained in a settling basin whenever it
is to be discharged into the Green River or drainage canals
utilized as spawning channels. Officials of the Washington
State Departments of Fisheries and Game will supervise such
disposal activities. Al1 discharge into drainage canals
will be diffused and directed through an outfall pipe. No
soil erosion or bank erosion is expected within the open
drainage channels.
Groundwater quality should not be affected by the construction
� or operation of the proposed sewer. Though inspection and
testing procedures will almost assuredly prevent the occur-
rence of any exfiltrate, the possibility of exfiltration
occurring exists , however, if sufficient head is created by
the development of the upstream sewerage system. Much greater
pressures could then exist within the pipe than outside,
forcing raw sewage out through cracks and pipe joints. This
is highly unlikely, however. Though METRO has previously
been blamed for polluting a groundwater source, no real
damage has ever been substantiated.
d. Biologic Conditions
In an overall sense it is impossible to predict what bio-
logic impacts are likely to result as a consequence of re-
moving the Auburn Lagoon's present nutrient load from the
Green River. Under existing conditions, these nutrients
stimulate biologic activity within the lower Green River. --
Occasionally, during critical low flow periods in late sum-
mer, when photosynthetic productivity and river temperatures
are at their maximum levets, the increased decomposition of
dead and dying organisms utilizes too much of the available
oxygen within the river ecosystem, and dissolved oxygen
levels become depressed. (See Figure g) . The dissolved
oxygen levels downstream of the Auburn Lagoon's outfall ,
though occasionally reaching levels below state Class A
water standards, do not reach levels critical for the
normal biological activities within the Green River. The
maintenance of the important anadromous fisheries of the
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Green River system, for example, is not threatened by this
dissolved oxygen problem possihly associated �ith the Auburn
Lagoon's nutrient load. The only major adverse impact on
water quality, possibly associated with the Auburn Lagoon's
present nutrient load, may, in fact, be aesthetic, for the
stimulated biologic activity which occurs within the Green
River during the late summer often creates excessive algal
growth and nuisance slime conditions. In the Lower Green
River this algal growth is quite evident along its stream-
bed and shorelines. If the proposed action is implemented,
the existing 6iologic activity within the river may possibly ',
6e reduced, since the nutrient load from the Auburn Lagoon I
w�ich now enriches the Lower Green River will no longer be I
available to support such an abundance of biologic activity.
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The removal of the Auburn La oon s nutrient load from the
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Green River may, in time, allow additional species of plants I
and animals to become established in all segments of the
river. Because some of the existing organisms in the Lower
Green River are "pollution-requiring" organisms, dependent ,
on poor or marginal quality water, the proposed action may '
open up new niches within the river ecosystem. These voids '
may be filled with new species of plants and animals, which, I
� in turn, may increase ecosystem stability over time. An
� increased production of some aquatic and benthic organisms
may occur as a direct result of the stabilized diurnal and ',
seasonal dissolved oxygen levels resulting from the proposed '
� action. The fisheries resources of the Green River woutd i,
also be increased, which would be of value ta both commercial �
and recreational fishermen. '
As mentioned previously, it is impossible at this time to �'
specify biologic impacts upon the aquatic ecosystem. The
interim results of RIBCO's computerized simulation studies
show, however, that fish life within the Green River in
the year 2000 will not have been adversely or beneficially
, affected by the proposed action, the collection of the
Auburn Packing Plant wastes, and the continued urban develop-
, ment of South King County in accordance with the Puget Sound
Governmental Conference's Interim Regional Development Plan.
The same checkpoints within the Gr.een River Basin which are
presently acceptable in quality for fish life remain so in
the year 2000 despite the elimination of all point sources
of water pollution. Likewise, the presently unacceptable
checkpoints will not have improved in quality with regard
to fish life.
Within the Duwamish estuary, similar problems regarding the '
predictability of biologic impacts occur. Presently a quite
productive system, the estuary may benefit from the cleaner
water resulting from the implementation of the Auburn Inter-
ceptor. Some biologists believe food organisms wilt res-
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pond to reduced pollution, therefore increasing the pro-
ductivity of the entire estuarine ecosystem. Others
contend that without periadic fiushing the estuary wiii
became a "biologic desert," due ta the BOD laads that may
accumulate in the lawer Duwamish. The Duwamish estuary
flushing needs will be determined in the coming months
as the RIBCQ Study's estuary madel is campleted.
Summer anadramaus fish runs, which are occasionally
threatened by the existing low flow conditions downstream
from Auburn, are not likely to be affected by the proposed
action. Critical tow flow canditions in ghe Green River
shoulc! nat be influenced by the eiimination of the lagaan
discharge. In the critical 1-in-10 year low flaws, however,
the additional input into the Green River provided by the
Auburn L.agoon could be of value, even though the lagoon
would only contribute 3 ta 4 cfs to the 150 cfs within the
Green River. As noted earlier, all phases of the construc-
tinn process will be designed and contralled in a manner
consistent with the preservatian of water quality and river
spawning canditions.
The crossing of the Green River, for example, will occur
under the inspection of the Washington State Departments
, af Fisheries and Game and must meet conditions imposed by their
hydraulics permit. Siltatian will be controlled, and water
quality and river spawning cond'stions will be maintained.
Na significant adverse impacts should occur during the
construction of the Auburn Interceptor which wilt affect the
river and stream biota.
Identifiabie adverse impacts upon biological organisms will
be primarily limited ta the interceptar right-c�f-way and
access roads within the construction right-of-way. The
existing terrestrial ecasystem will be afifected by the re-
moval of the soil , plant, and animal habitats from the
interceptor corridor. Some resting, nesting, and cover
areas, as well as food sources will be eliminated during
the pre-construction and construction phases of the Auburn
(nterceptor praject. Restoration is required anly where
cultivated areas, residential yards, and other surface im-
pravements occur. These areas will be restared as nearly
as possible to their original condition ar as required by
the terms of easements or permits. A review of current
METRO constructian requirements indicates that the natural
habitats presently within the praposed pipeline corridor
wiil not be re-established unless the pro�erty owners
specificaliy request such actian in the terms of their
easements or permits.
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Tr�o particularly complex and diverse habitats will be
affected if preliminary plans for the Auburn Interceptor
are carried out. A fence-line mixed-woodland habitat south
of Southeast 212th Street in Kent will 6e removed, affecting
many nesting birds and, probably, many small mammals. This
area will pro6ably be affected in the future, however, as ',
it is a proposed Kent city street (72nd Avenue South) .
The second valuable habitat to be impacted occurs immedi- '
ately south of South 277th Street. It consists of a relict
meander of the Green or Wf�ite River, which is now heavily
vegetated but still wet and marshy. The preliminary con- ,
struction plan for the Auburn Interceptor proposes an ,
alignment through an annual wetland portion of this twenty . '�,,
acre area. Many species of animals may leave the area due �
to the encroachment of the interceptor right-of-way into
the existing rather natural conditions. Some of these
animals may have no suitable alternative habitats to
utilize and therefore may be eliminated from at least the
Auburn-Kent vicinity. This significant natural wetland
area is presently owned by the Burlington Northern Railroad,
which plans to eventually develop the area as a commercial/
industrial site.
' In light of a recent (MarcF� 20, 1973) U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency policy statement, plans for routing the
proposed interceptor through this natural wetland area may
have to be modified. This statement established EPA pol-
icy to "preserve the wetland ecosystems and to protect them
from destruction through waste water or non-point source
discharges and their treatment or control ."
An additional biologic impact will be created by the re-
tirement of the Auburn Lagoon. Currently utilized by large
numbers of migratory and resident waterfowl as a feeding
and resting site, the draining of its waters woutd decrease
the available surface water area within the Green River
Valley by thirty-eight acres. Utilizing the lagoon as a
backup flushing reservoir or storm water storage facility
would retain this valuable waterfowl habitat. The possible
spread of pathogenic organisms by the waterfowl using the
lagoon will be eliminated by the retirement of the use of
the Auburn Lagoon as an effluent stabilization and oxidation
pond.
The noise and other disturbances associated with construc-
tion operations will also probably impact the birds and
mammals of the Green River Valley to some undetermined extent.
Noise will increase significantly within the construction
' area over ambient levels.
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2. Man-Made Systems
Since the construction of the Auburn Interceptor will occur
primarily within existing public rights-of-way or adjacent
to existing utility corridors, direct impacts upon existing
human settlements, structures , or activity areas will be
minimized. Construction of the proposed sewer may, however,
cause occasional temporary disruptions of public utilities
and transportation systems. Since METRO plans to jack the _
interceptor pipes under the major arterials and railroads,
closure of these streets and railways during the construc-
tion of crossings will not be necessary. When the required
excavation extends within existing street and highway rights-
of-way, METRO will retain an opan lane for vehicular and
pedestrian traffic. There will , of course, be an occasion-
al closure of streets for equipment loading and unloading.
All traffic control procedures will be coordinated with
local officials. Temporary noise impacts from construction
operations will affect nearby residential areas wit�in
populated areas , particularly in Kent, along Naden and
Lincoln Avenues.
Along the entire proposed route, precautions will be
taken to protect citizens from the dangers associated
� with construction equipment and excavations. The
jacking pits and tunnels, many of which may be quite
large, will be_ adequate.ly barr.i�aded by the cont.ractor,
as will atl construction areas that are not being actively
worked. At night all such areas will remain well barricaded.
Only one residential unit, presently inhabited, lies within
the proposed right-of-way. If this proposed right-of-way,
remains the selected route, this home, located south of
South 285th Street, adjacent to the Chicago, Milwaukee,
St. Paul , and Pacific/Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way,
in King County, will have to be vacated and destroyed.
During construction the visual quality of the Green River
Valley landscape within and adjacent to the pipeline
corridor will be disrupted. Due to the already unnatural
character of most of the corridor, and the short period of
time that construction activities will remain at any one
particular location, the overall visual impacts should
not be significant.
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C. SECONDARY IMPACTS STIMULATED BY THE PROPOSED ACTION.
The most significant impacts likely to result from the proposed
action will be those affecting the use of the Green Rtver Sewerage
Area's land resources. The existence of adequate wastewater treatment
systems, including the presence of the Auburn Interceptor,may influence
local governmental planning and policy decisions in such a way as to
encourage growth in presently undeveloped a�eas or to intensify exist-
ing land uses. It must be stressed that the significant secondary
impacts created by the canstruction of the Auburn Interceptor will
be the result of local governmental planning and policy decisions.
The physical existence of the Auburn Interceptor, in itself, will not
create urban development; but it will allow urban development to ,
occur if the iocal governmental bodies with existing land .use '
pianning powers determine that such development is appropriate.
The local comprehensive land use plans created by these governmental
bodies generally suggest that such development is desired.
According to the EPA`s Nationa) land Use Task �orce Sfudy of 1973�
the effect on urban growth and development of sewerage services, •
particularly those funded by EPA construction grants, has never been
properly examined and is not currently understood. However, available
evidence contained in EPA studies of the relattonships between environ-
mental protection programs and land use demonstrates that sewerage
systems tend to encourage growth in their vicinity because of the
ease and low cost of hooking up to such facilities. Often the
resultant development is contrary to the wishes of many local residents
as well as regional land use goals.
EPA admits that it does not fully understand the growth and develop-
ment impact that interceptor sewers and regional treatment plants
can have on their service areas. The only study primarily concerned
with this issue, EPA's Report on Interceptor Sewers, notes:
' , "Very little investigative work has been done of inter-
ceptors, and virtually none of the effects of interceptors
on growth stimulation. The state of developmental research
has been, for the most part, restricted to the area of
I � increrr�ntal investment. In these cases, the population
' growth was assumed to be independent of the interceptor
development."
An unpublished EPA study of construction grant program policies in
Region VI did find, however, that interceptor sewers, in particular,
often support and encourage unplanned growth and development. A
lack of planning at the local level and the sporadic development
of unincorporated areas by private developers were found, though,
to be the "priming actions" from which land use problems originated.
A more detailed example of the relationships between wastewater
I collection and treatment systems and urban growth and development
has been documented by the State of Virginia's Population Resources
Bureau. The Bureau, after studying the rapid growth of Fairfax
County (adjacent to Washington D.C.) over the last two decades,
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reported that sewers played a primary role in the County's develop-
ment. Not only was the location of different land uses affected, but
the densities of each use were also determined by wastewater manage-
ment plans, not land use plans. This report concluded that sewerage,
not planning, dominates and controls the growth patterns in Fairfax
County.
The efforts of both the formal Fairfax County planning machinery and
those who called for regulation of development were usually ignored.
Planning staff inembers complained that the Division of Sanitary
Engineering laid down sewers to carry out their goals and to fulfill
their plans without coordinating their efforts with the land use
plans and planners. One planning staff inember complained that
"They (The Division of Sanitary Engineering) don' t even talk to
us. The engineers and (County) supervisors just figure 'here's the
next area to be developed, so let's sewer it' ". A County Supervisor
summarized the Fairfax County developmental process by remarking
that, "The key to development is the sewer". This Fairfax County
case study forcefully documents the significant land use impacts and
developmental powers of sewerage services in areas where planning is
fragmented and land use control powers are dispersed.
In areas of high urban densities and/or severely limited septic tank
capacities, sewers and wastewater treatment plants are necessary to
protect the environment and the public health. The effects of waste-
water �ollection and treatment systems, however, can extend beyond
cleaner waterways and uncontaminated groundwater tables. The tradi-
tional single-purpose manner by which such systems are designed, the
common methods of financing sewer systems, the existing property
assessment procedures, the policies of present Federal and State
water pollution control agencies which emphasize regional sewer
systems, the presence of many unresolved land use questions, and the
lack of land use controls can make sewers one of the significant
stimuli to uncontrolled urban growth.
The existence or feasibility of sewer and water services is frequently
a primary criterion by which planning commissions and other land
use-determining bodies decide whether or not an area should be
rezoned for development or subdivision should be permitted. In
fact, it is often most advantageous for developers to first ascertain
what sewer and water agency plans exist before selecting and/or
purchasing development sites. Only then do these individuals or
groups approach the planning commission or land use planning agency
for approvals. In cases where the provision of sewer or water
facilities is assured, developers can be fairly certain that the
planning commission will take favorable action. In essence, land
use decisions can be made indirectly by those who regulate, design,
and/or construct wastewater disposal or water supply systems.
In the Seattle metropolitan area, wastewater disposal systems have
not been, historically, a primary development-inducing factor. It
appears that in King County other development-generating conditions
have predominated. Sanitary sewer service has typically responded
to rather than precede, the "leapfrog" development experienced by
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much of the County. Actions by private industries, improved trans-
portation facilities, and the provision of �ater suppty systems
appear to have been the most important factors influencing the
Seattle area's present land use pattern.
In the Lower Green River Valley, for example, decisions made by
private industry approximately ten years ago stimulated its trans-
formation from a productive agricultural area to an industrial area.
The Boeing Company's 1965-66 decisions to locate three additional
major employment centers in the Seattle metropolitan region, two of
them within the Lower Green River Valley at Kent and Auburn, originated
the present developmental pressures upon the valley. Serving the
wastewater collection and treatment needs of the first Boeing plant
in the valley (at Kent) spurred the initial involvement of Kent with
METRO.
Kent was also attracted to joining METRO for other reasons, including
the necessity for Kent to expand its system and the desire for an
industrial tax base which the METRO facilities could help attract.
Kent also found it advantageous to hook up to METRO because of the
1967-68 economic depression. This down-turn provided U.S. Economic
Development Agency funds for sewer construction which Kent could
and did receive due to hooking up with METRO.
The METRO system serving Kent has influenced all aspects of land use
in the a�ea, particularly North Kent. Industries within Kent have
also been affected. Prior to joining the METRO system, Kent had
charged $3.50/month for sewage collection and treatment. The standard
METRO charge of $2.75/month plus a reduced city fee of $2.50/month
raised the charge to $5.25/month for residential customers. Indus-
trial water-users were charged the same rate per residential customer
equivalents, resulting in immediate decreases in the use of water,
on which the sewage charges are based. Industries utilizing large
quantities of water were most affected. Canneries, which were
faced with additional problems related to the transformation of the
valley from an agricultural to industrial area, were particularly
affected by the higher sewage collection and treatment rates. Al1
canneries have left the Kent area since 1967.
The availability of sewer facilities also directly influenced long-
term land use planning by "committing" the sewered areas of Kent to
future development. Regional plans and policies support the devetop-
ment of areas with existing public facilities. Development has,
therefore, been focused in existing utility and service areas, such
as the North Kent-Tukwila area.
The present situation in Auburn is significantly different from the
situation in Kent in 1967, when Kent decided to hook up with METRO's
regional system. Whereas the METRO facilities serving Kent responded
to prior urban development, the proposed action is primari�ly a response
to anticipated future urban development. The Auburn Interceptor is
not a response to but rather a facility effectuating the expansion
of urban growth. Its construction and the regionalization of the
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present Auburn system are a response to an anticipated future need,
which could also be fulfilled by a num6er of other alternative waste
water collection and treatment strategies, if and when the antic-
ipated growth occurs.
The existing Auburn Sewerage Treatment Plan cannot accommodate much
additional growth in the Auburn area. The Auburn Interceptor's
construction will eliminate this primary constraint upon the growth
of the Auburn area. Land use changes and their related environmental
impacts can be expected to occur as a direct result of the lifting
of the Washington State Department of Ecology's current ban on the
extension of Auburn's sewage collection facilities. Planned trunk
sewers and lateral and collector sewers can then be constructed in
areas not currently serviced. An intensification of land uses
would be expected along the routes of these improvements because
existing local land use plans propose more intensive land uses than
those presently in existence.
An additional major secondary effect witl occur in the near future when
METRO's West Soos Trunk is constructed, if existing land use controls
prevail on the Black Diamond Plateau. The area which is proposed to be
served by the West Soos trunk currently utilizes septic tank treatment
and disposal systems. In places, the assimilative c�aracteristics of I
the land have been overburdened, and ground and surface water pollution
has occurred. This has forced King County and Kent to impose restrictions I
and a partial moratorium on the issuance of additional septic tank permits.
Urban growth has been seriously affected as a result. The construction
of the West Soos Trunk, which is contingent upon the Auburn Inter- �
ceptor, will enable the Washington State Division of Health Services �
and the Seattle-King County Health District to lift their restrictions I
allowing development to continue upon the Black Diamond Plateau,
if the local agencies, with existing planning jurisdiction of the �
areas involved, desire such development to occur. �
Plans for three other interceptor sewers authorized by METRO' s second
stage construction program, including the Dolloff Lake, Lake Geneva,
and East Green River Valley Interceptors, can be implemented after
the construction of the Auburn Interceptor. These sewers will allow
additional urban development to occur if local government land use '
decisions favor such development. The resultant growth will change ,
the character of the Green River Sewerage Area and affect all aspects �
of its environment, given the existing local land use plans and ptanning �
framework. ��
The short section of the West Valley Interceptor to be constructed in
association with the Auburn Interceptor will directly affect a small
portion of the Green River Valley, as well as indirectly affect all
aspects of the Auburn area's environment, by stimulating the urban
development of the valley floor to the west of Auburn. The construction
of a proposed major shopping center in this area, at the terminus of
the section of the West Valley Interceptor proposed to be constructed
in association with the Auburn Interceptor, is likely to occur after '
these actions are implemented. The implementation of the plans for �
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this facility has, in part, been delayed due to the lack of sewerage
service to its site. The impact of this facility on the present
'downtown' of Auburn is difificult to predict. Some city officials
believe that most Auburn residents already shop at regional shopping
centers. Ot�er Auburn residents believe thE proposed s�opping center
will harm the present economic viability of Auburn's city center.
The construction of a major shopping center is certain to affect
air quality, water quality, and land use patterns in its vicinity,
however. These potential impacts can be viewed as likely consequences
of the proposed action.
The proposed agreement, extending the METRO sewage disposal system
to Auburn, (still subject to ratification by the Metropolitan Council)
and the Cities of Auburn, Algona, and Pacific) also calls for the
addition of several other sewer lines to METRO's Comprehensive Plan.
These proposed lines would extend sewer service to Black Diamond,
Enumclaw, and Lake Sawyer, reaching areas far beyond those served
by the West Soos Trunk. These sewers will , particularly in the
Black Diamond and Lake Sawyer areas, solve an existing health problem
related to improperly sited, maintained, and/or undersized septic
tank treatment systems. These sewers will also allow the Black
Diamond and Enumclaw Plateaus to develop at urban densities, if
King County, and the towns involved desire such growth to occur.
The affects of this potential growth could seriously degrade the
quality of the existing resources in the area. Development, in a i
manner typical to development elsewhere in the Seattle Metropolitan
area could also create severe hazards to ublic health or safety
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(e.g. development upon fault zones, landslide prone geologic form- �
ations, etc.) .
Benefits which will result from the proposed action and the additional '�,
� facilities which are associated with it include the water quality �
improvements mentioned in previous sections and such temporary
effects as increased employment opportunities during their construc-
tion. Another benefit is the fact that after the completion of
these facilities, the cities of Auburn, Algona, Pacific, Kent, and
Black Diamond, and King and Pierce Counties will be given the oppor-
tunity to control their own patterns and rates of growth. Present
State and County restrictions on septic tank use and sewer extensions I
do not allow these governmental bodies a choice as to how growth and '
development occurs. This choice should be viewed as a benefit of
the proposed action, even though the fulfillment of the plans of
these local agencies is likely to adversely impact and decrease the
total range of beneficial uses of the sewerage area environment.
It must be noted that the 370,000 people projected to inhabit the
Green River Sewerage Area by 2030 most certainly will affect the �
quality of the environment wherever they live. Sewers will probably '
be required to serve these people under any reasonable land use plan
directing their use of the tand resource. The tradeoffs, costs, and
benefits of urbanizing the Green River Sewerage Area versus distrib- i
uting its anticipated residents elsewhere (possibly to areas more �
capable of absorbing their impacts) have not be calculated, and, I
in fact, may be impossible to determine.
106
As an aid in assessing the secondary impact of the Auburn Interceptor
and METRO's proposed Green River Sewerage Area system on the environ-
ment, particularly the land resources of the sewerage area, a com-
puterized analysis of the sewerage area was, however, conducted.
This study evaluated the suitability of the Green River Sewerage
Area for various land uses and intensities of use and related these
suitabilities to three identifiable "alternative futures". These �
"futures" include the PSGC's tnterim Regional Development Plan, a
composite of the local comprehensive land use plans, and the existing
land use of the area. The IRDP represents controlled and directed �
growth in accordance with the goals of the region. The local land
use plans supposedly represent the desires of the sewerage area
residents and the expected future conditions. These plans are the �
existing basis of the sewerage area's development. The continuation
of the existing land use into the future represents a "no growth"
alternative, and assumes that the existing restraints on development
will remain in existence. The goal of this study was to determine �
which of these "futures" is most consistent with the inherent
suitability of the sewerage area's land resource base to support
urban development. This "future" would therefore minimize environ- �
mental impacts and 6e the most reasonable "plan" to direct future
growth. If METRO, for example, desired to minimize secondary adverse
impacts upon the environment, while serving the wastewater disposal �
needs of the sewerage area's residents, it would, perhaps, be desir-
able to plan the location and program the use o� its facilities in
accordance with the least damaging or hazardous "future".
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The study process began with an intensive data gathering phase utiliz-
ing a team of experienced geologists, zoologists, biologists, botanists, �
and soil scientists. Water and air quality specialists were consulted
throughout this phase. The surficial geology, environmental geology,
topography, surface water hydrology, ground water hydrology, soils,
plant communities, and wildlife habitats of the 93,270 acre study �
area were thoroughly inventoried and analyzed. This data was stored
in ten acre grid cells, which form the basic mapping unit utilized in
the computer analysis. The quality of the air and water resources �
of the sewerage area Was also carefully analyzed and related to
existing land uses and proposed land use changes, but Was not mapped.
The physical , chemical and biological factors which affect the suit-
ability of a site for various land uses were then determined. Five
or six critical criteria affecting the land uses analyzed were then
selected. An integration phase followed this selection of the land
use criteria and determined the intrinsic suitability of the Green
River Sewerage Area's environment for individual land uses and land
use categories. Four basic land use suitability maps displaying the
suitability of the sewerage area environment for forestry, agriculture,
residential/recreational , and commercial/industrial land uses resulted
(Figures 19, 20, 21 , and 22) . A map defining fragile areas within
the study area was also produced (See Figure 18) . These fragile areas,
which should be regulated for the health and safety of society, include
steep slopes, landslide hazard areas, erosion hazard areas, riparian
habitats, peat bogs and swamps, and stream zones. Information con-
tained in the slope, environmental and surficial geology, surface
water hydrology, soils, ptant communities, and wildlife habitats
inventories was utilized to determine fragile areas.
l07
The determination of areas suitable for forestry, as shown by Figure
19, was based upon information resulting from the slope, soils, fra-
gile areas, and plant cortimunities studies. The soils inventory, for
example provided information regarding the productivity of timber,
erosion hazards, and equipment limitations. To be reatistic, only
those areas with existing suitable plant communities were considered
as areas which could support a viable forestry industry. Large por-
tions of the valley soils, for example, could potentially produce
timber, but the present land uses preclude such action.
The suitability of the study area for the production of pasture, row,
hay,_ and small grain crops was based on soils, slope, vegetative,
and habitat considerations. Specifically, the productivity, depth,
pH, and erosion hazards of the soils, the frequency and duration of
flooding and ponding, the slope characteristics, and suitable (meadows,
fields, open and vacant areas) vegetation or habitat types determined
the suitabilities of the study area for the specified crops.
In analyzing the suitability of the study area for residential/recrea-
tional uses, it became apparent that the intensity of development
affected the required site characteristics. Therefore urban and
suburban residential areas were differentiated. Urban residential
areas are defined as �oderate to high density areas requiring sanitary
sewers. Suburban residential areas are low density in nature (less
than five dwelling units per acre) and include neighborhood commer-
cial areas. In Class I suburban residential/recreational areas, septic
tank wastewater treatment and disposal systems are acceptable. In
Class II areas sanitary sewers are req�ired. The suitability of the
study area for these uses was determined, by combining information from
the slope, soils, fragile areas, environmental geology, groundwater
hydrology, and surface water hydrology studies, as wely as special
stability and geologic hazards studies.
Commercial/industrial suitabilities were based upon the same studies
as those utilized in determining residential/recreational suitabil-
ities. Some of the specific criteria utilized included slope condi-
tions, foundation stabilities, load bearing and shearing strength
characteristics, groundwater recharge and discharge areas, and the
depth to the seasonal high water table and/or impervious layers. Sim-
ilar to the residential/recreational category, the commerciaJ/indus-
trial uses are broken down into two subcategories. Cortmercial/light
industrial uses include business centers, regional shopping centers,
and industry devoid of nuisance factors, hazards, or exceptional pub-
lic service demands. Heavy industry consists of large scale indus-
try, with heavy buildings and public service demands. It concentrates
noise and pollution factors ,influencing surrounding areas.
The final phase of the land use suitability analysis was the creation
of a land use suitability composite map, combining the four basic
land use suitability maps. This composite map represents a "suit-
able land use plan" for the Green River Sewerage Area, based upon the
inherent suitabilities, capacities, and hazards of the components
of the Green River Sewerage Area environment, and is displayed as
Figure 23•
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AGRICULTURAL SUITABILITY
Suitability Classes
1 Highly Suitable for Pasture and Grazing.
2 Moderately Suitable for Pasture and Grazing.
3 Highly Suitable for Mixed Hay Production.
4 Highly Suitable for Mixed Hay, Small Grains, ,
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5 Moderately to Highly Suitable for Mixed Hay
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6 Moderately Suitable for Mixed Hay and Row
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! A Highly Suitable for Urban Residential and �
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B Nighly Suitable far Commercial and Light i
Industrial Areas; Moderately ta Fiighly I
Suitable for Heavy Industry,
' C Highly Productive Forest Areas, But Unsuitable �
for Co�nercEal Timber Management. �
D Highty Suitable far Pasture and Grazing. �
E ModeraCely to Highly Suitable far Mixed �
Hay, Small Grains, and Raw Craps. i
F Fragile Areas (Steep Slopes, Landslide Hazard I
Areas, Erosion Hazard Areas, Riparian Habitats, i
Peat Bags and Swamps, and Stream Zones; Areas
To Be Reguiated Far Tha Heaith and Safety of
Society}.
G Highly Suitable for Urban ResYdential , Glass I �
and Class 11 Suburban Residential , Comnercial, �
and Light Industrial Areas; Maderately to I
Highly Suitable far Heavy Industry. �
H Highly Suitable far Urban Residentia�i , Class I �
and Ciass I1 Suburban Residential , and Forest �
Land Uses. Unsuitable far Comnercial Timber i
Management Nowever. I
i Fragile Areas That Are Highly Suitable far
Forest Production. Commercial Timber Manage- �
ment is Unacceptable, 7hough. �
J Fragile Areas that Are Highly Suitabte for �
Pasture and Grazing. I
K Fragile Areas That Are Highly to Moderatety i
Suitable far Mixed Hay, Small Grains, and Row i
Crop Prociuction. I
� A11 Other Gambinations af Highly 5uitable
Land Uses. �
M Maderately Suitable for Urban Residential and �
Class I Suburban Residential Land Uses. i
N Moderately Suitable for Urban Residential and I
Class II Suburban Residential Land Uses.
0 Maderateiy Suitable for Commercial and Light
Industrial Areas; Moderately to unsuitable far
Heavy Industry.
P Moderately Productive Farest Areas.
Q Moderately Suitable for Pasture and Grazing,
R Maderately Suitable for Mixed Hay and Row Crops. I
S Moderately Suitable for Urban Residential , �
Class II Suburban Residential , Commercial , �
Light Industrial , and Forest Areas. Mqderateiy �
Suitabie to Unsuitabie for Heavy fndustry. I
T Moderateiy Suitahie for Cornmerciat , light i
Industr�al , and Farest Land Uses, Moderately
Suitabie to Unsuitable for Heavy Industry. �
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U Moderately Suitable for Urban Residential ,
Class I Suburban Residential , Commercial , and
Light Industrial Land Uses. Moderately Suitable
to Unsuitable for Heavy Industry.
V Moderately Suitable for Urban Residential , CTass It
Suburban Residential , Commercial , and Light Indus-
trial Land Uses. Moderately Suitable to Unsuitable
for Heavy Industry.
W Moderately Suitabie for Pasture and Grazing, Urban
Residential , Class I and Class II Suburban Res-
idential , Commercial and Light Industrial Land
Uses. Moderately Suitable to Unsuitable for
Heavy Industry.
X Moderately Suitable for Pasture and Grazing,
Urban Residential , Class I and Class II
Suburban Residential , and Forest Land Uses.
Y Highly Suitable for Urban Residential , Ctass I
and Class II Suburban Residential Uses, and HighTy
Suitable to Moderately Suitable for Mixed Hay,
Small Grains, and Row Crops.
2 Moderately Suitable for Mixed Hay and Row Crops
and Forest Production.
= Al1 Other Combinations of Moderately Suitable
�and Uses.
, . Areas Unsuitable for Any Intensive Land Use.
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With the composite map complete, the intrinsic suitabilities for land
use that it displays were compared with both the actual conditions
of the Sewerage Area's existing land use characteristics (Figure 24)
and those conditions that are expected to occur in the future as
detailed in a composite map of locai comprehensive plans (Flgure �5) and
the Puget Sound Governmental Conference's Land Use Element of the
Interim Regional Development Plan (Figure 26 ), The existing land use �
of the Sewerage Area was carefully mapped from recent (Spring, 1973)
aerial photos.
To determine which of the "alternative futures" was the most compatible
with the "suitable land use plan" developed by the study team, com-
posite maps were created, combining the "alternative land use futures"
with the intrinsic land use suitability map. Figures 27, 28, and 29 dis-
play these composite maps. An actual compatabilities analysis was
then accomplished by producing Figures 3a, 31 , and 32 .
A higher degree of compatibility was found to qccur between the In-
terim Regional Development Plan and the intrinsic iand use suitabi-
lity map created during this study than, for exampie, that exhibited
in a comparison of the local comprehensive iar�d use pians and the
suitability map. Though not without its own significant impacts,
the IRDP, if implemented, would produce the least adverse environmental
impact. No implementing mechanism exists, however to enforce the IRDP.
It can therefore best be regarded as a guide,, direction development in
a manner that minimizes the adverse effects upon tf�e environment and
the hazards imposed by development upon the residents of the sewerage
area. The existing land uses, which are likely to intensify if pre-
sent trends continue, are only slightly less compat'i'ble than the
local comprehensive plans. Over 40,000 acres of the sewerage area
are currently being used in a manner inconsistent with the area's
naturat suitabilities, capabilities, and hazards. Over 38,000 acres
of the sewerage area would be used in a manner ir►consistent with the
environmental features of the area if the land was used as proposed
by the local comprehensive plans. If the goa}s and policies of the
Interim Regional Development Plan, were foilowed, Tess than 24,000
acres of the sewerage area's land resources woutd be in a manner
incompatible with the land use suitability map created by the
study team. Because the IRDP is prima�ily a policy document, �thich
interprets the graphic plan utilized in the computer study, the area
that Hrould be inconsistent with the study team's land use suitability
map is likely to 6e considerably less than 24,000 acres. Most of the
inconsistent area is already irreversi6ly developed, particutarly
north of Kent.
Conclusions from the computer analysis suggest that the provision of
sanitary sewer service, in order to best minimize loRg-term and short-
term environmental impacts, should be consistent with the Interim
Regional Development Plan's Sewerage E)ement, which is, in turn,
based upon the Interim Regional Plan's Land Use Element. The constru-
ction of tf�e proposed Auburn Interceptor is consistent with the Interim
Sewerage Plan, as is the construction of most of the tributary inter-
ceptors which will be built after the Auburn Interceptor is constructed.
The construction of the West Valley Interceptor is Rot; however, con-
sistent with the IRDP.
122
EXISTING LAND USE
Land Uses
A Wooded Land; Forest Areas
B Agriculture
C Open and Vacant Land
D Low Density Residential and Cortxnercial
Areas (Suburban Land)
E High Density Residential and Commercial
Areas (Urban Land)
F Industrial
G Major Transportation Corridors
(Freeways and railroads)
H Transmission Line Utility Corridors
J Recreationat (Parks and golf courses)
I Major Water Bodies
LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLANS
(Composite of the Auburn, Kent,
Algona, Pacific, Black Diamond,
Ren'ton, King County and Pierce
County �and Use Plans)
land Uses
A Rural Residential and Residential�Agricultural
(Up to 2 d.u./net acre)
B Low Density Single Family Residential
(Up to 8 d.u./net acre)
C Medium to High D�nsity Mu1ti-Family Residential
(to over 36 d.u./net acre)
D Commercial and Business Areas
E Industrial Parks and Industry
F Public and Quasi-Public
(Parks and Institutional areas)
G Open Spece, Agriculture, or Forest Areas
H Agriculture
J Medium Density Residential (6 to 10 d.u./net acre)
I Major Water Bpdies '
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COMPOSITE OF THE EXISTING
LAND USES AND THE LAND
USE SUITABILITY COMPOSITE
A Highly Suitable for Urban Residential and
Class I and Class II Suburban Residential
Land Uses; Existing Land Uses are Residental
and Commercial or Recreational .
C Highly Productive Forest Areas, But Unsuitable
for Commercial Timber Management; Presently
Wooded Land.
D Highly Suitable for Pasture and Grazing;
Existing Uses are Agriculture or Open and
Vacant Land.
E Moderately to Highly Suitable for Mixed Hay,
Small Grains and Row Crops; Presently Utilized
f�r Agriculture.
F Fragile Areas (Steep Slopes, Landslide and Erosion
Hazard Areas, Riparian Habitats, Peat BoQs, Swamps, and
Stream Zones) ; Currently Wooded or Open and Vacant Land.
G Highly Suitable for Urban Residential , Class I
and Class II Suburban Residential , Commercial ,
and Light Industrial Areas; Moderately to Highly
Suitable for Heavy Industry; Existing Land Uses
Include Residential , Commercial , Industrial ,
, Recreational Uses, and Transportafiion Corridors.
H Highly Suitable for Urban Residential , Class I
and Class II Suburban Residential��and� Forest Land
Uses (Unsuitable for Commercial Timber Management,
However) ; Presently Urban, Suburban, or Wooded
Land.
. I Fragile Areas That are Highly Suitable for Forest
Production (Commercial Timber Management is
Unacceptable, Though) ; Currently Wooded or Open
and Vacant Land.
J Fragile Areas That Are Highly Suitable for
Pasture and Grazing; Present Land Uses Are
Agriculture or Open and Vacant Land.
K Fragile Areas That Are Highly to Moderately
Suitable for Mixed Hay, Small Grains, and Row
Crop Production; Existing Uses Are Agriculture
or Open and Vacant Land.
L Highly Suitable For Urban Residential , Class I and
Class II Suburban Residential Uses, and Highly
Suitable to Moderately Suitable for Mixed Hay,
Small 6rains, and Row Crops; Presently Utilized
for Agricultural , Residential , or Commercial
Purposes.
M Moderately Suitable For Urban Residential and
Class I Suburban Residential Land Uses; Existing
Land Uses are Residential or Recreational .
N Moderately Suitable for Urban Residential and
Class II Suburban Residential Land Uses; Existing
Land Uses are Residential or Recreational .
0 Moderately Suitable for Commercial and Light
Industrial Areas; Moderately Suitable to Unsuitable
for Heavy Industry; Used as Industrial Areas or
Major Transportation Corridors.
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P Moderately Productive Farest Areas; Existing
Wooded Lartd. !
Q Moderately Suitable far Pasture and Grazing;
Currently Agricultural or Open and Vacant Land.
R Moderately Suitable for Mixed Hay and Row Crops;
Agriculture is the Existing Land Use.
S Moderately Suitable for Urban Residential ,
Class il Suburban Residential , Camnercial,light
industrial , and Forest Areas; Moderateiy Suitable
ta Unsuitable far Neavy industry; Existing l.and
Uses are Residential , Forest, Commerc#al , tndus-
tr#al , Major Transportation Corridars, and
Recreational ,
T Moderately Suitable for Commercial , Light
Industrial , and Forest Land Uses; Moderately j
SuitabTe to Unsuitable for Heavy tndustry; i
Presentty Wooded, Industrial , Transpartation
� Corridors, or Recreational .
U Maderately Suitable far Urban Residential , Class t
I Suburben Residential , Corrunercial and Light tndus- ,
trial �and uses; Moderately Suitable to Unsuit- I
able for Heavy Industry; Residenti�l , Commercial,, �
Industrial, Transportation, or Recreational Land �
Uses Prevaii Today. �
V Moderately Suitable for Urban Residential ,
Class 11 Suburban Residential , Commercial , and �
' Light tndustrial Land Uses; Maderately Suitable
', ta Unsuitabie far Heavy (ndustry; Existing I.ancl� �
Uses are Residential , Commercial , lndustrial , �
Transportation, or Recreatianal . �
W Moderately Suitable for Pasture and Grazing, jJ�ban
Residential , Class I and Class II Suburban Resi-
dential , Commercial , and Light Industrial Lanct
'' Uses; Mtoderately Suitable to Unsuitabte for Neavy
Industry; Currently Agriculture, Open and Vacant,
, Residential , Commercial , fndustrial or Recreationa?
,, land or Majar 3rartspartation Carridars.
X F4aderately to Highly Suitable far Mtxed Hay, Sma11
Grains, and Row Crops; Presently Qpen and Vacant
i l.and. I
Y Moderately Suitable for Mixed Hay and Row Crops; �
Currently Open and Vacant Land.
2 Moderateiy Suitable for Urban Residential , �
Class li Suburban Residential , Commercial , Light
Industrial , and Forest Areas; Current}y a
Transmissian t.ine Utiiity Carridor. I
1 Highly Suitahle for Pasture and Grazing; An
Existing Transmission Line Utility Corridor. I
2 Maderately Suitable for Pasture and Grazing; I
Presently Utilized as a Transmission Line
Utiiity Corridor.
+ Areas Unsuitable for Any intensive Land Use;
Presentiy Agricultural or Open and Vacant Land.
- Areas Unsuitable for Any Intensive Land Use;
Existing Land Uses lnclude Residential , Carr�nercial ,
Industrial , ar Recreatianal Uses or Major Trans-
portatian Corridars.
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COMPOSITE 01= THE LOCAL C4MPREHENSIUE
tAND USE PLANS AND THE
LAND USE SUITABILITY COMP051TE
A Highly Suitable for Urban Residential and
Class I and Class 11 Suburban Residential
land Uses; Camp�-ehensive Plans encourage
Residential ar Recreational and fnstitutional
uses.
C Highly Productive Forest Areas, but Unsuitable
for Commercial Timber Managernent; Open Space,
I Agriculture, or Farest Areas are recommended
I by the Comprehensive Pians.
D Highly Suitable for Pasture and Grazing; Open
j Space, forest Areas, ar Agricuiture are the
Prapased Land Uses.
E Maderately to Nighly Suitable for Mixed Hay,
i Small Grains, and Row Crops; the Comprehensive
Plans encourage Agriculture.
� F Fragile Areas (5teep Slopes, Landslide Hazard
Areas, Erosion Hazard Areas, Riparian Habitats,
I Peat Bogs and Swamps, and Stream zones) ;
Comprehensive Plans suggest Open Space,
Agricuiturai , or Forest i.and Uses.
G Highly Suitabte far Urban Residential , Class 1
, and Class i ! Suburban Resiclential , Gomrr�erciai ,
and L'sght lndustrial Areas; Maderately to
I Highly Suitable for Heavy Industry; Comprehen-
sive Plan Policies recommend Residential ,
Commerciat , Industrial , Recreational , ar
fnstitutional Uses.
H Highiy Suitabie for Urban Residential , Ciass 1
and Class 11 Suburban Residentiai , and Forest
Land ttses (Unsuitabie far Cc�mmercial Timber
Managemertt, hawever) ; Propased Land Uses are
' Residential , Recreatianal, Institutianal , ar
Open 5pace, Agriculture, or Forest Areas.
I Fragile Areas that are Highly Suitable for
Forest Production tCommercial 7imber Manage-
ment is unacceptable, thaugh); Comprehensive
Plans encourage Open Space, Agricultural , ar
forest Uses.
J Fragile Areas that are Htghiy Suitable for
Pasture and Graaing; C�nprehensive Plans
suggest Open Space, Farest or Agricultural
Land Uses.
K Fragile Areas that are Highly to Moderately
Suitabie for Mixed Nay, Smail Grains, and
Row Crop Productian; the Camprehensive Pians
recammend Open Space, Forest, or Agricultural
Land Uses.
L Highly Suitabie for Urban Residentiai , Class {
and Class 11 Suburban Residential Uses, and
Highly Suitable to Moderately Suitable for
Mixed Hay, Smali Grains, and Row Craps;
I Comprehensive Plan Policies encourage Residen- ,
tial or A ricultural Land Uses.
9 I
M Moderately Suitable for Urban Residential and
Class I Suburban Residentiai Land Uses; Compre-
hensive Plans Suggest Residential or Institutional
and Recreational Uses.
N Moderately Suitable for Urban Residential and
Class II Suburban Residential Land Uses; Compre-
hensive Plans Recommend Residential or Institu-
tional and Recreational Uses.
0 Moderately Suitable for Cort�nercial and Light
Industrial Areas, Moderately Suitable to Unsuit-
able for Heavy Industry; the Comprehensive Plans
encourage Commercial or Industrial Land Uses.
P Moderately Productive Forest Areas; Comprehensive
Plans suggest Open Space, Agriculture, or Forest
Areas.
Q Moderately Suitable for Pasture and Grazing; the
Comprehensive Plans recommend Open Space, Forest,
' or Agricultural Land Uses.
R Moderately Suitable for Mixed Hay and Row Crops;
Agriculture is the Proposed Land Use.
S Moderately Suitable for Urban Residential , '
Class II Suburban Residential , Commercial , Light
Industrial , and Forest Areas; Moderately Suitable
to Unsuitable for Heavy Industry; the Comprehensive
Plans encourage Residential , Commercial , Industrial ,
Recreational , Institutional , Open Space, Agri- '
cultuPal , or Forest Land Uses.
T Moderately Suitable for Commercial , Light Indus-
trial , and Forest Land Uses; Moderately Suitable
� to Unsuitable for Heavy Industry; Commercial ,
Industrial , Recreational , Institutional , Open
Space, Agricultural , or Forest Land Uses are
proposed by the Comprehensive Plans.
U Moderately Suitable for Urban Residential , Class I
Suburban Residential , Commercial , and Light
Industri.al Land Uses; Moderately Suitable to
Unsuitable for Heavy Industry; the Comprehensive
Plans recorronend Residential , Commercial , Indus-
trial , or Recreational Land Uses.
V Moderately Suitable for Urban Residential , Class 11
Suburban Residential , Commercial , and Light Indus-
trial Land Uses; Moderately Suitable to Unsuitable
for Heavy Industry; The Comprehensive Plans suggest
Residential , Commercial , Industrial , Institutional ,
or Recreational Land Uses.
W Moderately Suitab�e for Pasture and Grazing, Urban
Residential , Class I and Class II Suburban Resi-
dential , Commercial , and Light Industrial Land Uses;
Moderately Suitable to Unsuitable for Heavy Indus-
try; Comprehensive Plans encourage Residential ,
Commercial , Industrial , Institutional , Recreationat ,.
or Open Space, Forest, and Agricultural Land Uses.
X Fragile Areas; the Comprehensive Plans recommend
Agricultural Land Uses.
Y Moderately Suitable for Mixed Hay and Row Crops;
Recommended Land Uses are Open Space, Agricultural
and Forest Uses.
Z Moderately to Highly Suitable for Mixed Hay,
• Small Grains, and Row Crops; Agricultural ,Open
Space, and Forest Areas are proposed by the
Comprehensive Plans.
+ Areas. Unsuitable for any Intensive Land Use;
The Comprehensive Plans recommend Open Space,
Agriculture, or Forest Uses.
- Areas Unsuitable for any Intensive Land Use;
The Comprehensive Plans recommend Residential ,
Commercial , Industrial , Institutional , or
Recreational Land Uses.
. Other Combinations.
= Not Compared.
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COMPOSITE OF THE INTERIM
REGIONAL LAND USE PLAN
(IRLUP) AND THE LAND
USE SUITABILITY COMPOSITE
A Highly Suitable for Urban Residential and
Class I and Class II Suburban Residential
Land Uses; The IRLUP Recortmends Residential
Recreational , or Institutional Land Uses.
C Highly Productive Forest Areas, Unsuitable
For Commercial Timber Management; The IRLUP
Encourages Forest Reserves. '
D Highly Suitable For Pasture and Grazing; The
IRLUP Policy Supports Open and Rural or
Urban Open Space/Agriculture Land Uses.
E Moderately to Highly Suitable for Mixed Hay,
Small Grains and Row Crops; The IRLUP
Encourages Urban Open Space/Agriculture.
F Fragile Areas (Steep Slopes, Landslide
Hazard Areas, Erosion Hazard Areas, Riparian
Habitats, Peat Bogs and Swamps, and Stream
Zones) ; IRLUP Policy Suggests Urban Open
Space/Agriculture or Forest Reserves.
G Highly Suitable for Urban Residential , Class I
and Class II Suburban Residential , Cortxnercial ,
�- , and Light Industrial Areas; Moderately to
Highly Suitable for Heavy Industry; the IRLUP
Recommends Residential , Commercial , Industrial ,
institutional , or Recreational Land Uses.
H Highly Suitable for Urban Residential , Class I
and Class II Suburban Residential , and Forest
Land Uses (Not Suitable for Commercial Timber
Management, However); The IRLUP Encourages
Residential , Recreational , institutional , or
Forest Reserves.
I Fragile Areas That Are Highly Suitable for
Forest Production (Commercial Timber Manage-
ment Is Unacceptable, Though); The IRLUP
Recommends Forest Reserves.
J Fragile Areas That Are Highly Suitable for
Pasture and Grazing; the IRLUP Recommends
Urban Open Space/Agriculture.
K Fragile Areas That Are Highly To Moderately
Suitable for Mixed Hay, Small Grains, and
Row Crops; IRLUP Policy Encourages Urban
Open Space/Agriculture.
L Highly Suitable for Urban Residential , Class I
and Class II Suburban Residential Uses, and
Highly Suitable to Moderately Suitable for
Mixed Hay, Small Grains, and Row Crops; The
IRLUP Suggests Residential or Urban Open
Space/Agriculture Uses.
M Moderately Suitable for Urban Residential and
Class I Suburban Residential Land Uses; The
IRLUP Policy Suggests Residential , Institution-
al , or Recreational Uses.
N Moderately Suitable for Urban Residential and
Class 11 Suburban Residential Land Uses; The
IRLUP Recommends Residential , Recreational , or
Institutionai Land Uses.
0 Moderately Suitable for Commercial and Light
Industrial Areas; Moderately Suitabie to Unsuit-
able for Heavy Industry; IRLUP Policy Encourages
Commercial or Industrial Land Uses.
P Moderately Productive Forest Areas; The IRLUP
Proposes Forest Reserves.
Q Moderately Suitable for Pasture and Grazing; The
IRLUP Suggests Open and Rural or Urban Open
Space/Agriculture Land Uses.
R Moderately Suitable for Mixed Hay and Row Crops;
The IRLUP Proposes Urban Open Space/Agriculture.
S Moderately Suitable for Urban Residential ,
Class II Suburban Residential , Commercial , Light
Industrial , and Forest Areas; Moderately Suitable
to Unsuitable for Heavy Industry; IRLUP Policy
Recommends Residential , Commercial , Industrial ,
Institutional , Recreational or Forest Reserve
Land Uses.
T Moderately Suitable for Commercial ,Light Indus-
trial , and Forest Land Uses. Moderately Suitable
to Unsuitable for Heavy Industry; the IRLUP
Proposes Commercial , Industrial , institutional , ,
Recreational , or Forest Areas. '
U Moder�tely Suitable for Urban Residential , Class I �
Suburban Residential , Commercial , and Light
Industrial Land Uses; Moderately Suitable to
Unsuitable for Heavy Industry; The IRLUP
Recommends Residential , Corr�iercial , Industrial ,
Institutional , or Recreational Land Uses.
V Moderately Suitable for Pasture and Grazing,
Urban Residential , Class I and Class II Suburban
Residential , Commercial , and Light Industrial Land
Uses; Moderately Suitable to Unsuitable for Heavy
Industry; IRLUP Policy Encourages Residential ,
Commercial , Industrial , Institutional , or
Recreational Land Uses.
W Moderately Suitable for Pasture and Grazing,
Urban Residential , Class 1 and Class II Suburban
Residential , Commercial , and Light Industrial
Land Uses; Moderately Suitable to Unsuita�le for
Heavy Industry; The IRLUP Advises Residential,
Commercial , Industrial , Institutional , Recreational ,
or Urban Open Space/Agriculture Land Uses.
X Moderately Suitable for Urban Residential , Class II
Suburban Residential , Commercial , Light Industrial ,
and Forest Areas. Moderately Suitable to Unsuit-
able for Heavy Industry. The IRLUP Encourages
Urban Open Space/Agriculture.
Y Moderately Suitable for Commercial , Light Indus-
trial , and Forest Land Uses; Moderately Suitable
to Unsuitable for Heavy Industry; IRLUP Policy
Suggests Urban Open Space/Agriculture.
Z Fragile Areas That Are Highly Suitable for
Forest Production (Commercial Timber Manage-
ment is Unaccepta6le, though) ; The IRLUP
recommends Urban Open Space/Agriculture.
1 Moderately Productive Forest Areas; the IRLUP
encourages Urban Open Space/Agriculture.
1 2 Highly Suitable for Urban Residential , Class I
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Land Uses (Unsuitable for Commercial Timber
Management, however) ; IRLUP Policy proposes
� Urban Open Space/Agriculture.
3 Highly Suitable for Urban Residential and
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i � Land Uses; the IRLUP suggests Institutional
and Recreational Uses.
+ Areas Unsuitable for any Intensive Land Use;
The IRLUP recommends Open and Rural Areas
or Urban Open Space/Agriculture Land Uses.
- Areas Unsuitable for any Intensive Land Use;
IRLUP Policy Encourages Residential , Comner-
cial , Industrial , Insitutional , or Recre-
ational Uses.
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The most important aspect of the Regional Sewerage Plan is the fact
that the provisipn of sewer service is restricted only to areas con-
sidered suitable for development. Though the construction of many
of the Green River Sewerage Area facilities is not inconsistent with
the Regional Sewerage Plan, the use of these facilities in areas
unsuitable for development is inconsistent with the goals and objec-
tives of the Regional Plan. Development is .not likely to occur
only in the suitable areas because local governmental aqencies,
not the reglonat agency, control land use. The local sewer plens
support the local land use plans, very often encouraging sewerage
facilities to be constructed in areas shown as unsewered on the Regional
Plan. Without some form of strengthened growth-controlling or growth-
directing palicies, the probable development of the Green River Sewer-
age Area is likely to create adverse impacts, particularly upon environ-
mental quality.
� Some of the likely adverse impacts will affect components of the
environment which are presently marginal in quality (e.g. air resources) ,
truly unique (e.g. Green River Valley soils) , or extremely fragile
(e.g. postglacial lacustrine sitt deposits which are prone to frequent
landslides) , creating severe hazards to public health or safety if
influenced by urban development. The important secondary impacts
resulting from the construction and operation of the Auburn Inter-
ceptor will be the response of social , governmental , and economic
systems to the impacts upon these critical elements of the environment.
New systems may be required to cope with the resultant critical conditions.
The air resources of the Grezn River Valley are certainly a critical
component of its environment. Data measured, compiled, and analyzed
by the Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Agency shows that existing
air quality conditions are marginal within the Green River Valley.
Both the annual sus�pended particulat�e and the annual particle fallout
standards, 60 ug/m and 3.5 grams/m /mo, respectively, were violated
at Auburn for 1972. The �verage suspended particulate level2at Auburn
during 1972 was 61 .$ ug/m ; particle fallout was 4.6 grams/m /mo.
During the first four months c�f 1973 the suspended particulate readings
for Auburn averaged 79. 1 ug/m .
The Green River Valley acts as a trap for air pollutants under certain
meteorological cor�ditions, particularly inversions and low winds.
Further industrialization could cause temporary increases in pollutants
to levels that would represent a threat to public health. The
valley also acts as a receiver of pollutants from the Seattle area
when the wind is from the north or northwest, and from the Tacoma
area when the wind is from the southwest. This fact, coupled with the
already marginal air quality in the study area, makes it unlikely that
existing air quality standards will be met. Studies conducted during
this assessment show that existing air quality standards will probably
be impossible to meet within the Green River Valley if growth continues
to occur in its present relatively uncontrolled manner, even if
pollution control devices are utilized by point sources of pollutants
and automobiles. Further industrialization of the area could lead to
serious air pollution problems unless such development is carefully
controlled to insure the use of the best technology to control
emissions.
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The growth and development proposed by local land use p]ans wauld
simply overtax air resources. If, for example, industrial development
in the Auburn 5tudy Area utilized all of the land Auburn's Camprehensive
Land Use Plan sets aside fpr industry, approximately 43,000 people
would be employed. Canvgrting this employment to daily vehicle trips,
and disregarding mass transit, appraximately 135 to 145,000 vehicle
trips , or over 230,000 person trips woutd result. This magnitude of
trips would require approximately 10-i2 lanes of freeway. Over 25
lanes of arterials wauld be required. The existing marginal air
quality of the Green River Va.11ey would certainly not he improved by
this substantial potential increase in traffic volume,
Water resources within the entire study area are also likely to be
degraded by the urbanization of the sewerage area. Waste loads from
urbanized areas are considerabiy higfier than those from forests or
agricultural (nan-pasture} areas. The RIGCO study's preii�inary
fin�ings {as af August 1973) regarding the starm water runoff waste
loads of various land uses are shown by Figure 33. Even if develop-
ment occurred in a manner consistent with the IRDP, and the Auburn
Packing Plant and Auburn Lagoon were intercepted by METRO, RlBCO' s
preliminary findings determined that by the year 2000 a net increase
in wastes discharged in the Green River Basin will accur as wash-aff
from tand surfaces displaces point sources of poiiution as the major
water pollution prabTem in the basin.
Sacial impacts likety to result from the urbanizatipn stimulated by the
proposed action may change the present rural atmosphere of the City of
Auburn and, its vicinity. The occurrence of such a "small town" atmos-
phere within the heart of a major metropolitan area is uncortxnon. Many
citizens and Auburn city officiais have praised this aspect of Auburn
and the lower Gree� River Valley, �
In the final analysis, how society respo�ds ta critical probtems
within the sewerage area, such as the probable decrease in air qual 'rty
within the Green River Ualley resulting fram urban development, will
be an important secondary impact of the proposed action. As impacts
upon such critical components of the environment increase in roagnitude
and cumutative effect, perhaps reaching unbearable levels, "contralled
gro�eth" policies based, for example, upon the "carrying capacity"
characteristics of the impacted critical envirdnroental eiernents,
may become a nacessity. Di�'F1GU� C questions regarding the economic
and social prablems resuiting f ram sucF� poiicies wiil have ta be
confronted and solved.
The well dacumented impacts upon natural systems created by the urban-
izafiian process, which affects water quality and quantity, visual
and aesthetic qualities, noise levels, wildlife populations, and
vegetative communities, for example, are relatively unimportant when
compared to the impacts af�'ecting critical companents of the environ-
ment. The major secandary impact associated with the Auburn Inter-
ceptor anc! its associated sewage caiiection faciiities in the Green
River Sewerage Area will be the accammodation of future urban develap-
ment and its impacts, requiring policy-makers and the pu6iic to make
the appropriate decisions,
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111. A GOMPLETE DESCRlPTlON OF NOW TNE TREATMENT WORKS' DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION CONTROLS WILL MlNIMlZE THE ADIIERSE lMPACT QN ALL
ASPECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
METRO construction projects fallow the generally accepted practice of
aliowing the contractor tF�e maximum atiowable ftexi6ility in selecting
his own constructian methads. At the same time, he is held responsibie
for meeting the intent of the plans and specifications of tMe given
project and producing end s-estalts tE�at meet METRO standards as verified
by field inspections and testing. F!e must also comply with permit
requirements fram other regulatary agencies as previausly ekplained in
I Section I .
A11 METRO construction instaltatians employ state-of-the-art methods
and rigid manufacturing standards controi the quality of the materials
used. Each METRO sanitai•y sewer utilizes the best avaitable technoTogy
while at the same time r�maining econamical to construct; each is '
designed ta meet ar exceed Federal , State and locai standards.
There are no specific design and construction cantrols that minimize
adverse enviranmental impacts other than those described in Section I .
These specific design and construction cantrols either respond to
specific agency requirements ar are put into effect to limit METRO's
liability. In most instances, these cantrols will be sufficient to
assure that anly minimal adverse environmentat impacts wi11 result
from the proposed project. Specific design and constr�ction• controls
which wil ] minimize adverse enviran►nental impacts include such controls
as the use of screened wells in the dewatering process to eliminate
the intake of sail particles and the use of pipe outfalls and diffusors
to discharge the water created by the dewatering process, This will
lessen the threat of sail erosian and the slumping of drainage ditch
banks. Sedimentation basins will be utilized to prevent the degrada-
tion of streams used as spawning channels . Monitoring of the dewater-
ing effluent will occur periadically ta insure that na water quaiity
impacts resu}t.
Dust and particulate matter will be controlled by sprinkling access
roads, trenches, and stockpiled backfill , if necessary. Noise will be
controlled by conventianai means.
Restoration of the pipetine carridor in residentiai , agriculturat , and '
other improved areas will minimize the lasting adverse impacts created
by the proposed action in thvse specified portions of the corridor.
Road surfaces and ather paved areas will be restored to conditians
which at least equal the original conditions.
Jacking under intersections and railroad lines will minimize the impacts
and inconveniences impased upon the residents of the Kent and Auburn
area. Na streets , highways , ar railways will have to be clased for
mare than very brief periads during loading and untoading operations.
When the influent structure of the Auburn Lagaon is diverted, all nec-
essary precautions will be undertaken to assure that minimal amounts
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of raw effluent are bypassed. The likelihood of any pollution occurring
as the result of the hooking-up of the Auburn Interceptor to the Auburn
Lagoon is very slight.
The Renton Sewage Treatment Plant is quite capable of adequately treating
the existing and projected future Auburn area waste loads. The high de-
gree of treatment provided by the Renton facility will minimize any adverse
impacts of the Auburn area's wastewater upon the water quality of the
Duwamish River, the Duwamish Estuary, and Elliott Bay. The Renton Sewage
Treatment Plant has prpven itself to be a highly reliable treatment
facility, with alarms, duplicate units , and duplicate power sources safe-
guarding against equipment malfunctions and emergencies. In addition,
frequent inspections and METRO's thorough maintenance program virtually
eliminate the possibility of diScharging any untreated wastes. METRO
is a leader in the field of operator training. Over eighty percent of
the Renton Treatment Plant operating staff personnel are certified by
the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association and the Washington
State Department of Ecology.
Monitoring of the Renton Plant 's effluent occurs on a continual basis,
both at the plant and at METRO's automatic monitoring stations in the
Duwamish River. Within METRO's Water Quality and Industrial Waste Divi-
sion, well-staffed water quality laboratories are maintained. METRO's
monitoring and water quality analysis program is the most sophisticated
of any agency in ttre Pacific Northwest.
� At the time of this writing, only one set of adverse impacts will not
' be minimized by the proposed design and construction of the Auburn In-
terceptor. These impacts include the disruption of the previously men-
tioned wetland areas and their associated plant communities and habitats,
and the removal of the residence at South 285th Street.
The construction route, as now planned, wilt adversely impact both the
wetland area south of Southeast 216th Street and that south of South
277th Street. The former is scheduled for eventual development as a
Kent City street within an industrialty zoned area, and accordingly, is
destined to be impacted in the future regardless of METRO's construction
plans. The latter may, however, be a different matter. Final design inves-
tigations for the Auburn Interceptor may reveal that it is feasible to
construct the pipeline on the east side of the railrpad tracks south of
South 277th Street, rather than to the west of the tracks, thereby eli-
minating the disruption of the marsh. This would allow the small resi-
dence on the south side of South 285th Street to remain intact and the
risk of damage to the Olympic Pipe Line Company's pressurized petroleum
product line during construction would be eliminated. The previously
described EPA policy for the preservation of wetland ecosystems makes it
imperative that this feasibility be explored. This natural wetland
area lies in King County within an area designated as "rural residential"
on the approved King County Comprehensive Plan. This designation en-
Icourages the construction of a maximum of two dwelling units per acre.
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IV. ADVERSE IMPACTS WHICH CANNOT BE AVOIDED SHOULD THE PROPOSED ACTION BE
IMPLEM ENTED
Adverse impacts which cannot be avoided during the construction of the
Auburn Interceptor consist primarily of the disruption of the existing
plant, animal , and soil communities within the proposed pipeline corridor.
The existing terrestial ecosystems will be destroyed along much of the
route. All existing vegetation will be removed and the fifteen to twenty-
five foot trench required will necessitate the excavation of existing soils
and alluvial deposits. Proposed sitE restoration efforts will usually not
recreate the natural conditions. Since few, if any, new suitable habitats
will be created, the quantity and diversity of birds and small mammals may
be decreased.
The required dewatering of soils will impact the groundwater table during
the construction of the proposed project, but the lowering of the ground-
water table should only be temporary in duration. Upon cessation of the
of the dewatering procedures , groundwater tables normally re-establish
at previous normal elevations. Groundwater resources are not likely to
be significantly impacted by the operation of the Auburn Interceptor,
though some groundwater infiltration will probably occur in the future.
This could contribute to a slight lowering of the water table in the vi-
cinity of the interceptor and other sewers serving the Green River Sewer-
age Area.
Construction of the Auburn Interceptor will require the vacation of one
home. The vacation and destruction of this home, is, however, avoidable,
if south of South 277th Street the Auburn Interceptor right-of-way were
located east of the Chi�ago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific/Union Paci-
fic railroad tracks rather than west of the railway. This action would
also prevent the disruption of the significant natural wetland area just
south of South 277th Street.
Minor unavoidable adverse impacts wMich cannot be avoided during the
construction of the Auburn Interceptor include increased noise levels
and the temporary disruption of some street, highway, and railway traf-
fic. Public utilities will also be briefly interrupted as overhead and/
or underground telephone and electrical cables require removal . Gas
mains and lines may also be affected for short periods of time. An in-
crease in particulate matter is likely within the vicinity of the pipe-
line corridor as some dust will be created during the construction pro-
cess despite intensive efforts to control its occurrence. The pipeline
corridor vicinity will not be aesthetically impacted for more than brief
periods of time along any one portion of the project. The resultant
adverse visual impacts will be restored to as near their original state
as possible in devetoped, improved, and cultivated areas. �
The proposed action, if implemented, is likely to have a long-term envir-
onmental impact upon land resources, for it will allow local governments
to encourage urban growth within relatively undeveloped areas and to
intensify development within currently developed areas. Along with this
accelerated growth, the problems normally associated with urbanization
are likely to occur. These include an increase in noise, air pollution,
congestion, and ecosystem and habitat destruction and disruption, as
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well as the myriad social problems reiated to urbanization. Many of these
and other impacts could, however, be avoided.
Section 101 (b) of the National Environmental Policy Act requires the
Federal government to use all feasible means to improve and coordinate
Federal plans, functions, programs, and resources, including the Environ-
mental Protection Agency's wastewater treatment assistance (construction
grant) programs, to:
(1) Fulfill the respons'rbilities of each generation as trustee of the
environment for succeeding generations;
(2) Assure for all Americans safe, healthfu} , productive, and
aesthetically and culturally pleasing surroundings;
(3) Attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the environment
without degradation, risk to health or safety, or other undesir-
able and unintended consequences;
(4) Preserve impo�taRt historic, cultural , and nate�ral aspects of our
national heritage, and maintain, wherever possible, an environment
which supports diversity and variety of indiv�dcral choice;
(5) Achieve a baTance between population and resource use which will
permit high standards of living and a wide sharing bf life's
amenities; and I
(6) Enhance the quality of renewable resources and approach the maximum �
attainable recycling of depletable resources. ,I
None of these goals and consideration will be directly sacrificed to any
significant extent if the proposed action is imp}emented. Indirectly,
however, if the proposed action acts as a catalyst, stimulating further
actions by both public and private agencies and individuals, leading to
the urbanization of th� Green River Valley and the �rban development of
much of the Green River Sewerage Area, some of these goals may be
sacrificed.
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V. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOCAL SHORT-TERM USES OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE
MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENT OF LONG-TERM PRODUCTIVITY
The long-term impacts created by the Auburn Interceptor will be both
beneficial and adver$e in nature, reducing and enhancing elements of
the Green River Sewerage Area' s environment for future generations.
Water quality within the lower Green River, for example, is likely to
improve as a result of the proposed action. According to the preliminary
results of the RIBCO studies, however, as the proposed Green River Sewer-
age Area's sewerage system, facilities are constructed, allowing additional
urban development to take place, the net water quality within the entire
area will decrease as the amount of wastes discharged in the Green River
drainage basin increases. Even if urban development were carefully con-
trolled, the latest RfBCO studies (still preliminary, though) show that
water quality within Big Soos Creek, for example, could be expected to
be worese in the year 2000 during the critical 1-in-10 year low flow
period than today due to increased urban runoff waste loads. The
water quality of many of the upland lakes found upon the glacial drift
plains may improve significantly as a result of the proposed Green River
Sewerage system. Some of these lakes are currently undergoing accelerated
eutrophication. This process witl probably be retarded when the METRO
system is extended beyond the Auburn Interceptor and septic tanks are
eliminated on the Black Diamond and Des Moines Plateaus. Non-point
sources of water pollution, particutarly dairy cattle and salmon car-
casses, witl continue to degrade the water quality of the Green River
for sometime. �
The effects of the proposed action upon the eventual receiving waters of
the Duwamish Estuary and Elliott Bay are speculative at this time. Even-
tually the higher quality treatment to be received by the Green River
Sewerage Area wastes before release into the Duwamish River may improve
the Duwamish Estuary's environment. The perfection of the RIBCO study's
Duwamish Estuary model will provide the necessary insights into the
Estuary's physical , chemical , and biological systems.
The restoration of the existing marginal conditions of the Green River
may encourage greater recreational uses of its water, particularly if the
aesthetic conditions of the river are increased. If, as a result of the
proposed action, other point sources, including the Auburn Packing Plant,
hook into the METRO or City of Auburn's system, much of the existing
bacterial pollution of the Green River's waters should be eliminated.
The potential of diseases stemming from recreational activities assoc-
iated with the lower Green River would therefore be substantially reduced.
The provision of adequate sewage treatment facilities and the resultant
cleaner water will exert a powerful influence on future land use develop-
ment, reinforcing the pattern of human use which has developed within the
sewerage area during the past decades. The construction of new industries
and businesses could be a beneficial long-term effect of the proposed
action, if development is carefully controlled.
Urban growth stimutated by the presence of adequate wastewater, collection
and treatment systems will probably change the character of the Green
River Sewerage Area. The existing predominantly "rural" atmosphere of the
Green River Sewerage Area is likely to be lost as intensive land uses,
perhaps reacting to the construction of wastewater collection facilities,
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replace existing land uses. The range of beneficial and productive uses
associated with the land resources of the sewerage area will probably
be decreased, if urbanization, in conformance with existing local land
� use plans, is encouraged. Existing and potential recreational areas will
be lost due to the utilizarion of open and vacant, agricultural , and
forested areas for urban purposes. Urbanization will probably adversely
affect biological species diversity and population sizes as habitats are
fragmented and/or destroyed. Wildlife production will probably decrease.
The production of agricultural products within the Green River Valley
will also decrease if current trends continue.
Long-term risks to health and safety will also occur if urbanization,
stimulated by the proposed action, occurs. According to Puget Sound
Air Pollution Control Aut�ority spokesmen, the existing marginal air
quality within the Green River Valley will probably be severely affected
by future urbanization. Increases in air pollutants could represent
a significant threat to public health, particularly under certain metero-
logical conditions. Industrial development on or adjacent to aquifer
recharge areas could contaminate the groundwater resources of the area,
particularly if toxic materials are introduced through surface runoff
or direct discharge. This is turn may contribute to the contamination
of both rivers and estuaries. The potential of a major disaster occur-
ring in the Green River Valley due to mudflows and related floods or
earthquakes will be substantially increased as land uses within the
valley bottom are intensified. ,
Though there is little likelihood of a major mudflow occurring within
the Green, White or Puyallup River Basins, small events such as the
Electron mudflow, which occurred about 600 years ago and advanced 35
miles down the Puyallup Valley, are realistic possibilities. Even
though similar smaller mudflows may not reach the sewerage area, they
may reach large bodies of water created by dams along their routes,
displacing large quantities of water and causing temporary but potentially
disastrous flooding. Because such mudflows probably move at speeds of
10 to 25 miles per hour; evacuation time and reservoir drawdown time
may be minimal . During the la$t 7,000 years, the White, Puyallup, and Green
River basins have experienced at least one mudflow every 430 years. Inten-
sive urbanization of the Green River Valley, stimulated by the proposed
action, could potentially be affected by mudflow-related floods.
An analysis of the seismic history of the sewerage area shows that small
magnitude earthquakes occur regularly, and that moderately intense shocks,
capable of producing severe damage to poorly desig�ed or poorly construc-
ted engineering works near the center of the affected area, are frequent.
Large magnitude earthquakes, intensely shaking much of the Puget Sound
lowland area are rare. Though some studies indicate that the surficial
formations of the Puget Sound Lowlands all respond equally poorly to
earthquakes, the vast majority suggest that units, such as the alluvium
and artificial fill found in the valleys of the sewerage area have a much
poorer response than the material underlying the glacial drift plains.
In the United States, exclusive of Alaska, only portions of California,
Nevada, and Montana have experienced as many earthquakes during the past
fifty years. Estimated recurrence intervals for an earthquake of a
given magnitude in the Tacoma area are:
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Richter Magnitude Recurrence (ntervals (Years)
3,5 - 4.0 0.25 - 0.5
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II The epicenter of the violent 1965 Seattle earthquake occurred just ta
the west of the sewerage area's western boundary, in Des Moines. The
potential for tha occurrence af a majar earthquake within or adjacent
I to the Green River Area certainly exists. Dam rupture, resulting from
a strang mation earthquake presents an adcfitional hazard for those
living down-valley within the White or Green River valleys. The proposed
� METRO facitities are ] ikety to encourage the urban development af these
I valley bottom areas.
� Land prices within the Green River Sewerage Area are quite tikely to con-
tinue to increase as the pressures to deveiop the area, particularly with-
, in the Green River Vailey, increase. Majar iandowners, develapers, and
' speccaiatars will be financially benefited by the construction af waste-
water treatment systems, particularly sewage transmission facilities,
and the induced urban developmer►t 1oca1 governments rnay allow ta accur.
� Meanwhile, elderly landowners, and owners of small farms may be forced
to relinquish their holdings due to the high praperty taxes resulting
' from sewer stimulated industrialization and land speculation.
Thougfi iong-term employment within the Green River Valley may increase,
since industriai and corrmercial deveiapment wiil be made passible, the
development of proposed new ccxnmerciai shopping centers, encouraged by
the constructian of the West Valley Interceptor, could adversely affect
existing "dawntawn" shopping districts in Auburn and Kent. The tax
base of Auburn, Kent, Algona, and Pacific should, however, increase in
an overall sense, as urbanizatian accurs.
The public costs associated with urban develapment witl be substantial .
These costs of providing services, facilities, and utiiities to developing
areas presently accrue to the taxpayer. A sharpiy increased deman� fo�
additional public facilities wi11 occur if development within the Grten
River Sewerage Area is allawed to take place in an uncantrolled manner.
Additional congestian, for example, created by the increased development
within the Green River area, is likely to overtax the existing circulatian
systems, requiring the construction of new transportation facilities. '
The costs associated with controtting the increase in runof� and sLrface
panding induced by urban deveiopmenC, are quite high. More oft�n ths�n �
not, the puhlic pays for the castly pumping stations, channeltxation
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projects, conduits, and simiiar faciiities, which, in turn, primarily
benefit industries, speculators, and large iand owners in the valtey
bottom areas. Increased peak vaturnes of water, bath fiowing directly
to the Green River and being pumped into it by the existing and proposed
pumping plants, may even necessitate the raising af fihe river levees.
In the final analysis, the pr�posed praject is presently justifiable due
to the past planning efforts and resource commitments by Metrapolitan,
State, and Federal agencies. R�serving long-term options by inacfiion or
the implementation of an interim solution at this time wauld probably
only aggravate the overali tong-term water quality conditions of the
Green River Basin. Grawth would eontinue within much af the study area
regardiess. Present reguiations limiting the extension af trunk, lateral ,
and collector sewers, and the use af saptic tanks in specific areas
would, hawever, dictate where the growth could occur» Water qual �ty
impacts resulting from the continued use of S@�tIC tanks within most of
the Green River Sewerage Area wauld increase. Other adverse impacts
would continue to occur even if the propased action is nat impiemented,
because land use planning and related poiicy decisions (not the patentiat
of the Auburn interGeptor} are creating the impetus for the continual
degradation of the sewerage area environment.
Further justification af the praposed action is provided by the fact that
if any alternative to the Auburn Lagaon were implement�d, the restrictions
upan the extensions of trunk, lateral , and collector sewers would prob-
ahly be eliminated. The stimulation and encou�agemant of urban grawth
provided by the avaRlability of these faci ] itPes, particularly in the
undeveloped partions of the Green River Valley b�tween Kent and Auburn,
wauld be no less than that provided by the propased action. tt woutd,
for example, be relatively inexpensive to con�truct a trunk sewer systam
through the Green River Vailey from a local treatmen� plant. These
sewerage faciiitias would ailaw u�ban development to occur, just as if
the propasad interGeptar were buiit.
At the same time, th� �easible alternative soluttons (see S�ctian V11 `
af this reportl appear ta be less cost-effective tha� the proposed action,
particularly if the Auburn Interceptor or a similar project is required
in the future, due tp the water quality standa�ds and goals embodied
by the Federal Water Ppllution Control Act Amendments of 1972.
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VI . IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENTS OF RESOURCES WHICH WOULD BE
INVOLVED IN THE PROPOSED ACTION SHOULD IT BE IMPLEMENTED
The extent to which the proposed action curtails the diversity and range
of beneficial uses of the environment has been described in the previous
sections. These factors will not be significantly impacted by the con-
struction or operation of the Auburn Interceptor. Only if urban growth,
which is likely to be stimulated by the proposed action, occurs, will the
diversity and range of beneficial uses of the Green River Sewerage Area
environment be affected.
The proposed action will involve the corrmitment of large amounts of
renewable and nonrenewable resources. The requi�ed concrete pipe, for
example, will be irretrievability committed to the proposed use, and, of
course, time and energy will be utilized in the construction process.
In its entirety, the construction and use of the Auburn Interceptor can
be considered as basically irreversible due to the large commitment of
resources involved, which makes removal or non-use of the Interceptor
, unlikely.
Projected changes in the aquatic ecosystem of the receiving waters are
difficult to predict at this time. Based upon the research of METRO
and Department of Ecology biologists and the preliminary results of the
RIBCO studies, the proposed action, by itself, is not expected to have
a significant effect upon the Duwamish River, Duwamish E�tuary, or
Elliott Bay aquatic ecosystems. The upcoming perfection of the RIBCO
study' s Estuary simulation model should provide detailed information
concerning potential impacts upon the Estuary's ecosystem.
The present use of the Auburn Interceptor's corridor varies along the
proposed route. Most of the proposed corridor, however, consists of
grass and weed covered uncultivated land adjacent to existing and proposed
utility or transportation corridors. The proposed action will destroy or
disturb the existing soil and plant communities of the proposed pipeline
corridor, affecting apprqximately forty to fifty acres of land. This
action is not, however, entirely irreversible, for after the proposed
action's construction, the corridor could conceivable be replanted with
native vegetation or, in places, even utilized for agricultural purposes.
The proposed action will probably commit future generations to specific
actions and resource uses regarding water quality management within the
Green River Sewage Area. As EPA often notes, the commitment of resources
to establish regional wastewater collection and treatment systems may be
irreversible. The long-term cost-effectiveness of such regional systems,
as determined by present guidelines, appears, however, to be a greater
benefit than the costs, if any, which may be due to the irreversibility
of these systems. Current plans, policies, and regulations, as well as
most economic studies, including a recent evaluation of METRO's existing
and proposed sewerage facilities, support the regional approach to
water quality management.
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The irreversible nature of the proposed action will aff�ct future water
quality management policies and plans of the Green River 5ewerage Area
in many ways. The Auburn (nterceptor, for eacample, must serve a targer
service area than the existing Auburn sewerage system in order to justify
its cost. The Auburn Interceptor has therefore been designed in such
a way as to al ]ow future interceptar and trunk sewers within the Green
River Sewerage Area to hook directly into the Auburn Interceptor in the
� future. Alternative wastewater collaction and treatment systems serving
� the sewerage area will probably be precluded by the presence of the
i Auburn Interceptar. The praposed revisions to METRO's Comprehensive
Plan, affecting Black Diamond, Lake Sawyer, and Enumclaw, which are
associated with the proposed action, also are likety to narraw the
optians availabie for solving the Black Diamand and Enumclaw Piateau's
wastewater dispasal prablems. Though techno3ogy may develop new waste- I
water co] lectian and treatment systems, new facilities within the
sewerage area will probably continue to be built around the praposed
interceptor facitity and the Renton Sewage Treatrnent Plant.
The Auburn interceptor �ould possibly be utilixed as an element af some
alternative wastewater management schemes for the Green River Sewerage .
Area or Metropolitan Seattle area. For example, if it wouid becane
beneficial in the future to "plug-in" advanced wastewater treatment
plants for develaping pracess water for flushing the Green River andlar
puwamish Estuary, the Auburn Interceptor could be utilized far "p]ugging
in and out" and transporting the residual salids. Such alternative
treatment configuratians, considerably diffarent than METRO's Cbmprehen-
sive Plan, are, presently being evaluated as part of the RIBCO study. The
future implementation of such schemes is, however, highly unlikely.
The iong-term effects on tand use resulting from the impl�mentation of the
proposed action have been d�scribed in previous sections. It shouid be
noted that most present trends are likely ta continue regardless of the
propased actian. Southwestern King County can be sxpected to grow in
response to the natural expansion of the Seattle and Tacoma metrapalitan
areas. This growth is probably irreversible. Providing adequate waste-
water treatment and c411ectian systems to the Green River Sewerage Area
at this time is likely to accelerate the urbanization process wiChin the
sewerage area and direct growth to areas provided with sewerage facilities.
The present character o� much af the sewerage area is likely ta be altered
as a cansequence of its urban development.
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A. lntroductary Conunents
1 . Policy Constraints '
I Water quality planners for the Green River Basin are given iittle
flexibility because of Department of Ecology policies and plans
which require the retirement af the existing Auburn �agoon, and
recent fnvironmental Protectian Agency interpretations of the
Federal Water Pallution Contral Act Arriendments of 1972 which state
that constructian grants for treatment facilities utilizing any
lagoon system without supplemental treatment components will not
be approved. The construction of faci1ities which would terminate
the use of the Auburn Lagoon or, with Department of Ecoiogy approval ,
the construction of supplemental treatment facilities which woutd
be capab}e of improving the Auburn Sewage Treatment Plant's effluent
to an acceptable level are the anly legal altarnatives.
Environm�nta] Protectian Agency cost-effectiveness and regianali-
zatian regulatians and guidelines lsmit the passible alternatives
to an even greater degree. In fact, the proposed actian may be the
only alternative which meets long-term cost-effectiveness standards
and confarms to regionalizatian concepts. Furthermore, the Auburn
Interceptor is and has been a part of the Seafitle Metropalitan Area`s
water quality management plans for over a decade: The .Rentan Sewage
Treatr�ent Plant and METRO facilities in the Kent vicinity have been
designed to accommodate the Auburn sewage system's wastes after
interception by the Auburn interceptor.
These past actia�s and existing palicies, regulations and guidelines,
as well as many additional factors, seem to limit the possible aiter-
natives to solving the existing water quality problem associated
with the Auburn Sewage Treatment System, ta the construcfiion and
operation af the Auburn Interceptar. Though other facilities wautd
solve existing prablems, resource corrxnitments and decisians made
during the past fifteen ycars accarding to a variety of pT��ns have
created a situation in which onty the Auburn Interceptar appears
ta fulfill a] 1 requirements. Only the Auburn Interceptor ar a
similar interceptor project is likely ta be funded, constructed, and
placed in operation.
Palicy revisions ar changes by Federal , State, regional , and local
agencies could affect the feasibility af the design and engineering
alternatives considered. For example, if water quality criteria
w�re changed, resulting in more stringent standards, same alterna-
tives currently feasible would not remain sa, because the effluent
produced would not meet the revised standards. The Enviranmental
Protection Agency's pending interpretations of "best practicable" and
recent interpretatians of "best available" water pollutian control
technologies will significantly affect the feasibility of alternatives
to the Auburn Interceptor. It is quite likety that these �oming inter-
pretations wiii limit the number af possible alternatives to a consider-
able degree. A11 short-term solutions witl probab)y be a) iminated.
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Nuroerous potential palicy decisions affecting land use development
aiso affect the feasibility af alternatives. How regional and
local planning canflicts are resolved, and how private developers
and large land owners decide to develop their land, will
influence future waste loadings and the design of sewerage systems.
Policy decisions and administrative reguiations and interpretatians
regarding funding pracedures and the economic analysis of proposed
waste treatment projects also affect the feasibitity of alternatives.
The EPA guidelines dealing with the cast-effectiveness af projects
described in canstruction grant applications are particularly
impartant. Revisions to these guidelines could substantially affect
the passible implementation of alternatives. Alternatives which are
not presently cost-effective may becarne cost-effective if casts
other than direct economic costs were considered.
2. Context
tn addition to the Auburn Sewage Treatment Plant, mar�y other existing
pollution sources exist within the Green River Sewerage Area, Some
af these create mare serious conditions than the pollution created
by the Auburn Lagoon. Therefore, despite the existing constraints
upan the selection of alternatives concerning the Auburn Lagoon's
pollution, alternatives to the proposed action witt be analyzed in
the context of the entire Green River 5ewerage Area.
� Due to the many t�chniques available for call�cting, treating, and
( disposing of wastewater, many possible courses of actian are
patentially apen to water guality planners witF+in the sewerage
iarea, if existing constraints are disregarded. If these numerous
callection, treatment, and disposal systems are cambined into
"packages" or total collection-treatment-disposal systems, the
number of possible alternative wastewater management systems which
wauld solve exist�ng and future water quality problems w�thin the
Green River Sewerage Area reaches astranamicat prapartians. There-
fare in this re ort the alternatives to the propased action are !
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evaluated individually as callection, treatment, or disposal tech-
niques, rather than as a portian of a complete wastewater management
"package". Mast af the individual alternatives for portions of the
total wastewater management process can be combined with alternatives I
for other portions of the entire wastewater management process. In
I this manner a number of alternative wastewater management systems
can be created. All atternatives to tha propased actian which have
been suggested by individuals interviewed as a part of the assessrnent
process have been included in this repart.
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3. The Evaluative Process �
Most of the alternatives to be evaluated have been subdivided inta J
either short-term interim sotutions ta existing water quality
probiems in the Green River Sewerage Area, or long-term solutions.
Interim salutians deal effectively with water quality problems far
a periad of five to fifteen years, depending upon the efficiency of
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studies by many governmental agencies could explore
long-term solutions to problems affecting the Green River Sewerage
Area's environment and its inhabitants. Existing conflicts between
the plans and policies of various governmental agencies could be
resolved during this time period. If no growth or only limited
growth were to occur within the sewerage area, short-term alternatives
could prove to be effective long-term facilities. A sixty-year time
horizon is used to evaluate long term alternatives.
In light of the number of alternatives to be considered, the alter-
natives will be evaluated within the context of the following
categories:
- The "no-action" alternative.
- Individual source treatment systems.
- Local short-term (interim) collection and treatment systems.
- Short-term reduction of volumes utilizing existing
facilities.
- Regional short-term (interim) alternatives.
- Land disposal systems.
- Locat long-term alternatives. ,
- , Regional long-term alternatives.
- Administrative and policy alternatives.
Individual source treatment systems are comprised of processes and
techniques wF�icE� treat wastes at each individual pollutant source.
Local collection and treatment systems utilize one or more treat-
ment plants within the sewerage area. These plants woutd form the
components of a "regionalized waste treatment system". Regional alter-
natives rely primarity on a regional treatment facility. Administrative,
policy, and regulatory measures considered include those which could
be utilized as a part of a water quality management scheme in
alleviating the present and expected water quality problems within
the Green River Sewerage Area.
B. The "No Action" Alternative - Continued Utilization of the Existing
Auburn Sewage Treatment Plant and Treatment Process
1 . Description
Continuation of the operation of the existing Auburn Sewage Treat-
ment Plant which currently provides slightly inadequate secondary
treatment, due primarily, to its occasional overloaded condition
and its lack of supplemental treatment facilities.
2. Environmental Impact of the Proposed Alternative
The enrichment of the lower Green River by the Auburn Lagoon's
effluent would continue. The present effluent is oxygen-demanding
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and is suspected of creating conditions during low flow periods
which occasionally exceed the dissolved oxygen standards set by
the Department of Ecology. Summer low flow periods would con-
tinue to experience depressed dissolved oxygen levels, perhaps
affecting the aquatic ecosystems within the Green River. The
input of nutrients into the Green River couid also add to the
accumulation of pollutants in the Duwamish Estuary, thereby
resulting in a water quality problem in that location. The DOE
ban on the extension of Auburn's sewers would remain in effect,
prohibiting the provision of adequate sewage collection and treat- ,
ment facilities to upstream point sources of pollutants, including
the Auburn Packing Plant and the numerous septic tanks in the
sewerage area.
The existing lagoon conditions would also continue to limit growth
and development within the Auburn area. It is certain that some
costs have been imposed upon the greater Auburn area, as develop-
ment has been affected by Department of Ecology and public health
agency restrictions on the extension of trunk and collector sewers
and the use of septic tanks. This moratorium on growth is, for
the most part, due to the inadequate treatment system currently
utilized by Auburn. These costs of "no development" are very hard
to quantify, but most likely are considerable. Modifications to
or the retirement of the Auburn Lagoon appear to be inevitable.
The continuation of the existing system only makes� such modifica-
tions or new treatment facilities much more costly.
The Auburn Interceptor, for example, will cost nearly one million
dollars more to construct in 1974, than it was estimated to cost
if constructed in 1972, as originally scheduled. Estimated to
cost $4,775,000 in 1970, the estimated costs rose to $6,685,000
for construction during 1972-1975, and reached $8,600,000 under
1974 bidding conditions and estimates.
Beneficial environmental impacts resulting from the continued
operation of the present Auburn Lagoon also occur. Unrestrained
urban development, which may be stimulated by adequate treatment
facitities in the area, could create air quality, visual , economic,
biologic, and social impacts, as well as aggravate the water
quality problems within the entire Green River Sewerage Area.
3. Adverse Impacts Which Cannot Be Avoided Should the Alternative Be
Im lemented.
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The suspected existing and potential impacts, described in previous
sections, resulting from the use of the present Auburn Sewage Treat-
ment Plant would continue.
, 4. Local Short-Term Uses of the Environment and Maintenance and
Enhancement of Long-Term Productivity.
The continued use of the present system would continue to create
both long-term and short-term impacts upon the environment without
enhancement of long-term economic productivity. However, termina-
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ting the use of the Auburn Lagoon could aliow rapid urban develop- I
ment ta occur in the Auburn area, if the local governments desire
` such growth. The long-term quality of much of the Auburn area's
enviranment may then be significant}y degraded. j
5. Irreversible and Irretrievab]e Canrnitments af Resources Which Would '
Be lnvolved in the Proposed Alternative Should It Be Implemented I
The resource commitments for this "na-action" alternative are �
derived from the initiat poliey decisions which were made ta
imptement the present system. '
6. Feasibility of the "No-Actian" Alternative
, This alternative is not feasible, for it doas not and would not
, produce an effluent of acceptabte quatity, meeting State and
, Federal standards. By .#uly 1 , 1977', aIl sewage treatment plants in
; operation must pravide a minimum of secondary treatment. EPA inter-
pretatians of this requirement appear to exciude any lagoons with-
out supplemental treatment from the "secondary" classification.
The present effluent of the Auburn Lagaor� does nat meet EPA's
recently formulated standards which specify the effluent quality
required to meet EPA's definition af "secondary treatment." The
existing lagoan will certainly not meet the Federai Water Patlution
Contro} Act Amendments of 1972 goals for Ju1y l , 1�9$3, requiring
I the utilizatian of '"best practicable" treatment, arrd 19$5, which
calls for the elimination of all pollutant discharges inta all
navigable waters. This alternative is in oppasition to the water
quality management plans and goals set forth by the Washington
State Department of Ecalogy, METRO's Comprehensive Plan, and the
Puget Sound Governmental Conference's Interim Regional Development
Plan. All suggest the retirement af the existing Auburn Lagoon.
7he continued aperation of the Auburn Sewage Treatrnent Plant
wouid nat pravide a cost-effective salutian for meeting exi�ting
and future water guality goals and requirements. Eventually, the
current lagoon system must be madified or phased out completely.
The Department of Ecalogy has even threatened ta utilize its
enforcement powers, forcing such actions to occur, if delays in
the fulfiilment of the State Implementation Ptan schedule continue
to plague the water quality management situation in the Auburn ares.
C. individual Source Treatment Systems
1 . Descriptian
A number of individual source treatment systems could potentially
be utilized within the Green River Sewerage Area. These variaus
possibilities invotve many similar environmental , technical , ar
economic consideratians. The fallowing individual saurce treat-
ment systems will be discussed: i } septic tanks, ii ) an-site
packaged treatment plants, iii) chemical treatment plants and
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residual concentrate collection systems, and iv) waste compaction
and collection. Individual source treatment systems would allow
growth to take place within the Green River Sewerage Area without
creating an additional waste load burden for the existing Auburn
Sewage Treatment Plant. Individual source treatments also do
not require the construction of extensive sanitary sewer systems,
thereby eliminating the need for the proposed action or other
proposed METRO facilities within much of the sewerage area. �
The most common type of individual source treatment system consists
of a septic tank and drainfield. Septic tanks are underground
tanks in which the organic matter of continuously flowing sewage
is disintegrated by bacterial action. This is the simplest, and
at least for the indefinite period during which the system operates
properly, the most convenient and satisfactory method of sewage
disposal within the confines of an individual lot, where suitable
soil and groundwater conditions occur.
A second possible individual source treatment system involves on-
site packaged treatment plants, which treat sanitary wastes at
each home or within neighborhoods using advanced treatment facil-
ities. Wastewater from these plants is typically discharged
into water bodies, the soil , or storm water collection systems.
A third possible individual source treatment sys,tem involves
chemical treatment and the collection of concentrated residuals.
These systems would utilize small packaged chemical treatment plants
at either individual homes or at clusters of residences. The
resultant residual material would be concentrated periodically and
collected, much tike solid wastes. The liquid effluent would be
disposed of in drain fields or recycled.
A fourth individual source treatment system involves waste compaction
and collection, and utilizes compacting units for the storage of the
solid portions of sanitary wastes after the separation of the liquid
and solid components of sewage. These septic wastes would be
routinely collected, much like solid wastes. This exotic process
has been investigated by European sanitary engineers, primarily as
a method to enhance the operation of septic tanks. After centri-
fuging or filtration, compactors compress the wastes and store I
them until collected. �
2. Environmental Impact of the Proposed Alternative
In light of the technical and economic feasibility aspects of the
various possible individual source treatment systems, the discussion
of environmental impact is primarily directed to the septic tanks ,
which are the most feasible of the individual source treatment
systems. The impacts resulting from septic tank systems are
characteristic of most individual source treatment systems.
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The use of septic tanks within the Green River Sewerage Area may
prove to be quite suitable, particularly as an interim measure,
where climatic, geologic, pedologic, hydrologic, and topo-
graphic conditions are favorable, though the satisfactory period
of use for septic tanks evaluated by the Untied States Public
Health Service in intensive nationwide tests 6etween 1959 and
1963, for example indicated 100% failure within a twelve-year
period.
Within the Green River Sewerage Area, including the Auburn area
(more than forty percent of Auburn's residents utilize septic tank
wastewater treatment and disposal systems) , septic tanks are the
predominant form of sewage treatment facilities. In many areas
the densities of development have, however, exceeded the assimil-
ative capacity of the land resources, primarily due to the con-
struction of the majority of these septic tank systems in unsuit-
abte sites. Degradation of groundwater and surface water quality
has resulted, and the nitrogen and phosphorous discharged to the
land has been utilized as nutrients by plants in many of the drift
plain lakes, stimulating plant growth and eutrophic conditions.
Septic tank discharge can be beneficial under certain conditions,
stimulating the growth of desirable plants, including agricultural
crops and trees. The drainfield discharge also maintains natural
hydrologic conditions at a more optimal level than those resulting
from the transportation of wastewater by pipetine to a distant
treatment'plant. Stream flows, particularly in smaller creeks and
streams, can be maintained near natural levels during low summer
flows, though BOD and bacterial loadings may increase, as drain-
field discharge recharges the groundwater table.
Properly sited, constructed, and maintained, septic tanks would
allow growth to take place within the Green River Sewerage Area
without creating an additional waste water load burden for the
existing Auburn Sewage Treatment Plant. The use of septic tanks
within the study area is a viable alternative to the construction
of trunk sewers and interceptors beyond the Green River Valley, if
certain conditions were met. Examples of such conditions include:
a) Allowing the use of septic tanks only in those areas which are
inherently suita6le for septic tank disposal and treatment
facilities. Large portions of the Black Diamond Plateau, in
particular, are suitadle, ifi growth is controlled and densities
are not allowed to exceed certain limits in areas near streams,
wells, and springs.
b) The elimination of septic tanks using a phased retirement sys-
tem from those areas which do not allow septic tanks to func-
tion properly.
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c) The strict enforcement of a program of periodic servicing and
sludge and scum removal . Enactment of such regulations would,
in themselves, significantly enhance the present water quality
of the Green River Sewerage Area by greatly increasing the
effectiveness of the many septic tanks wlthin the area.
If, by installing sewers or similar sewage transportion facilities,
for example, quality and aesthetic quality of many of the upland
lakes would probably increase significantly. Increases in the
, recreational use of these waters could be expected, as could the
anticipated use of these waters by a greater diversity of animal
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3. Adverse Impacts Which Cannot Be Avoided Should the Alternative Be
Implemented
Unavoidable impacts that would occur with this alternative are
both social and physical in nature. The social impact involves
limitations which would be imposed upon the types and locations
of urban growth. Adverse impacts upon the physical environment
would primarily occur during an interim period of time during which
presently improperly sited septic tanks are phased out of use.
4. Local Short-Term Uses of the Environment and Maintenance and
Enhancement of Long-Term Productivity �
Control�led use of septic tanks in suitable areas would not fore-
close future options to future generations. However, since such
a system often involves investment by family units, the financial
burden of switching to another system at a later time may be borne
by those least capable of assuming such costs.
5. Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments of Resources Which
Would Be Involved with the Proposed Action Should It Be Imple-
mented
Indirectly, the controlled use of septic tanks in suitable areas
may result in easing the demand for sanitary sewers in those areas,
particularly increasing the practicality of utilizing an interim solu-
tion to the existing Auburn Lagoon problem. This, in turn, would
enable the land use conflicts within the study area to be resolved
before irreversible resource commitments occurred and created the
basis for future Green River Valley land use patterns. The septic
tanks, themselves, of course, represent an irretrievable and
irreversible resource commitment.
6. Feasibility of the Various Alternative Individual Source Treat-
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a) Septic Tanks
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i . Technical Feasibility
The use of septic tanks within much of the study area is a
technically feasible alternative to the construction of
sewer systems for those areas suitable for septic tank use,
at least as an interim solution. Land use and/or other
enforcement regulations would be necessary, however, to
create a properly functioning septic tank system. It would
be technically feasible to phase out improperly sited exist-
ing polluting septic tanks through the use of administrat'ive
or policy actions and/or the installation of sewers or
similar sewage transporting facilities.
ii . Economic Feasibility
Septic tanks represent a relatively inexpensive means of
providing adequate wastewater treatment in suitable con-
trolled situations. However, due to their often short-
lived nature, most septic tanks have to be replaced or
relieved by municipal sewer systems within ten to twelve
years. This imposes duplicate costs upon homeowners.
The proper maintenance and cleaning programs also are
costly to individual homeowners.
b) On-Site Packaged Treatment Plants �
i . � Technical Feasibility
This alternative is not technically feasible at this time,
though continued improvements in small packaged treatment
plants, often utilized at ski resorts or recreational
developments, have produced advanced treatment facilities
which may be useful , particularly as interim facilities in
areas such as Black Diamond. The many point sources pro-
duced by a system utilizing many small advaned treatment
facilities would, however, be contrary to present plans,
policies, and regulations.
Even though advanced treatment facilities are now available
in inexpensive packaged units ($2,000 to $10,000 for a
single family residential treatment plant) , it is not
believed to be feasible to serve the needs of thousands of
people with such facilities. Septic tanks, however, do
serve thousands of people in southern King County, and
provide a minimal degree of treatment relative to that
provided by small individual advanced treatment plants.
Standard residential septic tansk typically cost between
$500 and $1000, not that much less than the most inexpensive
packaged advanced treatment plants. The technical feasibility
of the widespread use of packaged advanced treatment plants
remains negative, however.
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ii . Economic Feasibility
This alternative is probably not economically feasible.
c) Chemical Treatment and Residual Concentrate Collection
i . Technical Feasibility
Chemical treatment systems as described above are still
experimental . The utilization of such facilities as a
local or even neighborhood scale is not feasible at this
time. Though quite suitable for large boats and airplanes,
they have not been proven to be suitable for residential
use.
ii . Economic Feasibility
This alternative is not feasible.
d) Waste Compaction and Collection
i . Technical Feasibility
This alternative is not technically feasible at this time,
and should be considered experimental . �
ii . Economic Feasibility
This alternative is not feasible.
p, Local Short-term Collection and Treatment Systems-linproving
the Existing Treatment Process
Alternatives involving the updating of the existing treatment process
of the Auburn Lagoon can be considered in conjunction with the alter-
natives discussed in the following section, concerning means to cut
down volumes or lessen peak flows of waste water flowing into the pre-
sent Auburn treatment facility. Although these two types of alterna-
tives can be viewed as one combined alternative, they are separated in
this discussion because the resulting impacts are different.
1 . Description
The following local short-term collection and treatment systems I
involving the updating of the existing treatment processes will be
discussed:
a) Adding to and/or modifying the mechanical aerators in the exist-
ing lagoons to increase biological oxidation. This alternative
is presentl•� being implemented by thc �ity ci �,uburn.
b) The addition of a final filtration process utilizing a multi-
media filter or microscreening unit to cut down BOD and
suspended solids in the effluent.
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c) Addition of an activated sludge process and sludge treatment
plant to increase the breakdown and oxidation of organic ma-
terial .
d) The addition of one or more aerobic lagoons to the present site
to be aerated mechanically. The existing system could then be
utilized as a storage facility for toxic wastes or as "polish-
ing cells", providing additional secondary treatment.
?. Environmental Impact of the Pr�^��.^.d �,lternative
The alternative of adding to and/or modifying the existing aeration
facilities of the Auburn Lagoon would increase the dissolved oxygen
concentrations within the effluent and decrease sludge deposition within
the lagoon. The resultant increase in treatment efficiency would
probably be minimal . As an interim measure, however, this inexpensive
alternative could be expected to improve the water quality of the
lagoon effluent , lowering its BOD load to levels acceptable as
"secondary treatment". Suspended solids would continue to be dis-
charged into the Green River in unacceptable concentrations. The
enrichment of the Green River by the nutrient load of the lagoon
effluent would continue. The impacts of this alternative upon other
components of the Green River Sewerage Area should be negligible,
for the Department of Ecology's ban on sewer extensions would pro-
bably remain in effect, and no new interceptors , �timulating urban
growth, would be constructed.
The City of Auburn's ongoing implementation of a version of this
alternative, adding two or more aerators to the first stage aerobic
lagoons, will increase dissolved oxygen levels and decrease sledge
deposition, resulting in increased treatment efficiencies. The
treatment capacity of the Auburn Lagoon will also be increased by
this action, allowing urban growth within presently sewered areas
to continue. See Figure 34.
The environmental impacts of adding a final filtration process to
the existing lagoon are quite similar to those of the preceding
alternative. The quality of the effluent from the lagoon would,
however, be substantially improved. Typically, eighty to over
ninety percent of the BOD and suspended solids are removed by a
final filtration system. These results are significantly better
than those which will probably occur utilizing the additional
aeration facilities. Improved aeration facilities will also not
result in treatment efficiencies as great as those resulting from
final filtration systems. Filtration systems can also substantially
reduce nutrient loads, often removing over eighty percent of the
phosphorus and nitrogen in the effluent, depending on the chemical
form of the dissolved nutrients. Presently, the most harmful
pollutant discharged into the Green River by the Auburn Lagoon is
its relatively high nutrient load. Impacts of this alternative upon
components of the environment other than water quality should be
minimal . This alternative, by itself, would not allow a significant
amount of additional growth to occur in the Auburn area. A final
filtration system wou)d not increase the treatment capacity of the
existing lagoon; only the quality of its effluent would be markedly
increased.
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The utilization of activated sludge treatment techniques and sludge
treatment facilities in conjunction with lagoon treatment systems
usually greatly increase treatment efficiencies and reduce detention
times and the surface area necessary for operation. Overall re-
ductions of BOD and suspended solids in the Auburn Lagoon's effluent
would probably range from 85 to 95 percent, based on the performance
of activated sludge lagoon systems in other areas. Modifying the
existing Auburn Lagoon system by adding an activated sludge process,
would, however, entail major interruptions and modifications of
the existing treatment processes and structures. The addition of an
activated sludge process to the existing Auburn Lagoon's treatment
system would allow some growth and development to occur in the
Auburn area for the lagoon's effective capacity would be increased.
The shortened retention periods associated with activated sludge-
aerated lagoon systems (one half to two days for a six foot deep,
three to ten acre tagoon) allows greatly increased volumes of
wastewater to be treated effectively.
The major environmental impacts associated with lagoon expansion
alternatives would affect water quality and land resources. Water
quality would be benefited by the higher degree of treatment
received by the Auburn system's watewater. Increasing the physical
capacity of the existing lagoon system would permit the aerated
lagoon's to continually operate at optimal capacities. Sudden
large influxes of wastewater would no longer affect the
quality� of treatment provided by the Auburn Lagoon. Present
BOD loads could be reduced by forty to eighty percent by the use
of expanded lagoon facilities. Utilizing the existing tagoons as
"polishing cells", which would retain the suspended solids carried
over from the additional aerated lagoons, would produce an effluent
which would be quite acceptable by current water quality standards.
These cells wo�ld provide for the biological stabilization of cap-
tured solids and for the further reduction of the BOD of the waste
water prior to final disposal . Effective removal of suspended solids
should be realized at retention times of 6 to224 hours and at
hydraulic surface loadings of 500 gallons/ft. /day or less.
Land resources would of course, be directly impacted by expanded
lagoon facilities, and since this alternative would build additional
treatment capacities into the Auburn system, growth and development
in the Auburn area could occur. The possible impacts of such land
use changes are noted in earlier sections dealing with the Auburn
Interceptor's possible impacts. ,
3. Adverse impacts which Cannot be Avoided Should the Alternative be
Implemented
The alternatives which update the existing treatment process are
associated with few, if any, unavoidable adverse impacts. Additional
or modified aeration facilities and the use of final filtration
systems , in particular, have few, if any, associated adverse impacts.
The use of an activated sludge treatment process or the expansion of
the existing lagoon system would require between four and twenty-
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four acres of land near the existing Auburn Lagoon's site. The use
of the land near the existing lagoon by either of these alternatives
would not significantly impact any natural habitats or wetlands, or
human settlements or structures.
4. Local Short-term Uses of the Environment and Maintenance and
Enhancement of Long-term Productivity.
Local short-term uses of the environment largely involve the use of
land resources in the vicinity of the present treatment plant should
the alternatives of expanded lagoon facilities or activated sludge
treatment be implemented. The other alternative means of updating
the existing facilities would involve no additional short-term uses
of the environment. However, since the various alternatives in-
volving updating the existing system are, individually, only
short-term or interim treatment methodologies, long-term economic
and urban growth of the Green River Sewerage Area may be limited.
5. Irreversible and Irretrievable Committments of Resources Which Would
be Involved with h Pro o d A ion Should it b Im lemented.
, t e p se ct e p
' Irreversible and irretrievable resource commitments of local short-
term alternatives primarily consist of the materials required to
implement the alternative treatment methodologies. The land
necessary to effectuate some of these alternatives also would repre-
sent an irreversible and irretrievable resource commitment. The
irreversibility of the commitment of land for additional lagoon
facilities or a studge treatment plant can, however, only be con-
sidered in relative terms. Land which would be available for such
purposes is likely to be used for urban purposes at some future
time. The commitments must be analyzed in terms of previous policy
decisions to urbanize, which are probably irreversible. The local
short-term alternatives probably do not represent an irreversible
or irretrievable approach to wastewater management. The phased
implementation of various unit processes, responding to strict
water quality standards or increases in growth, would be allowed
by most local short-term alternatives. These alternatives would
be a step forward "best-practicable treatment" and the 1985 goal
of zero-discharge.
6. Feasibility of the Various Local Short-term Alternatives Which Update
the Existing Treatment Process
a) Adding to or modifying the existing aeration facilities.
i . Technical Feasibility
The four aerators presently in the two first stage aerobic
lagoons are not operating as effectively as possible and
could be easily modified to operate in a much more efficient
manner. Improving the aerators has been contemplated by
the City of Auburn. The ongoing addition of two more
aerators to the aerated lagoons will increase dissolved
oxygen levels and decrease sludge deposition, increasing
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the treatment efficiency of the lagoon. The addition o�
more than two aerators to these first two aerobic lagoons
would have .only a minimal effect upon the efficiency of
the existing system. Placing aerators in the second set
of aerobic lagoons is feasible, but would probably have
little, if any effect upon the quality of treatment, due
to the excessive slud e de ositions occurrin i
9 p g n these
ae
robic cells. Addin add' '
g itional aerators to the first
set of lagoons would be a feasible and simple undertaking.
ii . Economic Feasibility
' This alternative involves the lowest capital costs and
probably the lowest operations and maintenance costs of
all technically feasible alternatives. It also has the
shortest project life of all conceivable alternatives.
i Modified or enlarged aerators are, however, ca able of
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being integiated into at least two long-term wastewater
treatment systems. This flexibility is a valuable feature.
The implementation of most forms of this alternative could
be accomplished for approximately $15,000 to $20,000.
b) The Addition of a Final Filtration Process
i . ,Technical Feasibility
Final filtration of the Auburn Lagoon's effluent could utilize
any of a variety of processes which separate suspended and/or
dissolved solids from water. According to a local consulting
i engineer familiar with the Auburn La oon's existin
� g condition,
a filtration unit, utilizing a mul.ti-media solution of sand
coal , garnet, and gravel to filter the effluent before its �
discharge into the Green River, would greatly improve the
operating efficiency of the existing system. This
filter would significantly reduce both BOD and suspended solids
by large enough margins to meet and probably exceed all
applicable existing water quality standards. A preliminary
estimate volunteered by this engineer, a consultant to METRO,
suggested the use of a filter of approximately 900 square
feet. Since most filter areas do not exceed 800-1000 square
feet per filter unit, only one unit would be required.
The separation of solids from the Auburn Lagoon's effluent
could also be accomplished by using such processes as
Lamella Separators, microscreeners, ultrafiltration cells,
diatomaceous earth filters , or other supplemental treatment
techniques. All would produce an effluent meeting EPA's
requirements. Microscreeners, could be utilized as a
final filtration treatment technique at the Auburn Lagoon
without requiring major modifications to the existing treat-
ment plant. Some form of holding pond would, however, be
required. Microscreening has been suggested by some engineers
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familiar with the Auburn Lagoon as being the most technically
feasible supplemental treatment process, due to the composition
of the algae in the lagoon's effluent (primarily very fine
green algae) .. Sand filter media could possibly plug up,
decreasing the treatment efficiency of multi-media filtration
units.
The increased use of daphne, shrimp, or other crustacean
"algae-feeders" in the summer months could atso eliminate
a portion of the algae within the lagoon's effluent. Because
BOD removals are a function of the solids composition, directly
related to the amount of algae in the ffluent of the Auburn
Lagoon (algae make up almost all of the suspended solids
discha�ged by the Auburn Lagoon) , these "feeding-filters"
could, under controlled conditions, reduce both BOD and
suspended solids to acceptable levels, according to DOE
officials. At the least, the controlled use of "feeding-
fiiters" makes the final filtration processes mentioned
above more effective and more feasible by reducing the
algae within the effluent. Operations and maintenance
costs would also be lowered by reduced algal concentrations. '
Any of the final filtration processed would remove or I�'
reduce algal concentrations in the effluent, producing a
low oxygen-demanding high quality effluent.� All are
.technically feasible.
� ii . Economic Feasibility
Based on the present average daily volume of wastewater dis-
charged by the Auburn Lagoon, a microscreening unit costing
less than $40,000 would be adequate. The capital costs of I
a multi-media filter of sufficient size range between II
0 000 and 60 000. Units ca able of treatin the anti- !
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cipated average daily flows of the Auburn area in 1980 would i'I
cost approximately $160,000 (microscreening) to $170,000 ,
(multi-media filtration) . Relatively low operations and !,
maintenance costs are associated with both of these supple- I
� mental treatment processes, with microscreening units typi- ,
cally requiring lower operations costs than multi-media
filter units. Ultrafiltration cells, diatomaceous earth �i
filters, and other more exotic final filtration processes '
are accompanied by extremely high costs. These processes
are currently competitive with microscreening and multi- '
media filtration only in specialized situations. All final '
filtration facilities have advantages associated with their '
flexibility; they could be easily integrated into various
local long-term treatment alternatives. ',
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c) dding an Activated Sludge Treatment Process �
i . Technical Feasibility 'I
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Modifying the Auburn Lagoon by adding an activated sludge
treatment process would require major modifications to the
existing treatment plant. During the construction of this
alternative the existing treatment process would be inter-
rupted, possibly affecting the entire Auburn area.
An interim treatment facility may be required. The land
required by the addition of an activated sludge treatment
facility, adjacent to the Auburn Lagoon, is, however, presently
owned by the City of Auburn's SewerDDivision, which increases
the feasibility of this alternative.
ii . Economic Feasibility
This alternative requires high capital costs associated with
the necessary modifications to the existing treatment plant
and construction of a sludge treatment plant. Excluding the
possible construction of an interim treatment plant during
the modification of the Auburn Lagoon, this alternative would
probably cost over $400,000, based on the existing average
daily flows. A plant capable of treating the anticipated
average daily flows of 1980 would be likely to exceed
$1 ,000,000 in capital costs.
d) Lagoon Expansion Alternatives •
i . Technical Feasibility
The major problem associated with the present Auburn sewage
treatment system is its inefficiency due to occasional and
�otentiat overl -�ding ond its inability to absorb continued
urban growth in its service area, and not the inefficiency
of the lagoon method of treatment. The construction of addi-
tional lagoons to handle the overload tne projected waste
load increases over a specified interim period is a- tech-
nically feasible alternative to the proposed action. At
least two types of expansion are possible: (1) expansion
of the present two-stage stabilization pond with essentially
the same process but an enlarged capacity or (2) construction
of additional lagoons of smaller size with mechanical aeration
facilities to increase the treatment capacity.
The feasibility of expanding the present lagoon is question-
able at this time due to the requirements for a large parcel
of land for expansion (essentially double the present size)
and the general unavailability of land near the existing
treatment facility. Currently there exists only ten to
sixteen acres of land at the treatment site available for
immediate expansion. A1l vacant land surrounding the
Auburn Lagoon is either privately owned or leased to the
Municipal Airport Authority by the Sewer Division, except
for a slx acre parcel irnnediately south of the Auburn Lagoon,
which is still owned by t�e Sewer Division.
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The second method of expansion is more feasible, yet also
contingent upon the availability of land. According to the
1968 Engineering Report of the Auburn Treatment System, one
alternative treatment system, which would adequately treat
the projected volumes of wastewater from the Auburn area
in 1980, would require approximately 24 acres for aerated
lagoons. This amount of land is about two-thirds again as
much land as the existing lagoon system occupies. The
existing lagoons would be utilized as "polishing cells" if
this alternative were implemented. See Figure 35.
Land availability is the major problem conf ronting the ,
implementation of either of these lagoon expansion schemes. ,
The required land would have to be purchased from private ',
owners, or perhaps , some of the leased land could be returned
to the Sewer Division of Auburn through negoiations with ',
the Airport Authority. The vacant area south of the Auburn ��i
Lagoon is not and wilt probably never become a part of the '
Auburn Airport. ',
ii . Economic Feasibility
Expanding the existing lagoon facilities would require at
least 24 acres of land in order to adequately treat the
projected 1980 wastewater volumes of Auburn, according to
previous studies of this alternative. Purchasing the
necessary land from private owners would require a rather
large sum of money (approximately $350,000 to $450,000) .
When evaluated over a 5 to 15 year interim period, this ,
alternative is moderately expensive. The possibility of ,
acquiring free or relativety inexpensive land from the Air- I
port Authority does, however, exist. This alternative is '
� capable of being integrated into most long-term alternatives ,
updating the existing lagoon's treatment process in accor- ',
dance with more stringent water quality requirements. I
E. Short-term Reduction of Volumes Utilizing Existing Facilities
As mentioned previously, this category of alternatives can be con-
sidered in conjunction with the alternatives in the previous section for '
maximum effectiveness. These alternatives are grouped together because
of their similarity in purpose and impact. Alone, none of them are '
presented as a solution, but any one of them may constitute a part of
an effective wastewater management strategy.
The volumes of treated effluent discharged into the Green River by any
local treatment facility could be reduced (proportionally) by the
utilization of effluent storage facilities and the phased discharge
of effluent. The volumes of untreated wastewater flowing into a local
treatment facility could, be reduced by the use of properly sited and �
maintained community source treatment systems and/or the separation
of storm sewers from sanitary sewers.
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EXP�ANSION SCHEME � fig. 35
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l . Description
The first alternative involves the storage of treated effluent in
sealed facilities such as tanks (above or below the surface) during
periods when the Gre�n River's flows are too low to adequately handle
the quantities of wastes in the effluent. The stored effluent would
be discharged at a later date during higher river flows when the
Green River is better able to accommodate and dilute larger
i effluent discharges. The operation of the storage and discharge
facility would basically maintain a standard proportion of effluent
relative to the volume of river water. The most practical storage
facilities would consist of vertical containers and pumping facilities,
such as the closed tanks utilized for bulk oil storage. Such fac-
ilities would utilize much less space than conventional lagoon
storage faCilities• Lagoon storage facilities are, however, much
more feasible.
The second alternative, a community source treatment system, involves
the use of individual source treatment systems as small temporary
community facilities in properly planned locations, and of sufficient
capacities to adequately treat community wastes efficiently. An
example of such a system would be a community septic tank system
for a small residential development.
The third alternative in this ' category involves the separation of
storm sewers from combined sanitary-storm sewers. Separate pipes
with different locations and different disposal sites would be
required.
2. Environmental Impact of the Proposed Alternative
The first alternative would reduce the volumes of effluent discharged
during low Green River flows. A primary pollution problem associated
with the Auburn Lagoon's present effluent appears to be its relative
proportion to the vartable Green River flows. It is possible that
too much effluent is discharged during low flow periods, possibly
causing high levels of BOD and occasional dissolved oxygen depressions
downstream. Construction of effluent storage facilities and the
controlled discharge of the effluent during high flow periods would
have the environmental impact of spreading the existing burden of
effluent over times when the river would provide sufficient flow
' volumes for adequate dilution of the effluent. This would reduce
impacts upon aquatic organisms in the river.
The environmen al im -
t pact of the secord alternative, the use of com
munity treatment systems , would vary according to the treatment
system utilized. The most likely system, properly sited and main-
tained comnunity septic tank systems , is not likely to result in
significant adverse environmental impacts. In fact, many direct
and secondary benefits would probably result from such action.
Existing water quality problems on the Black Diamond Plateau,
including the enrichment of its upland lakes, would be eliminated
ifi the many improperly located and poorty-functioning septic tanks
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currently used were abandoned and a praperly sited tank, serving
neig�borhoads or large devetap�ents were utilized and maintained.
Indirectly, these systems coutd influ�nce land use patterns,
encouraging c]uster development and development of suitable areas,
rather than the current land development and land use psacticss.
The utilization of an individual source treatment system such as
the septic tank and drainfield tat an enlarged scale) as an interim
facility for a larger unit such as the neighbarhood or community.
would a11aw growth to take piace within the sewerage area without
creating an additionai wastewatar toad burden for the Auburn Treat-
ment Plant. 5uch community service treatment systems are quite
suitable as an interi� measure where cl 'smatic, geologic, pedalogic,
hydrologic and topographic conditians are favorable {at least for
the specific period during which the system operates praperly -
usually less than ten years) . Adoption of this system for neigh-
borhood/community use would require temporary use of one or mare
lot areas for required disposai purpases ar preferably, utilization
of apen space made avaitable under a pianned unit development. Sub-
surface dispasat to absorption beds ar trenches would most prababiy
be utilized.
Individual septic tank and drainfield systems are presently the
� predaminant farm of sewage treatment facility in the Green River
Sewerage Area. Degradatian of ground water and surface water quality
has resulted from the use of these facilities due,� primarily, to the
construction af this type of system at unsuitable sites. Cammunity
systems would reduce the problems created by individual
units by centralizing the structural facilities and reducing the
total tank uolume.
� A third example of this form of a]ternative, the separation of storm
� sewers from cambined sewer systems, would directty impact many aspects
� of the environment. The most noticeable direct impacts wauld be
those retating to the inconveniences to the pubiic associated with
the removal of existing combined sewers and the construction of twa
separate sewer systems. Streets, sidewalks, yards, and ather areas
would be disrupted far a period of time by the canstruction af
storm and sanitary sewers.
Such a sewer separation program would have the positive impact af
eliminating the bursts af storm water which currently upset the
quality of treatment pravided by the Auburn Lagoon. The typical
voiumes of wastewater treated by the lagoan presently range fram
, ane ta two miliion gallons per day. When rain occurs , the lagoon
often must treat over ten miltion gailons of wastewater per day�
because of excessive infiltration and inflaws of storm water. The
quaiity of treatment suffers as a result. Some urban growth and
development cauld be accar�nadated by separating storm and sanitary
sewers throughout the Green River Sewerage Area.
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4. Local Short-term Uses of the Environment and Maintenance and
Enhancement of Long-term Productivity
The alternatives in this category would provide some relief to
the periodic physiological stress on aquatic organisms in the
Green River, as well as the occasional overburdened conditions of
the Auburn Lagoon. The likelihood of severe violations of water
quality standards occurring would be significantly reduced by the
implementation of any of these alternatives. These alternatives
are not, however, particularly well suited to continued urban
growth in the subject area. Higher overall effluent burdens upon
the Green River would eventually result if only these alternatives
were implemented.
5. Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments of Resources Which Would
be Involved with the Proposed Action Should It be Implemented
The irreversible and irretrievable commitment of the involved
resources for these alternatives would be the expenditure of human
labor, time, materials, energy and funds. Basically irreversible
and irretrievable in nature, these alternatives would not apprec-
iably assist in achieving the nation's goal of zero-discharge by
1985 or meet EPA's probably definition of "best-practicable
treatment".
6. Feasibility
a) Utilization of Effluent Storage Facilities and the Phased
Discharge of Effluent
i) Technical Feasibility
The construction of effluent storage facilities capable of
holding treated effluent from a local treatment facility
for periods of twenty to fifty days (depending on the
discharge) during the low flow summer months is feasible,
pending the availability of land. Lagoon or lake facilities,
are far more feasible than a "tank farm" type of storage
facility. The construction of a 100,000,000 gallon storage
lagoon could, for example, be constructed relatively inexpen-
sively on twenty acres of land. Depending on the quality
of the effluent, this facility could be utilized for
recreational purposes during the summer months.
ii ) Economic Feasibility
This alternative would either require a large capital
investment for large storage facilities, such as tanks, or
the expense entailed in the construction of lagoon or lake
storage facilities. The costs of the "tank farm" alterna-
tive certainly exceed $1 ,000,000 for a useful facility.
The costs of constructing a lagoon or lake facility,
however, would range between $500,000 and $700,000 for the
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least expensive 100,000,000 gallon facility configuration.
These estimated costs include both construction and land
costs for a twenty acre facility. The installation of the '
necessary pipe and appurtenances would be additional I,
expenses. It is questionable if such costs could be
justified by the small water quality benefits which would
result. This alternative is not readily incorporated into
any long-term treatment systems, except as a backup or
overflow system.
b) Community Source Treatment Systems
i ) Technical Feasibility
The adaption of such individual source treatment systems ,
as septic tank and drainfields units to neighbor- ',
hood/community treatment facilities is a technically �,
feasible alternative, at least as an interim solution, as '
long as land use and/or other enforcement regulations were �
in effect. They would provide a viable temporary (10-15 year) �
alternative to the construction of trunk sewers and inter-
ceptors beyond the Green River Valley if certain conditions I
(allowing septic tank use only in those areas inherently '
suitable for such disposal , elimination of such systems in I
those areas not suitable, enforcement of � periodic
, servicing program, etc.) were met.
ii ) Economic Feasibility ,
Individual source treatment facitities such as septic tank/ ,
drainfield systems represent a relatively inexpensive means '
' of waste treatment, articularl when ada ted to commu '
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use. These systems are being used in many parts of Western I
Washington as interim measures, to be removed when sewers
are provided. The retatively short-lived nature of these
systems, however, eventually impose extra costs on the
users for system replacement.
c) Separation of Storm Sewers and Sanitary Sewers
i ) Technical Feasibility
A sewer separation program would improve the quality of
treatment provided by the existing Auburn Lagoon, as well
as increase the feasibility of other local treatment
facilities by lowering the volumes of waste water requiring
treatment. The actual process of separating storm and
sanitary sewer systems is technically feasible and has been
undertaken by the City of Auburn during the past decade in
portions of its combined sewer system.
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ii ) Economic Feasibility
A $ewer separation program for Auburn would probably cost
between $500,000 and $1 ,000,000. An increased emphasis on ,
such programs by the Environmental Protection Agency makes ;
it possible to receive Federal financial assistance for
such programs. Storm water separation programs have,
however, received very low priority for actuai funding.
F. Regional Short-Term Collection and Treatment Systems
1 . Description
Two alternative regional short-term collection and treatment systems
can be considered in this assessment.
The first involves the construction of a small size, shallow depth,
conventional interceptor pipeline, which would utilize a conventional
interceptor pipeline, similar to the proposed Auburn Interceptor,
capable of handling the Auburn area's waste water loads for an
interim period. These facilities would be considerably smaller than
the Auburn Interceptor, and would not require the deep excavation
necessary for the Auburn Interceptor.
A conventional interceptor sewer of a limited nature from Auburn
through Kent, to 217th Street could be of a size just large enough
� to handie the present wastewater loads or those of the very near
future (5-�5 years) . The shallow depth would cut excavation costs
and construction time. Several combinations of sizes of pipe and
construction depths have been investigated by METRO, as was the
possibility of utilizing the existing Auburn Lagoon as a storage
facility to ease the peak load upon the pipeline. Al1 of the various
, combinations of size and depth are technologically viable alterna-
tives as interim solutions. METRO has found that the Auburn Lagoon
is not suitable as a storage facility in conjunction with a small
pipeline.
1 A second regional short-term collection and treatment system involves
the construction of a pressurized above-ground plastic pipeline.
Such a pipeline would be entirely above ground on supports, carrying
1 the wastes from the Auburn area to Renton for treatment. It would
be of a temporary nature (10-15 years) in terms of design and,
probably, materials.
1 2. Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Alternative
� The primary environmental impact associated with the construction
of a small size, shaltow depth, conventional interceptor or an �
above-ground pressurized plastic pipeline would be a restriction on
potential urban growth. A strengthened system of land use prior-
� ities and land use planning, as well as an implementation program
for development would probably have to be devised.
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As mentioned previously, this restrictive situation may be beneficial
with regard to the natural systems of the sewerage area, particularly
its air resources. Social and economic impacts of this alternative
are, however, likely to be adverse.
Wastewater transported by either a smaller conventional interceptor
or an above-ground plastic pipeline would be treated at the Renton
Sewage Treatment Plant, just as if the Auburn Interceptor were
constructed. Therefore, the direct impacts upon water quality of
these interim measures will be identical to those described
previously.
These two regional short-term collection systems have similar impacts ,
except that the use of a pressurized pumping system for the plastic
pipeline would require a sizable commitment of energy resources.
The proposed action or the smaller interceptors considered in this
alternative, which rely on gravity flow, are much more energy-
efficient. Also, the visual impacts of an above-ground pipeline
could be significant, relative to those created by conventional
interceptor sewers.
Furthermore, because both of these regional alternatives would
probably be only interim facilities , the impacts of a long-term
permanent facility would be, at best, deferred.
3. Adverse Impacts Which Cannot be Avoided Should the Proposed
Alternative be Implemented
The unavoidable adverse impacts associated with the two possible
regional short-term collection and treatment systems are related to
the commitment of energy resources necessary to implement such
alternatives , and the impacts associated with the existing Renton
Sewage Treatment Plant. In gcneral , the adversc alternatives
associated with this dcveln�m�nt would �c qui�e simllar to those
associated with the pro�osed action, except for the greater dis-
ruptions and construction impacts which would occur if the above-
ground plastic pipeline were implemented.
4. Local Short-Term Uses of the Environment and Maintenance and
Enhancement of Long-Term Productivity
The proposed regional short-term coltection and treatment systems
would result in minimal local short-term uses of the environment.
The systems would serve areas already urbanized and long-term
economic expansion within the service area would probably be limited
and/or postponed.
5. Irreversible and Irretrievable Resource Commitments With the
Proposed Alternative
The commitments associated with the two regional short-term collection
and treatment alternatives are the expenditure of time, labor,
materials, capital , and energy resources. The irreversibility of
these facilities would probably not be a detriment in meeting Federal
goals and water quality requirements.
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6. Feasibility
a. Construction of a Small-Size, Shallow-Depth, Conventional In-
terceptor Pipeline
i) Technical Feasibility
Al1 of the alternative combinations of sizes of pipe and
construction depths are technically feasible facilities.
As interim facilities they would be capable of handling
only the immediate and/or short-range waste water volumes
of the Auburn area. Their feasibility is therefore di-
minished without accompanying growth-limiting policies or
regutations. The viability of this type of regional faci-
lity centers around its economic feasibility, not its
technical feasibility.
' ii) Economic Feasibility
Since the only major cost difference between large and
small sewer pipelines is the actual greater initial cost
of the larger pipe, the economic feasibility of the alter-
native small-size, shallow-depth, conventional interceptor
is questionable. The alternatives which have been examined
by METRO range in cost from approximately two million dol-
lars for a system capable of accommodating only today's
Auburn waste load, to approximately four mil�lion dollars
�for a facility capable of handling the expected increase
in waste water volumes for the next ten to fifteen years.
All utilize standard reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) . The
construction cost estimates are based on mid-1974 prices
and do not include right-of-way, legal , administrative,
or operations and maintenance costs.
METRO determined that a shallow-depth (9' average cut) 36"
diameter RCP sewer capable of transporting the existing
Auburn area waste water volumes to Renton for treatment would
cost approximately $2, 151 ,000. The three facilities eval-
uated which would be capable of transporting the anticipated
1985 waste water volumes to Renton included a 48" RCP sewer
in a trench averageing 15' in depth (20' cut through Kent) ;
a 54" RCP sewer capable of transporting 35 mgd in a shallow
(9' average cut) trench (11 ' cut through Kent) ; and a 36"
RCP sewer in a trench averaging 9' in depth, with an aerated
peak flow storage basin (15.6 million gallon capacity) and
a 23 mgd influent pumping station. Al1 of the sewers
evaluated were proposed to be 32,400 feet in length. The
above facilities would cost an estimated $4,337,000,
$3,470,000, and $3,488,000, respectively. Since the major
costs associated with pipeline construction are the excav-
ation and installation costs, the size of the pipe is rel-
atively unimportant up to a point. It costs almost as
much to construct small sewer facilities as large sewers.
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� Smail interim pipeiine facil 'rties also lack fiexibitity.
� An interim pipeline cannot be updatad or madified withaut
great expense and disruption of service. A tang-term facility
wi11 probably still be required after any interim solution
and the costs of such long-term salutians continue to in-
annually. Far example, the 4$" to 7$" reinfarced cancrete
pipe Auburn Interceptor, laid in an average 20' - 25' cut
will cast over $$,5ao,000 at the present time. lt has
been estimated that the increased costs due to construc-
tian delays are weii over $500,000 annually. The costs of
twa smailer pipelines aver fifty years would be much great-
er than the cost of one large pipeline over the same time
period.
b. Construction of a Closed-Pressure, Above-Ground, Plastic Pipe-
line
II i) Technical Feasibility
� This altsrnative would utilize an above-ground small dia-
meter plastic pipe with a pressurized transpartation syste�n,
requiring a high pressure pump station in the Auburn vi-
cinity. The plastic pipe prabably has smaller maximum de-
sign capacity limits than conventional concrete reinforced
pipe, but a preliminary investigation by METRO suggested
that the size required for handling the immediate and short-
range waste water loads from the Auburn area was feasibte.
Several prablems could, hawever, accur in constructing the
pipeline, for it wouid have to clear such obstacies as
roads, highways, utility lines, and the Gresn River using
canstructian techniques not applicable to canventianal un-
derground pipelines. These problems cannot be investigated
in depth until more refined data is made available regard-
ing the possible locations, sizes, and methods of construc-
IItion. The technologicai feasibility of this aitern�tive
I is questionabte until soiutions to the problems anticipated
in the crossing af abstacles with the ���S�iG pipeline are
� presented. This alternative wautd a3so necessitate the
utilization of a pressurized plastic pipeline capable of
resisting stress and weathering.
ii} Economic Feasibility
Basicaily the same kinds of casts are associated with this
alternative as with the previous ane. Excavatian casts
would be far less since they probably only apply to certain
situations where crassing obstacles would entail tunneling
I or excavatian. Installation costs could be much higher,
however, depending an the method af instaltation and the
famiiiarity of the contractor with the methods and materials
invatved. The costs of materials cauld be high depending
on their availability. A preliminary engineering cost es-
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timate of this alternative by METRO was approximately
$2,000,000. Assuming this cost to be within reason, this al-
ternative would probably be economically unfeasible when
evaluated against a long-term facility costing $2.5 ' $$•7
million.
G. Land Disposal Systems
1 . Description
� There are basically three types of land disposal systems com-
monly utilized in the United States: a) spray-irrigation sys-
tems, b) infiltration/percolation systems, and c) spray-run-
off systems. Each involves the dispersal of effluent from se-
condary treatment plants, holding ponds, or stabilization la-
goons upon the land. Stabilized liquid sludge can be dis-
posed of utilizing land disposal systems. Spray-irrigation
and infiltration/percolation utilize the seepage of effluent
through the soil to treat the waste water, whereas spray-run-
off systems require the wastes to remain on the surface, where
' oxidation occurs. Specifically:
--Spray-irrigation involves the application of effluent from
secondary treatment plants or lagoons onto the land, usually
in conjunction with the cultivation of crops, so that it is
absorbed by the soil and used by the plants. Spray-irriga-
tion requires fairly extensive tracts of land with moderate
to high infiltration/percolation rates for adequate absorption
so no overland flow,which can contaminate surface water, occurs.
� --Infiltration/percolation systems spread treated effluent on
land covered by vegetation in fairly large quantities for the
purpose of allowing it to move downward and through the soil (in-
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filtrate) and urify itself. It is intended to eventua y
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come part of the groundwater reservoir. It requires fairly
extensive, mostly level land with highly permeable, deep soils
for maximum absorption and minimal overland flow.
--Spray-runoff is the slow, steady application of treated or
sometimes raw sewage to a fairly large sloping area of land so
that it moves slowly down the slope by overland flow. As it
remains on the surface, the soil and plants growing on the
slope act upon the wastes, oxidize it, and effectively treat it.
The process requires a fairly extensive block of land, gently
sloping but not steep, with moderately to highly impermeable
soils, which prevent the seepage of waste water into the ground
and the possible contamination of groundwater. Provisions must
also be made for preventing too much overland flow, which could
contaminate surface waters, from occurring. Settling basins
are often used at the base of the slope to retain any excess
runoff.
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Deep earth disposal can also be considered a land disposal
technique, though the earth is not expected to "treat" the
waste water, as in the above systems, but only store them for
an extended period of time or release them slowly into deep
groundwater tables where dilution to non-toxic levels occurs.
Deep earth disposal alternatives involve the discharge of
raw or treated wastes into large underground voids, including
abandoned coal mines, caverns, or depleted oil and natural gas
reservoirs.
Because of the goal of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Amendments of 1972 which states that the discharge of pollu-
tants into navigable waters must be eliminated by 1985, the
RIBCO study has been considering land disposal (not deep earth
disposal , however) as an alternative waste water treatment
technique. The only other major available method which will
achieve this goal is the use of advanced treatment plant facil-
ities, which remove all constituents considered to be pollutants,
and to discharge the resulting pure effluent into a stream or
other body of water as desired, or to re-use the water directly.
In the land disposal alternative, RIBCO has considered the use
of the applied waste water for both crop and forest production
and groundwater recharge.
, 2. Environmental Impact of the Proposed Alternative�
The environmental impacts of the various forms of land disposal
and deep earth disposal systems are related to the mode of
transporting the effluent from treatment plants to the site
of disposal and the characteristics of the disposat site. The f-
environmental im acts of all forms of trans ortation are be-
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coming increasingly problematical , and cannot be adequately
discussed in this assessment. The environmental impacts direct-
ly related to the disposal of effluent upon the land are also
rather speculative at this time. Based, however, upon the
available evidence resulting from ongoing and recent research
by EPA and universities throughout the United States, it appears
that all of the land disposal systems can produce a high qua-
lity effluent given the proper site characteristics. Between,
85 and 90 percent of the B.O.D. and suspended solids in aerated
lagoon effluent, can, for example, be removed by supplemental spray-
irrigation, spray-runoff, or irrigation/percolation treatment
systems according to recent studies. The use of these sys-
tems also typically results in reductions of phosphorus ranging
between 55 and 95 percent and total nitrogen reductions of 50
to over 90 percent. In addition to the excellent removal of
solids, oxygen-demanding substances, phosphorus, and total ni-
i trogen, all land disposal techniques usually substantially reduce
li pathogens.
In addition to the increased water quality resulting from the
use of land disposal treatment systems, both the constituents
in the waste water and the hydraulic loading (the applied water)
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i site and upon the downstream watershed. Soil , plant, and other I
factors which will probably be affected to some degree by long-
term application of waste water include:
-- Plant productivity at the disposal site
-- Soil organisms at the disposal site
-- Soil structure at the disposal site
-- Wildlife at the disposal site
-- Domestic animals and humans through plant uptake and subse- i
quent consumption
-- Use of the disposal site will be limited to uses compatible
with the disposal procedure and its resulting environment
-- Downstream surface waters and ground waters will receive
cations, anions and nitrogen not removed at the disposal
site and the ortion of the a lied water not eva orated or
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transpired by the plants
In most land disposal system� plant productivity, soil organ-
isms, soil structure, wildlife, and downstream and groundwater
quality are benefited by the applied waste water volumes. Odors
and other noxious adverse impacts rarety occur. As with
' all treatment systems, efficient land disposal operations re-
quire good management practices. Studies by EPA show that
failure and/or decreased treatment efficiencies of land disposal
systems are almost always due to overloading. On.ly then do
significant adverse impacts result. ,
After prolonged periods of time, some land disposal facilities, I
particularly those applying excessive amounts of raw sludge �
(which is not allowed to be disposed of upon the land in Washington) ,
have produced high heavy metal , salt, or pesticide concentra- '
tions in the crops or vegetation of the site. Secondary chlori-
nated effluent, however, has not been shown to create such a
problem when applied at moderate to high loadings. Some plants
naturally accumulate levels of waste water constituents which
can be harmful to the plant consumer. These types of plants
should be avoided, used in such a way as to be harmless, or
harvested and destroyed.
There is a general lack of documented data that specifically
relates public health problems to the irrigation of crops with
waste water. Several sources indicate, however, that potential
public health problems associated with the irrigation of crops
with waste water can be safely controlled with reasonable safe-
guards such as using chlorinated secondary effluent and not using
the unprocessed crop for direct human consumption. No vast out-
breaks of disease have occurred related to pathogenic organisms
normally found in sewage. Appraisals of health effccts related to
land disposal of treated sewage effluent have concluded that
from a communicable disease viewpoint land disposal is far less
hazardous than disposal into rivers and streams. The few bac-
teria and viruses which might be applied to plants during the
land disposal process do not present any health hazards.
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The normal environment is not suitable for the survivai of bac-
teria and viruses that are pathagenic to animals or man. These
micrabes usually die within a few hours or days when exposed
to the environment.
The major concern in considering the deep earth disposal of
wastes is the possibility of cantaminating the ground water
resaurces in the disposal area. Until such a time as the com-
piete invutnerability of the system cauld be established be-
yond doubt, there would remain the possibility of such ground-
water contamination. Other environmentat impacts are associated
with the transportatian, starage, and handiing af the waste
water prior to disposal . Anather impact of this alternative is
the high degree of permanency inherent to deep earth disposal ,
The raw or treated effluent stared in such facilities may be
"lost" for a considerable period of time.
3. Adverse Impacts Which Cannot Be Avoided Should the Alternative
Be lmpiemented.
The adverse effects which cannot be avoided if land disposal
alternatives are implemented are primarily related to the cli-
matologica] conditians in Western Washington and the inherent
suitability af dispasal sites far treatment and/or disposal
purposes. Depending on the size of thc area served by the land
disposal system (e.g. regional , locai , clty. town) . small to
moderateiy large parceis of iand wouid be withheid from ather
uses during the period when iand disposat operatians occurred.
As nated earlier, plant productivity, soil arganisms and
structure, and downstream surface and groundwaters wiii be
affected by an land disposal process. The extent to which
these impacts will be adverse are only speculative at this time.
4. Locat Shart-term Uses of the Environment and Maintenance and
Enhancement of Long-Term Praductivity
The ]ong-term productivity of se}ected areas could be enhanced
by a well-managed system of land disposal for sewage. High
sustained yields of forest products could be expected in areas
designated far such purposes. Craps, suited to the Puge� 5ound
Region, which are irrigated with waste water elsewhere in the
U.S. include corn, aifaifa, hay, fadder, cereals and pasturage.
The lang-term productivity of these crops in land disposal
i areas has bean demonstrated to occur in many disposat sites
acrass the United States. The short-term uses of the environ-
� ment would largely involve the use of products grown on such
� disposal sites. These products, such as timber or agricultural
products, are renewable in nature. The dispasal sites, due to
the nature of thetr operation, would be limited in their use while
in aperation.
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Deep earth disposai wauld represent a lang-term ioss of paten- �
tially useful resources. It may be of short-term vaiue, but �
such techniques would probably not maintain and enchance long-
term praductivity.
5, irreversible and irretrievable Resaurce Commitments with the
Proposed Alternative �
The system for transporting sewage to the site of disposal will I
require cammitments of time, labor, materials, energy and fi-
nancial resources. Land disposal systems for sewage would also
involve a commitment to disposai use af the selected areas for
sufficient periads of time ta make such an alternative a viable
solution. Deep earth disposal af waste water, as defined in
this assessment, would, in all likelihood, represent an irre-
- versible and irretrievable resource commitment. In terms of I
the l�$5 9oa1 of zero-dischar�e, the resource commitments I
involved in impiementing the land disposal systems described I
within this assessment would probably nat be "lost". Land j
disposal systems, as noted earlier, do not directly discharge
into navigable waters.
j 6. Feasibility I
a) Land Disposal of Waste Water
, i) Technical Feasibitity �,
Disposai on land under careful management practices on ,
sites having suitable characteristics can pravide a
high degree af remaval of BQD, nutrients, heavy metals, !
i viruses and bacteria. The waste water allowed to per- I
colate into the soil , eventually joining the ground-
water reservoir, is usually nearly devoid of undesirable ',
constituents.
� The process of waste purification and treatment an
� land is very complex because of the targe number of
� interacting variables invalved. Although land dispasal
( has been practiced far decades in same locations around
the world, considerable additional research and opera-
ting experience is necessary before the long-term ef-
fectiveness and reliability af dispasai on land can be
futly evatuated. Nawever, research and demonstrat`ron
projects are now underway in the Northwest and in other
parts of the United States which, when campleted, are
expected to add a great deal of knowledge. In our
region important aspects af the land disposal questson
relate ta the suitability of forest sails and the
effects on timber productian. The Corps of Engineers
is funding a current research effort by facu'tty of the
University of Washington, Cotlege of Forest Resources.
This program is scheduled for completion in 1976.
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fn selecting a site tttat will be suitabie far land d3s-
posal of chlorinated secandary effluent, it is necessary
to inve�tigata and evaluate the complex interrelatianships
af several parameters which comprise the pE►ysical make-up
of the site. These parameters generally describe the soil
characteristics, topography, and the underlying conditions
af the site. The RIBCO study has analyzed these parameters
to determine the locations of areas found to be generally
suitabte for tand dispasat . Preiiminary findings indicate
that the areas identified an Figure 3� are generally suit-
able far land disposal . It is believed that the general
vicinities identified contain within their grass bour►d-
aries sufficient suitable areas to accommodate the tatal
waste water flows predicted to be collected and treated
at municipal plants in the Seattle metropalitan area in _
the year 2000.
7he generai dispasat site selaction requirements which
I the R1BC0 study uti � ized ta define those areas designated
on Figure 34 included the site perfarmance {soii factars,
� primarily) , permissible land use, social and enviranmental
� impacts, cost buffer zones and other factors. Areas
� designated for planned major land use categories were
eliminated, as were watersheds far municipal water supply,
devetoped iand (though suitable open space areas within
, the urban lands may be compatibie wifih sprinkter-irrigation
of waste water} , areas above 150Q feet ineievation, and sites
further than 40 miles from 5eattle.
T'he floodplains adjacent to the larger rivers in the
Puget Sound Regian were alsa not actively considered as
potential areas for the land disposal of waste water.
Thaugh these areas often contain soils weli suited far
II waste water treatment, and cauld utilize the nutrients
I and water during the dry su►�ner grawing seasan, some
major probtems involved with their use were identifiad:
� -- These areas are farecast for urban encroachment;
-- They need erosion control and same flood protectian
to prevent erosion of surface soils (with fixed
� heavy metals) into rivers and eventually into
� estuaries where heavy metaTs are criticat poiiutants;
-- They need subsurface drainage systems to provide an
aerated soil column; and
-- The seasanally high water tab3e typically found in these
� areas will present spray-irrigation in the winter months.
Sprinkler-irrigatian of waste water may be reconsidered
for floodplain areas where the above problems do not
exist or where the above problems can be feasibly solved.
i Land capabie of seasonal application may be vaivable,
however, particuiarly when tocated near treatment sites
ar transpartation rautes.
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Within the Green River Sewerage Area many areas not
identified by the RIBCO study could potentially be
utilized for land disposal systems. The sewerage area 's
deep deposits of loose sand and outwash gravel :,re suitable
for infiltration/percolation disposal systems. SGrav-
irrigation could be practiced on many plateau and val-
ley soils not subject to flooding and ponding. Spray-
runoff systems may be suitable upon the Enumclaw, Lake
Tapps, and Black Diamond Plateaus. The feasibility of
land disposal actions depend on (1) the availability of
suitable land for disposal sites, (2) an adequate meth-
od of transportation from the collection/treatment site,
and (3) suitable climatic conditions.
RIBCO' s studies show that upon the sewerage area's silt,
silt loam, loam, and very fine sandy loam soils, which
comprise 18,410 acres of the sewerage area , the physical
site requirements detailed in Figure 37 are necessary.
For the coarse and medium coarse textured soils of the
sewerage area (67,650 acres) , the necessary site require-
ments are described by Figure 38 . Large portions of the
sewerage area appear to be quite suitable for such land
disposal techniques, assuming the sewage is of secondary
quality and chlorinated.
In providing an adequate transportation system to the
' disposal site, the location and distance of the site
relative to the treatment site is the most important
consideration. Several methods could conceivabty be
utitized, including rail , truck, pipeline, and barge
systems. Barge and trucks are probably questionable on
economic grounds or capacity requirements (trucks are
limited) . At1 four methods are being used by other
cities for transporting wastes to these types of disposal
sites up to 200 miles away.
As far as suitable climatic conditions are concerned,
all three land disposal systems have been used in cool ,
humid climates in the Midwest and Northeastern United
States for at least part of the year. The effective treat-
ment loads of the systems on a given area of land decrease
as rainfall increases and the rate of evaporation decreases.
During the "wet" season in this part of the country, one
could expect to decrease the amount of disposal on a
given acreage. Due to the uniformity of humid conditions
and the general lack of periods of heavy rainfall , the
decrease in effectiveness of a land disposal system in
the sewerage area would, however, probably be less than
that measured in the eastern areas of the country. Spray-
runoff systems are particularly sensitive to rainfall .
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At present, the legal authority for regulation of land
disposal from the public health standpoint is vested in
the State Department of Social and Health Services.
The Department of Ecology (DOE) also has jurisdiction
for site controt and approval through water quality
control laws. However, neither of these agencies has
adopted general regulations or guidelines for the prac-
tice of land disposal or irrigation with sewage effluent.
In the early 1960' s, the State Water Pollution Control
Commission prepared a position paper regarding disposal
of municipal sewage effluent on land in the Lake Wash-
ington basin. This paper covers topics such as require-
ments for buffer zones, protection of the area, rates
of waste water application, crop management, and
monitoring. These requirements were never adopted as
official policy, but used only as guidelines for areas
tributary to Lake Washington. The present policy of
both the DOE and the Health Department is to evaluate
each proposal for waste disposal on land on a case-by-
case basis. In the past, the DOE has apparently
considered land disposal as an interim measure rather �
than a long-range practice for disposal of waste water.
It appears likely that, due to the present national I
goat of zero discharge of pollutants to water bodies,
acceptance of land disposal as a major alternative to
' advanced waste treatment will merit careful consideration !,
by DOE in the future. The Seattle-King County Health
Department has no jurisdiction over, or policies '
relating to, land disposal .
In the United States, the least restrictive of state
regulations (Arizona) affecting land disposal allows
chlorinated secondary effluent to be applied to:
- Food crops, where the product is subject to physical
or chemical processing sufficient to destroy patho-
genic organisms.
- Orchard crops, where waste water is not applied
directly to fruit or foliage.
- Golf courses, cemeteries and similar areas.
- Watering of producing dairy animals.
- Water storage reservoirs used for aesthetic enjoy-
ment or secondary contact recreation (boating, etc. ) .
Orchard crops, golf courses, cemetaries, parks, campgrounds,
and hay and silage crops are presently being affected by
chlorinated secondary effluent in the State of Washington,
primarily in the Columbia Basin and Spokane areas. Past
experiences with land disposal in Western Washington have
not always been successful , probably due to the improper
siting or operation of such facilities, according to DOE
officials.
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I ii} Economic Feasibility
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A comprehensive evaluation of the costs of land disposal
processes inciudes the necessary expenses of the treat-
ment and handling facilities as well as the land dispasal
system itself. The basic factors which determine the
costs of the land disposal system itself inctude: 1) the
waste or waste water characteristics and valume, 2) the
treatment costs, 3) storage ( if required) , 4) the
transportation mode and distance, 5) land availability ,
and characteristics, and b) equ�pment and materials
required far aperatian.
The primary requirement associated with these systems
is the need for suitable land. The land does not have
to be purchased to be used far operation of these
systems, but may require a legal agreement such as a
lease, easement, or contract. These usually have some
costs attached to them. According to availa6ie EPA
research results, the land requirements far 1 mgd flows,
utitizing standard annuai app) icatian rates upon suit-
able sites, are approximately 1�+0 to 560 acres plus
buffer xanes for spray-irrigatian systems; 75 to 140
acres plus buffer zanes for spray-runoff systems; and
3 fio 75 acres plus. buffer zones for infiltration/perco- �
lation systems. If suitable land had to be purchased
, for the spray-irrigation af 2 mgd in the Green River
Valley, its cost wauld be prohibitive due to the large
acreage required and the very high land values. Land
on the vatley walts or plateau areas is much less
expensive but might still be high enough ta make it
prohibitive. A secondary cast would be that af equip-
ment, which would be comparable to the costs of standard
irrigation equipment used in agriculture.
Another major cost wouid be associated with the transpor-
tation of wastes andlor wastewater from the treatment
site to the disposal-treatment sites if the distance
between the twa was cansiderable. The limit of the
economic haul would have to be determined based on the
method of transportation, accessibility of site, and
estimated average loads.
The possibility exists of arranging a cast-
sharing agreement in which the increased yields generated
by spray-irrigation disposal techniq�es, far example,
would pay for a portion of the treatment facility. At
dazens of land dispasal sites across the United States,
farmers and timber companies actually provide free land
to be used for wastewater disposal . The increased
forest crap yields, for example, more than pay� for the
use of the land. It is anticipated that Douglas-fir
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grown under intensive spray-irrigation situations could
double their production of wood. University of Wash-
ington foresters speculate that by combining selected �
genetic stock, careful thinning procedures, wastewater
disposal , and sludge application techniques, increases
of four to five times the original volume of wood per
acre may occur. Such secondary benefits, including
ground water recharge, soil conditioning, increased
crop or forest production, and the maintenance of
natural ecosystems through nutrient recycling, are
difficult to measure and still often speculative, but
most certainly enhance the cost-effectiveness of land
disposal strageties for water quality management.
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Further enhancement of the �conomic feasibility of land
disposal processes is provided by EPA. If reasonable
and approved by the Regional Administrator, certain
direct costs previously not covered by EPA' s Construction
Grant Program are now allowable. These include land
acquired after October 17, 1972, that will be an integral
part of the treatment process or that will be used �for
ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treat-
ment. Region X EPA officials have stated that their
minimum secondary treatment requirements could be
achieved by combining a lagoon treatment system with an
irrigation effluent disposal system. This is viewed by
EPA as an alternative to adding supplemental treatment
� components to lagoon treatment plants.
The life of a disposal site will depend on the complex
interaction of a number of variables, and therefore can
be estimated only after a detailed investigation and
evaluation of site characteristics. In every case
thorough monitoring would be necessary to indicate the
occurrence of problems or potential problems which must
be corrected to insure continued usability. Resting of
a site periodically for a year or two may be necessary
to restore its effectiveness. Studies at the University
of Washington have indicated that land disposal sites
in forest areas of the Puget Sound Region should have
about ten years of life for average sewage sludge appli-
cation rates of 0.5 inches per week. The life would be
limited by heavy metals. The yearly application rate
(lb/acre/yr) of these heavy metal constituents in
secondary waste water (at 2 inches per week) would be
much less than the yearly application rate of the same
constituents in the sludge. Consequently, for treated
waste water application, site life should be considerably
longer than the 10 years indicated for sludge application.
b) Deep Earth Disposal
i) Technical Feasibility
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The main factars to be considered in evaluating deep
earth disposal sites are the following: 1} The availa-
bility of large void spaces deep beneath the earth's
surface, 2� The desirability nf filling such voids as
� mines and caverns which may became economically
i valuable at same future point in time, 3) The proximity
I nf important undergraund aquifers, and 4) Adequate
transpartation facitities from coltection and/or
treatment points to the disposai point. `
The most suitable anc! availab]e sites within the study
area are abandoned coal mines in the Slack Riamond area.
7hey are potentially available, questionable as to
I their economic value in the future, and accessibility
I by truck, rail and, possibly pipeline, transportation
systems is excellent. Underground aquifers could,
hawever, be affected by the use of such sites for deep
earth disposal . Thaugh cities in the Southwest have
been filling abandoned ail wells with sewage far quite
� some time, and many cities in the East (Pennsylvania)
� are filling old caal shafts with untreated or primary-
j treated effluent, the technical feasibility of deep
earth disposal in the Black Diamond area is questionable
, at this time.
ii} Ecanomic Feasibility
An ecanomic evaluation of this alternative is not based
an any precedent within the Pacific Narthwest. 7he cost
of sucl� a disposal method probably depends an such direct
costs as the transportation of wastes and wastewater �
from a collectian site ta a disposal site, and possibly
a starage facility at the collectian site (depending on
the mode of transportation} . A handling faciiity at
the disposal site wauld atso be required. Obviousiy,
the greater the distance between the collection point
and the disposal point, the higher the casts. The
effic+ency af the transportation system also greatly
influences the costs. No estimate of the costs of such
a facility can be made at the present time.
H. Local Lang-Term Collection and Treatment Systems
i . Description
Two local-term coliectian and treatment systems can be considered
in this categary of alternatives that wo�ald provide relatively
permanent loca] long-terrn �reatment far the Green River Sewerage
Area's wastes. One long-term alternative involves updating the
existing Auburn Lagaon' s treatment process. Construction of an
advanced wastewater treatment facility is anather lcfcal long-
term collection and treatment alternative.
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The first involves the com6ination of a series of the modifi- ,
cations and additions proppsed separately as local short-term �
alternatives. Some of these local short-term alternatives and
their individual feasibilities include:
- Expanding or modifying the existing aeration system. This is
feasible and is presently being implemented. The addition of
more than two additional aerators does not appear to be tech- ,
nically justifiable. !
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- Adding a final filtration process, which is quite feasible
on a temporary basis and, in combination with other modifi-
cations, appears to be feasible on a permanent basis.
- Adding an activated sludge process. This was found to be
not feasible unless an interim treatment facility were
constructed. Adding an activated sludge treatment system
woutd require major modifications to the Auburn Lagoon.
- Constructing additional lagoons is feasible as a treatment
process but depends upon the availability of land.
Essentially, any local long-term proposal combining the individual
alternatives listed above would be feasible, as long as each
individual process was feasible.
The alternative of constructing an updated secondary treatment
plant .could be accomplished by combining individual treatment
processes, such as those noted above, in dozens of various
"treatment-systems." For example, secondary effluent, as defined
by EPA, would likely result from a treatment system consisting
of six enlarged aerators and a multi-media or microscreening
final filtratior facilith. The controlled use of algae-feedinq
crustaceans during the summer months could also increase the
treatment efficiency of the present lagoon. Another treatment
system, utilizing an activated sludge process with additional
aeeation, expanded lagoon facilities, and a final filtration
unit would also produce secondary effluent. An additional
possibte treatment system configuration could consist of expanded
aerated lagoons with� final filtration, but without the use of an
activated sludge treatment process. The actual design of an
updated secondary treatment plant at Auburn would require detailed
engineering and economic studies based upon the degree of treat-
ment required at present and that which may be required in the
future. The simplicity and reliability of the individual treat-
ment processes, and their costs and compatibilities with each
other and potential future treatment processes must also be
considered.
The second local long-term collection and treatment process
involves the addition of a physical-chemical treatment process
in combination with the existing Auburn Lagoon and an updated
secondary treatment system. One potentiat advanced treatment
process would convert the existing second stage aerobic lagoons
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to coagulation-nitrification/sedimentation basins. A sludge
treatment plant would be added to the second stage lagoons,
utilizing an activated sludge process. The treatment process
would be finished with a final filtration unit and chlorination.
2. Environmental Impact of the Proposed Alternative
Both local long term collection and treatment systems would be
similar in terms of environmental impact. Either waste water
treatment facility at Auburn would significantly improve the
quality of the effluent discharged into the Green River, and �
would satisfy existing Federal requirements and State water
quality criteria. The water quality impact of either treatment
system upon the entire Green/Duwamish River system is difficult
to ascertain, though the water quality of the lower Green River
would certainly be improved. These systems , particularly the
advanced treatmcnt plant alternativc, would �ot bc expected to
significantly add to the accumlation of nutrients in the Duwamish
Estuary, affecting that portion of the Green/Duwamish Rivers
aquatic ecosystem. An advanced treatment plant could signifi-
cantly reduce nutrient concentrations in its effluent.
The secondary impacts of local long-term alternatives, such as
either of the two described above, would probably be similar to
those which could be expected to result from the completion of
the Auburn Interceptor. Urban growth and development would
occu� in the Auburn area, if so allowed by local policies and
decision-makers.
3. Adverse Impacts Which Cannot be Avaided Should the Proposed
Alternative be Implemented
If a local long-term alternative were implemented, the only
anticipated unavoidable adverse impacts would be related to
actual construction activities and the use of the treatment
plant site. The increased long-term operations and maintenance
costs of a regionalized treatment system compared to a regional
system can also be viewed as an unavoidable adverse impact of
this alternative.
4. Local Short-term Uses of the Environment and Maintenance and En-
hancement of Long-term Productivity
Short-term uses of the environment resulting from these treat-
ment facilities would be primarily associated with the urban growth
which could be stimulated by the availability of adequate waste
water treatment facilities. The long-term potential productivity
of much of the sewerage area would be diminished by the resultant
growth and development.
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Long-term environmental conditions would be benefited with re-
gard to water quality if this alternative were implemented. An
advanced treatment facility, in particular, would provide water
resource planners with the opportunity to instigate innovative
water recycling programs. The treatment plant's effluent could
also be used for flow augmentation and for flushing the
Duwamish Estuary, if required.
5• Irretrievable and Irreversible Resource Commitments with the
Proposed Alternative ,
Construction of any long-term collection and treatment system
involves the irretrievable commitment of human labor, material ,
time and financial resources. Contingent urban growth will al-
so necessitate commitment of a wide spectrum of resources, not
quantifiable at this time. The irretrievable commitment of
resources involved in the implementation of either of these
alternatives would be consistent with the nation's water quality
goals and objectives. METRO and the RIBCO study have speculated
that an advanced treatment plant in the Auburn area may become
necessary at some future date, in order to flush pollutants,
primarily resulting from the anticipated urbanization of the
sewerage area, out of the Green River and the Duwamish Estuary.
Community resources to such a project at this time would probably
result inconsiderable savings of monetary resources.
6. Feasibility
a. Updating the Auburn Lagoon to a Secondary Treatment Plant
i) Technical Feasibility
This alternative could be technically accomplished in
any one of a number of ways, as mentioned previously.
Dozens of potential plant configuations are possible,
as various unit processes and combinations of unit pro-
cesses are available. Two unknown factors affect the
technical feasibility of this atternative as a whole.
The first involves the questionable status of available
land required for the expansion of the treatment plant.
The second concern is the status of future water qual-
ity standards. Both must be well defined before an ac-
curate evaluation or a detailed design of this alterna-
tive can be made. This alternative would discharge
effluent which meets or exceeds current water quality
standards in the Green River. However, as waste loads
increase and the water quality standards become more
stringent, this alternative may not provide adequate
treatment and an advanced treatment plant may be required .
� The option to increase the level of treatment at a later
date would, however, exist. This treatment alternative
would remain quite flexible.
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i �} Economic Feasibility ,
Updating the existing treatment process wil ] become in-
creasingly difficult to implement ecanomically in the
future. The recent (1968� Comprehensive Study of the
Auburn Sewage Treatment System found it feasible to up-
date the existing treatment plant, primarily be expand-
ing the lagoons and adding madified and enlarged aera-
tion faciiities. At that time the cost of such actions
was estimated to be $380,000• This figure did nat include
the purchase of land {which at that time was awned by the
Sewer Divisian) or the addition of such facilities as
final filtration units. This modified treatment facility's
maximum capacity of 18 mgd (peak flaw) was sufficient to
serve an estimated equivalent population of 62,000 people.
BOD reductions ranging between 75 ta 94 percent and sus-
pended solids reductions in the range of 75 to 85 percent
were expected to resuit fram this facility. The implementa-
tion of this alternative treatment scheme would cost
between $460,040 and $5Q�,�aO today, based upan an annual
inflation factor of 5% and the the estimated 1968 cast.
Such suggested improvements as the use of an activated
sludge treatment process and the construction of a sludge
treatment plant, and the addition of a finat filtration
system to an expanded treatment plant would add consider-
ably ta the estimated cost figure. The exact cosCs of
' these improvements are unkrtawn at this time, for they are
dependenfi upan the size and type af added faci3ity. The
total cost-effectiveness af this alternative is alsa un-
known at this time, due to the potential requirement for
advanced treatment sometime in the future. This, coupled
with the possible necessity to purchase additional land,
makes the economic feasibility of this alternetive
questionable and in need of additional study
b. Canstructian of a �acal Advanced Treatment Plant
i . 7echnical Feasibility
An advanced treatment plant configuration based upon
the existing Auburn Lagoan facitity could be constructed
in two majar steps ar phases. First a siudge treatment
plant couid be added. This sludge treatment plant wauld
utilize activated sludge in the existing first stage
asrabic lagoons in combinatian with a sludge dewatering
facility, which would hanclle the excess activated sludge
� generated by the ]agoans. The second phase of construc-
tion would convert the existing secand stage aerobic
lagaons to physical-chemical treatment facilities far the
coagulation-nitrificationlsedimentatian of wastes. In �
combination with a final chemicai/filtration nutrient
removal system, it is anticipated that a very high quaiity
effluent would result. The effluent's BOD shou3d range
2a3
r
between ] - 5 mg11 ; suspended solids would be anticipated
to equal 0 - 3 mg/1 ; PO should average about 1 - 2 mg/1 ;
and NH - N would be expected to range between 20 - 30
mgll . �The utilization af activated carbon adsarption
and/or ammonia stripping units, for exampie, wauld further
increase the quality af the Auburn area's effluent.
An advanced treatment facility, such as that described
above, is technically feasible to construct at this time,
and there appears to be adequate land at the existing
site (4 to 6 acres) ta aliow canstructian af a sizable 'i
portian of the additionai facilities, because the present I
lagaon system wauld be incarporated into the advanced �
treatment piant. Oniy a sma13 portion of additional land r
may be required at a later data.
The main problem assaciated with this alternative involves
the lang "lead time" reguired for construction. This
probably necessitates the use of an interim treatment
facility of some fiype. Of the feasible interim solutions,
the final filtration process appears to be the most
feasible, especiaiiy since it could eventually be in-
corporated 'rnto the advanced treafiment system. Such a
facility wauid produce an effiuent that wauld meet ar
exceed atmost any foreseeable water quality standard.
ii) Economic Feasibility
,
The alternative of constructing an advanced wastewater
treatment facility involves many of the same costs
assaciated with an upgraded iocal secondary treatment
plant or iocal short-term alternafiive treatment processes.
It wauld be tikeiy that an advanced treatment faciiity be
built upon an existing secondary treatment system, rather
than "from scratch". The costs of an advanced facility
shown below are, however, for a facility built as a new
individual treatment system.
Aithough na cost estimates have been made of an advanced
treatment system to serve Auburn, a iq71 study evaivated
a simi ]ar faciiity for the Kant area. It was capabie of
handling the same flow as that projected for Auburn in
the year 2010. The casts af the Kent facility were
estimated to be $12,935,004 (capital costs) and $724,OQ0
(operations and maintenance costs) . These costs assume
the piant would be constructed to its design capacity
initiaily and operated at that capacity continuausly.
These assumptian�, however, woutd not be valid for
Auburn if the faciiity were built in phases according
to grawth needs of the area. Since the present load
on the existing system, discounting occasiqnal storm '
water influenced peak flows, is only about 2 mgd as
compared to the 12 mgd assumed in the Kent estimate,
phased construction wauld be appropriate. Therefore, �
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costs of an Auburn advanced treatment plant would be
lowered over time. The amount that the costs of the
� Auburn system would be lowered are unknown at this
i time. They must be accurately evaluated before this
alternativE can be campared against ather alternatives
wifih any justification for the results.
An additional cost estimate is pravided by a recent
EPA research project in Califarnia to renovate waste-
water for use in recreational lakes. This praject,
utilizing oxidation ponds quite similar to the existing
Auburn Lagoon as the b�sis of an advanced treatment plant,
produced a very high quality effluent (90-97 percent �
phospharus removals: 70-$5 percent CQD removal) at
reiat'rvety tow costs. The capitai casts of the additianal
physicalJchemical unit processes for the 0.5 rngd lagaon
faciiity were estimated at $150,000 with annual aperating
costs approXimating $35,000 annually. The total cost of
capital , operations, and maintenance for an advanced
treatment system utilizing coagulation with alum and
flocculation with a conventional paddle flocculator,
sedimer�tation in a harizontat clarifier, and filtration
through a multi-media gravity fiiter cansisting of
anthracite coai were estimated to be approximately
$200,000 per ye�r {current doltars} far a 3 mgd facility
constructed in conjunction witfi an existing lagoon.
Another factor that must be considered in the economic
evaluation af an advanced treatment system involves the
benefits associated with the reuse of water. The RIBCO
studies are presently exploring this issue, and thaugh
no reai vaiue can be attached to the recycling of water
in the Puget Sound region at this time, irrigation,
municipal , and industrial water reuse represent potentiatty
viable revenue saurces for treatment facilities. The iow
flow augmentation of the 3ower Green ltiver by a local
advanced treatment plant could benefit the fisheries
resources, aesthetics, and recreational water-users af
the river. This is a valuable attribute of this alter-
native. Thaugh the costs of advanced wastewater treat-
ment are abviously much higher than those associated
with secondary treatment, the effective life of an
advanced treatment facility in the light af stringent
future water quality standards is much greater. This
fact makes this alternative mare cast-effective.
Based on twa studies conducted by METRO in 195$ and 1971 ,
the waste treatment system proposed by the existing Com-
' prehensive Sewerage Plan has been established as the most
' cast-effective method of treating sewage for the METRd
service area. 1n general the fallowing conctusions were
reached by the 1971 Reevaluat'son of METRO's Comprehensive
Sewerage Plan:
i za5
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- The conclusions reached in the 1958 report, on which
the two-plant Comprehensive Sewerage Plan was based,
are valid.
- Had the technology been available, additional advanced- ,
treatment plants permitting discharge of treated sewage '
to Lake Washington would have added $527 million to
$1 ,036 million (depending on the interest rate) to the
discounted cost of the overall two-plant plan for the
1961-2030 period.
- By the same discounted cost flow analysis, additional
advanced-treatment plants added to the proposed second ,
stage construction program would add $224 million to
$374 million to discounted costs of development over
the 1971-2030 period.
- METRO's Comprehensive Plan, in its present form,
contains sufficient flexibility to imcorporate
advanced treatment processes, as they may be re-
quired by changing water quality requirements or made
economical )y feasible by an increased value of high-
quality water.
- METRQ should continue to expand its system according
to the Comprehensive Plan. Plant designs, however,
� must be readily adaptable to expansion and upgrading.
If this adaptability is not provided for, the
advantages of the two-plant plan will be significantly
lessened.
These conclusions, in addition to the previously �entioned
Federal and State policies, plans, and regulations, which
encourage regional systems, form the foundation of METRO's
adherence to the existing two-plant scheme. An advanced
treatment facility does not, at this time, appear justifi-
able to METRO.
One additional consideration relating to advanced treat-
ment plants within the METRO service area concerns their
possible application in rural areas, particularly where
there are water supply problems or other constraints on
development. Plants in these areas would not have large
growth potentials. Costs would therefore be lower than
those involved in the construction of an advanced treat-
ment plant designed to expand in size over a long period
of time. The typical costs for a small advanced rural
treatment plant were determined by METRO in 1971 for a
2 mgd plant serving the Pine Lake area. The estimated
costs included $4,000,000 for construction, engineering,
legal and administrative costs, contingencies, and land;
$260,000 for annual debt service (30 years at 5�) , and
$215,000 for annual operations and maintenance costs.
This plant was expected to provide high-cost treated
efftuent suitable as a domestic water source.
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The RIBCO study has considered such rural treatment plants
in their investigations of alternative service area schemes,
including various com�inations of plants at Enumclaw,
Black Diamond, Lake Sawyer, Black Diamond-Lake Sawyer,
Rainier, 6uckley, and Maple Valley.
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I . Regional Long-term Collection and Treatment Systems
1 . 4escription
In evaluating regional long-term collection and treatment systems,
route, size, and constructaon phasing alternatives to the proposed
• action were co�sidered, as well as alternatives which transport
the Auburn a��a' s sewage t� regianal trea.tment plants �ther than
METRO' s Renton facility. ln considering the Auburn Interceptor
alternatives, .three altgrnative routes (plans A, B, and C; see
Figures 14, 39, and 40) were evaluated. All involve a large,
permanent below-ground pipeline to transport all Auburn area
wastes to Renton for secondary treatm�nt and eventual disposal•
into the Green/Duwamish River. Plan A is the proposed action.
1 � . In Plan A, the East Green ,River Valley Interceptor is tributary
to the Auburn Interceptor at N. E. 30th Street in Auburn. From �
this intersection, a si�gae 72�incfi line flows west to a future
�ower M� 11 Creek�Lake Dolloff Interceptor connection at N. W. 29th
Street, then continues north as a single 78-inch line through Kent
to South 228tfi Street. At this point, it diverges into twin
66-inch lines, one continuing north to a connection with the South
' Interceptor at �ent �ross Valiey Iroterceptor and the other, a
future line, routing east, then north parallel to the South
Interceptor to the Eastside lnterceptor. In summary, Plan A
consi�ts of a single� line serving both A�burn and the East Green
River Valley from 30th Street N.E. in Auburn through Kent to South
228th Street. Plan A requires an alternate service agreement with
Kent and Awburn to; prov i de for that �rea nor..t.h af N�. ;.•E, �3pth
Street on the east side of the Green River which is traversed by
an interceptor in Plans B and C.
. � . ,
Plan 8 suggests that the proposed East Green River Valley Interceptor
be routed north on the east side of the Green River, then west to
a po i nt tt�i butal�y_ to the:;Auburn. I nterc.eptor on the nqrth s i de
of the GrEen River at South ��St}i Street. From this i`ntersection,
a single 78-inch � jne flows north through Kent to South 228th
Str.eg��as in Pi�n.A. Plan B would be s�aged as foltows: a 36-inch
imte�rim connection from the East Gre�n River Ualley Interceptor across
30th St�'eet N. E. to the Auburn Interceptor would be required about
1980, and the East Green Rlver Valley .lnterceptor wpuld be con�
structed about 1985• '
In Plan C, tfie Auburn Interceptor and the East Green River Valley
I terceptor are separate, stage-constructed, parallel 60 and
6�-inch lines from Auburn through Kent. An interim connection
at 30th Street N. E. would be required as described above in
Plan B.
The basic technical advantage of both Plan A and Plan B is that
they call for the construction of a single large line through
Kent rather than two smaller ones. The prospect of constructing
a Single 78-inch line skirting Kent on an undeveloped frontage
road is much more appealing than considering the impact of
constructing two lines through Kent, witM the future line throWgh
a highly-developed commercial area. It should be noted that a
78-inCM pipe is required even if the Green River Sewerage Area
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population does not increase beyand the Interim Regional
Development P}ar�'s Year 2004 level , and arr $4-inch pipe would
be required if the entire study area were sewered.
Alternatives were also considered which involve the utilization
of regional interception callection systems oth�r than METRO.
These facilities included a regional interceptar to the Puyailup
River Basin sewage treatment system and a regianal interceptar
carrying wastewater west to Puget Saund.
The regional interceptor ta the Pu�fallup River Basin utitizes a
large interceptar callector system, similar to that used ta
implement the METRQ system, to divert wastes from the Auburn area
to a developing regional treatment system near Tacoma. The con-
nectian of the interceptor pipeline south af Auburn would most
likely be to the propased Sumner Interceptor, which wauld be
extended norCh from Puyaliup and Sumner. A pump station would
be required to cross the low divide between Auburn and Sumner.
The total length of the required interceptar would be considerably
longer than the proposed Auburn Interceptor,
A regional interceptor carrying wastewater west ta Puget Sound
wauld require an interceptor, similar to the proposed action, to
divert wastes from the Auburn area to an existing or future
treatment plant on Puget Sound. Due to the topography, a tunnei
faciiity would be required in combination with this alternative.
Existing treatment plants on Puget Sound directly west of Auburn
are not capable of handling the ioad from Auburn. Na new treat-
ment piants are as yet pianned in that area.
Both inter-basin transfer schemes are realistic only if adequate
collection and treatment facilities are available at the receiving
end in the Puyallup River Basin or the Des Moines area.
Other. regianai collectian systems cansidered involved rail or
b�rge transpartation af cancentrated wastes ta Renton from the
Auburn area. Barge transpartation of cancentrated wastes was
determined to be unfeasible due ta the excessive amaunts of
dredging and channel modifications to the Green River which would
be required. Rail transport of wastes is equally unfeasible in
terms of the valume of sewage which is presently� generated
by the Auburn area. The present peak fiows fram the Auburn area
woutd invotve the movement of at least 33� iarge rail tank cars
per d�y. Storage facilities wauld also be required at the final
treatment site (Renton) and in Auburn. These alternative
regianal wastewater collectian systems will nat be further con-
sidered.
2. Environmental Impact of the Proposed Alternatives
� In comparative terms, the impacts of Plans A and B are less than
� that of Plan C. The basic difference stems from the provision in
A and B for construction of a single large line sk'rrting Kent aiong
� an tandeveloped frantage road adjacent to the Valley �reeway, in
contrast to two smaller lines with the future line thraugh a highly
develaped commercial area of Kent, The latter would result in
relatively complex logisticat problems and cansiderable commercial
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disruption. The risk of future construction through East Kent
with extensive dewatering is difficult to evaluate but should
not be mimimized.
Projected flows in the Green River Valley are such that the East i
Green River Valley Interceptor between South 153rd Street (Longacres)
and South 216th Street (Kent Cross Valley Interceptor) would ne�d
to be constructed some time around 1985 to 1990. At this time,
additional flows generated by new urban areas and by newly designated
industrial areas could combine to surpass the capacity of the South
Interceptor at South 216 Street. A lower economic growth rate than
anticipated could forestall the construction of this line for a
time. Plans A, B, and C all dictate a sewage diversion or relief
of the South Interceptor near the Kent Cross Valley Interceptor.
Since the East Hill and Soos Creek areas can be served by a
shallower line than is necessary to serve Auburn, both Plan A and B
require a deeper cut than Plan C for the future East Green River
Valley Interceptor north of Kent. The Auburn Interceptor at South
228th Street will have an approximate invert elevation of 7.6 feet.
The East Green River Valley Interceptor, Plan C, would flow by
gravity from East Auburn to a point at South 228th Street with
an approximate invert elevation of 16 feet. This means that under
Plan C, a cut of 18 feet results while under either Plan A or B,
the diversion from the Auburn Interceptor would result in a
29-foot cut.
A discussion of the environmental impacts of diverting Auburn's
wastewater to a treatment facility on Puget Sound or within the
Puyallup River Basin would involve an extensive analysis of the
receiving water bodies or river system. Such a study is beyond
the scope of this document. Suffice it to say that the dista�ce
traversed to connect at either of these locations is longer than
the distance which would be required to connect to the existing
METRO facilities in Kent. Primary impacts associated with the
actual construction of interceptor sewers would be greater if such
long regional interceptors were constructed.
Construction of the pipeline to Puget Sound, in particular would
result in significant direct environmental impacts. Requiring
either a pipeline uphill to the top of the Des Moines plateau,
then west down to the shore of Puget Sound, or a tunnel directly
to the Sound, this alternative would directly impact many aspects
of the environment. An overland pipeline would require a very
large pump station or series of pump stations in the Green River
Valley, utilizing considerable energy resources. The closest
existing treatment facility, the Des Moines Sewage Treatment
Plant, is not large enough to handle the Auburn waste load effici-
ently. Construction of a new treatment facility would be required,
further impacting the environment.
Al1 of the long-term regional collection and treatment systems are
similar in terms of secondary environmental impacts. Future urban
expansion, which is predicated upon the existence of adequate sewage
collection and treatment systems, would be stimulated by all of
these regional long-term alternatives.
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3• Adverse Impacts Which Cannot be Avoided Should the Alternative
Be Implemented
in regard to the alternative routing of the proposed Auburn
Interceptor, Plan C would result in greater unavoidable impacts
than would Plan A or B, primarily because Plan C would result in
the construction of a large interceptor in a highly developed
commercial area of Kent. This disruption to social activities w�uld
not occur in Plan A or B, which would be constructed along a frontage
road adjacent to the Ualley Freeway. Otherwise, all three plans are
similar in impact to the bio-physical environment, which has already
been altered from its natural state along the proposed routes.
The adverse environmental impacts of routing a regional interceptor
to the Puyallup River Basin or to Puget Sound are not ascertainable
with the scope of this study.
4. Relationship Between Local Short-term Uses of the Environment and
Maintenance and Enhancement of Long-term Productivity
Short-term environmental uses can be considered to be fairly minima)
since the various alternative Auburn Interceptor options would be
constructed in areas primarily committed to urban development according
to the applicable local land use plans. The short-term environmental
uses affected by the routing of a regional interceptor to a location
other than the Renton Sewage Treatment Plant would depend on the
exact location of such facilities.
Al1 of the regional long-term alternatives are likely to stimulate
urban deveiopment of the sewerage area. The long-term pualitv of the
environment and potential biological productivity of the area would
therefore be foresaken for short-term economic benefits , which often
result from urbanization.
5. Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitment of Resources Which Would
be Imvolved in the Proposed Alternative should it be Implemented
Any regional long-term collection and treatment system will probably
commit future generations to an irreversible approach to water quality
management, in that it is not likely that once initiated, any given
alternative would be discontinued. The expenditure of materials,
human labor, time, and financial resources would preclude a change
once a given course of action is embarked upon. However, Plan C,
as described previously, represents a higher degree of flexibility
in terms of irreversible and irretrievable resource commitments, in
that it provides for the staged-construction of parallel lines and
thus affords greatest service and flexibility in providing for the
ultimate sewerage needs of the sewerage area.
Regional long-term solutions which route an interceptor to a treatment
facility serving the Puyallup River Basin sewerage area or a treatment
facility on Puget Sound would involve a longer interceptor and consequently
greater commitments of all involved resources.
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6. Feasibility
i) Technical Feasibility
All of the Auburn Interceptor alternatives are technically
feasible. For a more detailed description of the probable con-
struction techniques and design considerations refer to Section 1 ,
which describes the proposed action. ,
The technical feasibility of diverting the Auburn areas' wastes
to either the south or west is contingent upon the presence
of adequate connections and treatment facilities at the receiving
end of the proposed interceptors. According to the recent "Puyallup
River Basin Sewerage General Plan", the Auburn, Algona, and Pacific
area, with the possible exception of the extreme southern portion
of Auburn and the northern portion of the Lake Tapps service area,
is anticipated to be serviced from the north via the proposed
Auburn Interceptor.
The sewerage plans for the Puyallup River Basin include a major
intercep�or from Tacoma east to Puyallup and then north to Sumner.
This interceptor is not, however, scheduled to reach the Sumner area
until at least 1990. Until that time, the existing Sumner treatment
will be continually expanded but only at a rate equal to it' s service
area growth. The Sumner Treatment Plant is not capabl2 of'absorbing
the wa�te loads of the Auburn system at this time.
A diversion by pipeline west to Puget Sound appears unfeasible at
this time and for the foreseeable future. The 1968 report on
Auburn's Comprehensive Sewerage Plan suggested and analyzed this
alternative, concluding that it was not feasible.
ii) Economic Feasibility
Among the three alternative routes for the Auburn Interceptor, a
present-worth analysis of the three options favors Plan A with
Plans C and B rated second and third respectively. The analysis,
using a 5-1/2 percent interest rate, indicates a Plan A present-
worth savings of approximately one-half million dollars (about
eight percent) over Plan B and one-quarter million dollars
(about four percent) over Plan C. While any delay in anticipated
construction dates tends to bring Plan C closer to present-worth
equivalence with Plan A, it also allows time for further. develop- .
ment and consigns greater risk and community impact to Plan C.
Plan A entails total construction cost savings of 4.5 and 5•25
million dollars over Plans B and C. These Plan A savings are
for total construction costs. The initial cost for �he
Auburn Interceptor, as proposed by Plan A, is 0.8 and 1 .8 million
dollars more than for Plans B and C.
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A present-worth analysis shows Plan B as the least favorable
of the three locational options, being approximately one-half
million dollars (about eight percent) below Plan A and one-
quarter million dollars (about four percent) below Plan C in
terms of present-worth savings. Total construction cost
estimates indicate that Plan B is 4.5 million dollars more
expensive than Plan A, but carries a .75 million dollar savings
over Plan C. 7he indication remains that Plans A and C would
be equivalent at 6.85 percent increase rate, or they would be
equivalent at 5-1/2 percent interest if the East Green River
Valley Interceptor was not constructed until 1988. Total construction i�
cost comparisons indicate that Plan C is the most expensive, being I
5.25 million dollars over the cost of Plan A and .75 million 'i
dollars over Plan B. Plans B and C both provide local service
along the east side of the Green River, and defer tF�e final design !�
of �he East Green River Valley Interceptor to a time when the I
develppment patterns of the valley might be better known and the
actual need for construction is apparent. These advantages do
not, however, appear to pffset the additional costs of twin intea-
captors or the risk and impact of future construction through
Kent, according to the Auburn Interceptor's Prelimi�ary �n�ineerin;
Report.
As to the feasibility of routing Auburn wastewater to facilities ,
, within the Puyallup Basin or on Puget Sound, current plans and I
the lqng distances involved are the primary limitations. At
present there is no provision in the new sewerage plan for the
Puyallup Basin for accommodating the Auburn area wastes, with
th� possible exception of the north Sumner Valley and the tribu-
tary Lake Tapps area's waste loads. Interceptor service to the
Sumner area is scheduled to occur between 1990 and the year 2020,
which makes it necessary for an interceptor from Auburn to reach
Puya} lup in order to connect to the existing sysXem. This distance
is Fonsiderably longer than that required to reach the existing
METRO facilities in Kent.
The scheme for tunneling ynder or pumping waste water over the
plateau to the west of Auburn for a pipeline connection to a
treatment plant on Puget Sound has been investigated by Auburn's
engineering consultants. It ,was determined to be unfeasible due
to the high cost of tunneling plus the need to construct a new
treatment facility on Puget Sound ��ith the capacity to handle
the Auburn area's wasteload.
J. Administrative Alternatives
1 . Description
The effectiveness of technological sewage treatment alternatives are
inherently de�endent upon the expression and implementation of public
policies, comprehensive land use planning, and a clear understanding
of urban growth objectives. Indeed, the success of the application
of a technological solution can only be measured in terms of being
an adequate manifestation of public policy goals and objectives.
For example, the existence of a large unused capacity in an interceptor
line can, in the absence of sound land-use planning and zoning, induce
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intensive development inconsistent with gaod iand use practices �
ar�d even the public desire. On the other hand, in a rapidty
ch�nging ar�a, reaiistic praject'tons of long-range future needs be-
corr:e increasingly difficult. For areas af high anticipated grawth,
design lives of interceptor sewers of mare than 20 to 25 years may
nat be prudent» The mast desirabl� sc�lutian to sewage collectian
and treatment needs 'is one which involves tha minimal commitment of I
resources, allows for the greatest flexibility in choices for future ',
generations, and is cost effective. To this end, policy rnaking and
administrative alternatives must necessarily be considered in
conjunction with technoiogical solwtions. .
Within the Green River Sewerage Area, several specific administrative
aiternatives could be implemented in order to ach'reve the �esired �
coordinr�tion between public policy and te�hno�ogical alternatives. �!
For ane, the demand for additional sewage facilities, either now or I
after the implementation c�f a short-t�rm alternative or a long-term
alternative, could be reduced by restricting or limiting development
through the apptication or revision of regionai planning powers or
through the enforcement andlar amendment of tocal and county zoning ,
ardinances, subdivision ordinances, and ptatting regulations. !n
addition, variaus plans andlor schemes cauld be implemented tvhich
, are designed to remove speculation and inequity from the �transfer
, and develapment af land, thereby aiding the overall planning and I
d�sign process. Far example, encouraging the use of existing open I
space tax relief schemes ar the public acquisition of open space I
could result in a diminished demand for sewerage facilities , and a- '
', reductiqn in the volume of waste water requiring treatment .
qther land use and planning measures, such as regicrna) tax revenue '
� sharing schemes could also affect the design af waste water cailectian
and treatment systems, by lessening the importance of suck� systems with
regard ta tax revenues. Presently, many 1oca1 governments vie wir_y �
one another for a limited amount oF new industrial development in the
� region. This development is desired by these local governments for a
number of reasons , including the increased tax revenues �vhich are
� usually anticipated in conjunction with such develapment. As demon-
�strated in t�re Green River Vatley tn the eariier comparisan of the
i relationship �f sewers and urban development in Kent ane! Auburn, [he
iprpvision of sewerage facilities can profaundly inf1uence land use
patterns, particularly if growth is desired by local governments as
� • a me�ns to improve their tax base. Regional tax sharing schemes may
� diminish this desire, eliminating the need for some planned sewerage
� �acitities.
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i l.and use pianniny schemes which direct grc�wth to the mast suitable
areas cauld also affect t,rater quality managerttent pianning. If, for
example, grawth ir� rural areas were directed to areas mast suitable
For septic tanks, and aolicies were instigated, enforc+ng the regular
ma+nten�nce of such �acilities, the r�eed for sewer service to outl.ying
areas may be eliminated or at least postponed. Public policies
encouraging the clustering of development would enhance the feasibility
of smali tand disposai systems and community treatment plants. If
development were encouraged upon the plateau areas , fqr examp}e,
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rather than the valley bottom flood plains, the feasibility and,
possibly, the cost-effectiveness of rural advanced waste water
treatment facilities would increase.
Development-rights transfer schemes also represent a possible admin-
istrative alternative, which could potentially affect the need for
and design of sewerage facilities in the sewerage area by influencing
land use patterns. Such schemes, presently being investigated in ,
some portions of the United States, direct development to areas most
suitable for such development through a complex system involving the
exchange of development-rights, rather than land. In such schemes,
land uses are assigned development-rights requirements, which vary
with the magnitude and type of expected impacts. All of the various
classifications of land (based upon natural systems) are also as6igned
development-rights in relation to the land units inherent suitability
for different land uses. As the development-rights are exchanged
between landowners, land uses would hopefully be directed to areas
mqst suitable for that specific use.
Administrative alternatives could also involve the regulation of water
use (amou�t and timing) and waste discharges to reduce the magnitude
and occurrence of peak wastewater flows and the resulting concen-
trations of wastes, which can cause upset conditions in treatment
facilities. T'his would involve embarking on a substantial prograro .
to educate the public to regulate periods of water consumption and
tMe amount consumed,
Flow equalization could, for example, be accomplished by utilizing
programs restricting water use in portions of a community or the
sewerage area on a rotating basis. Storm sewer separation programs,
discussed previously, can be considered a flow equalization strategy,
eliminating the burst of water created by infiltration/inflow.
Reducing the quantities of water used could also be effectuated by
the setting of actual physical limitations on the siz� of water-using
appliances and facilities, as well as the creation of artificially-
restricted facilities. The simple "brick-jn-the water-closet" s4heme,
for example, can be an effective method to slightly reduce the quantity
of water used in developed areas. Many other policies, regulations,
and encouraged actions co41d be coupled with emgineering and design
schemes to increase the feasibility of small treatmen� plants or loca)
treatment systems.
2. Environmental Impact of the Proposed Alternative
In as much as policy alternatives are relatively intangible, a documen-
tation of specific environmental impacts is not possible. However,
it is possible to include desirable environmental objectives within a
consideration of policy alternatives. The inclusion of such environ-
mental objectives within the early decision-making process could
potentially result in greater overall environmental quality, as
mitigative measures are planned for the unavoidable effects and every
effort is made to minimize avoidable impacts.
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3. Adverse Impacts Which Cannot be Avoided Should the Alternative be
lm�lemented
Conceivably, with caordinated land use and water resource planning
pracesses tb implement the desired administrative altern�tives,
the adverse impacts to the environment wauld be minimal or non- �
existent.
4. Relafiianship Between Lacal Short-Term Uses of the Environment and
Maintenance and Enhancement of Long-Term Productivity
The maintenanc� and enhancement af long-term praductivity wilt occur
as short-term uses of man's environment ar� minimized by adequate
consideratian of various possible administrative alter�atives. The
develqpment of far-sighted land use and water resource management
policies, plans, and regulations would also maximize tne long-term
overall environmental quality of the sewerage area.
S. trreversible and Irretrievable Commitment of Resources Which Would
be invo)ved in the Proposed Action Should 1� be Implemented
Shauld intelligent, rationai administrative alternatives be impie-
mented, the irreversible and irretrievable comm'ttment af resources
would be minimal .
6. Feasibility
The feasibility of the daveiopment of land use and water use policies,
plans and regulations, which couid be viewed as an atternative to the
present policies, plans, and regulatians affecting the Green River
Sewerage Area, is dependent upon the citizens and public officials
af the sewerage area, as we} 1 as their regiona� , StatE, and Federal
representatives. ! t is likely that the actions of these people,
which may be affecfied by education and the complete disseminatinn
of available information, wiil affect the future of the sewerage area
to a greater extent than the feasibility of any of the land use and
water use aiternatives firiefly described in this section of this
assessment.
The RIBG4 st�dy, while conducting its preliminary investigations of
solutions ta expected prablems in the Green River Basin, considered
restricting land development associated with large waste loads as a
method of cantrolling wastes. The Preliminary RIBCO study for the
Green River Basin notes, as a result of these investigations, that
programs to reduce municipal and industriai water use (M � I use}
through pricing, rationing, and water conservation should be a part
af every water management pian. The impact of such pragrams, however,
as noted previausly, is difficult to assess and shauld be given cantin-
uing study. RlBCO studies to date indicate that pricing would probably
have little effect in reducing M � I use in the Seattle Service Area,
though high (perhaps 50 percent) surcharges to reduce lawn watering
might reduce peak summer consumption. Rationing wauld probably be
difficult to impose with the flexibility needed to lessen demand
dur�ing dry periods, it wouid aiso be difficult to administer fairly
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and to document as to its effectiveness. Conservation, supported by
an advertising campaign and perhaps a demonstration home using every
available conservation device and technique, might, however, prove
to have some effectiveness over the long-term.
The RIBCO studies have noted that alternative solutions to quality
problems can be approached by controlling pollution through land use
restrictions and collecting and treating urban runoff. These approaches
require further study, which has been undertaken by the METRO-directed
Urban Runoff and Basin Drainage and Water Resources Management RIBCO
studies. As a product of preliminary RIBCO studies , some RIBCO study
documents urge that varied pricing, rationing , and water conservation
measures, as well as land use restrictions and urban runoff collection
and treatment measures, be tested in early pilot programs and, where
proven effective, implemented as soon as practicable.
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� K. A Comparative Evaluation of the Majar Alternatives, tncluding the
Praposed Actian
A detailed comparisan af the environmental and financiaT "cost differences
among equaliy effective alternatives" and the "differences in effectiveness il
� among equa} ly castly atternatives", as encouraged by EPA guidetines, is
( impassible to undertake at this time. Due to the intangible and unpredictable
€actors affecting the future of the Green ftiver Sewarage Area, the results af
such comparisons wauld be quite Sp�CU�dtiV@. A thorough investigatian of
these factars should be comp3eted before a comparison of alternative waste I
water management strageties far the sewerage area is undertaken» Such an '
investigation would be beyond the scope of this assessment. �
The future land use patterns of the Green River Sewerage Area, for example,
are not fuliy predictable at this time. Bath the rate of growth and the
distribution of future urban development within the sewerage area are likely
ta be affected by future palicies, plans, and regulations promulgated to
preserve or enhance the qualsty of tha sewerage area's environment. Air
quality planners, for e�cample, may be forced to instigate regulatary measures
affecting the rate and distribufiian of development in the sewerage area, as I
its present marginal air quality continues to be degraded and present air j
quality standards continue to be broken, especially within the Green River
Vatley. If the anticipated growth of the sewerage area were affected by air
quaiifiy prabiems, the anticipated waste water vatumes generated within the . ,
sewerage area woutd also probably be affected. The proposad action, fo'r
exampie, may not be as cost-effective as a smaller facility, capable of
serving a slight ar moderate increase in devalapment within the sewerage arsa', I
if the anticipated development af the area were to be slowed.
New directions in land use planning, including the possible implementation of�
state or national land use planning actions, could also affect the amount of
growth and/or the distribution af additianal development within the Green River
Sewerage Area. This would, af course, inftuence the need far and design of
waste water collection and treatment systems serving the sewerage area. Fac-
ilitias and systems which da nat appear to be cast-effective at this time may
prove to be cast-effective if future urban growth within the sewerage area were
to occur in a manner not typical of past urban development.
Quantifying the costs and benefits and the anticipated performance and impacts
of the various alternatives discussed within this assessment in a detaiied or
graphic manner (e.g. a chart � iStin� the estimated canstructian costs of all
alternatives versus the degree af treatment provided) is alsa complicated by
the lack of consistent data relating to the alternative's economic feasibility.
The cast estimates provided in the �iscussions of economic feasibility within
this assessment, for exampte, vary with regard to the time horizon and interest
rates utilized. The cost estimates provided for some alternatives are based
upon 19$0 waste laads; others are cast estimates of faciiities serving the year
2000 or 2030 waste loads. The interest rates affecting same of the cost estimates
also varied. As shown by tha camparison of P}ans A, B, and C of the Auburn
finterceptor, even stight variations in interest rates can affect the cast-
-effectiveness of aiternative facilities. tt is alsa quite difficult (perhaps
impossible) ta ccxnpare the casts of callection facilities or systems directly
against the costs of treatment systems. The proposed action, for example, does
nat, by itself regionalize Auburn's existing sewerage system. An expansion af
the Renfion Sewage Treatment Plant, costing over $35�00O,OOq, was also required
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to adequately treat the waste water volumes created by the rapidly expanding
Seattle metropolitan area. The fraction of the costs of expanding the Renton
Sewage Treatment Plant attributable to the anticipated waste loads of a �I
regionalized Green River Sewerage Area is unknown at this time. �
The number of possible combinations of unit processes, treatment plant config-
urations and locations, and collection systems which could be used within the
sewerage area, particularly if existing policy constraints were removed, also
complicates any direct economic comparisons of the alternatives discussed in
this assessment. A detailed comparison of the unit processes, treatment systems,
and collection systems, which comprise alternative waste water management
strageties, is impossible to undertake until a waste water management stragety
for the sewerage area has, in fact, been determined to be the most cost-effective
and the least damaging to the natural systems of the sewerage area over an
indeterminate period of time. Hopefully, the integrated environmental
management plans resulting from the RIBCO study efforts will define such waste
water management strageties.
A detailed discussion of the relative costs of the alternatives to determine
their comparative economic feasibilites, would, therefore entail an intensive
study, far beyond the scope of an assessment. In a similar vein, this assess-
ment has not been an engineering study; the full engineering feasibility of
the collection and treatment alternatives discussed in this assessment should
be addressed in a complete engineering study. New waste water treatment
technologies and potential treatment and collection systems, not addressed in
this assessment, should be reviewed. The economic, engineering, and environ-
mental characteristics inherent to individual alternatives described in this
assessment must be viewed as approximations, based upon the best available
information, but not upon specific detailed engineering or economic studies.
Based upon the investigations and studies conducted during the assessment process,
it is certain, however, that:
-There are many alternatives to the construction of a regional
intercept�r sewer that would solve any existing and potential
pollution problems relating to the existing and/or continued
operation of the Auburn Sewage Treatment Plant.
-There are feasible alternatives to the proposed action, which
could also transport the Auburn area's waste loads to a regional
treatment plant, if growth-controlling or growth-directing policies,
plans, or regulations, not now in existence, were implemented.
-There are potential collection and/or treatment systems which
, would solve the existing health problems of the Black Diamond
Plateau with�ut requiring large regional interceptor facilities
in the Green River Valley.
Construction of the proposed action will most likely preclude most alternative
collection and treatment schemes for the Green River Sewerage Area, other than
the implementation of amendments to the existing METRO Comprehensive Plan.
Th� Auburn Interceptor' s construction will not immediately improve water quality
problems throughout most of the sewage area. The implementation of some of the
alternatives discussed in this assessment could, however, provide immediate
relief for existing water quality problems. All of the alternatives described
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by this assessment, with the exception of the "No-action" alternative, would
in some way directly contribute to increaeed water quatity within the
Green/Duwamish Rivers or the Green River Sewerage Area, disregarding the water
quality impacts of potential sewer-stimulated urban growth. Many of the
alternatives discussed in this assessment are equally effective with regard to
their ability to solve both short-term and long-term water quality problems in
the sewerage area. Many of the alternatives are also equally effective with
regard to their capability to accommodate additional urban growth in the
sewerage area. The proposed action, most assuredly, is not the only alternative
that will serve the needs of an expanding urban area, as well as existing and
probable water quality standards and requirements.
Simitar to the problems encountered in comparing the costs and effectiveness
of the alternatives described in this assessment, a detailed comparison of the
direct impacts of the many alternatives is impossible to undertake at this time.
Only after the completion of thorough engineering reports and design studies,
would the direct impacts be known. It is likely, however, that many of the
direct impacts of implementing the alternatives would be quite similar. It
would be expected that slight disturbances to terrestrial ecosystems, temporary
construction-related noise and air quatity impacts, and temporary inconveniences
to the public (street ctosures, interference with utilities, etc.) would result
from the implementation of most alternatives.
Secondary impacts could vary considerably, however, as some alternatives,
including the proposed action, could be expected to stimulate a rather large
amount of urban growth within the sewerage area. Other alternatives evaluated
in this assessment would allow only slight or moderate amounts of development ,
to occur. The large amount of urban growth encouraged by many of the alter-
natives will probably degrade the long-term environmental quality of the area.
Though some of the facitities capable of accommodating large increases in
development within the sewerage area, including the proposed action, appear to
be cost-effective water quality management strageties according to available
information, the costs of urbanization have not been taken into account. These
costs, including, but not limited to the following, should be considered when
determinations of the cost-effectiveness of sewer proposals are made.
-Uncontrolled urban growth often prematurely characterizes an area,
as the development of housing, industrial , or commercial land uses
subsequently makes the area unfavorable for anything but compatible
uses. Such characterization is typically done quite unintentionally
by those trying to avoid high land prices or restrictive regulations
in other areas.
-Uncontrolled urban growth frequently increases the costs or decreases
the quatity of public services, as sewer, water, gas, and electrical
services are extended (often wastefully) or are lacking. Similar
high costs or inadequacies occur with regard to transportation,
educational , fire, police, recreational , and other community services.
-Uncontrolled urban growth may result in health problems, as poor
quality subdivisions and trailer courts, for example, are develqped
in areas where public agencies are not prepared or able to regulate
decent subdivision, housing, building, and health codes.
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-Uncontro] led urban growth typically wastes land resaurces
in bypassed areas suitable for no economically productive
use, either as housing, industry, agriculture, public recreation,
or corrrmerce.
-Uncontrolled urbar� growth often devetaps a iack of community
identity and manotany, and provides inadequate saciai and cutturat
opportunities.
-Uncontrolled urban growth, of caurse, impacts all of natural
sysCems, including the air and water resources of an area,
productive biologica] systems, and productive or potentially
productive land resources.
Though cost-effectiveness may be a basicaliy sound cancept for evatuating
a sewer propasal , it can hardiy be considered accurate if it daes not somehow
linclude the )ong-range societai and anvironrnental costs resuiting fram
i sewer-induced, frequently uncontralled, urban grow�h. If such secondary costs
were considered, alternatives,which may not presently appear ta be cast-effective,
may prove to be cost-effective water quality management strategies.
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All of the alternatives evaluated in this assessment, with the exception af the
"No-action" alternative, will require some commitment of time, energy, materials,
human labar, and financiai resources. Most of these resource commitments would
be irretrievabte and irreversible. At the same time. many of these resource
commitments wauld nat be "last", ar wasted, for the alternative implemented
would be a step towards the fulfi3lment of natianal water quality requirements
and, often, gaa]s. It is certain, that with regard to present �PA requirements
for secondary treatment, many alternatives cauld be implemented, which would
I meet present water quality standards, as well as be easily incarporated into
advanced treatment systems, which would meet future water quality standards.
Since a direct camparison of alternatives is not passible presenfily, the function
pf the discussion of alternatives within this assessment has been to demonsfirate
�hat a number of feasible alternatives to the prapased alternative do exist and
to give some approximation af impacts that couid be expected as a resuit of their
impiementation. This analysis af alternatives, undertaken in the spirit af
pursuing and describing all possible, and most af the suggested alternatives,
has hopefully been af value to those evaluating the praposed action. Rather
than conctude that certain alternatives are "better" than athers, under specific
sets of assumptians, this assessment ha� attempted to stimulate thought and
discussion by questioning and investigating as many conceivable alternatives as
possible, while informing EPA of the likely impacts of the alternatives.
The praposed action does, however, appear ta be justified, due ta the existing
policies, plans, and regulatians affecting water quality management within the
sewerage area. Feasible alternatives seem to be less cost-effective, based
upon the criteria presently used to determine cost-effectiveness. The existing
policies, regulations, and guidelines, as we11 as many additional factors, limit
the possible alternatives ta providing adequate sewerage facilities for the
Green River Sewerage Area ta the Auburn Interceptar. Though other facilities
would salve existing problems and anticipated future problems, resource cammit-
ments and decisions made during the past fifteen years have created a situation
in which anly the Auburn Interceptar appears to fulfill all existing require-
ments. Only the Auburn Interceptor or a similar large regianal interceptar
sewer is likety to be funded, constructed, and placed in operation.
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VIII . COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS RAISED BY FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AGENCIES,
AND BY INTERESTED PARTIES
This section will include the comments and suggestions raised by federal ,
state, and local agencies, and by interested parties at the public
hearing to be held in December, 1973, in Auburn, as well as any other
public meetings at which the proposed action is the primary topic of
discussion (e.g. Metropolitan Council meetings) . Region X EPA will
utilize these comments in its environmental review process and in its
decision to either issue a negative declaration or proceed to the impact
statement stage. If a significant number of adverse impacts are indicated
or if the proposed action appears to be "highly controversial", Region X EPA
is required to prepare an environmental impact statement.
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Informatyon Data, Olympia, 1971 . � v
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The following agencies and offieials were consulted during this assessment' s
prep�ration: i
City of Algona; John Matchett.
City of Auburn; Everett Effland, Stanley Kersey, Pat Nevins, George Schuler,
and Marvin Seabrands.
City of Black Diamond; Vic Weston.
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul , and Pacific Railroad; Robert Butler.
City of Kent; Robert Christopherson, Jim Harris, Isabel Hogan, Joe Street,
', and Jerry Ulett.
King County; Margaret Blackburn, Robert Edmundson, Larry Gibbons, and
William Gillespie.
Metropolitan Engineers; C.J. "Red" Gallaher, Bill Steman, and Roger Wilcox.
Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle; Don Benson, John Buffo, Glen Farris,
Dick Hibbard, Bert McHenry, Eugene McMaster,
Peter Machno, Theodore Mallory, Robert
Matsuda, and Cecil Whitmore.
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City of Facific; Jack Jahnsan,
Pierce County; Nal Hagestad and William Tharnton.
Puget Sound Air Pollution Cantrol Agency; Art Damnkaehler.
Puget Sound Governmental Conference; Brian Beam, John Lampe, Jim Lindsay,
. Ray Metsgar, Danaid Pethick, Michael
, Sween�y, and Jim Tracy.
' 5t�vens, Thompson, and Runyan, Inc. ; Jim Malvorsen and Hal Murray.
U.S. Army Carps of Engineers; Mr. Serg.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service; Mr. Cokeley.
U.S. EnvironmentaT Protectian Agency; pick Netherington, Ken Lauzen, Lynn Mc-Kee,
and Dick Thtel ,
Washington State Department of Ecology; Peter Haskins, Tom McCann, Robert
. � McGormick, Robert Ortblad, Reese
Steriing, and Russ Taylar.
Washington State Departments of Fisheries and Game; Jerry Myers.
Washington State Department of Highway�, Districfi t ; John Pevis.
Washington State Department of Natural Resources; Merv Hawden.
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g t cts, sewer and water districts, and
fTood control districfis were contacted and consulted durin the re aration of I
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which rendered invaivable assistance to Wilsey � Harn, Inc. , is gratefulty
acknowledged. ,
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STUDY PAR�ICiPANTS
Program Director
Jack Dovey, Vice President
Project Manager
Michael Braoks� ASLA
Praject Staff
Frank 8rown (Project Plartner)
E. Michael Ferris
Jim Henderson
Llewellyn Matthews
Praject Engineers
Dave Millard
Steve Mennet
Kent Stepan
Environmental Team
Dr, James Albers-air quality
Ed Solson-computer programmer
Bob Burke-geologist
Ellie D'Arms-biologist
A.D. Horn-geoiogist
Ron Zeytschel-water quality
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