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In order to comply with the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Otak will prepare a Specific Project <br />Information Form (SPIF), per the Programmatic Biological Assessment (PBA) for Restoration <br />Actions in Washington State and associated Biological Opinion (131Op). <br />4.3 Cultural Resources <br />Otak will review the cultural and historic resource investigation completed for the Tukwila <br />International Boulevard bridge project. That investigation may need to be supplemented to include <br />the City's project. If additional cultural resource investigation is required, that work will be included <br />in a supplement submitted to the City, if requested. <br />4.4 Ecology Construction Stormwater General Permit <br />Otak will prepare a Notice of Intent (NOI) to be submitted electronically to the Washington State <br />Department of Ecology. The Consultant will prepare a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan <br />(SWPPP) for the project for the project construction site. <br />4.5 Wetland Delineation <br />Otak will field verify the wetland delineation prepared as part of previous work conducted for the <br />project's critical areas assessment, and will update site conditions by conducting a wetland <br />delineation for the project. Otak biologists will conduct a wetland delineation using the Corps of <br />Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual (1987) as amended, and the Regional Supplement to the Corps of <br />Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual- Western Mountains Valleys and Coast Region (2010), as required by <br />the City of Tukwila, Washington Department of Ecology, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. <br />Wetland ratings for project wetlands will be determined using both the 2004 Wasbington State Wetland <br />Rating System for Western Washington per Tukwila Municipal Code (TMC) 18.45.050(B), as well as the <br />updated Washington State Wetland Rating System for Western Washington (Hruby, 2014. Wetland buffer <br />widths will determined per TMC 18.45.050(D). Otak will collect field data to allow for <br />characterization and designation of watercourses and fish and wildlife conservation areas in the <br />project vicinity, and will establish buffers for these critical areas per TMC 18.45.100 and 18.45.150. <br />Otak will prepare a critical report for the project, including wetlands, watercourses, and fish and <br />wildlife conservation areas. <br />4.6 Agency Meetings <br />Otak will attend meetings with City staff and representatives from regulatory agencies and interested <br />tribal representatives. Field meetings will be conducted to explain project goals and objectives, <br />project design, and to facilitate the permitting and regulatory compliance process. The first field <br />meeting, after the pre - application meeting, will be determined upon completion of the intake review <br />and charter meeting, preferable after the 75% plans have been updated. A second meeting will be <br />schedule with the regulatory agencies, at Otak or Tukwila's office, to review the 90% plans. <br />W <br />