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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-15-026984
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150410

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TETRA TECH INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000831641
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-ENGINEERING SERVICES [8711]
		IRS NUMBER:				954148514
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0928

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3475 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD
		CITY:			PASADENA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91107
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6263514664

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3475 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD
		CITY:			PASADENA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91107
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">TETRA TECH,&nbsp;INC.</font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">3475 East Foothill Boulevard</font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Pasadena, California&#160; 91107</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">April&nbsp;10, 2015</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549-4631</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Attention:&#160; Terence O&#146;Brien, Accounting Branch Chief</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Form&nbsp;10-K for   Fiscal Year Ended September&nbsp;28, 2014</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Dear Mr.&nbsp;O&#146;Brien:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">By letter dated March&nbsp;31, 2015, you provided an additional comment on the above-referenced response of Tetra Tech,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) to your letter dated February&nbsp;27, 2015.&#160; Set forth below is the Company&#146;s response to this comment.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates, page&nbsp;77</font></u></p>
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<p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>We note the draft disclosure you provided for the GMP reporting unit in response to comment 1 in our letter dated February&nbsp;27, 2015.&#160; It is unclear how your statement, &#147;&#133;if GMP&#146;s future financial performance falls below our expectations or market prices for similar businesses decline, the goodwill for GMP could become impaired&#148; is responsive to our request for expanded disclosure within the first bullet.&#160; Please advise.</i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Response</font></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">In future filings, beginning with our Form&nbsp;10-Q for the second quarter of fiscal 2015, we will further expand our disclosure for any reporting unit that has an estimated fair value that is not substantially in excess of its carrying value.&#160; This disclosure will reflect our new reporting structure as the status of reporting units under the prior organization (as of September&nbsp;28, 2014) are no longer tracked or relevant.&#160; Assuming GMP remains the only reporting unit with an estimated fair value that is not substantially in excess of its carrying value at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2015, we will further expand the disclosure in our letter dated February&nbsp;27, 2015 as follows (with language in bold representing the additional disclosure):</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">April&nbsp;10, 2015</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#147;The reorganization of our core operations, described further in Note 10, &#147;Reportable Segments&#148;, also impacted the definition of our reporting units used for goodwill impairment testing.&#160; As a result, as of September&nbsp;29, 2014, we performed impairment testing for goodwill under our new segment structure and determined that the estimated fair value of each reporting unit exceeded its corresponding carrying amount including recorded goodwill, and, as such, no impairment existed as of September&nbsp;29, 2014.&#160; However, our Global Mining Practice (&#147;GMP&#148;) reporting unit had an estimated fair value that exceeded its carrying value by less than 20%.&#160; GMP is included in our RME reportable segment.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">We estimate the fair value of all reporting units with a goodwill balance based on a comparison and weighting of the income approach (weighted 70%), specifically the discounted cash flow method and the market approach (weighted 30%), which estimates the fair value of our reporting units based upon comparable market prices and recent transactions and also validates the reasonableness of the multiples from the income approach.&#160; The resulting fair value is most sensitive to the assumptions we use in our discounted cash flow analysis.&#160; The assumptions that have the most significant impact on the fair value calculation are the reporting unit&#146;s revenue growth rate and operating profit margin, and the discount rate used to convert future estimated cash flows to a single present value amount.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">In our discounted cash flow model for GMP as of September&nbsp;29, 2014, we assumed annual revenue growth rates of 3% to 5% <b>based on historical trends in GMP and the mining industry, projections for future mining activity, and GMP&#146;s backlog and prospects for new orders.&#160; </b>We discounted the resulting cash flows at a rate of 14%.&#160; <b>Our market-based assessment resulted in a value approximating a 0.7 multiple of revenue, net of subcontractor costs, for the 12 month period preceding the valuation date.</b>&#160; The discounted cash flow value, combined on a weighted-basis with the results of our market analysis, resulted in an estimated fair value for GMP of approximately $102.8 million compared to our carrying value including goodwill of approximately $91.8 million.&#160; As of December&nbsp;28, 2014, the goodwill amount for GMP was $65.6 million.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Although we believe that our current estimate of fair value is reasonable, our analysis is primarily dependent on our future level of revenue from our mining clients.&#160; However, the extent of future activity is uncertain, particularly in light of the significant contraction in the mining sector over the last two years.&#160; We currently anticipate that if GMP&#146;s future revenue declines by 20% or more, or market prices for similar businesses decline by more than 15%, GMP&#146;s goodwill could become impaired.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Additionally, if the yield to maturity on 20-year U.S. treasury bonds (our assumed risk-free rate of return) or the additional return investors require for alternate investments, including those similar to GMP, increases, we may be required to increase the discount rate used in our cash flow analysis.&#160; If all of our operating assumptions remain constant, but we are required to increase the discount rate in our cash flow model to 15.5% or higher, GMP&#146;s goodwill could become impaired.&#148;</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">During your review, should you have any additional questions with respect to the Company&#146;s responses, please contact Janis B. Salin, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, at (626) 470-2481; Brian N. Carter, Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, at (626) 470-2468; or me at (626) 470-2463.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Leland Benton, Staff Attorney, SEC</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Janis B. Salin, SVP and General Counsel</font></p>
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