PCHB261007111

PCHBPollution Control Hearings Board of the State of Washington

Sally Nelson declares and states as follows: 1. I am over the age of 18, am competent to testify, and have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein. 2. I am the Mayor of the City of Burien, Washington. Burien is vitally interested in the Department of Ecology's Section 401 Certification for the Port of Seattle's airport projects. For example, over fifty percent of the Miller Creek drainage basin is within our city's boundaries.19 Burien devotes considerable resources to protection and enhancement of area streams and watersheds. The headwaters of Walker Creek, a tributary of Miller Creek which provides low summer flow for salmon habitat in Walker and Miller Creeks, are located within our city's boundaries. DECLARATION OF SALLY NELSON - 1 HELSELLFETTERMANLLP RachaelPaschalOsborn 1500 Puget Sound Plaza Attorney at Law 1325 Fourth Avenue 2421 West Mission Avenue Seattle. WA 98101-2509 Spokane, WA 99201 ORIGINAL 3. Because of our concern that the Ecology decision is not well-founded, Burien, as a member of the Airport Communities Coalition, is asking the Pollution Control Hearings Board to
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