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Declaration of William A. Rozeboom filed October 8, 2001 in Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) cases No. 01-133 and No. 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Concerns Section 401 Certification No. 1996-4-02325 and CZMA concurrency statement issued August 10, 2001, reissued September 21, 2001. Rozeboom disputes adequacy of HSPF modeling calibration for Walker Creek and Des Moines Creek low flow impacts, Industrial Wastewater System effects on stream flows, and low flow mitigation plan conditions in Ecology’s 401 Certification. Also addresses King County Surface Water Design Manual compliance, Large Site Drainage Review exemption, and Financial Guarantees. References declarations of Steven G. Jones, Ann Kenny, Eric Stockdale, Kelly Whiting, Joseph Brascher, Donald Weitkamp, Paul Fendt. Filed by Helsell Fetterman LLP and Rachael Paschal Osborn.

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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.

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