EXH0388021716

PCHBPollution Control Hearings Board of the State of Washington

Respondents. ) Third Runway and related projectsat SeattleTacomaInternationalAirport) Amanda Azous declares as follows: 1. I am over the age of 18,am competent to testify,and have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein.14 2. I _m an environmentalscientist, principal ofAzous EnvironmentalSciences le add a professionalwetlandscientist {Societyof WetlandScientist No.001067). I am co- editor and co-authorof Weffands and Urb,_mzafion(CRC_ewisPress 2000), a 800-page text andreferencebook on how best to protectand managewetlands in an urbanizing environment. This text grew out of researchperformedby the Puget SoundWetlands and StormwaterManagementResearch_ogram Team,ofwhich I was a part. The research21 programwas fundedby the WashingtonState DepartmentofEcology,U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency,KingCountyDepartmentofDevelopmentandEnvironmental Services, KingCountyDepartment ofNatural Resources, KingCoun_ SurfaceWater Management I-I_SELL_ LIP NachaelPaschal0shorn 1500PugetSoundHaze Attorneyat law ....._325.F,o_. Avenue 242I WestMissionAvenue DECLARATIONOFAMANDAAZOUS IN [?,-,,5/_f_-_a_t_"_j_ga_ol.zso9' Spokane, WA 99201 SUPPORT OF ACC'SMOTION FOR STAY _:[ I_ '_I _'_; AR 021716 D.ivision, and the University of Washinston. I have a Masters degree in environmental z engi.'neeringand science (199:1] and a.Bachelor of.Arts in landscape architecture (1977],... both from the University of Washington. I have worked as a scientific analyst for over 20 years and have specialized in natural resource science since 1991. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is my curriculum vitae.6 3. Azous Environmental Sciences (AES)was asked, by the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC),to review the documentation provided by the Port of Seattle describing its s proposed development at Sea-Tac airport for possible impacts to wetlands, streams and fisheries _esources besinn_n 8 in May 2000. The Port's Wetlands Delineation and Wetland Functional Assessment documents as well as the Natural Resources Mitisation Plans, the…
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