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Declaration by Mary L. Vigilante, President of Synergy Consultants, Inc., filed in King County Superior Court (Case No. 09-2-22569-9 KNT) in opposition to Plaintiffs’ Amended Motion for Class Certification in Bearse v. Port of Seattle. Vigilante, a 32-year environmental consultant specializing in airport noise and air quality studies, argues that aircraft emissions from Sea-Tac Airport’s Third Runway cannot be segregated from other pollution sources (automobiles, trucks, light manufacturing) on a class-wide basis, that noise contours (DNL) do not correlate with aircraft exhaust emission patterns, and that property-by-property analysis would be required to assess any emissions impact. The declaration addresses criteria pollutants, greenhouse gases, hazardous air pollutants, NEPA, EIS/SEIS for Sea-Tac Airport Master Plan, and disputes plaintiffs’ allegations of ‘toxic discharge and fumes’ at class members’ properties.