In this 2004 declaration filed with the Washington Supreme Court, Robin V. Kordik, a Senior Environmental Program Manager for the Port of Seattle's Aviation Division, describes efforts to identify wetland mitigation sites near Sea-Tac Airport in connection with the airport's Third Runway construction project. A study by environmental firm Parametrix assessed 89 potential mitigation locations but concluded that no suitable new sites were available in the affected sub-basins that met the Pollution Control Hearings Board's criteria for sustainability and public safety. The declaration was submitted in opposition to a motion for injunctive relief brought by the Airport Communities Coalition.Open full document
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Robin V. Kordik, Senior Environmental Program Manager for the Port of Seattle Aviation Division, declares under penalty of perjury regarding wetland mitigation sites for the Third Runway project at Sea-Tac Airport. The declaration describes a Parametrix report assessing 89 locations for potential mitigation sites in the Walker Creek headwaters and surrounding watersheds. The report concludes that no new mitigation sites meeting PCHB sustainability and public safety criteria are available in the affected sub-basins.