In August 2005, the Port of Seattle and Citizens Against SeaTac Expansion (CASE) jointly wrote to the Washington Department of Ecology presenting a unified position on proposed changes to the NPDES wastewater permit for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The two parties collaborated to resolve disputed permit conditions — covering issues such as BOD discharge limits and pipeline compliance schedules — and categorized each comment as requiring a permit change, a response only, withdrawal, or unresolved. Both parties agreed not to appeal any permit modifications that fell within the mutually agreed categories, aiming to avoid litigation while achieving a workable final permit.Open full document
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A joint letter from the Port of Seattle, Citizens Against SeaTac Expansion (CASE), and the Regional Commission on Airport Affairs to the Department of Ecology’s Ed Abbasi, presenting a unified position on the pending NPDES permit modification for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The letter outlines four categories of suggested responses to previously submitted comments and includes a spreadsheet attachment detailing agreed dispositions. The parties agree not to appeal issues resolved through this collaborative process, reserving the right to appeal only Category 4 items where no agreement was reached.