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September 1999. The Port submitted its second application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and to the Department of Ecology, after having to withdraw its 1997 application because of gross under-statement of the amount of wetlands involved. Ecology had 365 days to pass on the application. The Engineers had previously announced that they would not decide till after Ecology had finished its work. Spring & Summer 2000. Port of Seattle submitted voluminous revised documents, attempting to justify the plan, some as late as late August. Ecology, Engineers, and King County stormwater experts, as well as experts retained by Airport Communities Coalition, RCAA, and C.A.S.E., raised a host of questions. September 2000. A meeting—not publicly announced—was held at the office of M.R. ("Mic") Dinsmore, Executive Director of the Port of Seattle. Those present included: Joe Dear, the Governor's Chief of Staff; Mr Dinsmore; Tom Fitzsimmons, the Director of the Department of Ecology; Ray Hellwig, head of the regional office of Ecology; and others. Mr Dinsmore was a major fund-raiser for Gov. Gary Locke in the last general election. The Governor and Ecology have denied that there is any political pressure in this affair, though Ecology has been officially warned that there is interest in this project "at the highest levels" of State government. The Ecology folks brought with them their draft letter of decision on the sec. 401 application, dated that day, and shared it with the others. The letter flatly denied the application, because of multiple shortcomings. "At this…

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