In April 2004, the Airport Communities Coalition asked the Washington Supreme Court to halt construction work on a controversial Sea-Tac Airport runway expansion, arguing that long-standing environmental issues — including concerns about fill contamination and damage to creeks and wetlands — needed to be resolved first. The Port of Seattle maintained that a recently passed state law (SSB 5787) allowed it to proceed with certain work, such as rechanneling Miller Creek, even while the court case was still pending. Coalition attorney Peter Eglick filed a supporting declaration attaching a Seattle Post-Intelligencer article in which the Port's Aviation Director confirmed plans to begin work as early as May or June 2004.Open full document
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Peter J. Eglick, attorney for the Airport Communities Coalition, declares under penalty of perjury that a Seattle Post-Intelligencer article from April 9, 2004 (Exhibit A) accurately reports that the Port of Seattle’s Aviation Director indicated the Port planned to begin runway work—including rechanneling Miller Creek—in May or June 2004. The declaration supports ACC’s emergency motion for injunctive relief, arguing the Port was relying on SSB 5787 as authority to proceed with work before the Washington Supreme Court rendered a decision on the law’s merits.