October 16, 2001August 2, 2026

EXH AR006375: Port Of Seattle Preliminary List of Issues, Witnesses and Exhibits — PCHB 01-160 ACC v. Ecology and Port Of Seattle

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Respondent Port Of Seattle’s preliminary list of issues, witnesses, and exhibits filed in Pollution Control Hearings Board Case No. PCHB 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) v. Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Covers §401 Clean Water Act certification for STIA projects, issues including water quality standards, dam safety permits, Coastal Zone Management Act, SEPA compliance, NPDES permits, Natural Resources Mitigation Plan, wetlands fill, stream flow reductions, stormwater, Gilliam Creek, fill acceptability, Mechanically Stabilized Earth embankment, groundwater contamination, and water rights. Witnesses listed include Paul Agid (Port of Seattle Aviation Project Management Group) and Barry R. Christopher Ph.D. PE. Filed October 16, 2001; prepared by Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC, AR 006375–006377.

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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.

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