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Declaration by Dr. John Strand (AR 006461) filed in PCHB Case Nos. 01-133 and 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port of Seattle, in support of ACC’s Sur-Reply on Motion for Stay of Section 401 Certification No. 1996-4-02325 (Amended-1) and CZMA concurrency statement. Strand addresses contaminated soils accepted by Port of Seattle from Hamm Creek and First Avenue Bridge sites, critiques Declaration of C. Linn Gould and Elizabeth Clark, disputes adequacy of Amended 401 Certification safeguards, challenges SPLP leach testing protocol application, critiques MTCA Method A Soil Cleanup Level upper bounds interpretation, FWS Biological Opinion compliance, TCP guidance, Miller Creek water quality, and sample size methodology. Filed before Pollution Control Hearings Board, State of Washington.

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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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