October 9, 2001August 2, 2026

EXH AR006655: Second Declaration of Erik Stockdale — ACC v. Ecology and Port Of Seattle, PCHB No. 01-133 / 01-160

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Second Declaration of Erik Stockdale, filed October 9, 2001, in Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) cases No. 01-133 and 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Stockdale responds to ACC reply brief on motion for stay, asserting hydrologic monitoring has commenced downgradient of the embankment at wetlands 18 and 38. Monitoring data collected by Hart Crowser spanning seven events from March 10, 2000 to January 23, 2001 at eight monitoring wells. Exhibit 1 contains Borrow Area 4 water level data for monitoring wells A4-B1, A4-B2, A4-B4, A4-B5, A4-B6. Addresses ACC assertion that absence of hydrologic data precludes development of hydrologic performance standards under the Natural Resource Mitigation Plan. References Second Declaration of James Kelley. AR 006655–006657.

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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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