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Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) case No. 01-160, hearing held March 18-29, 2002. Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) appellant and Citizens Against Airport Expansion (CASE) intervenor versus Washington State Department of Ecology and Port of Seattle respondents. Document presents proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order regarding Clean Water Act Section 401 certification for the Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway Project. Issues addressed include: public/agency notice and hearing requirements for 401/404 application and Amended Certification, Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) compliance, stormwater impacts, NPDES permits, low stream flow conditions, water rights, mixing zones, MSE wall and embankment fill, groundwater pollutants, MTCA Agreed Order (Ecology Order No. 97TC-N122), and SEPA review. Attorneys included Peter Eglick and Rachael Paschal Osborn for ACC; Richard Poulin for CASE; Joan Marchioro and Jeff Kray for Ecology; Jay Manning and Roger Pearce for Port of Seattle.