March 22, 2002August 2, 2026

PCHB Doc 01-160: Order Granting ACC’s Motion to Strike Certain Pre-Filed Testimony and Limit Oral Testimony

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Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) case 01-160 order dated March 22, 2002, granting Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) motion to strike certain pre-filed testimony and limit oral testimony. Board presided by Kaleen Cottingham established February 28, 2002 as discovery cut-off date; parties prohibited from relying on information created after that date. Order restricts Port of Seattle and Ecology witnesses from testifying about actions taken after February 28, 2002 in response to Kelly Whiting (King County) comments to revise, clarify, explain, or modify the Low Flow Plan. Also includes redacted pre-filed testimony of Charles Ellingson referencing HSPF modeling, INFILT parameter, hydraulic conductivity, HYDRUS-1D model, PGG November 2001 report, and embankment infiltration capacity.

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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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