EXH 300: Third Declaration Paul S. Fendt — ACC v. Ecology, PCHB No. 01-160

This legal declaration by stormwater engineer Paul S. Fendt, filed before Washington's Pollution Control Hearings Board, addresses the Port of Seattle's Master Plan Update and its potential impacts on local stream flows in Miller, Walker, and Des Moines Creeks near Sea-Tac Airport. Fendt explains the use of the HSPF hydrologic model and a 2-year, 7-day low flow standard to assess and mitigate summer streamflow impacts resulting from planned airport expansion projects. He concludes that revised analysis shows no significant changes to previously calculated low flow impacts.

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Third Declaration of Paul S. Fendt (Parametrix, Inc.) filed in PCHB No. 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition v. Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle, received November 26, 2001 by Helsell Fetterman LLP. Fendt describes his role as project manager for stormwater management and low flow mitigation for the Port Of Seattle’s Master Plan Update (MPU). Declaration addresses calculation of summer low streamflow impacts on Miller Creek, Walker Creek, and Des Moines Creek using HSPF (Hydrologic Simulation Program–Fortran) modeling; 2-year, 7-day low flow methodology; Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan (SMP); Low Streamflow Analysis–Flow Impact Offset Facility Proposal; and NPDES stormwater permitting. Asserts that summer low flow impacts from MPU are not underestimated. References 47-year precipitation record (1949–1995), King County Surface Water Design Manual, and Department of Ecology Stormwater Manuals. Exhibit No. 300, AR 020431–020433.

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