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EXH AR023735: ACC Letter to Ecology – Inadequate Review Time, STIA Third Runway Low Flow Analysis

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In this July 27, 2001 letter, attorney Kevin L. Stock of Helsell Fetterman LLP writes to the Washington Department of Ecology on behalf of the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC), protesting that the Port of Seattle submitted a massive two-volume Low Flow Analysis on July 24 while Ecology planned to issue its Clean Water Act 401 certification decision as early as August 6. The ACC argues that this timeline denies the public a meaningful opportunity to review and comment on a critical water quality report, as required by the Clean Water Act and state law. The letter urgently requests that Ecology grant the public a minimum of thirty days to comment on the Port's latest low stream flow analysis before issuing any certification decision.

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Letter dated July 27, 2001 from Kevin L. Stock of Helsell Fetterman LLP, attorney for Airport Communities Coalition (ACC), to Gordon White, Program Director, Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program, Washington Department of Ecology. ACC protests that Ecology is preparing to issue a Section 401 Clean Water Act certification decision the week of August 6, 2001 — only days after the Port of Seattle delivered a two-volume, nine-inch thick July 2001 Low Flow Analysis, Flow Impact Offset Facility Proposal on July 24. ACC requests a minimum 30-day public comment period on the Port’s low flow analysis before Ecology issues its 401 decision. References Tom Fitzsimmons memorandum to Governor Locke dated July 18, and cites Ecology’s October 29, 2001 deadline for the 401 decision. Copied to Ray Hellwig and Ann Kenny. AR023735–AR023736.

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