PCHB042001921

PCHBPollution Control Hearings Board of the State of Washington

The hearing in the above-entitled matter was held during the period of March 18 to March 29, 2002. Prior to the hearing, on March 12, 2002, at 1:30 p.m., an evidentiary hearing was held for the purpose of addressing the admissibility of exhibits to be introduced in the upcoming hearing. The parties worked from a matrix of exhibits, prepared by the parties and distributed on March 11, 2002. An updated copy of this matrix, which incorporated the rulings made at the evidentiary hearing, was prepared by the parties and delivered to the Board on Thursday, March 14, 2002. This matrix was utilized during the hearing to aid the presiding officer in making further rulings on the admissibility of exhibits. Exhibits were numbered per prior Board order from 1 to 2240. Since the parties were given numbers to use in blocks, all the numbers in sequence were not utilized. In addition, some of the parties used numbers to refer to another party's earlier numbered exhibit. (See for PCHB No. 01-160 1 POST-HEARING EVIDENTIARY ORDER AR 001921 example Exhibit No. 2136.) The parties agreed that when multiple numbers described the same exhibit one number would be used as reference for exhibit labeling and at the hearing. During the hearing on the merits, the admissibility status of many of the exhibits changed. The purpose of this order is to amend the matrix to reflect the evidentiary rulings of the presiding officer at hearing. The updated matrix is attached to this order. At the…
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