PCHB168005465

PCHBPollution Control Hearings Board of the State of Washington

1. I am one of the attorneys representing the Respondent Port of Seattle. I have a personal knowledge of the facts set forth in this declaration and would be competent to testify to them if necessary. 2. The Port propounded its first set of Interrogatories and Requests for Production to ACC on November 9, 2001. A copy of those discovery requests is attached to his declaration as Exhibit A. ACC served the Port with its responses and objections to the Port's discovery requests on December 10, 2001. A copy of ACC's objections and responses is attached to the Third Jones Dec. as Exhibit B. 3. Prior to receipt of ACC's objections and responses, I telephoned counsel for ACC, Michael Witek, to inquire if it was possible to negotiate an agreed scope of discovery regarding the production of documents relating to experts. Mr. Witek responded to this inquiry with a request that the Port defer until after ACC had served its objections and responses to the Port's THIRDDECLARATIONOFSTEVENG.JONES- 1 FOSTERPEPPER _' SHEFELMANPLLC 1111 THIP,D AVENUE, SUITE 3400 0RIGINAL SEATTLE, W2;_H4147G440N098101-3299 5o_o_oOl AR 005465 discovery requests, as he believed that those responses might form a basis a stipulation regarding document production with respect to experts. 4. After ACC served its objections and responses to the Port's discovery requests on December 10, I scheduled a conference call with Mr. Witek in order for the parties to attempt to negotiate a mutually agreeable scope of discovery with respect to documents. That call took place…
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