PCHB190005858

PCHBPollution Control Hearings Board of the State of Washington

ECOLOGY and THE PORT OF SEATTLE, ) ) Respondents. ) ) I, BRETT FISH, declare: 1. I state the following from personal knowledge and am competent to testify thereto. I am the President of Citizens Against Seatac Expansion ("CASE"). 2. CASE is a non-profit corporation organized and in good standing under Washington law. CASE is a broad-based, local citizen's group which, among other things, acts to protect the local environment and communities from the impacts of Seatac Airport. CASE and its members have consistently fought for clean water, including fighting for better enforcement of the Port of Seattle's NPDES permit for discharges from Seatac into local streams. DECLARATION OF BRETT FISH- 1 SMITH & LOWNEY, P.L.L.C.231 '7 EAST .JOHN STREET SEATTLE, WASHINGTnN 981 ] (205) 860-2883 ORIGINAL ,. o 3. CASE has a long history of responsible environmental and civic activism.1 CASE's efforts to safeguard its members, local communities, and local ecosystems from the impacts of Sea-Tac Airport have included appealing the reissuance of the Port of Seattle's NPDES permit for discharges at Sea-Tac, and appealing the Washington State Department of Ecology's recent modification of the Port's NPDES permit. The latter appeal is presently pending before the Pollution Control Hearings Board as PCHB No. 01-090. 4. CASE is interested in this action for several reasons. CASE submitted oral and written comments on the proposed 401 Certification. CASE does not believe that Ecology's10 Certification that the proposed third runway and master plan update projects fairly addresses the substance of CASE's comments…
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