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Prehearing briefs submitted by ACC (Airport Communities Coalition) and CASE to the Environmental Hearings Office challenging Ecology’s issuance of a Section 401 water quality certification for the Port of Seattle. The briefs argue that the certification fails to provide reasonable assurance that water quality standards will not be violated across numerous issues including wetland fills,

Declaration by Ray Hellwig, Regional Director at the Washington Department of Ecology Northwest Regional Office, submitted in the case Airport Communities Coalition v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port of Seattle (PCHB No. 01-160). Hellwig attests to receiving a transcribed voicemail message from Tom Luster on or about September 17, 2001, and states

Prefiled direct testimony submitted to the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington in case No. PCHB 01-160, involving Airport Communities Coalition and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion as appellants against the Department of Ecology and the Port of Seattle. The testimony covers water quality standards, ambient water quality criteria for copper, lead, and

Direct testimony of Chung Ki Yee, an Environmental Engineer with Washington’s Department of Ecology Toxics Cleanup Program, submitted before the Pollution Control Hearings Board in a case involving the Airport Communities Coalition and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion versus the Department of Ecology and Port of Seattle. Yee describes his work developing fill criteria for the

Direct testimony of Kevin Fitzpatrick, Section Manager of the Northwest Regional Office Water Quality Section for the Washington Department of Ecology, submitted to the Pollution Control Hearings Board in the matter of Airport Communities Coalition v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port of Seattle. The testimony covers Fitzpatrick’s professional background and the NPDES

Pre-filed direct testimony of Paul S. Fendt, P.E. submitted to the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington in case No. PCHB 01-160. The testimony addresses stormwater impacts from the MPU improvements at Sea-Tac Airport, covering topics including stormwater detention and treatment, impacts to Miller Creek, Walker Creek, and Des Moines Creek, low

Direct testimony of Dave Garland, a hydrogeologist and supervisor of the Watershed Unit at the Department of Ecology’s Northwest Regional Office, submitted in PCHB No. 01-160 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board. The testimony covers Garland’s professional background, his role managing the legislature-mandated SeaTac Runway Fill hydrogeologic studies, and his ongoing review work related to

Direct testimony of Ann Kenny, Environmental Planner 4 at the Washington Department of Ecology, submitted to the Pollution Control Hearings Board in PCHB No. 01-160. Kenny describes her role as the 401 Certification Reviewer for the Port of Seattle’s Sea-Tac International Airport Master Plan Update Improvements, including her involvement in drafting the Clean Water Act

Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against SeaTac Expansion (CASE) oppose the Department of Ecology’s motion in limine seeking to exclude Thomas R. Luster from testifying as an expert witness. The opposition argues that WAC 371-08-475(7) does not apply because Luster had no active role in reviewing the Port of Seattle’s 401 Certification application and

Direct testimony by Ed O’Brien, Environmental Engineer 4 with the Washington Department of Ecology, submitted before the Pollution Control Hearings Board in a case involving the Sea-Tac Third Runway project. O’Brien discusses Ecology’s 2001 Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington, its minimum technical requirements for runoff treatment, and how the Third Runway project’s use of