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This is a transcript from a March 19, 2002 hearing before the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board, in which the Airport Communities Coalition and Citizens Against SeaTac Expansion challenged the State Department of Ecology and the Port of Seattle over issues related to Sea-Tac Airport expansion. The case (PCHB No. 01-160) was heard over multiple days in Lacey, Washington, with attorneys representing community groups opposing the expansion on one side and state and port officials on the other.

Summary Statement for Deposition Publication submitted pursuant to Order Granting Appellant’s Motion to Publish Depositions of Ecology Managers and CR 30(b)(6) Designated Witnesses, dated March 19, 2002, in ACC & CASE v. Dept. of Ecology & Port of Seattle, PCHB No. 01-160. Deponent Ann Kenny, Department of Ecology Federal Permit Coordinator for the Northwest Regional

Summary Statement for Deposition Publication filed pursuant to Order Granting Appellant’s Motion to Publish Depositions of Ecology Managers and CR 30(b)(6) Designated Witnesses, dated March 19, 2002, in ACC & CASE v. Department of Ecology & Port Of Seattle, PCHB No. 01-160. Deponent Erik Stockdale, Ecology’s wetlands staffperson, deposed January 23, 2002. Offered by Airport

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Order No. 01-160 ruling on ACC (Airport Communities Coalition) Motion To Publish Depositions of Ecology Managers and CR 30(b)(6) Designated Witnesses. The Board admitted specific deposition segments under CR 32(a)(2) and CR 30(b)(6) for deponents Tom Fitzsimmons, Gordon White, Ray Hellwig, Ann Kenny, Erik Stockdale, John Drabek, Kevin Fitzpatrick, and

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) case 01-160 order dated March 19, 2002, denying Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) Motion In Limine to Exclude Late-Produced Plans and Reports. Presided by Kaleen Cottingham; parties represented by Kevin Stock and Michael Witek (ACC), Rick Poulin (CASE), Gillis Reavis (Port Of Seattle), and Jeff Kray (Ecology). Board ruled that the

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) case 01-160 order dated March 19, 2002, granting Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) motion to publish depositions of Washington State Department of Ecology managers and CR 30(b)(6) designated witnesses. Presiding officer Kaleen Cottingham ruled depositions of Tom Fitzsimmons, Gordon White, and Ray Hellwig conditionally admitted under Rule 32(a)(2); depositions of Ann

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Order in case PCHB 01-160, granting Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) motion to publish depositions of Ecology managers and CR 30(b)(6) designated witnesses. Depositions under Rule 32(a)(2) conditionally granted for Tom Fitzsimmons, Gordon White, and Ray Hellwig; depositions under Rule 30(b)(6) conditionally granted for Ann Kenny, Erik Stockdale, John Drabek, Kevin

Pre-filed testimony of W. A. Rozeboom, M.B.A., P.E. submitted to the Environmental Hearings Office (PCHB), received March 18, 2002, consisting of an index to exhibits A through P. Exhibits include Northwest Hydraulic Consultants letters to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (November 1999, February 2001, June 2001, December 2001) commenting on stormwater, hydrology, and hydraulics of

This document is a transcript of legal proceedings held March 18, 2002, before the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board, in a case where the Airport Communities Coalition and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion challenged the State Department of Ecology and the Port of Seattle over environmental concerns related to Sea-Tac Airport expansion. The hearing, which ran for ten days through March 29, 2002, was conducted at the Environmental Hearings Office in Lacey, Washington. Attorneys representing community groups, the state attorney general's office, and the Port of Seattle all appeared before a three-member board panel.

ACC’s reply brief in PCHB No. 01-160 supporting motion in limine to exclude plans and reports produced after February 1, 2002, cutoff date set in the October 30, 2001 Pre-Hearing Order. Arguments center on the plain language of the Pre-Hearing Order prohibiting Ecology and Port Of Seattle from relying on any plan or report prepared