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Third Declaration of Steven G. Jones, attorney for Respondent Port Of Seattle, filed January 10, 2002 in PCHB No. 01-160 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington. Declaration concerns discovery dispute between Port Of Seattle and Airport Communities Coalition (ACC): Port’s first set of Interrogatories and Requests for Production served November

A January 2002 internal email from Washington State Department of Ecology staff raises concerns about elevated levels of metals, particularly lead and arsenic, in fill material being used for the 3rd Runway construction at Sea-Tac Airport. The issue was flagged by the City of Burien as a community sensitivity, with worries that it could become a broader concern for neighboring communities including SeaTac, Normandy Park, and Tukwila. The email seeks clarification on the rationale behind allowable arsenic and lead levels in the runway fill, drawing a comparison to stricter restrictions previously placed on arsenic exports from the Maury Island gravel pit.

Declaration by Jeanne Moeller, Des Moines resident, filed January 10, 2002, in support of Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) Motion to Compel Inspection of Port Of Seattle property, PCHB Case No. 01-160. Moeller states she participated in a Des Moines Chamber of Commerce tour of the proposed Third Runway construction area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport approximately

Second Declaration of Steven G. Jones, attorney for Respondent Port Of Seattle, filed in PCHB No. 01-160 (Airport Communities Coalition v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle). Jones details ACC’s November 26, 2001 CR 34(a)(2) site visit request, the Port’s December 24, 2001 objections, negotiations with ACC counsel Michael Witek and

Memorandum dated January 9, 2002, from Barry S. Chen, P.E., and Michael Bailey, P.E., Hart Crowser, Inc., to Jim Thomson, P.E., HNTB (project 4978-30), reviewing RECo 30% design for NSA, West, and South/MSE walls of the Sea-Tac Third Runway Embankment Project. Hart Crowser performed independent limit equilibrium analyses (SLOPE/W) and FLAC finite difference modeling to

This January 2002 transmittal from Parametrix, Inc. to the Washington State Department of Ecology submits corrections to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Master Plan Update Natural Resources Mitigation Plan (NRMP, November 2001). The corrections include a revised reference list, an errata sheet fixing citation errors throughout the report, and an updated Table 3.1-4 that adjusts the total acreage of wetlands affected by mitigation activities from 43.34 to 44.36 acres. Additional text corrections clarify wetland category designations and update various reference callouts across multiple sections of the report.

Transmittal form dated January 9, 2002, from Jim Kelley of Parametrix, Inc. to Ann Kenny at the Washington Department of Ecology NWRO (Northwest Regional Office), Project Number 556-2912-001-01-03, Project Name STIA MPU Permitting. Transmits: (1) Revised Section 8 References for the Natural Resource Mitigation Plan (NRMP, November 2001), correcting omitted citations; (2) Errata Sheet correcting

Summary statement for deposition publication filed by ACC and CASE in PCHB No. 01-160 (ACC & CASE v. Dept. of Ecology & Port of Seattle), pursuant to Board Order of March 19, 2002. Deponent Ray Hellwig, Director of Ecology Northwest Regional Office, deposed January 8, 2002 regarding procedure and basis for issuance of Sea-Tac 401

Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) interrogatories nos. 1-18 and requests for production nos. 1-6 directed to the Washington State Department of Ecology, filed in PCHB No. 01-160 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington. Pursuant to PCHB October 30, 2001 Prehearing Order and Civil Rules 26, 33, and 34, ACC through counsel

Petition for Review of Agency Action filed January 8, 2002 in Superior Court of Washington, Thurston County by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) against State of Washington Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB), Department of Ecology, and Port of Seattle. Challenges three PCHB orders in ACC v. Dept. of Ecology and