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The Port of Seattle requests the Pollution Control Hearings Board shorten the time to consider its Motion to Strike Overlength Brief filed by Airport Communities Coalition. The motion is needed because ACC filed an overlength response memorandum in violation of prior orders and the parties’ agreement, and the hearing on the motion for stay is

The Washington Department of Ecology submits a sur-reply brief responding to new issues raised by the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) in their motion for a stay of the Amended 401 Certification for the Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway project. Ecology argues that the ACC misrepresents the record regarding Condition E’s fill material criteria and the Synthetic

A proposed order from the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington granting the Port of Seattle’s Motion to Shorten Time in case No. 01-160. The order allows expedited consideration of the Port of Seattle’s Motion to Strike Overlength Brief filed by appellant Airport Communities Coalition. The document was received by the Environmental

Erik Stockdale, responding on behalf of the Washington Department of Ecology, addresses claims made by the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) in a Pollution Control Hearings Board proceeding. He disputes the ACC’s assertion that hydrologic monitoring has not commenced downgradient of the embankment, citing data collected by Hart Crowser at wetlands 18 and 38 across seven

The Port of Seattle filed a motion requesting the Pollution Control Hearings Board to strike pages exceeding the 30-page limit in the Airport Communities Coalition’s reply brief. The ACC filed a 46-page reply memorandum despite board orders limiting each brief to 30 pages, which all parties had agreed to. The Port argues the ACC failed

Ray Hellwig, Regional Director at the Department of Ecology Northwest Regional Office, declares that he inadvertently disclosed an attorney-client privileged briefing paper to the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) in response to a public disclosure request. The document, a briefing paper prepared for a senior management team meeting in April 2001, was logged as withheld from

James C. Kelley, Ph.D., a professional ecologist with Parametrix, Inc., provides a declaration in the Pollution Control Hearings Board case regarding the Third Runway project at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The declaration addresses Ecology’s revised §401 Certification, specifically the deletion of the pre-construction requirement for bi-monthly wetland monitoring downslope of the embankment fill. Kelley argues that

A proposed order from the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington granting the Airport Communities Coalition’s motion to file an overlength reply brief in cases No. 01-133 and No. 01-160. The cases concern a Section 401 Certification and CZMA concurrency statement issued by the Washington Department of Ecology related to Sea-Tac Airport.

Declaration by environmental scientist Dyanne Sheldon submitted in support of the Airport Communities Coalition’s motion for a stay regarding a Section 401 Certification and CZMA concurrency statement issued by the Washington State Department of Ecology. Sheldon details her extensive background in wetland ecology and management, including her role as the first local wetland planner in

Amanda Azous submits a declaration supporting the Airport Communities Coalition’s motion for a stay of the Washington Department of Ecology’s Section 401 Certification issued to the Port of Seattle. The declaration argues that the Port’s proposal to fill approximately 2.8 acres of wetlands in the near term, and permanently impact 20.42 acres total, will cause