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Declaration by Pete Kmet, senior environmental engineer in Ecology’s Toxics Cleanup Program, submitted in the matter of Airport Communities Coalition v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port of Seattle (PCHB No. 01-133). Kmet clarifies the scope of his June 27, 2001 response to Kevin Fitzpatrick regarding terrestrial ecological risk language for the Clean

Draft geotechnical engineering report prepared by Hart Crowser, Inc. for HNTB regarding the Third Runway Embankment, Phase 5 at Sea-Tac International Airport, SeaTac, Washington (project no. 4978-28, AR 052045). Authored by Josepha D. Celes (Senior Staff Geotechnical Engineer) and Michael Bailey, P.E. (Project Manager). Covers site preparation, subgrade improvement, embankment fill construction, TESC Pond A,

James L. Morasch, Director of Airports for the Port of Pasco, declares support for the new all-weather third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. He explains that Sea-Tac is the top destination for Tri-Cities Airport passengers, accounting for 47% of annual traffic, and that a third runway would reduce weather-related delays affecting Tri-Cities. He urges the

Declaration by Alan C. Ralston, Director of Northwest State and Local Government Relations for The Boeing Company, submitted to the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington in the case Airport Communities Coalition v. Department of Ecology and The Port of Seattle. Ralston affirms Boeing’s support for expeditious construction of the Third Runway

An internal email from Raymond Hellwig to Thomas Fitzsimmons providing an update on the Sea-Tac Third Runway Water Quality Certification. The email reports that the certification was reissued on September 21, 2001, incorporating language from a settlement agreement between the Washington State Department of Ecology and the Port of Seattle. The modifications clarified environmental mitigation

Greg Wingard, Executive Director of Waste Action Project and environmental consultant, declares his extensive experience with Sea-Tac International Airport’s NPDES permit issues since 1994. He describes Public Disclosure Act records requests submitted to the Washington Department of Ecology seeking construction outfall monitoring data and upstream/downstream monitoring records for construction phases at Sea-Tac, and reports that

Dr. John Strand, a fisheries biologist, submits this declaration to the Pollution Control Hearings Board addressing water quality violations in project streams near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. He disputes claims by the Port of Seattle and Washington Department of Ecology that metals exceedances (copper, lead, zinc) do not occur in Miller and Des Moines Creeks as

Washington State Department of Ecology Water Quality Certification Order #1996-4-02325 (Amended-1), dated September 21, 2001, issued to Port Of Seattle (Attn: Elizabeth Leavitt) for construction of a third runway and related projects at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA). Certifies compliance with Clean Water Act Sections 301, 302, 303, 306, and 307; FWPCA Section 401; RCW 90.48.260;

Paper submitted to Water Environment Federation for Watershed 2002 conference by Port Of Seattle researchers. Describes a best management practice (BMP) screening study testing filtration media — including deciduous leaf compost (CSF®), soybean hulls (SBH), extra fine leaf compost (XFCSF), commercial polyamine sponge, and zeolite/perlite (ZP) — for reducing zinc concentrations and whole effluent toxicity

The Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington issued an agreement and order regarding the rescission of a Section 401 Clean Water Act certification (Ecology Order No. 1996-4-02325) related to construction of a third runway at Sea-Tac Airport. The order addresses appeals filed by the Port of Seattle and the Airport Communities Coalition,