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Declaration by attorney Michael P. Witek of Helsell Fetterman LLP, filed January 4, 2002, before the Washington Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB Case No. 01-160) in support of ACC’s Motion for Summary Judgment. Concerns Section 401 Certification No. 1996-4-02325 and CZMA concurrency statement issued August 10, 2001, related to construction of a Third Runway and

Proposed order from the Washington Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB No. 01-160) granting Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) motion for summary judgment on Issue No. 9(a) — whether a water right is required for implementation of the Port of Seattle’s low flow mitigation plan for the Third Runway Project. The Board found no reasonable assurance of

The Port of Seattle submitted formal objections and responses to interrogatories filed by the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) before Washington State's Pollution Control Hearings Board, related to a legal dispute over the Port's Third Runway Project. The case centered on the Department of Ecology's water quality certification issued under federal Clean Water Act Section 401. The document outlines the legal procedures governing the exchange of information between the parties during the hearing process.

This document is a deposition of Edward O'Brien, taken on December 21, 2001, as part of a Pollution Control Hearings Board case in Washington State involving the Airport Communities Coalition challenging the Department of Ecology and the Port of Seattle. O'Brien discusses stormwater management techniques, including infiltration facilities, which can be used to treat stormwater quality and mitigate low-flow impacts on surface water systems connected to groundwater. He explains that while infiltration can delay and filter stormwater flows through soil profiles, precise control over timing and flow rates is limited and depends on site-specific soil and hydrological conditions.

Declaration of Kelly Whiting, Senior Engineer at King County Department of Natural Resources, filed before the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB No. 01-133) in Airport Communities Coalition v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Whiting reviewed the Port Of Seattle’s Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan (SMP) for Master Plan Update Improvements at

A December 2001 technical letter from Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, written on behalf of the Airport Communities Coalition, identifies inconsistencies in the Port of Seattle's stormwater management plans for Sea-Tac Airport expansion. The letter argues that the Port's hydrologic modeling failed to account for the planned commercial redevelopment of borrow pit areas by 2006, and that the Natural Resource Mitigation Plan reverted to an outdated stormwater approach relying on regional detention facilities to be built by others. These gaps, the consultants contend, prevent a full assessment of the airport Master Plan Update's environmental impacts.

Northwest Hydraulic Consultants (NHC), retained by ACC (Airport Communities Coalition), wrote to Colonel Ralph H. Graves, Ms. Muffy Walker, and Ms. Gail Terzi of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District (Corps Ref. No. 1996-4-02325) identifying inconsistencies in Port Of Seattle proposals for site development and stormwater management at Sea-Tac Airport Master Plan Update

Reply brief filed December 17, 2001 by Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE), represented by Richard A. Poulin of Smith & Lowney P.L.L.C., supporting CASE’s motion to intervene in PCHB No. 01-160 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington. Case is Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) v. Washington State Department of Ecology and

Notice of Association of Counsel filed December 14, 2001 in PCHB No. 01-160 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington. Richard A. Poulin of Smith & Lowney, 2317 E. John Street, Seattle, WA 98112, associates with Helsell Fetterman LLP and Rachael Paschal Osborn to represent Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) against respondents

In December 2001, Washington State Department of Ecology drafted a justification to amend its contract with engineering firm Shannon and Wilson, Inc., adding $57,412 to support ongoing review of the Port of Seattle's Natural Resource Mitigation Plan related to the proposed Third Runway project at Sea-Tac Airport. The amendment was needed to cover expert witness testimony before the Pollution Control Hearings Board following an appeal of Ecology's 401 Water Quality Certification, as well as field monitoring of wetland construction and review of revised mitigation documents. Funding for the contract was provided through an interagency agreement with the Port of Seattle and was not approved by the Port Commission until December 11, 2001.