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Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) order in PCHB No. 01-160 disposing of Port Of Seattle’s Petition for Reconsideration Regarding Condition 8, filed August 22, 2002. Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) both opposed the petition. Port Of Seattle withdrew the petition on September 3, 2002 prior to a scheduled conference call.

In September 2002, the Port of Seattle filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court challenging eight of sixteen environmental protections imposed on its Third Runway project by the State Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB). The Airport Communities Coalition, which opposed the runway expansion, argued that this legal action proved the Port could not build the Third Runway while complying with environmental and water-quality laws. This appeal marked the third time the Port had used the courts to attempt to weaken environmental safeguards tied to the project.

Proposed order submitted to the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) for Washington State in PCHB No. 01-160, disposing of Port Of Seattle’s Petition for Reconsideration Regarding Condition 8 of the Final Order. Filed by Brown Reavis & Manning PLLC on September 5, 2002. Port Of Seattle filed the petition on August 22, 2002; ACC (Airport

In September 2002, the Pollution Control Hearings Board clerk notified all legal parties that Respondents (Washington State Department of Ecology and the Port of Seattle) filed a Petition for Review in King County Superior Court in the case Airport Communities Coalition v. Ecology & Port of Seattle. The clerk also transmitted the entire PCHB case file to the King County Superior Court as part of the transfer of proceedings. This case, bearing PCHB docket number 01-160, relates to environmental and land-use disputes surrounding Sea-Tac Airport expansion.

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Order Granting Certificate of Appealability in PCHB 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Board members Kaleen Cottingham, Robert V. Jensen, and William H. Lynch granted direct appellate review requests filed by both ACC/CASE (Thurston

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) case 01-160 order dated June 11, 2002, correcting the April 22, 2002 order publishing deposition excerpts. Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) appellant, Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) intervenor, versus Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle respondents. Board presided by Kaleen Cottingham denied reconsideration of deposition portions excluded on relevancy

Notice of Change of Address filed June 10, 2002 by Brown Reavis & Manning PLLC, attorneys for Respondent Port Of Seattle, in PCHB No. 01-160 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington. New Seattle office address: 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 320, Seattle, Washington 98101; Olympia office remains at 421 South Capitol

PCHB No. 01-160. Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE), represented by Richard A. Poulin of Smith & Lowney P.L.L.C. (WSBA #27782), concurs with and joins Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) Motion for Correction, Clarification, and Reconsideration of the Order Publishing Depositions, filed May 31, 2002, received by Environmental Hearings Office June 4, 2002. Respondents are Washington State

Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order proposed by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) filed with the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB), PCHB No. 01-160, against State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Document received May 30, 2002 by the Environmental Hearings Office. Submitted by Helsell

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) case No. 01-160, proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order submitted by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Airport Expansion (CASE) against State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Document addresses Section 401 water quality certification for Sea-Tac Airport third runway project, covering stormwater,