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Prefiled testimony of Charles Ellingson submitted to the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington in PCHB No. 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Testimony covers embankment modeling methodology using an integrated model approach combining Hydrus models

Prefiled direct testimony of Jan L. Cassin, Ph.D., submitted in Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) case No. 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) v. Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Testimony addresses wetlands identification on the Vacca Farm site, mitigation plan adequacy, restoration and enhancement credit ratios, Miller Creek

Direct testimony of Gordon White, Program Manager for the Shorelands and Environmental Assistance (SEA) program at the Washington State Department of Ecology, submitted in PCHB No. 01-160 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board, State of Washington. Appellants are Airport Communities Coalition and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) versus respondents State of Washington Department of Ecology

Declaration of Gina Marie Lindsey, Director of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA) since September 1993, submitted in Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Case No. 01-0133, Airport Communities Coalition v. Department of Ecology and Port of Seattle. Lindsey describes STIA deficiencies including airside delays during poor weather, inadequate parking, inadequate road access for south airport traffic, and

Declaration of Joseph Brascher of Aqua Terra Consultants in PCHB case 01-133, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) v. Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Brascher describes his expertise in surface and groundwater modeling using HSPF, SWMM, MODFLOW, and other hydrologic software packages. Aqua Terra acted as subconsultant to Parametrix, Inc. for the Low Flow Analysis

Notice of Appearance filed by attorney John E. Woodring (WSBA# 6781) on behalf of petitioner Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) in Thurston County Superior Court case No. 02-2-01595-3, State of Washington Department of Ecology v. Pollution Control Hearings Board, Airport Communities Coalition, Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE), and Port Of Seattle. Served on multiple parties including

Port Of Seattle Notice of Appearance filed September 19, 2002 in Thurston County Superior Court, Case No. 02-2-01549-0, entering appearance through General Counsel Linda J. Strout (WSBA #9422) and Senior Port Counsel Traci M. Goodwin (WSBA #14974). Petitioners are Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE); respondents include the Pollution Control Hearings

Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) Notice of Appearance filed September 10, 2002 in King County Superior Court, case No. 02-2-25658-9 SEA. ACC, represented by Peter J. Eglick, Kevin L. Stock, and Michael P. Witek of Helsell Fetterman LLP, and Rachael Paschal Osborn (WSBA #21618), enters appearance as Respondent in Port Of Seattle’s appeal of Pollution Control

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.