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Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) case 01-160 order dated March 19, 2002, granting Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) motion to publish depositions of Washington State Department of Ecology managers and CR 30(b)(6) designated witnesses. Presiding officer Kaleen Cottingham ruled depositions of Tom Fitzsimmons, Gordon White, and Ray Hellwig conditionally admitted under Rule 32(a)(2); depositions of Ann

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Order in case PCHB 01-160, granting Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) motion to publish depositions of Ecology managers and CR 30(b)(6) designated witnesses. Depositions under Rule 32(a)(2) conditionally granted for Tom Fitzsimmons, Gordon White, and Ray Hellwig; depositions under Rule 30(b)(6) conditionally granted for Ann Kenny, Erik Stockdale, John Drabek, Kevin

This document records a 2002 Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board case in which community groups challenged the water quality certification issued for the construction of a third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The Airport Communities Coalition and Citizens Against Airport Expansion argued that the Department of Ecology's approval did not provide adequate assurance that the project would comply with Clean Water Act Section 401 and state water quality laws, particularly regarding stormwater management. The Board examined 20 disputed issues covering topics such as stormwater impacts, detention system safety, and the scope of the certification.

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) case 01-160, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order. Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Airport Expansion (CASE) challenge the Port Of Seattle’s Section 401 Water Quality Certification issued September 21, 2001, by Washington State Department of Ecology for construction of the Third Runway and related projects at

Appellants’ reply brief filed March 17, 2002 in PCHB No. 01-160 by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) via Helsell Fetterman LLP and Smith & Lowney PLLC, supporting their motion to strike the Port of Seattle’s pre-hearing brief. ACC argues the Port manipulated double-spacing in Microsoft Word to stuff additional lines

Port Of Seattle’s response filed March 15, 2002 to Appellants’ motion to strike the Port’s pre-hearing brief in PCHB No. 01-160. Port argues the Board should deny the motion, noting that ACC and CASE jointly filed a 60-page brief by combining their page allowances and used 117 single-spaced 10-point footnotes containing substantive argument to circumvent

Motion filed by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) in PCHB No. 01-160 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board, seeking leave to publish depositions of Ecology director Tom Fitzsimmons, Gordon White (Director of Shorelands and Environmental Assistance), and Northwest Region Director Ray Hellwig under CR 32(a)(2), plus CR 30(b)(6) designated witnesses

Proposed order in PCHB No. 01-160 granting Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) motion to publish depositions of Ecology managers and CR 36(b)(6) designated witnesses. Depositions of Ann Kenny, Erik Stockdale, Gordon White, John Drabek, Ray Hellwig, Tom Fitzsimmons, Kevin Fitzpatrick, and Peter Kmet admitted into the record for any purpose.

Prefiled direct testimony of James C. Kelley, Ph.D. (Parametrix, Inc.) submitted to the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) for the State of Washington, Case No. PCHB 01-160, on behalf of respondents Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle, against appellants Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE). Kelley testifies as principal consulting

Prefiled testimony (with errata corrections) of Joseph Brascher of AQUA TERRA Consultants submitted to the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB No. 01-160) in the matter of Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Brascher testifies regarding low streamflow hydrologic modeling at