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Transmittal form from Parametrix, Inc. (Jim Kelley) to Ann Kenny, Department of Ecology Northwest Regional Office, dated January 3, 2002, transmitting pre-construction hydrologic monitoring data for wetlands near the Third Runway embankment at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Required by conditions D1g, D5, and D6g of Water Quality Certification #1996-4-02325 (Amended-1), September 23, 2001. Project Number 556-2912-01-01-41D,

This circa-2002 community advocacy document from the Regional Commission on Airport Affairs opposes construction of a third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, arguing that the Port of Seattle lacked required environmental permits, had already spent over $300 million, and that the project posed serious risks to local wetlands, fish habitat, and watersheds affecting 150,000 south county residents. The document also highlights a controversial proposal to transport arsenic-laden fill material via a conveyor belt through Des Moines Beach Park and Des Moines Creek to the airport construction site. Residents are urged to contact Port commissioners and local city council members to halt the project.

This document is the professional resume of Thomas R. Luster, an Environmental Scientist with the California Coastal Commission, detailing his career reviewing coastal development projects for compliance with environmental regulations. His background includes senior roles with the Washington State Department of Ecology, where he specialized in Clean Water Act Section 401 water quality certifications and Coastal Zone Management Act consistency determinations. The resume focuses on environmental permitting, water quality, and coastal resource protection, and does not contain content related to Sea-Tac Airport noise policy.

AR027061. Two letters dated December 2001 regarding NPDES Permit WA-002465-1 for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. First: Washington Department of Ecology (Tricia Miller, Permit Coordinator, Northwest Regional Office) acknowledges receipt of a waste discharge permit application from Michael Feldman, Director of Aviation Facilities, Port Of Seattle, received December 21, 2001; contact Ed Abbasi at (425) 649-7227. Second

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.

Email from Jim Kelley (Parametrix, Inc.) to Ann Kenny dated December 19, 2001, transmitting a matrix document summarizing changes made to the Port Of Seattle Natural Resources Mitigation Plan (NRMP) to comply with Water Quality Certification #1996-4-02325 (401 Certification) issued September 21, 2001. The attached matrix details resolutions for required mitigation conditions including: monitoring duration

Ecology guidance document (AR017502, Part II of IV) explaining how to use PQL and MDL tables under the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA). Covers Practical Quantitation Limits (PQLs), Method Detection Limits (MDLs), and comparisons to MTCA Method B cleanup levels for water and soil. Describes analytical methods from US EPA SW-846 (3000, 7000, 8000-8100, 8310,

Summary statement for deposition publication submitted pursuant to Order Granting Appellant’s Motion to Publish Depositions of Ecology Managers and CR 30(b)(6) Designated Witnesses dated March 19, 2002, in ACC & CASE v. Dept. of Ecology & Port of Seattle, PCHB No. 01-160. Deponent Peter Kmet, P.E., Senior Environmental Engineer, Toxics Cleanup Program, DOE Headquarters Policy

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