TagEcology(797)

This 2004 legal declaration, filed before the Washington Supreme Court, supports the Airport Communities Coalition's emergency request to halt construction at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport's Third Runway. Attorney Peter J. Eglick argues that the Port of Seattle's approved Work Plan for embankment construction and wetlands filling would cause irreparable environmental harm and violate a Pollution Control Hearings Board order. The filing includes exhibits documenting concerns about contaminated fill materials and requests that the Department of Ecology intervene to stop construction while the case remained under court review.

This King County map document, dated March 15, 2004, identifies and locates various Miller Creek basin improvement projects in the Seattle area, including flow control, habitat, and water quality initiatives. Featured projects include Estuary Improvements, Ambaum Pond, Miller Creek RDF Improvements, Culvert Modifications, Guardrail Painting and Asphalt Removal, and work at the City Light Property and Hermes Depression sites. The map serves as a visual reference for environmental and stormwater management efforts within the Miller Basin boundary.

This 2003 report by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency evaluates air toxic chemicals in the Puget Sound region, assessing potential cancer and non-cancer health risks based on air monitoring data and EPA modeling. It identifies priority chemicals of concern, estimates human exposure levels, and draws conclusions about the health impacts of pollutants such as diesel exhaust and woodsmoke on local residents.

The Washington State Department of Ecology held a public workshop and hearing on March 31, 2003, to discuss the proposed reissuance of a water quality permit for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The permit covers industrial wastewater discharges to Puget Sound and stormwater runoff to nearby creeks from airport activities such as aircraft maintenance, fueling, washing, and deicing. Written public comments were accepted through April 15, 2003.

Exhibit 137 (AR 018038), WAC 173-201A-050, Title 173 Washington Administrative Code, Washington State Department of Ecology ambient water quality criteria footnotes. Covers dissolved metals criteria, weak acid dissociable cyanide method (Standard Methods 4500-CN I), total recoverable effluent limits, conversion factors, water effects ratio approach (USEPA Water Quality Standards Handbook December 1983), site-specific metals adjustment, seasonal

Correction notice for King County Superior Court Cause No. 02-2-25658-9SEA, PCHB 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition v. Ecology & Port Of Seattle. An error was detected in the Administrative Record file TRN0009056600.pdf within BOX24; a portion of the document range was omitted. The corrected complete file is supplied on CD-ROM with instructions to drag-and-drop the replacement

This document is an exhibit list from a legal proceeding involving the Port of Seattle, the Washington State Department of Ecology, and other parties regarding environmental issues related to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac). The exhibits cover topics such as groundwater contamination, stormwater management, fill materials used during Third Runway construction, and water quality monitoring in nearby Miller and Des Moines Creeks. Documents span from the early 1990s through 2001 and include internal memos, consultant reports, regulatory correspondence, and interrogatory responses, with each exhibit assigned an admissibility status such as 'Admitted by Stipulation' or 'Admitted for a Limited Purpose.'

USGS report (Exhibit AR034767) on pesticides detected in urban stream water during rainstorms in King County, Washington, in collaboration with Washington State Department of Ecology and King County. Twenty-three of 98 pesticides sampled were detected across 12 study sites in 10 urban watersheds; concentrations of five insecticides (carbaryl, chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, gamma-HCH/Lindane, Malathion) exceeded NAS/NAE recommended

Draft Declaration of Restrictive Covenants by Port Of Seattle for four mitigation sites associated with Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Master Plan Improvements, including third runway construction. Covers Miller Creek Buffer Areas, Miller Creek/Lora Lake Wetland and Floodplain, Tyee Valley Golf Course Wetland Enhancement, and Auburn Wetland Mitigation Site (approximately 69 acres in City of Auburn). Executed

Prefiled testimony of John J. Strunk submitted in Pollution Control Hearings Board case No. PCHB 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) v. Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Testimony covers analysis of potential migration of STIA contamination, including perched groundwater contamination, Qva aquifer conditions, subsurface utility pathways, and construction