TagGary Locke(5)
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2022-09-12Locke’s legacy: Water crisis
A Sierra Club special report critiques Washington Governor Gary Locke's environmental record, with particular focus on the SeaTac Third Runway project, where Ecology Director Tom Fitzsimmons allegedly removed staff who sought to enforce environmental laws and signed the 'Toxic Fill Bill' allowing contaminated materials to be used in runway construction. The report details how the Port of Seattle's $1 billion-plus runway expansion required building one of the world's largest retaining walls over fish-bearing streams and wetlands in an earthquake-prone area. The Pollution Control Hearings Board ultimately found state permits insufficient and imposed 16 additional environmental conditions on the project. -
By Andrew McIntosh – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Nov 27, 2019 Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke, who led a task force on Seattle-Tacoma International Airport expansion, says a proposal to build a $2.3 billion standalone terminal fails to address concerns raised by his group. In a letter to the five-member Port of Seattle Commission
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1997-06-30Exhibit 2091: Governor Gary Locke Letter to Secretary Rodney Slater Re: Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway Air and Water Quality Assurance
June 30, 1997 letter from Washington Governor Gary Locke to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater reaffirming state certification under 49 U.S.C. 47101 for the Sea-Tac Airport third runway development project. Supersedes December 20, 1996 letter from Ecology Director Mary Riveland to Dennis Ossenkop. Port of Seattle required to: obtain air and water quality -
1997-06-30EXH AR041143: Letter from Governor Gary Locke to Secretary Rodney Slater Re: State Certification for Sea-Tac Third Runway Air and Water Quality Compliance
June 30, 1997 letter from Washington Governor Gary Locke to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater, reaffirming and superseding the December 20, 1996 letter from Ecology Director Mary Riveland to Dennis Ossenkop. Constitutes state certification required under 49 U.S.C. 47101 et seq. that the Sea-Tac Airport third runway development project will comply with applicable -
1990-01-22
Planned Flight Paths Spur Arguments
Planned Flight Paths Spur Arguments Jan 22, 1990 Linda W.Y. Parrish Hearing set– The Federal Aviation Administration has set an environmental assessment hearing on its proposed changes in Sea-Tac Airport flight patterns for 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday at Cleveland High School, 5511 15th Ave. S. FEDERAL WAY When the wind blows from the north,