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Letter dated February 5, 2002 from Hamid ‘Ed’ Abbasi, Environmental Engineer, Washington State Department of Ecology (NWRO) to Michael Feldman, Director of Aviation Facilities & Environmental Programs, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Ecology denies the Port Of Seattle’s request for an Administrative Order to bypass the industrial waste treatment system at Lagoon #3 under NPDES Permit WA-002465-1,

PCHB No. 01-160. Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE), represented by Smith & Lowney P.L.L.C. (Richard A. Poulin, WSBA #27782), submits its preliminary witness and exhibit list as required by the Board’s Order Granting Intervention dated December 21, 2001. Witnesses listed: Kate Rhoads and Bob Furstenberg (King County DNR). Exhibits listed: (1) construction stormwater monitoring documents

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

Letter dated December 27, 2001 from Keith R. Smith, Water Resources Manager at Port Of Seattle Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, to Ms. Ann Kenny at Washington State Department of Ecology (Bellevue, WA 98088-5452), transmitting construction stormwater monitoring reports for September, October, and November 2001 under Section K.6 of Water Quality Certification No. 1996-4-02325 (Amended-1) and NPDES

Declaration by Brett Fish, President of Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE), filed in PCHB No. 01-160 (Airport Communities Coalition v. Washington State Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle). Fish declares CASE’s interest in intervening in the ACC’s appeal of Ecology’s 401 Certification for the proposed third runway and master plan update at Sea-Tac Airport.

Memorandum filed by Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) supporting its motion to intervene in PCHB No. 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition v. Washington State Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. CASE seeks intervenor status under Civil Rule 24 and WAC 371-08-420(1) in the appeal of Amended Clean Water Act 401 Certification No. 1996-4-02325 (Amended-1) issued

A study at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport found that galvanized metal roofing on cargo buildings was the primary source of elevated zinc levels in the airport's stormwater runoff, which drains into salmon-bearing streams including Miller Creek and Des Moines Creek. Researchers used whole effluent toxicity (WET) testing and source-tracing methods to identify the problem, focusing on one outfall (SDN1) that consistently showed higher zinc concentrations and toxic effects on aquatic organisms. The findings prompted the Port of Seattle to investigate remediation options as part of its stormwater pollution prevention program under its NPDES permit.

Declaration of Greg Wingard (Executive Director, Waste Action Project) filed October 8, 2001, in Environmental Pollution Control Hearings Board cases No. 01-133 and No. 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Supports ACC’s motion for stay of Section 401 Certification No. 1996-4-02325 (Amended-1) and CZMA concurrency statement

Declaration of Kevin Fitzpatrick, Section Manager at Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) Northwest Regional Office Water Quality Program, filed in PCHB No. 01-133, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Fitzpatrick addresses ACC’s contentions that Port Of Seattle stormwater discharges from SeaTac International Airport (STIA) violate state

Conference paper submitted September 21, 2001 to Water Environment Federation for Watershed 2002 conference, authored on behalf of the Port Of Seattle regarding Sea-Tac Airport stormwater best management practice (BMP) screening. Tests filtration media — deciduous leaf compost (CSF®), soybean hulls (SBH), extra fine deciduous leaf compost (XFCSF), commercial inorganic polyamine sponge, and zeolite/perlite (ZP)