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Filed September 12, 2002 in Superior Court of Washington for Thurston County, this is ACC (Airport Communities Coalition) and CASE (Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion) application for direct review by Washington Court of Appeals Division II of the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Final Order (PCHB No. 01-160) issued August 12, 2002, in Airport Communities Coalition

Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) Notice of Appearance filed September 10, 2002 in King County Superior Court, case No. 02-2-25658-9 SEA. ACC, represented by Peter J. Eglick, Kevin L. Stock, and Michael P. Witek of Helsell Fetterman LLP, and Rachael Paschal Osborn (WSBA #21618), enters appearance as Respondent in Port Of Seattle’s appeal of Pollution Control

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) order in PCHB No. 01-160 disposing of Port Of Seattle’s Petition for Reconsideration Regarding Condition 8, filed August 22, 2002. Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) both opposed the petition. Port Of Seattle withdrew the petition on September 3, 2002 prior to a scheduled conference call.

Port Of Seattle petition for judicial review filed in King County Superior Court (case no. 02-2-25658-9SEA) under RCW 34.05 (Administrative Procedure Act), challenging the August 12, 2002 final order of the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB Case No. 01-160) regarding the 401 Certification issued by Washington Department of Ecology on September 21, 2001 for the

In September 2002, the Port of Seattle filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court challenging eight of sixteen environmental protections imposed on its Third Runway project by the State Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB). The Airport Communities Coalition, which opposed the runway expansion, argued that this legal action proved the Port could not build the Third Runway while complying with environmental and water-quality laws. This appeal marked the third time the Port had used the courts to attempt to weaken environmental safeguards tied to the project.

Proposed order submitted to the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) for Washington State in PCHB No. 01-160, disposing of Port Of Seattle’s Petition for Reconsideration Regarding Condition 8 of the Final Order. Filed by Brown Reavis & Manning PLLC on September 5, 2002. Port Of Seattle filed the petition on August 22, 2002; ACC (Airport

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Order Granting Certificate of Appealability in PCHB 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Board members Kaleen Cottingham, Robert V. Jensen, and William H. Lynch granted direct appellate review requests filed by both ACC/CASE (Thurston

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Order Granting Certificate of Appealability in PCHB 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) v. Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Board members Kaleen Cottingham, Robert V. Jensen, and William H. Lynch granted direct review requests by both ACC/CASE and Port Of Seattle to the Court of

The Port of Seattle filed a petition in August 2002 asking the Pollution Control Hearings Board to reconsider Condition 8 of its Final Order, which prohibited the use of a soil-testing method called SPLP (Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure) to approve fill material for the Third Runway expansion project at Sea-Tac Airport. The Port argued that banning SPLP made it nearly impossible to find acceptable fill soil, since up to 78% of naturally occurring, uncontaminated soils would fail the Board's strict numeric criteria when tested across multiple constituents. The Port maintained that proper use of SPLP poses no environmental threat to water quality and requested the Board allow its use under specific conditions so the runway project could proceed.

Port Of Seattle petition filed August 22, 2002 with the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB No. 01-160) requesting reconsideration of Condition 8 of the Final Order dated August 12, 2002, which prohibited use of the Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure (SPLP) to authorize importation of fill exceeding modified fill criteria. Appellants are Airport Communities Coalition (ACC)