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Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) case 01-160, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order. Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Airport Expansion (CASE) challenge the Port Of Seattle’s Section 401 Water Quality Certification issued September 21, 2001, by Washington State Department of Ecology for construction of the Third Runway and related projects at

This document records a 2002 Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board case in which community groups challenged the water quality certification issued for the construction of a third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The Airport Communities Coalition and Citizens Against Airport Expansion argued that the Department of Ecology's approval did not provide adequate assurance that the project would comply with Clean Water Act Section 401 and state water quality laws, particularly regarding stormwater management. The Board examined 20 disputed issues covering topics such as stormwater impacts, detention system safety, and the scope of the certification.

Pre-filed testimony of W. A. Rozeboom, M.B.A., P.E. submitted to the Environmental Hearings Office (PCHB), received March 18, 2002, consisting of an index to exhibits A through P. Exhibits include Northwest Hydraulic Consultants letters to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (November 1999, February 2001, June 2001, December 2001) commenting on stormwater, hydrology, and hydraulics of

ACC’s reply brief in PCHB No. 01-160 supporting motion in limine to exclude plans and reports produced after February 1, 2002, cutoff date set in the October 30, 2001 Pre-Hearing Order. Arguments center on the plain language of the Pre-Hearing Order prohibiting Ecology and Port Of Seattle from relying on any plan or report prepared

Appellants’ reply brief filed by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) in PCHB No. 01-160 supporting motion in limine to exclude testimony of Washington State Department of Ecology witness Dave Garland regarding the Port of Seattle’s December 17, 2001 Low Flow Plan. ACC argues Ecology violated CR 26(e)(1)(B) duty to supplement interrogatory responses and the Board’s Pre-Hearing

Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) reply brief in PCHB No. 01-160 supporting motion to publish depositions of Ecology managers and CR 30(b)(6) designated witnesses at hearing. Filed March 18, 2002 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board, State of Washington. Argues CR 32 allows depositions of officers, directors, or managing agents of governmental agencies to be used

This document is a transcript of legal proceedings held March 18, 2002, before the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board, in a case where the Airport Communities Coalition and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion challenged the State Department of Ecology and the Port of Seattle over environmental concerns related to Sea-Tac Airport expansion. The hearing, which ran for ten days through March 29, 2002, was conducted at the Environmental Hearings Office in Lacey, Washington. Attorneys representing community groups, the state attorney general's office, and the Port of Seattle all appeared before a three-member board panel.

Appellants’ reply brief filed March 17, 2002 in PCHB No. 01-160 by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) via Helsell Fetterman LLP and Smith & Lowney PLLC, supporting their motion to strike the Port of Seattle’s pre-hearing brief. ACC argues the Port manipulated double-spacing in Microsoft Word to stuff additional lines

Port Of Seattle’s response brief filed in PCHB case 01-160 opposing ACC and CASE motion in limine to exclude 17 exhibits as ‘late-produced.’ Port argues the Board’s October 30, 2001 prehearing order deadlines (November 15, 2001 identification, February 1, 2002 completion) apply only to plans and reports prepared ‘pursuant to the §401 Certification,’ not all

Prefiled testimony (with errata corrections) of Joseph Brascher of AQUA TERRA Consultants submitted to the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB No. 01-160) in the matter of Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Brascher testifies regarding low streamflow hydrologic modeling at