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Evidentiary Order from the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB), case no. 01-160, filed March 12, 2002, in Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Order addresses admissibility of exhibits, witness order, exchange of exhibits, motions in limine (including one for David

Pre-hearing brief filed by Port Of Seattle before the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB No. 01-160) in Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Argues that Ecology’s 401 water quality certification for the STIA third runway and Master Plan Update (MPU)

Respondent Department of Ecology’s Pre-Hearing Brief filed with the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB No. 01-160) on March 12, 2002, 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. Ecology defends its Order No. 1996-4-02325 (Amended-1), the 401 Certification

Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) motion in limine filed with the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB No. 01-160) against State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle, seeking exclusion of plans and reports produced after the February 1, 2002 deadline set in the October 30, 2001 Prehearing Order. Motion specifically targets Ecology Exhibit 13203

In March 2002, the Port of Seattle filed a motion asking the Pollution Control Hearings Board to quash a subpoena issued by the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) seeking testimony from Dr. Linda Logan, an employee of consulting firm Parametrix. The Port argued two reasons for quashing: Dr. Logan did not appear on any party's final witness list as required by the Board's pre-hearing order, and the accompanying notice under Civil Rule 43(f) was improper because Dr. Logan was neither a party nor a managing agent of the Port of Seattle.

Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) exhibit list filed in Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) proceedings (AR002782–AR002784) concerning Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway, WAC 173-201A water quality standards, NPDES Permit WA-002465-1, 401 Water Quality Certification, and STIA construction stormwater monitoring. Exhibits include depositions of Drabek and Yee, emails among Kevin Fitzpatrick, Chung Yee, Peter Kmet, Craig Thompson, and

Ecology’s reply brief supporting its Motion in Limine to preclude Thomas F. Luster from testifying as an expert witness for Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) in PCHB No. 01-160. Filed March 11, 2002 with the Pollution Control Hearings Board, State of Washington. Argues that Luster, a former Ecology Senior Expert on water quality certifications and lead

Declaration of Joan M. Marchioro, attorney for Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology), filed March 11, 2002 in PCHB No. 01-160 (Airport Communities Coalition and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion v. Ecology and Port Of Seattle). Marchioro states she has no recollection of receiving communication from Tom Luster regarding his intent to submit sworn testimony to

Declaration of Thomas J. Young, attorney for Washington State Department of Ecology, filed March 11, 2002 in Pollution Control Hearings Board case PCHB No. 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Attaches seven exhibits including deposition excerpts of Thomas Luster,

Table of contents for the prehearing briefs filed by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) before the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB), received March 9, 2002. Document challenges Ecology’s issuance of a Section 401 Clean Water Act certification and CZMA certification for the Port Of Seattle’s Third Runway project, raising issues