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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Waste Discharge Permit No. WA0037953 issued by Washington State Department of Ecology to Cascade Pole and Lumber Company, 1640 Marc Street, Tacoma, Washington 98421. Permit covers wood preserving facility discharging to Blair Waterway via Lincoln Avenue Ditch (Outfall 001, WA-10-0020) and Puyallup River (Outfall 002, WA-05-1003). Issued February 7,

GeoSyntec Consultants, retained by the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC), provides a technical review of the Port of Seattle’s Low Flow Analysis for the Third Runway Expansion Project at Sea-Tac Airport. The letter identifies critical deficiencies in the Port’s analysis, including failure to account for initial years of operation water requirements, unreliable long-term flow predictions, and

GeoSyntec Consultants, retained by the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC), submitted technical comments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding the Port of Seattle’s Low Flow Analysis for the Third Runway Expansion Project at Sea-Tac Airport. The letter critiques the Pacific Groundwater Group’s November 2001 embankment fill modeling report, identifying key deficiencies including failure to

GeoSyntec Consultants, on behalf of the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC), submitted technical comments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding the Port of Seattle’s Low Flow Analysis for the Third Runway Expansion Project at Sea-Tac Airport. The letter critiques the Pacific Groundwater Group’s November 2001 embankment fill modeling report, identifying failures to account for

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) case 01-160 denial of summary judgment filed by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) against Washington State Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. ACC sought a ruling that Ecology’s §401 certification lacked reasonable assurance that Port Of Seattle had legal means to permanently mitigate low stream flow impacts of the Third

A cover letter from Helsell Fetterman LLP attorney Peter J. Eglick to Roger A. Pearce of Foster Pepper & Shefelman, transmitting field notes from a January 28, 2002 site visit by Peter Willing and Bill Rozeboom. The letter relates to the case Airport Communities Coalition v. Ecology and Port of Seattle, PCHB No. 01-160. Attached

Declaration by environmental scientist Dyanne Sheldon submitted in support of Airport Communities Coalition’s motion for stay before the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington. Sheldon details her extensive background in wetland ecology and management, including her role as the first local wetland planner in King County and her contributions to pioneering wetland

Declaration by Dyanne Sheldon submitted to the Pollution Control Hearings Board for Washington State in support of the Airport Communities Coalition’s sur-reply on a motion for stay regarding Section 401 Certification and CZMA concurrency statement issued to the Port of Seattle. Sheldon critiques the Performance Standards in the NRMP as lacking quantifiable standards for groundwater

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,

A transmittal letter from Stephen J. Tan of Marten Brown to Andrea Grad of Helsell Fetterman, LLP enclosing a CD-Rom containing data files from Pacific Groundwater Group and copies of e-mails relied upon by Charles Ellingson and PGG in formulating their opinions and conclusions. Accompanying e-mails from Joe Brascher to Pony at PGWG discuss impervious