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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

The Port of Seattle submits objections and responses to interrogatories and requests for production filed by the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) before the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington. The document relates to PCHB Case No. 01-160, concerning the Department of Ecology’s 401 Certification of the Port of Seattle’s Third Runway Project.

The Port of Seattle submits its objections and responses to the Airport Communities Coalition’s interrogatories and requests for production in PCHB No. 01-160 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board. The document identifies expert witnesses the Port intends to use, including engineers, scientists, and consultants from firms such as Parametrix, Inc., Hart Crowser, and ENSR Toxicology.

The Port of Seattle submits objections and responses to interrogatories and requests for production from the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) before the Pollution Control Hearings Board. The document includes identification of expert witnesses and summaries of their expected testimony on topics including contaminated site cleanup, hydrological modeling, wetland ecology, water quality, and airport operations. The

ACC (Airport Communities Coalition) motion for partial summary judgment filed in PCHB No. 01-160 against State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port of Seattle, arguing the Section 401 Certification should be invalidated because the Port lacks a water right to permanently mitigate low-flow impacts of the Sea-Tac Airport third runway project. Cites PCHB December

Deposition transcript of Edward O’Brien taken on December 21, 2001, before the Pollution Control Hearings Board in the case of Airport Communities Coalition v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port of Seattle. The testimony covers stormwater management topics including infiltration facilities, low flow mitigation, and stormwater quality control. O’Brien discusses how infiltration can

Letter dated December 20, 2001 from Ken S. Berg, Manager, Western Washington Fish and Wildlife Office (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) to James M. Lynch, Stoel Rives LLP, providing 20 numbered comments on the Monitoring Plan for Embankment Fill Seepage submitted August 10, 2001 under Endangered Species Act consultation 1-3-00-F-1420 (Sea-Tac Airport Master Plan Update).

Declaration of Kelly Whiting, Senior Engineer at King County Department of Natural Resources, filed before the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB No. 01-133) in Airport Communities Coalition v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Whiting reviewed the Port Of Seattle’s Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan (SMP) for Master Plan Update Improvements at

Letter dated December 20, 2001 from Ken S. Berg, Manager, Western Washington Fish and Wildlife Service (Lacey, WA), to James M. Lynch, Esq., Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, regarding the Monitoring Plan for Embankment Fill Seepage under the Master Plan Update Endangered Species Act Consultation (1-3-00-F-1420). The letter provides 20 numbered comments on the August 10,

Memorandum dated December 20, 2001 from Michael Bailey, P.E. and Reda A. Mikhail, P.E. of Hart Crowser, Inc. to Jim Thomson, P.E. of HNTB Corporation regarding AR053223, project 4798-40. Analyzes sensitivity of MSE (Mechanically Stabilized Earth) wall design to variations in soil shear modulus under dynamic/seismic loading for the Third Runway Project at Sea-Tac Airport,