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Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Order Granting Motion to Stay the Effectiveness of Section 401 Certification No. 1996-4-02325 (amended-1), issued by Washington State Department of Ecology to the Port Of Seattle on September 21, 2001, in case PCHB 01-160. Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) filed the motion; Board members Kaleen Cottingham and Robert V. Jensen heard

A December 2001 technical letter from Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, written on behalf of the Airport Communities Coalition, identifies inconsistencies in the Port of Seattle's stormwater management plans for Sea-Tac Airport expansion. The letter argues that the Port's hydrologic modeling failed to account for the planned commercial redevelopment of borrow pit areas by 2006, and that the Natural Resource Mitigation Plan reverted to an outdated stormwater approach relying on regional detention facilities to be built by others. These gaps, the consultants contend, prevent a full assessment of the airport Master Plan Update's environmental impacts.

Northwest Hydraulic Consultants (NHC), retained by ACC (Airport Communities Coalition), wrote to Colonel Ralph H. Graves, Ms. Muffy Walker, and Ms. Gail Terzi of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District (Corps Ref. No. 1996-4-02325) identifying inconsistencies in Port Of Seattle proposals for site development and stormwater management at Sea-Tac Airport Master Plan Update

Reply brief filed December 17, 2001 by Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE), represented by Richard A. Poulin of Smith & Lowney P.L.L.C., supporting CASE’s motion to intervene in PCHB No. 01-160 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington. Case is Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) v. Washington State Department of Ecology and

Notice of Association of Counsel filed December 14, 2001 in PCHB No. 01-160 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington. Richard A. Poulin of Smith & Lowney, 2317 E. John Street, Seattle, WA 98112, associates with Helsell Fetterman LLP and Rachael Paschal Osborn to represent Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) against respondents

Agreement effective December 14, 2001 between Port Of Seattle and City of SeaTac for development of Port-owned properties known as Borrow Area #3 (south of South 200th Street, west of 18th Avenue South) and Borrow Area #4 (north of South 200th Street, west and south of 18th Avenue South and South 196th Street). Resolves outstanding

In December 2001, Washington State Department of Ecology drafted a justification to amend its contract with engineering firm Shannon and Wilson, Inc., adding $57,412 to support ongoing review of the Port of Seattle's Natural Resource Mitigation Plan related to the proposed Third Runway project at Sea-Tac Airport. The amendment was needed to cover expert witness testimony before the Pollution Control Hearings Board following an appeal of Ecology's 401 Water Quality Certification, as well as field monitoring of wetland construction and review of revised mitigation documents. Funding for the contract was provided through an interagency agreement with the Port of Seattle and was not approved by the Port Commission until December 11, 2001.

In December 2001, the Port of Seattle submitted a compliance update to the Washington State Department of Ecology documenting fill material placed at the Sea-Tac Airport third runway embankment during October and November 2001. The report lists all fill sources, quantities, and placement locations and elevations for that period, and corrects a calculation error in a previously submitted October summary table. The documentation was prepared to meet the requirements of Condition E of the 401 Water Quality Certification governing the third runway construction project.

Hart Crowser, Inc. report prepared for Port Of Seattle, December 12, 2001, project number 4978-06. Baseline chemical characterization of the Marine View Pit in Fife, Washington, as an off-site borrow source for the Third Runway Project at Sea-Tac Airport. Report includes total metals analytical results, soil sample descriptions, site plan schematic and sample location map,

Memorandum dated December 12, 2001 from Michael Kenrick and Reese Hastings of Hart Crowser Inc. to Jim Thomson of HNTB, project number 4978-62, analyzing pre-construction and post-construction hydrologic conditions at Borrow Area 1 associated with the Port of Seattle Master Plan Update for Sea-Tac International Airport (STIA). Covers surface water and groundwater impacts, wetland hydrology,