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This December 2001 report, prepared by Hart Crowser, Inc. for the Port of Seattle, presents baseline chemical characterization results for the Black River Quarry in Renton, Washington, which was evaluated as an off-site borrow source of fill material for the Sea-Tac Third Runway Project. The study involved soil sampling, metals analysis, and data quality review to assess the suitability of quarry material for use in runway construction. Tables and figures detail sample locations, soil descriptions, and total metals analytical results from laboratory testing by North Creek Analytical, Inc.

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Order in case PCHB 01-160 denying Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) motion to supplement the record on its motion for stay of § 401 Certification No. 1996-4-02325 (amended-1) issued by the Washington State Department of Ecology. ACC filed the motion on November 16, 2001; Port Of Seattle opposed on November 26,

In December 2001, Hart Crowser, Inc. submitted Washington State Department of Revenue forms to the Department of Ecology certifying an environmental remedial action at a property located at the corner of NE 4th Street and 108th Avenue in Bellevue, King County. The Professional Certification was signed by Matthew F. Schultz, P.E., confirming that the cleanup was conducted independently and in a manner consistent with Washington's Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA). The filing sought a Washington State sales tax exemption and business and occupation tax credit for the environmental remedial action project (J-7600000).

Washington State Department of Ecology’s response to Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) motion to intervene in PCHB No. 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Ecology concurs with Port Of Seattle’s requested limits on intervention and does not oppose CASE’s motion. Filed December 10, 2001; signed

Notice of Association of Counsel filed December 10, 2001 in PCHB No. 01-160, before the Pollution Control Hearings Board, State of Washington. Jeff B. Kray, Assistant Attorney General, Ecology Division, associates with Joan M. Marchioro and Thomas J. Young to represent the Washington State Department of Ecology. Appellant is Airport Communities Coalition; respondents are State

In December 2001, Ann Kenny of the Washington Department of Ecology's Northwest Regional Office drafted a memo requesting that hydrogeologist Ching-Pi Wang review a groundwater and seepage monitoring plan submitted by the Port of Seattle for the proposed third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The plan, titled 'Third Runway Embankment Seepage and Groundwater Monitoring Plan,' was submitted on November 16, 2001, and required expert review before Ecology could approve it. Wang was asked to provide written comments on the plan's adequacy and any recommended changes by January 18, 2002.

Port Of Seattle response filed December 6, 2001 to motion to intervene by Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) in Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Case No. 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) v. Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Port does not oppose CASE intervention if limited under WAC 371-08-420(1): CASE barred from raising new

Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) response to Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) Motion to Intervene in PCHB No. 01-160, filed December 5, 2001 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington. ACC does not object to CASE’s intervention but agrees it should not interfere with ACC’s pending Motion for Stay. Respondents are State

Letter dated December 5, 2001 from Sarah Suggs, Wetlands Specialist, Washington State Department of Ecology (Northwest Regional Office) to Grant Beck, Director, San Juan County Permit Center, regarding the Ayer property wetland restoration proposal on Orcas Island. Ecology characterizes the proposal as a wetland conversion (not restoration) under Chapter 90.48 RCW and Chapter 173-201A WAC,

Parametrix, Inc. December 2001 report for Port Of Seattle on Low Streamflow Analysis and Summer Low Flow Impact Offset Facility Proposal for the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA) Master Plan Update Improvements. Document AR018164, Exhibit 140. Covers HSPF model calibration, embankment modeling, non-hydrologic impacts (cessation of water withdrawals, removal of septic tank discharges), HEC-RAS modeling, vault