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Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Order Granting Intervention in case PCHB 01-160, allowing Citizens Against SeaTac Expansion (CASE) to intervene as appellant in the appeal filed by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) challenging § 401 Certification No. 1996-4-02325 (amended-1) issued by Washington State Department of Ecology to the Port of Seattle on August 10, 2001 (re-issued

Proposed Order Granting Intervention filed in Pollution Control Hearings Board case PCHB No. 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) v. Washington State Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Order grants the Motion to Intervene by Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) as a party-intervenor. Presented by Smith & Lowney, P.L.L.C., attorney Richard A. Poulin, WSBA #27782.

ACC’s reply brief filed November 28, 2001 in PCHB No. 01-160 (Airport Communities Coalition v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle) opposing Port Of Seattle’s response to ACC’s Motion to Supplement the Record on Motion for Stay. ACC argues that Kelly Whiting (King County engineer under interagency contract with Ecology) sent

Third declaration of William A. Rozeboom, professional civil engineer with Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, filed before the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB), Case No. 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Declaration concerns Section 401 Certification No. 1996-4-02325 and CZMA concurrency statement. Rozeboom identifies significant technical deficiencies

Report by Pacific Groundwater Group (project JE0105) prepared for Port Of Seattle, dated November 27, 2001, analyzing embankment fill modeling in support of low streamflow analysis for the Sea-Tac Third Runway. Uses HYDRUS-SLICE modeling to assess vertical infiltration through embankment fill materials (General Fill and Type 1 Fill), saturated flow beneath the fill, and effective

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) order in PCHB 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. On reconsideration of the October 10, 2001 order granting Ecology’s motion to strike, the Board addresses inadvertent disclosure of an attorney-client privileged briefing paper prepared by Ecology NW Regional Director Ray

Port Of Seattle’s response to Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) motion to supplement the record in PCHB Case No. 01-160, filed November 26, 2001. Port argues ACC’s hearsay emails and Keith Smith letter regarding revisions to the Low Streamflow Analysis do not warrant supplementing the record on the motion to stay. Document addresses HSPF groundwater model

This legal declaration by stormwater engineer Paul S. Fendt, filed before Washington's Pollution Control Hearings Board, addresses the Port of Seattle's Master Plan Update and its potential impacts on local stream flows in Miller, Walker, and Des Moines Creeks near Sea-Tac Airport. Fendt explains the use of the HSPF hydrologic model and a 2-year, 7-day low flow standard to assess and mitigate summer streamflow impacts resulting from planned airport expansion projects. He concludes that revised analysis shows no significant changes to previously calculated low flow impacts.

Letter dated November 26, 2001, from Northwest Hydraulic Consultants (on behalf of ACC, Airport Communities Coalition) to Colonel Ralph H. Graves, Ms. Muffy Walker, and Ms. Gail Terzi of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, Corps Ref. No. 1996-4-02325. Identifies serious flaws in Port Of Seattle’s low flow mitigation analysis for Miller Creek, Walker

Declaration by Roger A. Pearce, attorney for Port Of Seattle, filed in Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Case No. 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition v. Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Identifies four exhibits submitted to Washington Department of Ecology under amended §401 Certification on JARPA Application No. 1996-4-02325: Exhibit A (Wetland A17 Restoration Plan,