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Port Of Seattle petition for judicial review filed in King County Superior Court (case no. 02-2-25658-9SEA) under RCW 34.05 (Administrative Procedure Act), challenging the August 12, 2002 final order of the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB Case No. 01-160) regarding the 401 Certification issued by Washington Department of Ecology on September 21, 2001 for the

In September 2002, the Port of Seattle filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court challenging eight of sixteen environmental protections imposed on its Third Runway project by the State Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB). The Airport Communities Coalition, which opposed the runway expansion, argued that this legal action proved the Port could not build the Third Runway while complying with environmental and water-quality laws. This appeal marked the third time the Port had used the courts to attempt to weaken environmental safeguards tied to the project.

In September 2002, the Port of Seattle notified nearby residents that it would be removing trees located west and south of Tyee Golf Course, near South 196th Street, at the direction of the Federal Aviation Administration. The trees were identified as hazards to aircraft taking off and landing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Work was scheduled to begin September 16, 2002, and was expected to last up to four weeks.

Proposed order submitted to the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) for Washington State in PCHB No. 01-160, disposing of Port Of Seattle’s Petition for Reconsideration Regarding Condition 8 of the Final Order. Filed by Brown Reavis & Manning PLLC on September 5, 2002. Port Of Seattle filed the petition on August 22, 2002; ACC (Airport

In September 2002, the Pollution Control Hearings Board clerk notified all legal parties that Respondents (Washington State Department of Ecology and the Port of Seattle) filed a Petition for Review in King County Superior Court in the case Airport Communities Coalition v. Ecology & Port of Seattle. The clerk also transmitted the entire PCHB case file to the King County Superior Court as part of the transfer of proceedings. This case, bearing PCHB docket number 01-160, relates to environmental and land-use disputes surrounding Sea-Tac Airport expansion.

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Order Granting Certificate of Appealability in PCHB 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Board members Kaleen Cottingham, Robert V. Jensen, and William H. Lynch granted direct appellate review requests filed by both ACC/CASE (Thurston

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Order Granting Certificate of Appealability in PCHB 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) v. Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Board members Kaleen Cottingham, Robert V. Jensen, and William H. Lynch granted direct review requests by both ACC/CASE and Port Of Seattle to the Court of

Port Of Seattle petition filed August 22, 2002 with the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB No. 01-160) requesting reconsideration of Condition 8 of the Final Order dated August 12, 2002, which prohibited use of the Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure (SPLP) to authorize importation of fill exceeding modified fill criteria. Appellants are Airport Communities Coalition (ACC)

The Port of Seattle filed a petition in August 2002 asking the Pollution Control Hearings Board to reconsider Condition 8 of its Final Order, which prohibited the use of a soil-testing method called SPLP (Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure) to approve fill material for the Third Runway expansion project at Sea-Tac Airport. The Port argued that banning SPLP made it nearly impossible to find acceptable fill soil, since up to 78% of naturally occurring, uncontaminated soils would fail the Board's strict numeric criteria when tested across multiple constituents. The Port maintained that proper use of SPLP poses no environmental threat to water quality and requested the Board allow its use under specific conditions so the runway project could proceed.

This document chronicles the Port of Seattle's second Section 401 Clean Water Act permit application, submitted in September 1999, which was on the verge of being denied by the Washington State Department of Ecology due to multiple shortcomings related to wetlands and water quality. On September 28, 2000, a private, unannounced meeting was held between Port, Ecology, and Governor's office officials, after which the Port strategically withdrew its application to avoid a formal denial. A series of closed-door negotiating sessions followed in October 2000, none of which were publicly announced, raising concerns about political influence and lack of transparency in the permitting process for Sea-Tac Airport expansion.