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In early 2002, the Port of Seattle filed a legal memorandum seeking to compel the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) to make its witnesses available for deposition and to place limits on a requested inspection of Port property near Sea-Tac Airport. The Port objected to ACC's demands for unrestricted site access for 17 people, unlimited environmental sampling across 18 acres of wetlands and multiple creeks, and refusal to disclose sampling locations or methods in advance. ACC, in turn, refused to schedule any depositions until the site visit dispute was resolved.

Second Declaration of Steven G. Jones, attorney for Respondent Port Of Seattle, filed in PCHB No. 01-160 (Airport Communities Coalition v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle). Jones details ACC’s November 26, 2001 CR 34(a)(2) site visit request, the Port’s December 24, 2001 objections, negotiations with ACC counsel Michael Witek and

Third Declaration of Steven G. Jones, attorney for Respondent Port Of Seattle, filed January 10, 2002 in PCHB No. 01-160 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington. Declaration concerns discovery dispute between Port Of Seattle and Airport Communities Coalition (ACC): Port’s first set of Interrogatories and Requests for Production served November

Transmittal form dated January 9, 2002, from Jim Kelley of Parametrix, Inc. to Ann Kenny at the Washington Department of Ecology NWRO (Northwest Regional Office), Project Number 556-2912-001-01-03, Project Name STIA MPU Permitting. Transmits: (1) Revised Section 8 References for the Natural Resource Mitigation Plan (NRMP, November 2001), correcting omitted citations; (2) Errata Sheet correcting

This January 2002 transmittal from Parametrix, Inc. to the Washington State Department of Ecology submits corrections to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Master Plan Update Natural Resources Mitigation Plan (NRMP, November 2001). The corrections include a revised reference list, an errata sheet fixing citation errors throughout the report, and an updated Table 3.1-4 that adjusts the total acreage of wetlands affected by mitigation activities from 43.34 to 44.36 acres. Additional text corrections clarify wetland category designations and update various reference callouts across multiple sections of the report.

Petition for Review of Agency Action filed January 8, 2002 in Superior Court of Washington, Thurston County by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) against State of Washington Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB), Department of Ecology, and Port of Seattle. Challenges three PCHB orders in ACC v. Dept. of Ecology and

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) case 01-160 denial of Certificates of Appealability filed by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) under RCW 34.05.518 and RCW 43.21B.320(5). ACC and CASE sought direct Court of Appeals review of Thurston County Superior Court petitions (Cause No. 02-2-00029-8 and Cause No. 01-2-02386-9) arising from the

ACC (Airport Communities Coalition) and CASE (Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion) file an application for direct review by Washington Court of Appeals Division II of the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) ‘Order Granting Motion to Stay the Effectiveness of Section 401 Certification’ (PCHB No. 01-160), issued December 17, 2001, and appealed by Port Of Seattle to

Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) interrogatories nos. 1-18 and requests for production nos. 1-6 directed to the Washington State Department of Ecology, filed in PCHB No. 01-160 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington. Pursuant to PCHB October 30, 2001 Prehearing Order and Civil Rules 26, 33, and 34, ACC through counsel

Summary statement for deposition publication filed by ACC and CASE in PCHB No. 01-160 (ACC & CASE v. Dept. of Ecology & Port of Seattle), pursuant to Board Order of March 19, 2002. Deponent Ray Hellwig, Director of Ecology Northwest Regional Office, deposed January 8, 2002 regarding procedure and basis for issuance of Sea-Tac 401