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Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) updated preliminary witness list filed with the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) for Washington State, case numbers PCHB No. 01-133 and PCHB No. 01-150, against respondents Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Filed November 15, 2001 by Helsell Fetterman LLP and Rachael Paschal Osborn. Lists Department of Ecology personnel including

Port Of Seattle’s objections filed November 15, 2001 to three issues proposed by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) in Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Case No. 01-160, concerning §401 certification for the Third Runway project. Objects to ACC Proposed Issues 11, 18, and 19: Issue 11 concerns dam safety permit requirements under WAC 173-175 and reasonable

Letter from Foster Pepper & Shefelman (attorneys for Port Of Seattle) to Kaleen Cottingham, Presiding Officer, Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB Case No. 01-160), dated November 15, 2001, identifying plans and reports prepared or expected to be prepared pursuant to §401 Certification. Lists documents submitted on or before November 15, 2001 (Wetland A17 mitigation plan,

Supplemental Stipulation filed in PCHB No. 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Filed November 15, 2001, received by the Pollution Control Hearings Board November 16, 2001. Documents 21 agreed proposed legal issues for the Board’s consideration, covering Clean Water Act Section 401 certification for the

Respondent Washington State Department of Ecology’s objections filed before the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB No. 01-133, PCHB No. 01-160) to issues proposed separately by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC). Ecology objects to ACC Issue No. 2 as outside the Board’s jurisdiction over the 401 Certification, and to ACC Issue No. 3 as duplicative, vague, and

Respondent State of Washington Department of Ecology’s revised preliminary witness and exhibit list filed before the Pollution Control Hearings Board in PCHB No. 01-133 and 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition v. Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Lists 11 Ecology witnesses including Ann Kenny, Erik Stockdale, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Dave Garland, and others from Ecology Northwest Regional Office

A November 6, 2001 handwritten fax note discusses problems with noise modeling errors and how results will be integrated into legal policies. It notes that AK advised POS to produce a more complete and accurate document, and argues it is not reasonable to hold up port mitigation based on a mistake, stating that if there is no impact, there is no impact. The note also references consultant agreement on impact calculations and requirements related to 401 regulations submitted as group per FAA standards.

This November 2001 document from Parametrix, Inc. contains responses to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers questions regarding the Sea-Tac International Airport (STIA) Master Plan Update's natural resource mitigation project. It addresses technical questions about wetland mapping, watershed basin sizes, low-flow analysis, and cumulative wetland impacts across the Miller Creek, Walker Creek, and Des Moines Creek basins, showing projected wetland acreage reductions of approximately 3-4% with the project. The document also covers mitigation measures including wetland restoration sites and performance standards for invasive species control.

Hart Crowser geotechnical summary report (project 4978-06) prepared for the Port of Seattle for presentation to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, November 2, 2001. Covers Third Runway embankment construction at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport: 17,000,000 cubic yards compacted earth fill, maximum fill thickness 165 feet, 2H:1V side slopes, three Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) retaining walls

Stipulation filed November 2, 2001 in PCHB No. 01-160 by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) against Washington State Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle, pursuant to Pre-Hearing Order dated October 30, 2001. Three stipulated legal issues: (1) whether Ecology violated applicable law on public and agency notice, hearing, comment, and modification regarding the original 401/404