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This January 31, 2002 letter from Foster Pepper & Shefelman attorneys transmits the Port of Seattle's supplemental response to an interrogatory filed by the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC), listing the prior expert-witness experience of the Port's designated witnesses. The document covers experts in areas such as groundwater hydrology, computer modeling of land development impacts, and FAA obstacle clearance standards, submitted in connection with the case Airport Communities Coalition v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and the Port of Seattle (PCHB No. 01-160). It is part of the administrative record related to disputes over Sea-Tac Airport's environmental and operational practices.

Reply brief filed by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) with the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB), PCHB No. 01-160, in support of their Request for Certificate of Appealability and Application for Direct Review by the Court of Appeals. Filed January 30, 2002. Argues under RCW 34.05.518(3)(b) that detrimental delay, fundamental

A January 2002 letter from Northwest Hydraulic Consultants to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers challenges the Port of Seattle's December 2001 Low Streamflow Analysis related to Sea-Tac Airport's third runway development. The letter identifies critical flaws in hydrologic modeling of Miller, Walker, and Des Moines Creeks, including double-counting of groundwater discharges, flawed seepage modeling methodology, and failure to account for construction impacts on stream low flows. The consultants argue these errors cause the Port to substantially underestimate the project's negative impacts on local stream flows.

A January 2002 technical letter from Northwest Hydraulic Consultants challenges the Port of Seattle's December 2001 Low Streamflow Analysis for SeaTac Airport, identifying serious modeling errors that led to underestimated impacts on Miller, Walker, and Des Moines Creeks. Key flaws include double-counting of groundwater discharges in the Miller Creek model, inconsistent methodology for assessing embankment seepage, and failure to account for updated construction methods. The letter was submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on behalf of the Airport Communities Coalition.

Photographs taken by Peter Eglick during a site visit on January 28, 2002, filed as part of the Administrative Record (AR 027041–027043). The images show ground-level views of a dark gravelly or paved surface with water pooling and streaking, possibly documenting stormwater, contamination, or site conditions at or near Sea-Tac Airport.

Letter dated January 23, 2002 from attorney Michael P. Witek of Helsell Fetterman to Presiding Officer Kaleen Cottingham of the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) in Airport Communities Coalition v. Department of Ecology and Port of Seattle, No. 01-160. Transmits two enclosures inadvertently omitted from Exhibit D to the Second Declaration of Michael P. Witek

Declaration of Jeff Kray, Assistant Attorney General of Washington, Ecology Division, filed January 23, 2002 in PCHB No. 01-160 before the Pollution Control Hearings Board. Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) are appellants against State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Attaches two documents: (1) Amended Final Findings

Port Of Seattle’s reply brief supporting its motion to compel document production in Pollution Control Hearings Board Case No. 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition v. Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Filed January 23, 2002. Port argues ACC has produced zero documents despite Port producing 22 boxes, 23 compact discs, and 4 hard diskettes. Port

Internal memo from Ching-Pi Wang to Ann Kenny (cc: Jeannie Summerhays, Steve Alexander), dated January 23, 2002, reviewing the Port of Seattle’s Embankment Fill Monitoring Plan (EFMP) for the Third Runway, 401 Certification Condition E.3. Comments cover requirements for logic tree flow diagrams for tiered sampling and staged screening (groundwater, seepage), statistical methods for baseline

This January 2002 memo from the Port of Seattle describes an environmental incident in which soil from the Summit Ridge fill site in Bellevue, Washington—potentially contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons from a former home heating oil tank—was temporarily placed in the Third Runway embankment during construction. Upon discovery of the contamination in October 2000, the Port halted all haul from the site and removed approximately 1,540 tons of soil, disposing of it at a facility in Everett. The Port subsequently implemented additional environmental safeguards, including full-time on-site supervision, to prevent further transport of impacted soil to the Third Runway.