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HartCrowser report prepared for Port of Seattle, September 21, 2001, project 4978-54. Topsoil Management Plan for Borrow Area 4 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA), City of SeaTac, Washington, in support of third runway embankment construction. Documents arsenic contamination in topsoil from ASARCO copper smelter airborne emissions plume (Tacoma smelter plume), chemical analysis results, comparison to

Memo dated September 20, 2001 from Roger Nye, Ecology Toxics Cleanup Program (Northwest Regional Office), to Colleen D. Bradford, Assistant State Auditor, listing eight work product submittals received from Port Of Seattle under Agreed Order #97TC-N122 (finalized May 1999). Submittals span June 1999 through October 2000 and include conceptual hydrogeological flow model presentations, Excel spreadsheet

Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Agreement and Order Re Rescission of 401 Certification, PCHB Case Nos. 01-133 and 01-150, involving Port Of Seattle and Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) as appellants and Washington State Department of Ecology as respondent. The 401 Certification (Ecology Order No. 1996-4-02325) issued August 10, 2001 under Section 401 of the Federal

A September 18, 2001 phone call memo from Ann Kenny of the Washington Department of Ecology (WDOE) outlines a legal dispute over the 3rd Runway permit at Sea-Tac Airport, in which the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) filed a Motion for Stay claiming an imminent environmental threat. WDOE attorneys requested King County provide technical rebuttals to the ACC's expert statements by October 1, 2001, but King County lacked the necessary documents, a contract amendment, and adequate time to respond. WDOE warned it might subpoena County staff if they did not commit to providing the requested support.

Declaration of Thomas R. Luster filed in Pollution Control Hearings Board case No. 01-133, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Luster, former senior policy and technical expert at Ecology’s Federal Permits Unit (1989–2001), provides expert testimony on CWA Section 401 water quality certification No. 1996-4-02325 and

Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) Motion for Stay filed with the Washington Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB), Case No. 01-133, seeking to stay Section 401 Certification No. 1996-4-02325 and accompanying CZMA concurrency statement issued by Washington State Department of Ecology to Port Of Seattle on August 10, 2001, related to construction of a Third Runway and

Declaration by Amanda Azous, professional wetland scientist (Society of Wetland Scientist No. 001067) and principal of Azous Environmental Sciences, filed in PCHB Case No. 01-133 in support of Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) motion for stay of Section 401 Certification No. 1996-4-02325 and CZMA concurrency statement issued August 10, 2001 to Port Of Seattle for construction

In September 2001, attorneys for the Port of Seattle filed an appeal of Water Quality Certification #1996-4-02325, issued by the Washington State Department of Ecology for improvements at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, including construction of a third runway. Simultaneously, the Port and the Department of Ecology filed a Stipulated Agreement and Agreed Order of Dismissal, resolving the Port's appeal by agreeing to amend the water quality certification. The Port requested that the Pollution Control Hearings Board accept the stipulation, dismiss the Port's appeal, and allow the separate Airport Communities Coalition appeal to proceed using the revised certification.

A September 2001 internal email summarizes a Stipulated Agreement between the Washington State Department of Ecology and the Port of Seattle regarding the third runway construction at Sea-Tac Airport. The agreement clarifies the scope and duration of water quality certification conditions (401 permit), including perpetual wetland mitigation requirements, 15-year wetland monitoring, and rules governing fill material approval and stormwater management. Key changes also address hydrologic monitoring schedules, buffer requirements, and reporting frequency to ensure environmental protections remain in place during and after construction.