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Declaration by Ray Hellwig, Regional Director at the Washington Department of Ecology Northwest Regional Office, filed October 9, 2001 in PCHB No. 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Hellwig declares that he inadvertently disclosed to ACC, pursuant to a public disclosure request under RCW 42.17.310(1)(i),

In a September 21, 2001 fax to John Drabek, Permit Manager at the Washington State Department of Ecology's Northwest Regional Office, Greg Wingard of Smith & Lowney followed up on a delayed State Public Disclosure Request concerning environmental monitoring data from construction activities at the airport. The letter clarifies that documents requested as far back as June 5, 2001—including upstream/downstream construction monitoring records and turbidity discharge data—had not yet been produced, despite being roughly three months overdue. Wingard requested that the documents be made available no later than September 25, 2001, and offered to pick them up in person to avoid further delay.

In August 2001, paralegal Andrea Grad of Helsell Fetterman submitted a Public Disclosure Act request to Washington State Department of Ecology seeking all documents related to the Sea-Tac Airport third runway project's consistency with the Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Program. Ecology's Ann Kenny responded that all relevant CZM documents had already been provided, noting that CZM and Section 401 water quality matters were handled together with no separate files, and that previously withheld deliberative documents had been released. Kenny also indicated she was still checking with other staff to determine if any additional materials had been overlooked.

In this August 3, 2001 email, Andrea Grad, a paralegal at Helsell Fetterman, submits a Public Disclosure Act (PDA) request to Ann Kenny at the Washington State Department of Ecology. Grad notes that several sections of the Port of Seattle's two-volume Low Flow Analysis — including the Introduction and the section on Determination of Impacts to Streamflow — were either incomplete or entirely missing from the copy provided by Ecology. She asks Ecology to confirm whether the Port had submitted the missing sections, and requests copies of any such materials.

A July 18, 2001 letter from Helsell Fetterman law firm to the Washington State Department of Ecology complains that the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC), representing over 150,000 residents near Sea-Tac Airport, had not received any Public Disclosure Act documents from Ecology's Northwest Regional Office for over a month during the critical review of the Sea-Tac Third Runway project. The letter specifically highlights that a key contaminants pathways analysis dated June 19, 2001 was withheld for weeks, preventing ACC's independent scientific experts from providing timely comments on potential environmental and contamination risks. The attorneys urge Ecology to halt issuing a Section 401 water quality certification decision until the document disclosure cutoff is reversed and ACC's scientists have had a fair opportunity to review and respond to the Port's latest submissions.

Email correspondence (June 4, 2001) from Andrea Grad, paralegal at Helsell Fetterman, to Ann Kenny at Washington State Department of Ecology (ECY), following up on a Public Disclosure Act (PDA) request for Parametrix’s 1999 draft report titled ‘Water Effects Ratio Screening Study of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport: Toxicity Evaluation of Site Water.’ The Port of Seattle

Email chain dated October 3, 2000 from Raymond Hellwig (Ecology) to Thomas Fitzsimmons, Tom Luster, Yvonne Oliva, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Erik Stockdale, Dave Garland, Joan Marchioro (ATG), and others regarding a Public Disclosure Act (PDA) request submitted by Andrea Grad, paralegal at Helsell Fetterman, on September 30, 2000. The PDA request seeks all documents generated or