TagThird Runway(1098)

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

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

Washington State Department of Ecology memorandum opposing Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) application for Certificate of Appealability of the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Stay Order in PCHB No. 01-160. Ecology argues the Board’s stay of the § 401 Certification for the Third Runway Project (Port of Seattle) is not a ‘final decision’ under RCW 34.05.518

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.

Second Declaration of Michael P. Witek, attorney for Airport Communities Coalition (ACC), filed January 22, 2002, before the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB), Case No. 01-160. Supports ACC’s Motion for Summary Judgment challenging Section 401 Water Quality Certification No. 1996-4-02325 and CZMA concurrency statement issued August 10, 2001, by Washington State Department of Ecology related

This memo from Port of Seattle environmental staff describes chemical testing of rock aggregate imported from Black River Quarry for use in the Third Runway embankment at Sea-Tac Airport. Testing revealed petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and elevated copper levels in some samples, traced to contamination from on-site asphalt recycling operations. As a result, the Port restricted material acceptance to newly blasted rock only and halted imports from the quarry in mid-October 2000 pending operational changes and additional testing.

A wetlands scientist named Amanda Azous filed a legal declaration opposing the Port of Seattle's airport expansion project, arguing that filling approximately 2.8 acres of wetlands near Miller Creek would cause serious and irreversible environmental harm. She contends that the Port's mitigation plan—relying on stormwater management, embankment walls, and upland planting—cannot adequately replace the lost wetland functions, particularly the critical water and nutrient flows these wetlands provide to the broader Miller Creek watershed. The declaration was submitted in support of the Airport Communities Coalition's motion to halt the project before the Washington Pollution Control Hearings Board in 2001.

Fourth Declaration of Steven G. Jones, attorney for Respondent Port Of Seattle, filed January 17, 2002 in PCHB No. 01-160 (Airport Communities Coalition v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle). Jones describes ACC’s January 10, 2002 Notice of Deposition noting 31 depositions from January 17–31, 2002; Port’s preparation to produce Paul

ACC (Airport Communities Coalition) response filed with the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB No. 01-160) opposing Port Of Seattle’s motion to compel production of documents and challenging subpoenas duces tecum served December 10, 2001. ACC argues Port’s discovery requests under CR 26 are overbroad and unduly burdensome, including Request for Production No. 3 demanding ‘all

Draft memorandum dated January 17, 2002 from Hart Crowser engineers Doug Lindquist, Reda Mikhail, and Michael Bailey to Jim Thomson (HNTB Corporation), project number 4978-40, regarding FLAC (finite difference model) seismic analysis of three proposed mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining walls for the Third Runway project at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Analyses cover four wall sections