TagThird Runway(1098)

This document is a legal declaration by Dr. Peter Willing submitted in support of the Airport Communities Coalition's motion for a stay against the Port of Seattle's water quality certification for construction of a third runway at Sea-Tac Airport. Dr. Willing, a water treatment and water quality expert, argues that the Port's plan to augment low summer stream flows using stored stormwater is an unproven concept lacking necessary design details, manufacturer specifications, or documented precedent. He contends that neither the Department of Ecology nor the Pollution Control Hearings Board had sufficient information to evaluate the plan, leaving serious unresolved concerns about potential violations of Washington State water quality standards.

Fill Criteria Derivation Chart (Exhibit E) for Third Runway Embankment at Sea-Tac Airport, revised 9-28-01. Charts fill dirt criteria for constituents including antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, selenium, silver, thallium, diesel, and heavy oils against Ecology criteria, FWS drainage layer cover values, and FINAL drainage layer cover values. References WAC 173-340-747(3)(a) and

Declaration of Michael Feldman, Director of Aviation Facilities at Port Of Seattle, filed in Pollution Control Hearings Board case PCHB 01-133, Airport Communities Coalition v. Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Feldman attests to his role overseeing Sea-Tac Airport facilities since 1996, his direction of the Third Runway and Airport Master Plan planning program

This document is a professional resume for Paul S. Fendt, P.E., a geological engineer with over 18 years of stormwater engineering experience. It highlights his role as Parametrix Project Manager supporting the Sea-Tac Airport Master Plan Update, which involved environmental permitting, wetland mitigation, and stormwater management planning for projects including a new third runway. His Sea-Tac work encompassed hydrologic modeling, stormwater treatment facility design, and creek relocation and restoration efforts related to airport redevelopment.

Declaration of Pete Kmet, senior environmental engineer in Ecology’s Toxics Cleanup Program, filed in PCHB No. 01-133 (Airport Communities Coalition v. State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle). Kmet clarifies his June 27, 2001 response to Kevin Fitzpatrick (Water Quality Program) regarding terrestrial ecological risk language for the Clean Water Act §

Meeting notes from Erik Stockdale discuss wetland monitoring activities, including monthly groundwater sampling, continuous recorders at drainage channels, and vegetation mapping. Topics covered include hydrology monitoring changes, performance standards for hydrological discharge, and sampling schedules running bi-monthly from November through May. The notes reference coordination among multiple parties regarding soil sampling, data thresholds, and revised performance standards.

Draft geotechnical engineering report prepared by Hart Crowser, Inc. for HNTB regarding the Third Runway Embankment, Phase 5 at Sea-Tac International Airport, SeaTac, Washington (project no. 4978-28, AR 052045). Authored by Josepha D. Celes (Senior Staff Geotechnical Engineer) and Michael Bailey, P.E. (Project Manager). Covers site preparation, subgrade improvement, embankment fill construction, TESC Pond A,

Declaration of James L. Morasch, Director of Airports for the Port of Pasco, filed in PCHB case No. 01-133 (Airport Communities Coalition v. Department of Ecology and Port of Seattle). Morasch supports the new all-weather third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac). States Sea-Tac is the #1 destination for Tri-Cities Airport passengers, accounting for 47%

Declaration of Alan C. Ralston, Director of Northwest State and Local Government Relations for The Boeing Company, filed in PCHB Case No. 01-133 (Airport Communities Coalition v. Department of Ecology and Port of Seattle) before the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington. Ralston declares Boeing’s support for expeditious construction of the Third

Email from Raymond Hellwig (Ecology) to Thomas Fitzsimmons, September 24, 2001, reporting that on September 21, 2001, Ecology reissued the Sea-Tac Third Runway Water Quality Certification per directives from the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB). The reissuance incorporated language from a settlement agreement between Ecology and Port Of Seattle, adjusting certification conditions to clarify how