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This is a verbatim transcript of a June 5, 2001 King County Superior Court hearing in the case of Port of Seattle versus RST Enterprises, Inc., presided over by Judge Dean S. Lum. The proceedings included testimony from expert witness James C. Kelley, Ph.D. and Jack Dodge, covering direct, cross, and redirect examinations across multiple sessions. The case, which also carried a Washington Supreme Court cause number, likely relates to disputes involving Port of Seattle operations or property matters in the Sea-Tac area.

Internal deliberative emails from Kevin Fitzpatrick (NWRO Water Quality Program Section Manager) to Chung K. Yee, Ann Kenny, Ching-Pi Wang, and others at Washington State Department of Ecology regarding development of acceptable clean fill criteria language for the 401 Water Quality Certification for the Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway (Sea-Tac Master Plan Improvements project). Emails reference

Email chain (June 1, 2001) from Kevin Fitzpatrick, Section Manager, Water Quality Program NWRO, to Ann Kenny and Ching-Pi Wang, cc Raymond Hellwig and Steve Alexander (Ecology), forwarding deliberative draft language for clean fill criteria in the 401 Certification for Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway construction. Includes August 24, 2000 email from Fitzpatrick to Tom Luster

In May 2001, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a biological opinion concluding that planned construction and expansion projects at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport — including a new 8,500-foot runway and other facility upgrades — were not likely to adversely affect threatened Puget Sound chinook salmon or their designated critical habitat. The review, requested by the FAA under the Endangered Species Act, examined potential impacts to nearby waterways such as Miller, Des Moines, and Gilliam creeks, as well as Essential Fish Habitat for coastal and groundfish species. NMFS concurred with the airport's own Biological Assessment, determining the projects could proceed with the mitigation measures proposed.

Email from Ching-Pi Wang (Port Of Seattle) to Paul Agid, cc Roger Nye, dated May 30, 2001, transmitting redline edits to the May 8th draft of the preferential ground-water flowpath technical memorandum related to construction of the Third Runway at Sea-Tac Airport. Attached redlined memorandum (From Port to Ecology, May 30, 2001) addresses preferential flowpaths

Final draft meeting notes from a 401 Permit Decision-Making technical meeting on May 25, 2001, regarding the Sea-Tac International Airport Third Runway project. Prepared by Rachel McCrea of Floyd & Snider Inc. Attendees included Ann Kenny (Dept. of Ecology), Kelly Whiting (King County), Keith Smith (Port of Seattle), Paul Fendt and Tom Atkins (Parametrix). Topics

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) biological opinion (FWS Reference #1-3-00-F-1420) transmitted to Lowell H. Johnson of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding effects of the proposed Master Plan Update Improvements (MPUI) for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) in King County, Washington on threatened bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus), bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), and marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) biological opinion (FWS Reference #1-3-00-F-1420) transmitted to Lowell H. Johnson, Federal Aviation Administration, regarding effects of the proposed Master Plan Update Improvements (MPUI) for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) in King County, Washington on threatened bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus), bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), and marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) under Section

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a biological opinion in May 2001 evaluating the potential effects of proposed Master Plan Update Improvements at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on three protected species: bull trout, bald eagle, and marbled murrelet. The review was conducted under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act at the request of the Federal Aviation Administration, which had determined the project was 'not likely to adversely affect' any of the three species. The opinion covers planned airport development in the cities of SeaTac and Des Moines, along with off-site wetland mitigation near the Green River in Auburn, Washington.