Federal Judge Dismisses Appeal of Wetlands Permit For Third Runway But Says It’s Not Over

Both the Airport Communities Coalition and the RCAA expressed disappointment at a decision by U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein, filed late on Monday, 18 August, in which she rejected an appeal of the wetlands-filling permit issued to the Sea-Tac third-runway project by the Army Corps of Engineers in December 2002. The Airport Communities Coalition said that the decision “is not a green light” for the runway project, while reserving its decision on whether to appeal to a higher court. More...

Sea-Tac NPDES Permit Delayed Further
Issuance of the new Sea-Tac NPDES permit has been delayed yet again, with a probable issue date of 2 September. More...

"Fly Quiet" Committee Posts First Report
The first report of the Port's "Fly Quiet" Committee was made available on the World Wide Web in recent days. More...

Editorial:
What Judges Do -- & What They Can’t Do
The decision yesterday from U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Rothstein, denying the appeal of the wetlands-filling permit for the third runway, reminds us again of what judges do, and what they do not and cannot do. And the decision reminds us, again, of the serious flaws in the way that proposals for big, expensive, damaging, public-works proposals are handled. More...

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C.A.S.E. Meeting: "No 3rd. Runway" Meeting on Pollution Permits & Summer News
Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion will meet at the ERAC (Highline District Adm. Office), 15675 Ambaum Blvd. SW, Burien on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 from 7pm. to 9pm. Pollution discharge expert Greg Wingard will discuss the Port's pollution permits, and Stu Creighton will discuss events that occured over the summer break.

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