January 14, 2004
Vol.10, No. 3

Conveyor Belt Promoter Appeal Hearing January 15
On Thursday, January 15, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals, Division One, sitting at Seattle, will hear oral argument on an appeal against the decision by the City of Des Moines not to issue a permit to Hank Hopkins for building & use of a pier and conveyor belt through Des Moines city parklands. ...more

Proposed gravel mine on Hood Canal runs into trouble Fred Hill Materials, owner-operator of a gravel mine in Jefferson County, has run into serious opposition to its plans for greatly-expanded mining operations. ...more

Miller/Walker Creek Basin Study

Work on the Miller/Walker Creek Basin study proceeds more slowly than planned. ...more

ACC appeals sec. 404 permit to U.S. Court of Appeals
In early January, attorneys for the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from the decision by U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein upholding the wetlands-filling permit previously issued for the Sea-Tac third-runway project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. ...more

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