Special Edition
July 19, 2004
Vol.11, No.4

ACC Says Ecology Violates Supreme
Court Ruling, Seeks Clarification from
Pollution Control Hearings Board
On July 8, attorneys for the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) filed an appeal with the Pollution Control Hearings Board, seeking review & correction of the revised sec. 401 certificate issued by Ecology for third-runway construction as the result of the earlier Supreme Court decision. ...more

Supreme Court Sets New
Rules for Third-Runway Work
On May 14, the State Supreme Court released its decision in the appeals of the Port of Seattle, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC), and Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (C.A.S.E.) from various parts of an earlier ruling of the Pollution Control Hearings Board on water-quality requirements for the proposed third-runway at Sea-Tac Airport. Several of the restrictive conditions imposed by the Board were overturned by the high court, while others were upheld. ...more

Ecology Issues Flawed
Sec. 401 Certificate & Revised Order
On June 9, the Department of Ecology issued a revised sec. 401 certificate for third-runway work in wetlands. Ecology also revised its order that spells out in detail the restrictions & conditions imposed on that construction work. These revisions were supposed to implement the Supreme Court's ruling of May 14, but runway opponents quickly found that important parts of that ruling were not included. ...more

Port Financial Staff Has No Concrete Plan For Financing Third-Runway Construction
The Port's contract with low bidder TTI Constructors, LLC, for third-runway work in 2004 and 2005 requires a total payment of $192.6 million. That far exceeds the Port's entire cash reserve. Financial staff at the Port of Seattle have not produced a concrete plan for finding the necessary cash. And that $192.6 million is just part of the total needed to complete the project ...more

Moving Runway Fill Not So Simple
One of the many difficult problems for the Port in moving forward on the third-runway project is finding millions of cubic yards of fill material that will be clean enough to meet the requirements laid down by the Department of Ecology, the PCHB, and the Supreme Court. Once found, the fill must be moved to Sea-Tac Airport, and that turns out to be not so simple, either...more

 

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