Edmiston v. Port of Seattle – Public Records Act Complaint, September 29, 2022

1.1 On December 1, 2020, Seattle-King County Public Health issued its “Community Health and Airport Operations Related Noise and Air Pollution: Report to the Legislature in Response to Washington State HOUSE BILL 1109” (the “Public Health Report”). The Public Health Report specifically focused upon the community health impacts from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (“Sea-Tac”), operated by the Port of Seattle (the “Port”). Among other things, the Public Health Report conducted a study on the population health impact of the SeaTac airport communities. The 96-page Public Health Report found significant rates of poor public health outcomes that became worse closer one lived to the airport. By way of example, the poor health outcomes addressed included lower life expectancy rates; higher rates of death
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