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The Port of Seattle replies to the Airport Communities Coalition’s (ACC) opposition to the Port’s motion to compel document production in PCHB Case No. 01-160. The Port argues that ACC must produce all documents, studies, data, and calculations upon which its experts will rely, citing Civil Rule 26(b)(5) and relevant case law. The Port highlights that it has produced 22 boxes and numerous discs of documents while ACC has produced nothing, and identifies specific ACC expert witnesses whose declarations reference studies and data not provided to the Port.

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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.

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