November 30, 2001August 2, 2026

Order granting intervention: Airport Communities Coalition v. State of Washington, Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle (PCHB 01-160)

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The Pollution Control Hearings Board granted Citizens Against SeaTac Expansion (CASE) permission to intervene as an appellant in an appeal by the Airport Communities Coalition challenging a Section 401 Certification issued by the Department of Ecology to the Port of Seattle. The intervention was granted under WAC 371-08-420 and CR 24(b) with limitations, including that CASE could not raise new issues beyond those stipulated in the Second Pre-Hearing Order. The Port of Seattle and Ecology both consented to intervention subject to conditions protecting the prompt and orderly conduct of the appeal.

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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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