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William A. Rozeboom, a professional civil engineer with Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, submits his third declaration to the Pollution Control Hearings Board in support of the Airport Communities Coalition’s motion for stay regarding Section 401 Certification No. 1996-4-02325. The declaration introduces his November 26, 2001 comment letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers identifying significant technical deficiencies in the Port of Seattle’s low flow analyses, concluding that low flow impacts will be underestimated and storage vaults will be undersized. It also responds to inaccurate statements in Paul Fendt’s third declaration regarding the characterization of low flow mitigation requirements as small.

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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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