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Index chart filed October 18, 2001 by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) in PCHB No. 01-160 organizing expert declarations supporting ACC’s Motion for Stay before the Pollution Control Hearings Board. Lists declarations by experts Azous, Kmet (Ecology), Lucia, Luster, Rozeboom, Sheckler, Sheldon, Strand, Whiting, Willing, Wingard, and Eglick, cross-referenced by issue: fill issues, stormwater/water quality, low flow mitigation, wetlands mitigation, and water right required. Also identifies declarations addressing 401 standard/reasonable assurance and overriding public interest, including statements from Dr. Stephen Hockaday, Mayor Pro Tem Robert Sheckler (Des Moines), City Manager Robert Olander (Des Moines), Mayor Sally Nelson (Burien), and legislators including Senator Julia Patterson, Senator Dow Constantine, Senator Tracey Eide, and multiple state representatives.

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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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