October 12, 2001August 2, 2026

Certificate of service – Airport Communities Coalition v. State of Washington, Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle

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Certificate of service filed by Rachel Parks of Helsell Fetterman LLP on behalf of the Airport Communities Coalition, certifying hand-delivery of two documents on October 12, 2001. The documents served include ACC’s Opposition to Ecology’s Motion to Strike Documents and a Declaration of Andrea Grad in Support of ACC’s Opposition. Service was made to multiple parties including the Washington Department of Ecology, Port of Seattle, and various counsel.

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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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