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Draft meeting notes prepared by Kate Snider, Floyd & Snider Inc., from a March 9, 2001 management meeting on the 401 permit decision-making process for Sea-Tac International Airport Third Runway. Attendees include Ray Hellwig, Kevin Fitzpatrick, and Ann Kenny (Dept. of Ecology), Elizabeth Leavitt (Port of Seattle), David Masters (King County), and Floyd & Snider staff. Topics covered: Stormwater Master Plan (SMP) compliance with 1998 King County Surface Water Design Manual, King County Enclosure 2 checklist review process, Low Stream Flow Mitigation including groundwater modeling concerns by Dave Garland (Ecology) and water rights deliberation by Ecology Attorney General, Natural Resources Mitigation Plan (NRMP) review by Shannon & Wilson consultant Eric Stockdale, 401 permit and 402 Major Modification schedule relationship, and MTCA Agreed Order. AR 017265–AR 017267.

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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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