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Table 4 Stormwater Quality Comparators comparing water quality data across multiple study sites including NURP 1983, BURP 1984, Metro 1982, Bellevue 1995, Highway Runoff 1981, Portland NPDES 1993, and STIA Landside and Airfield locations. Parameters measured include pH, TPH, fecal coliforms, BOD5, TSS, turbidity, glycols, copper (Cu), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn) in units of mg/L and µg/L. STIA airfield data includes FOG, TPH-Dx readings; Washington State acute standards and WAC T3-201A referenced. Slurdevant Creek downstream samples, Portland ADT storm samples, and Des Moines and Miller Creeks instream samples noted. Exhibit 115, AR017902.

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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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