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Deliberative memo dated October 30, 2000, from Erik Stockdale (Ecology) to Jeannie Summerhays and Ray Hellwig regarding tasks for contractor Dyanne Sheldon. Recommends open-ended ‘Time and Materials’ contract and a firewall between Sheldon and Port Of Seattle. Tasks include evaluating natural resource mitigation plan (NRMP) for compliance with Section 401 of the Clean Water Act and RCW 90.48, with 1:1 in-basin and 2:1 out-of-basin mitigation ratios. Specific tasks cover Des Moines, Walker, and Miller Creek basins, Auburn mitigation site wetland verification with Army Corps of Engineers, stormwater plan consistency, hydrologic impacts from borrow sites 3 and 4, Tyee Golf Course mitigation proposal conflicts with RDF and South Access Road, contingency plan review, performance standards, monitoring plan, and drafting 401 conditions with Ann Kenny. AR 018466–AR 018467.

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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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