October 11, 2000August 2, 2026

Exhibit 191: Email Chain Forwarding Erik Stockdale’s Sea-Tac Natural Resource Mitigation Plan Comments

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Email chain AR 018494 in which Erik Stockdale (Washington State Department of Ecology, ESTO461@ECY.WA.GOV) sends internal memo to Gail Terzi and Jonathan Freedman (Army Corps of Engineers) outlining status of the natural resource mitigation plan and associated documents for Sea-Tac Airport expansion. Stockdale notes the Port of Seattle is objecting to Ecology’s choice of consultant to replace his involvement, and references ‘Ray’ releasing the document to the Port. Jonathan Freedman (NWS) forwarded to Geoffrey Mueller (NWS) on December 1, 2000. Document pertains to adequacy of the Sea-Tac mitigation proposal and interagency disputes over consultant selection.

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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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