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A letter from Port of Seattle Environmental Program Manager Paul W. Agid to John Drabek at the Washington Department of Ecology, providing an update on fill material placed at the Third Runway Embankment during Q1 2001 and presenting final tonnage and calculated volumes for soil placed during the Phase III Embankment contract (May 2000 through February 2001). The letter notes no new fill sources were received in Q1 2001 and includes supplemental environmental information for ongoing chemical testing of fill sources. An attached table summarizes soil placed during the 2000 Phase III Embankment contract, with final data superseding earlier estimates.

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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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