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This is a site certification application for the Wallula Power Project submitted to the State of Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council by Wallula Generation LLC, developed by Newport Northwest LLC. The document discusses stormwater management, runoff absorption, and water rights for the 66-acre project site, including plans to capture and reuse stormwater in the power plant cooling tower basin. The applicant argues that capturing stormwater for beneficial reuse will reduce groundwater withdrawals from the gravel aquifer and have no net regional impact on water resources.

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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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