December 12, 2001August 2, 2026

EXH AR026986: Third Runway Project Off-Site Borrow Source Baseline Chemical Characterization, Marine View Pit, Fife, Washington

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Hart Crowser, Inc. report prepared for Port Of Seattle, December 12, 2001, project number 4978-06. Baseline chemical characterization of the Marine View Pit in Fife, Washington, as an off-site borrow source for the Third Runway Project at Sea-Tac Airport. Report includes total metals analytical results, soil sample descriptions, site plan schematic and sample location map, and laboratory analytical documentation from North Creek Analytical, Inc. Authors: Neil F. Morton (Project Toxicologist) and Richard F. Moore (Senior Associate Environmental Specialist). AR numbers AR026986–AR026988.

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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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