February 19, 2002August 2, 2026

Exhibit 2128: Inter-Local Agreement Between Ecology and Port Of Seattle for STIA Master Plan Update Oversight

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Facsimile cover sheet dated 2-19-02 from Ray Hellwig, Washington State Department of Ecology Northwest Regional Office (Bellevue, WA), to Tom Young (AAG), transmitting 11 pages including a Port of Seattle memorandum dated February 7, 2002 and an Inter-local Agreement between State of Washington Department of Ecology and Port of Seattle for oversight of construction projects in the Port’s Master Plan Update for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA). Agreement cites Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.), RCW 90.48, and a 401 Certification issued by Ecology. Budget Summary attached as Exhibit A covers full-time-equivalent positions and contract services. Signed February 8, 2002. AR 034032–034034.

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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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