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Memorandum dated August 13, 1998 from Jamie Beaver and Allen Jones at Hart Crowser, Inc. to Michael Bailey (Hart Crowser), CC Pete Douglass (Peter M. Douglass, Inc.), project J-4978-01. Presents soil strength parameters for Phase II embankment stability analysis using UTEXAS3 program. Covers SPT N-value correlations for shear strength, friction angle (cohesionless soils including sands and sandy gravel), cohesion (varied from 0 to 750 psf for silty embankment fill and native silt/clay), residual friction angle related to plasticity index and Atterberg limits, unit weight from AGI Technologies boring logs using Dames and Moore sampling device, sensitivity analysis, catastrophic failure modes including drainage blanket failure and pore pressure coefficients, and groundwater mounding in Recessional Soils, Advance Outwash, and Glacial Till deposits in Seattle area.

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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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