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Dissolved Oxygen Deicing Study prepared by Cosmopolitan Engineering Group for Port Of Seattle Sea-Tac International Airport (AR042698, August 1999), examining impacts of de-icing agents from airport stormwater runoff on Miller Creek and Des Moines Creek, including BOD5 discharges to NW Ponds and Lake Reba. Accompanied by Washington State Department of Ecology (NWRO) response letter dated October 21, 1999 from Kevin C. Fitzpatrick to Tom Hubbard, Port of Seattle, critiquing the study for lacking Streeter-Phelps analyses and modeling, questioning attribution of BOD5 levels at SDE4 and SDS1 outfalls, and raising concerns about glycol deicing agents as constant BOD5 source contributing to low dissolved oxygen levels. Study submitted in response to anticipated 401 Certification monitoring requirement under NPDES permit.

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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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