This is a Washington State Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application (JARPA) submitted by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) for the SR 509 Stage 2 Project, which involves constructing a new expressway between 24th Avenue South and South 188th Street in the cities of Burien, Des Moines, and SeaTac, King County. The project corridor runs through publicly owned land and spans multiple sections of townships near Sea-Tac Airport. The application was received on March 24, 2022, and covers permits related to aquatic resources affected by the highway construction.

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A Washington State Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Application (JARPA) submitted by WSDOT for the SR 509 Stage 2 Project, a new expressway running from 24th Avenue South to South 188th Street in King County. The project spans publicly owned lands in Burien, Des Moines, and SeaTac, Washington, and involves aquatic resource impacts requiring state and federal permits.

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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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