StART FederalPolicyWorkingGroup MeetingSummary 20210607

StART enhances cooperation between the Port of Seattle and the neighboring communities of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Federal Policy Working Group MEETING SUMMARY JUNE 7, 2021; 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM VIA ZOOM V IDEOCONFERENCE Meeting Objectives: Opportunity to support three new federal policies. Discuss updates related to the StART federal policy agenda. Meeting Summary: I. Facilitator welcome, introduction and meeting agenda, Brian Scott from BDS Planning & Urban Design II. New Federal Policy Agenda Items, Eric Schinfeld, Port of Seattle 1. EPA Grant Program, Amanda Wyman-Bradley, Office of Congressman Adam Smith o Congressman Smith is working on a new evidence-based policy to develop a pilot grant program through the Environmental Protection Agency to research and collect data on aircraft and airport noise and emissions and to use such information and data to develop a mitigation strategy, and for other purposes. It aims to create a two-part grant program: i. Communities to work with universities to study emissions & noise cumulatively to study what parts of an airport community are most impacted. Airport communities could apply with their local organizations to break down where are the neighborhoods adjacent to airport that are most impacted and to show what are they impacted by. ii. Community organizations to partner with local government to create a community action plan to drive resources and explore impacts such as public health. o The bill wants to get outside of the FAA Airport Improvement Program (AIP) framework to create an entirely separate program for communities to solve…

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