The SEA Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART) held a meeting on August 27, 2025, focused on two main objectives: receiving an update from Washington State's Commercial Aviation Working Group (CAWG) and finalizing StART's 2025/2026 priorities. The agenda also included updates on aviation noise programs, federal and state policy activities, and the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Master Plan (SAMP), with presentations led by Port of Seattle and WSDOT officials. The next tentative meeting was scheduled for October 22, 2025, via Zoom.

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Agenda for the SEA Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART) meeting on August 27, 2025, held via Zoom. The meeting objectives include an update on Washington State’s Commercial Aviation Working Group (CAWG) efforts and finalizing StART’s 2025/2026 priorities. Topics include policy and aviation noise working group activities, a SAMP update, and public comment.

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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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