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Port of Seattle Air Mail newsletter, Fall 2010, covering the third Sea-Tac Airport Part 150 Noise and Land Use Compatibility Study public workshop scheduled for October 27, 2010 at Mount Rainier High School, 22450 19th Ave. S., Des Moines, WA 98198. Topics include new noise exposure contour maps, FAA Part 150 study process, aircraft noise monitoring, sound insulation mitigation, Highline Community College classroom insulation (13th building), center runway renovation (60-day closure, 164 concrete panels replaced, reopened September 2010, full reconstruction slated for 2016), Alaska Airlines Greener Skies continuous descent approach procedures over Puget Sound, aviation biofuel initiative with Boeing and Washington State University, and Sea-Tac Airport Scholarship Golf Tournament benefiting Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence.

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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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