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Port Of Seattle Air Mail newsletter, Winter 2010, covering the Sea-Tac Airport FAA Part 150 Noise and Land-Use Compatibility Study kickoff workshop scheduled for Wednesday, February 24, 2010, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Mount Rainier High School, 22450 19th Ave. S., Des Moines. Topics include the third runway community impacts, sideline noise, noise reduction flight procedures, hush house engine run-up enclosure feasibility, Sound Transit Link light rail opening at SeaTac/Airport Station in December 2009, wetlands restoration at former Des Moines Creek Nursery site near State Route 518 in City of SeaTac, Miller Creek enhancements, and Sea-Tac Airport internship program. Port of Seattle commissioners listed: Tom Albro, Bill Bryant, John Creighton, Rob Holland, Gael Tarleton; CEO Tay Yoshitani; Airport Managing Director Mark Reis.

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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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