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Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) presentation to service organizations opposing the Third Runway at Sea-Tac Airport, covering ACC goals including revoking the Four-Post Plan and preventing additional runways. Argues the Third Runway is inadequate even by Port of Seattle’s own estimates (capacity shortfall by 2010), is the costliest runway in America, and would not resolve departure delays per FAA consultant findings. Proposes real alternatives: major supplemental airport (MSA), diverting non-connecting commuter flights, peak-hour pricing, and high-speed rail. Details negative community impacts including depressed property values, school noise (6,000+ children already affected, reading one grade-year below peers), environmental harms (8% of King County carbon monoxide emissions, Miller Creek watershed wetland destruction), construction burden (14 million cubic yards of dirt, 1,000–1,400 truckloads/day for four years), and traffic congestion. Raises regional equity argument that King County already hosts Sea-Tac Airport, Boeing Field, and Renton Airport. Includes chart showing growth in commuter aircraft operations at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport 1986–1992 (54,977 to 140,744 operations). Calls on audience to contact legislators to support state siting of an MSA.