This King County map, dated December 8, 2003, identifies Potential Water Quality Regulatory Areas within the Walker Creek Basin, highlighting features such as streams, lakes and ponds, wetlands, potentially regulated parcels, and potentially regulated roads. The map was compiled by King County staff to support water quality planning and regulation in the basin. Note that while this document relates to King County environmental planning, it does not directly address Sea-Tac Airport noise policy.

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A map produced by King County depicting the Walker Creek Basin and its potential water quality regulatory areas. The map identifies streams, lakes and ponds, wetlands, potentially regulated parcels, potentially regulated roads, and the Walker Basin outline. It was created on December 8, 2003.

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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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