This June 2016 document from the Port of Seattle presents a Construction Authorization Request for enhancements to the Auburn Wetland Mitigation Site, a wetland area located south of Seattle near Auburn, Washington. The site, originally constructed in 2006, serves as a mitigation site likely associated with environmental impacts from Sea-Tac Airport operations or related Port of Seattle projects. The request seeks approval to carry out site improvement work at the approximately 80-acre wetland property situated near the Green River.

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This is a Port of Seattle construction authorization request for enhancements to the Auburn Wetland Mitigation Site, presented at the June 28, 2016 commission meeting. The document includes a vicinity map showing the site’s location south of Auburn near the Green River, and an aerial photograph of the site as constructed in 2006.

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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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