BAC SP #2 BAC Draft Letter To Pos Stephen Me Truck On SAMP 20190817 0001

Dear Mr. Metruck, Commissioners Bowman, Calkins, Felleman, Gregoire, and Steinbruck: As you are aware, the City of Burien has ongoing concerns regarding certain plans and procedures the Port of Seattle is implementing at Seattle Tacoma International Airport and their impact on our community. Our exam}nation of the Port’s process regard}ng these ptans and procedures, as well as our understanding of them, has led us to develop some questions related to the Port’s intentions and activities. These questions are listed below. 1. Why have there been no studies evaluating increases in aircraft noise on ALL runways since the 2002-2007 Part 150 Study? (in case you didn’t know, the 2013-2018 Part 150 Study only evaluated the third runway.) FAA guidance calls for new noise analyses whenever there }s an increase of noise of at least 1.5 dB DNL.1 is it your position that no 1.5 dB DNL increases have occurred despite enormous growth of aircraft operations since 2002? 2. Why have many of the noise abatement procedures (i.e., nighttime flights, reverse thrust, etc..) remain un-implemented despite the Expert Arbitration Panel’s Review of Noise (Final Report) recommendations in 19962? Why has the Port ignored pleas for noise abatement flight procedures for 23 years; yet continues to “discuss” them with the StART Committee? is this another futile effort to encourage the Port to modify its behavior? 3. When was the last time that Sea-Tac Airport’s noise program was performance audited by the State of Washington or the FAA? Given the Port’s lax oversight (documented…

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