BAC SP Sharyn Parker Testimony HB 1683 CACC 201901 0001

Shawn Parker, Burien Resident, Member ofBurien Airport Committee, and former Noise Officer & Sound Insulation Program Manager, KCIA (Boeing Field) Thank you Chairman Fey, and committee members for this opportunity to submit testimony in support of HB 1683. My name is Shawn Parker, and besides being a resident of Burien, I was appointed two years ago to the Burien Airport Committee, principally because of my experience as the Noise Officer and Sound Insulation Program Manager at King County International Airport (KCIA) at Boeing Field for 14 years. Consequently, I have experienced aircraft noise as an administrator and policy maker, as well as a resident. During my aviation career, I worked extensively with the FAA and implemented first-hand federal regulations concerning noise management and sound mitigation. In the meantime, as a board member, I also represent hundreds of Coalition members from the Quiet Skies Coalition, formed in 2016 because of unauthorized flights over Burien neighborhoods by Alaska Airlines’ Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft. The Coalition also advocated for and supports the City of Burien’s lawsuit against FAA that is pending before the Ninth Circuit Court which challenges the FAA’s avoidance of NEPA environmental procedures. Specifically to HB 1683, as Burien City Council member Nancy To sta also submitted testimony to this Committee, the Burien City Council last week unanimously adopted three substantive resolutions, one of which I wrote about noise pollution. While I confess to being a policy wonk and the resolution proposes technical amendments to state law, the source of the…

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