BAC SP START Meeting Summary 20180816 20190227 0004

The Late-Night Noise Limitation Program is a new, voluntary Port of Seattle program designed to reduce late night noise at Sea-Tac Airport by providing an incentive to air carriers to fly during less noise sensitive hours or transition to quieter aircraft. The program was developed to increase airline awareness of the impact of aircraft noise on local communities. LATE NIGHT NOISE LIMITATION PROGRAM $ Focuses on the hours of 1 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. to help alleviate late night aircraft noise within the community Captures noise levels for any take-offs and landings between these hours using four close-in airport noise monitors * Assigns a penalty score as part of the Port’s Fly Quiet Incentive Program if an operation exceeds an established noise threshold * Reports out any exceedances of noise thresholds to the public and air carriers §g$:$:i •IS}::+ g{-$,iiX l:i f :H : ++q : : I n ::+:I = IS }:q:I&::: in•::• :: i::$kg: }II/IiI i:ag jr::i B A H A:: + PF+ := + = START The Late Night Noise Limitation Program is an outcome of the Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART). StART, formed by the Port in 2018, brings together the Port, FAA, air carriers, and local airport communities to support collaborative dialogue on airport-related issues and to identify practical solutions to reduce the airport’s impacts on neighboring communities. The Port of Seattle is committed to ensuring that Sea-Tac Airport benefits our region and neighbors, and this includes being responsive to community concerns about…

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Call to order – Roll Call – Quorum Established – Land Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge that our Agency operates in four present-day counties, which are the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people, past and present. This acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities in our jurisdiction and [...]