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  • 1997-09-26

    Costly War Waged Over Third Runway

    David Schaefer Seattle Times Staff Reporter AS PREPARATIONS begin for building a new runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, a coalition of cities is spending millions of tax dollars on lawsuits and public relations trying to stop the massive project. The Port of Seattle, meanwhile, will spend millions in public funds to keep it from being
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsACC, Seattle Times, Stephen Lamphear, Third Runway
  • 1997-09-03

    Petition Calls For Changing Port Of Seattle’s Name To Port Of King County

    Lisa Pemberton-Butler Seattle Times Business Reporter King County voters may be asked later this year if they’d like to change the Port of Seattle’s name to the Port of King County, reflecting that its money comes from taxpayers across the county. A group called King County Citizens for an Accountable Port yesterday turned in a
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsKing County Citizens for an Accountable Port, Port Of Seattle, Seattle Times
  • 1997-04-28

    Kids near airports don’t read as well because they tune out speech, Cornell study finds

    Children in schools bombarded by frequent aircraft noise don’t learn to read as well as children in quiet schools, Cornell University researchers have confirmed. And they have discovered one major reason: kids tune out speech in the racket. “We’ve known for a long time that chronic noise is having a devastating effect on the academic
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsCornell University, education, Noise Pollution
  • Runway project to get more scrutiny – updated forecasts show sea-tac might be busier than initially predicted

    Runway project to get more scrutiny – updated forecasts show sea-tac might be busier than initially predicted January 10, 1997 | News Tribune, The (Tacoma, WA) Author/Byline: Al Gibbs; The News Tribune | Page: A1 |  The Port of Seattle will conduct a rare supplemental environmental assessment of its third runway project at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The investigation, expected to last about a month, comes in the wake of updated Federal
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsACC, Airport Communities Coalition, Bob Olander, Demand, News Tribune, Peter Kirsch, Third Runway
  • Down-To-Earth Job — Sea-Tac’s Third Runway To Get Its Fill Of Dirt

    Jack Broom Seattle Times Staff Reporter Let’s say you’ve been looking for a better view, but you don’t want to leave the neighborhood. Instead, you bring in fill dirt to raise your property so you can see over all your neighbors. Somehow you get the dirt to form a nice column straight up from your
    CategoriesFrom The Web, History TagsFill Dirt, Seattle Times, Third Runway
  • 1994-12-11

    Sea-Tac’s Turbulent History

    Stephen Clutter, Paul J. Lim The latest controversy at Sea-Tac, over a possible third runway, is one more chapter in a long, turbulent history of airport expansion. Planes started using the site in 1944 and in five decades, it has become the 16th-busiest airport in the nation. ———————————- If you’re upset about the possibility of
    CategoriesFrom The Web, History TagsRichard Kennedy, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle Times, Westside Hilltop Survival Committee
  • 1994-12-11

    Sea-Tac’s Turbulent History

    Dec 11, 1994 Stephen Clutter, Paul J. Lim The latest controversy at Sea-Tac, over a possible third runway, is one more chapter in a long, turbulent history of airport expansion. Planes started using the site in 1944 and in five decades, it has become the 16th-busiest airport in the nation. ———————————- If you’re upset about
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsBuyouts, Seattle Times, Third Runway
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    49 USC § 46110 U.S. Code – Judicial review

    (a) Filing and Venue.— Except for an order related to a foreign air carrier subject to disapproval by the President under section 41307 or 41509(f) of this title, a person disclosing a substantial interest in an order issued by the Secretary of Transportation (or the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration with respect to security
    CategoriesFrom The Web, Resources TagsAirport Law, Cornell University, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration
  • 1993-04-28

    Puget Sound Regional Council amends the Regional Airport System Plan to support a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport

    On April 29, 1993, the Puget Sound Regional Council’s General Assembly adopts Resolution A-93-03 amending the 1988 Regional Airport System Plan  (RASP) on the basis of a three-year “Flight Plan” study concluded in 1992. The Resolution declares that “the region should pursue vigorously, as the preferred alternative, a major supplemental airport and a third runway
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsHistoryLink, King County, Noise, PSRC, Puget Sound Regional Council, Third Runway
  • 1992-06-12

    Flight Patterns – FAA’s ‘Four Post’ traffic plan for planes is illogical, insulting

    June 12, 1992 Publication: THE SEATTLE TIMES Page: A9 Word Count: 354 The Ninth Circuit in San Francisco recently voted that since the noise level was not above 65 decibels (recently raised from 55 decibels) the Federal Aviation Administration did not have to be subject to any environmental impact requirements. Therefore, the FAA’s brilliant “four post” plan remains
    CategoriesCorrespondence, From The Web TagsFAA, Four Post Plan, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Seattle Times

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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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