• 2023-10-24 17:42

    Property Tax Levy 2023 (and a few words about sex trafficking)

    Commissioners, It’s with an increasingly heavy heart we take in your  discussion of the Property Tax Levy every year now. Despite your claims to be the most progressive commission ever, the tax levy is evidence that your relationship with the cities under the flight path, especially fence line communities, is steadily becoming less equitable with
  • 2023-06-15 18:30

    HR 4178 Quiet Communities Act of 2023

    118th CONGRESS BILLS-118hr4178ih To reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control in the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sponsors Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Cárdenas, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Norton, Mr. Schiff, and Mr. Sarbanes) introduced the following bill; which
  • FAA Reauthorization 2023: Community Use Of Airport Land

    Like many agencies of the Federal Government, the law giving life to the FAA needs to be reauthorized periodically. The last bill was in 2018 and the current version will be passed this year. A reauthorization bill is something of a misnomer. The first page reauthorizes the agency; the remaining hundreds and hundreds of pages
  • Cantwell, Cruz, Duckworth, Moran Introduce Bipartisan FAA Reauthorization

    June 12, 2023 United States leadership in technology and innovation, along with a dynamic workforce, will define the future of aviation  U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Aviation Subcommittee Chair Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) introduced
  • FAA 2023 Reauthorization Draft 06/09/2023

    To amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. GRAVES of Missouri (for himself, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, and Mr. COHEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on lllllllllllllll A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4 ‘‘Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American 5 Aviation Act’’. 6 VerDate Nov 24 2008 01:33 Jun 09, 2023 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:USERSRJCASTUROAPPDATAROAMINGSOFTQUADXMETAL11.0GENCFAA_001 June 9, 2023 (1:33 a.m.) G:CMTETI18FAAFAA_001.XML g:VHLD60923D060923.002.xml (884264|5) (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 1 this Act is as follows: 2 Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS AND FAA ORGANIZATIONAL REFORM Subtitle A—Authorizations Sec. 101. Airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning and programs. Sec. 102. Facilities and equipment. Sec. 103. Operations. Sec. 104. Extension of miscellaneous expiring authorities. Subtitle B—FAA Organizational Reform Sec. 121. FAA leadership. Sec. 122. FAA management board. Sec. 123. Prohibition on conflicting pecuniary interests. Sec. 124. Authority of Secretary and Administrator. Sec. 125. Review of FAA…
  • Ultrafine particle monitoring (Seattle/Chinatown and Sea-Tac Airport) HDC2 11 12 42

    2/10/2023 HDC 336 - Local Community Project Information Form 1 2023 Legislative Session Member Requested Local Community Project Information Form Important Notes: This is not a formal grant program. This form provides information for House members to request a separate appropriation in the capital budget for this project. Funding any project is at the discretion of the Legislature. This document may be subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act (Chapter 42.56 RCW). Funds are available on a reimbursement basis only and cannot be advanced. Tips: Successful past projects generally are ones in which the requested state funds: (1) are used for a facility providing an important public benefit; (2) are a small portion of the total project funding (25% or less); (3) result in a completed project or phase usable by the public for the intended purpose when the state funds are expended; and (4) are for a project that is ready for construction or renovation and will be completed within the biennium. I. Project Name and Sponsor Ultrafine particle monitoring (Seattle and TBD) $412,000 Sponsor(s): Orwall, Rep. Tina II. Where is the project physically located? Address: An air monitoring site near Sea-Tac Airport (to be determined) and 10th Ave & Weller St, Seattle Seattle and TBD , 98104 King District(s): 33, 37 Coordinates: 47.4667235, -122.3240617 III. Project Contact Organization: Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Contact: Kathy Strange , Director of Air Quality Programs Website: https://pscleanair.gov/ Phone: 206-689-4095 E-mail: kathys@pscleanair.gov Address: 1904 3rd Ave, Suite 105 Seattle, 98101
  • 2023-05-02 22:37

    California is attempting to regulate rail. We should do the same for aviation.

    Last week the State of California put forward an audacious proposal to regulate emissions from railroads. And you should read it because to us, this the ball game for airport communities. Their plan is a bit like early marijuana law. As it stands, it cannot take effect without an Executive Order from the Biden Administration.
  • Port of Seattle Commission Resolution 2516

    A RESOLUTION o€ t h e Port Uowniesion of t h e Por t of Seat t le p r o v i d i n g f o r t h e amendment of Uni t 18 of t h e e x i s t i n g Comprehensive Scheme of Harbor Improvements of t h e P o r t of Seat t le a p p l i c a b l e t o Sea-Tac I n t e r n a t i o n a l A i r p o r t , and p r o v i d i n g f o r t h e a c q u i s i t i o n of a d d i t i o n a l fands and o t h e r p r o p e r t i e s n e c e s s a r y ar,d r e l a t e d t o t h e o p e r a t i o n of Sea-Tas I n t e r n a t i o n a l Airport. WilEKEAS, t h e v o t e r s of King County, pursuan t t o the p r o v i s i o n s of e n a b l i n g l e g i s l a t i o…
  • 2023-04-17 21:02

    S.1167 – Sound Insulation Treatment Repair and Replacement Program Act

    BILLS-118s1167is [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1167 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1167 To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow additional funds to be provided under the airport improvement program for certain noise mitigation projects, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE
  • 2023-04-10 23:12

    Port Package Update Letter – Spring 2023

    Greetings, As always, this is behind schedule. However, in addition to the the usual procrastination, things change all the time. Sorry, but for newcomers we always start with some background. If you’ve heard all this, just skip down… Your original Port Package was almost certainly financed through FAA funding called the Airport Improvement Program (AIP).