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A letter to the Washington delegation of State and Federal electeds around Sea-Tac Airport concerning aviation biofuel commonly referred to as Sustainable Aviation Fuel or SAF. Senator Cantwell, Senator Murray, Representative Smith, Representative Orwall, Representative Gregerson, Senator Keiser, March 29, 2023 On behalf of SeaTacNoise.Info, I write you today to urge you to suspend (or at
Rep. Orwall is a member of the House, 33rd Legislative District in Des Moines. Thanks again for your time. I understand well that yer up to yer neck in now, but I’m hoping these are issues you will consider taking up.All my thinking comes from my group’s (SeaTacNoise.Info) research into the history of Sea-Tac Airport.
HB1791 is a bill of the 2023 State of Washington Legislative session, which attempts to re-constitute the failed CACC process, commonly known as “the search for a second airport. As of today, the bill has passed the House and is under review in the Senate. You can follow its progress and provide your own comment
Representative Smith. I am writing to provide our input as to what residents of Sea-Tac Airport need to address the impacts of commercial aviation. Although these four suggestions are specific to our community, they apply to all major airport communities. As we have always said: Solving for Sea-Tac, solves for all airports. That was the
A letter to the Commissioners of the Port of Seattle regarding the 29 November Commission Meeting and passage of the Port’s 2023 Budget. Commissioners, Congratulations on passing the Port’s 2023 Budget at your 29 November meeting. Here are a few thoughts about that meeting, the budget you passed, and the year ahead: 1. There was not
An Airbus SE A380-800 Emirates commercial airliner prepares to land at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada. (Brent Lewin / Bloomberg) By William Ralston Bloomberg The amount of time between planes landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport might seem prosaic to the untrained eye, but there’s a lot more going on than a pilot negotiating
Why Seattle needs to start taking wildfire smoke more seriously | The Seattle Times This article hits on something that has needed to be talked about for a very long time. The denialism people have had about air quality cannot be under-estimated. When I worked in Detroit, people were well aware of lead emissions for
Section 163 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 regulates the uses of properties acquired by airport sponsors using FAA funds. These include property buyouts for noise mitigation and other non-aeronautical uses. SEC. 163. LIMITED REGULATION OF NON-FEDERALLY SPONSORED PROPERTY. (a) <> In General.–Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of Transportation may not
We never wish to embarrass current or recent electeds. But facts are facts. When it comes to aviation, no member of any Washington delegation, Federal or State, House or Senate, votes against the airline industry. They write letters. They propose various regulatory bits that have no chance at passage. But every vote that has made