Cliff Muller letter to Oris Dunham re Noise Exposure Update 01-07-1982

On Tuesday, December 8th, 1981, the following members of the Technical Advi- sory Committee for the Sea-Tac International Airoort Noise Exoosure Uodate met to discuss certain concerns regarding the final draft of the Noise Exposure Update. Bill Holstine, Riverton Heights Community Bob Nelson, City of Des Moines Virginia Dana, Zone III Committee Jim Chalupnik, Environmental Protection Agency, Noise Program Marian MacKenzie, Citizen Peter Breysee, Department of Environmental Health, U of W Marsha Huebner, City of Des Moines The product of that meeting was an acknowledgement of concerns pertinent to the Noise Exposure Update which we maintain warrant attention. Firstly, the document does not define the problem which the study was designed to address, that is, the effects of aircraft noise on the Sea-Tac Commun- ities. The study was undertaken in order to provide a statistical foundation for the development of an overall strategy for alleviating conflicts bet- ween the airport and its neighbors, conflicts which bear upon property values and individual reactions to aircraft noise. The purpose stated in the report is to update noise exposure data for the Sea-Tac Communities Plan. However, the update is an element of the solution, not a statement of the problem. We find a statement of the problem critical to fosterinq a layman 1 S under- standing of the study and in providing a starti"g point from which to ev~l uate its efficacy. As the Port of Seattle will be reappraising noise remedy programs in light of this report, we find the results distressing.…

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