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Declaration by William A. Rozeboom filed before the Pollution Control Hearings Board for the State of Washington in support of the Airport Communities Coalition’s reply on its motion for a stay of Ecology’s Section 401 Certification. Rozeboom disputes the adequacy of HSPF modeling calibration used to assess stream low flow impacts to Walker and Des Moines Creeks, challenges assertions about Industrial Wastewater System improvements, and argues that deficiencies in the low flow mitigation plan cannot be resolved by the conditions in Ecology’s 401 Certification. The declaration also addresses the Port of Seattle’s incomplete compliance with the King County Surface Water Design Manual.

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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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