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Candidate responses to environmental questionnaire from Defenders of Highline Forest for the November 2025 election in South King County. Port of Seattle Commission Position 1 candidate Ryan Calkins and Position 4 candidate Toshio Hasegawa address health and environmental impacts of Sea-Tac Airport growth on BIPOC, immigrant, elder, and low-income near-airport residents; North SeaTac Park (NSTP) preservation; Sound Insulation Program; sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) 10% blend by 2028 and 50% by mid-century; FAA Reauthorization; StART; Highline Forum; HEAL Act; SAMP process; decarbonization; and child care facility at SEA. 33rd District House of Representatives candidate Edwin Obras proposes Airport-Adjacent Community Health & Mitigation Act (AACHMA) covering noise mitigation, ultrafine particle monitoring, MERV-13/HEPA filtration, zero-emission ground operations, and green buffer funding.

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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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