March 11, 2002August 2, 2026

EXH AR002782: ACC Exhibit List — PCHB Hearing on STIA Third Runway, 401 Certification, and Stormwater Monitoring

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Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) exhibit list filed in Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) proceedings (AR002782–AR002784) concerning Sea-Tac Airport Third Runway, WAC 173-201A water quality standards, NPDES Permit WA-002465-1, 401 Water Quality Certification, and STIA construction stormwater monitoring. Exhibits include depositions of Drabek and Yee, emails among Kevin Fitzpatrick, Chung Yee, Peter Kmet, Craig Thompson, and Tom Luster re acceptable fill criteria language and Draft 401 Certification, Ecology Chapter 173-340-740 MTCA cleanup regulation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biological opinion on Sea-Tac Third Runway, and STIA construction stormwater monitoring data (6/28/01). Port of Seattle and Ecology objections on hearsay and 2/20 exhibit list grounds are noted throughout.

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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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