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Port Of Seattle response filed December 6, 2001 to motion to intervene by Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) in Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Case No. 01-160, Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) v. Department of Ecology and Port Of Seattle. Port does not oppose CASE intervention if limited under WAC 371-08-420(1): CASE barred from raising new issues beyond existing stipulated issues, must abide by Pre-Hearing Order and discovery schedules, and may not present additional witnesses or exhibits not already listed, or must disclose by December 14, 2001. Related to 401 Certification, Sea-Tac Airport Master Plan Update. Filed by Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC (Roger A. Pearce, Steven G. Jones) and Marten & Brown LLP (Jay J. Manning, Gillis E. Reavis); signed by Linda J. Strout and Traci M. Goodwin.

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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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