September 12, 2001August 2, 2026

EXH AR008251: ACC Proposed Order Granting Stay of Ecology Section 401 Certification for Third Runway Construction at Sea-Tac Airport

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Proposed Order Granting Stay filed by Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) before the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB), Case No. 01-133, seeking to stay Department of Ecology Order #1996-4-02325 (Section 401 Certification and CZMA concurrency statement issued August 10, 2001) related to construction of a third runway and related improvements at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Attorneys Peter J. Eglick and Kevin L. Stock of Helsell Fetterman LLP, and Rachael Paschal Osborn, represent appellant. Received by Environmental Hearings Office September 12, 2001.

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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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