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Declaration of Gina Marie Lindsey, Director of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA) since September 1993, submitted in Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) Case No. 01-0133, Airport Communities Coalition v. Department of Ecology and Port of Seattle. Lindsey describes STIA deficiencies including airside delays during poor weather, inadequate parking, inadequate road access for south airport traffic, and inadequate terminal capacity. Describes the 1997 FAA-approved Master Plan Update projects including a new 8,500-foot parallel air-carrier runway, 600-foot extension of Runway 34R, runway safety areas (RSAs), new terminal, South Aviation Support Area (SASA), and support facility relocation. Cites FAA 1997 Record of Decision and Puget Sound regional planning approval. Filed by Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC.

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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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