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Agenda for Port Of Seattle Third Runway Flow Augmentation/Water Rights meeting dated October 31, 2000, with handwritten notes. Attendees included Port Of Seattle, Department of Ecology, Attorney General’s Office, and Seattle Public Utilities (SPU). Topics covered potential sources of stream flow augmentation water for Des Moines Creek: SPU Highline Well Field, Highline Water District Well No. 1, detained stormwater, and reclaimed water. Key legal issues addressed include water right change requirements under WAC 173-152-050(3), 401 certification, change in purpose/place of use, RCW 90.03.380 ‘Arrowleaf’ amendment applicability, trust water right conversion, and information required to process change applications including historic use, nonabandonment, and public interest. Handwritten annotations reference Ecology policy, permit details, and action plan development.

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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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