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Resolution No. 3211 of the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle, King County, Washington, repealing sections 15.4 and 21 and subsections 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, and 21.5 of Port Resolution 3028, and adopting new SEPA administrative appeal procedures under ch. 43.21C RCW and chapter 197-11 WAC. Establishes appealable SEPA decisions (EIS adequacy and issuance of mitigated determination of nonsignificance MDNS), standing requirements, 15-calendar-day appeal filing deadline, notice requirements, $300 appeal fee, Hearing Examiner appointment, burden of proof, standard of review (RCW 43.21C.075(3)(d)), and scope of review. Consistent with regulatory reform legislation ch. 347, Laws of 1995. AR039919–AR039921.

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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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