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Hart Crowser subsurface conditions data report prepared for HNTB Corporation and Port Of Seattle, project J-4978-06, July 1999, supporting 404 permit for Third Runway embankment at Sea-Tac Airport. Covers generalized geologic and hydrogeologic conditions, subsurface soil conditions, hydraulic conductivity estimates, slug testing, water level data, SPT borings (HC99-B31 through HC99-B47), test pits (HC99-TP1 through HC99-TP21, HC98-TP1 through HC98-TP12), Shelby tube sampling, grain size analysis, Atterberg limits, consolidation and direct shear tests, shallow regional aquifer groundwater elevation contours, and geologic cross sections for north and west study areas.

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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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