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Low Streamflow Analysis prepared by Earth Tech, Inc. for Port Of Seattle as part of the Seattle-Tacoma Airport Master Plan Update, dated December 2000. AR 043961. Report covers existing streamflow conditions, watershed modeling of current and proposed conditions, hydrologic behavior of runway fill, changes in non-hydrologic flows, effects of secondary recharge, reserved stormwater release, and summary of low streamflow effects for Miller Creek. Appendices include comparison of Pacific Groundwater and Hart Crowser fill modeling approaches, HSPF model input and results, and estimates of historic water withdrawal in Miller Creek buyout area.

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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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