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Port of Seattle SEPA addendum (POS SEPA No. 01-05, AR 049967) dated March 6, 2001, for the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport North Electric Service Upgrade project. Documents a revised proposal for the North Main Service Point site location and 12.5 kV cable route connecting to the Bow Lake Substation via International Boulevard near South 176th Street. Addresses land use, aesthetics, and transportation impacts including temporary lane closures on airport roadways, underground ductbank installation between the North Main Service Point and Airport electric circuits, and traffic control measures. Port of Seattle determined the revised proposal is a minor change within the scope of the original North Electric Service Upgrades project with no significant adverse impacts.

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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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