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Handwritten notes from a BEATAC meeting at the Port on April 20, 2000, AR018447, involving City of Des Moines personnel including Tom Walsh, Tacie Borden, John Marchiloro, Jim Kelly, and others. Topics include: stormwater review at FCC starting 5-5-00; SR-509 temporary interchange issues (ESA/BA review, Jonathan Freedman indirect impacts, erosion/sediment control, no federal nexus); LWS#3 awarded to Segoli with 57 acres of drainage, NPDES permit and impervious surface concerns affecting Des Moines Creek baseflow; CZM consistency postponement (NOAA reqs referring to ‘completed application’); and response to comments on stormwater review, buffers, wildlife hazard plan, and natural resource mitigation plan.

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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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