October 23, 2001August 2, 2026

Exhibit 2135: Port Of Seattle Fill Criteria — Processed Materials Specifications for Third Runway Embankment

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Email chain dated October 23, 2001 among Ann Kenny (Ecology), Kevin Fitzpatrick, John Drabek, Ed Abbasi, Raymond Hellwig, Joan Marchioro, Tom Young (ATG), Elizabeth Leavitt (Port Of Seattle), Beth Clark, Paul Agid, Dave Walsh, and Jim Thomson regarding fill criteria under Condition E of the 401 certification for the Third Runway Embankment. Port Of Seattle proposes that topsoil, utility backfill, and base course not be subject to fill criteria testing, while general embankment material would be subject to testing. Attached specifications cover topsoil, utility backfill, base course, and general embankment fill borrow material. Discussion references Condition F.1 BMP requirements for utility corridors. AR 034358–034360, ECY00021860–ECY00021862.

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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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