January 1, 2002August 2, 2026

Exhibit 715: City of Bellingham Wastewater Outflow and Midway Sewer District Flow Data, December 2001–January 2002

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Exhibit AR 026432–AR 026433 contains two figures related to wastewater flow data in the Bellingham and Midway Sewer District area. Figure 1 is an outflow hydrograph for the City of Bellingham Post Point wastewater treatment plant covering December 2001–January 2002, showing daily plant outflow in million gallons per day (mgd), prepared by Water Resources Consulting LLC. Figure 2 is a circular flow recorder chart from Midway Sewer District treatment facility showing flow as percent of maximum hydraulic capacity (18 mgd); a storm on November 14, 2001 caused flow to increase from 8 to 18 mgd in 3 hours, with recorded rainfall of 0.44 inches on 11/12/01, 2.60 inches on 11/13/01, and 1.61 inches on 11/14/01.

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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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