October 26, 2001August 2, 2026

Exhibit AR026216: Transmittal Form — Parametrix to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, STIA MPU Natural Resource Mitigation

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Transmittal form dated October 26, 2001 from Jim Kelley, Ph.D. at Parametrix, Inc. (Kirkland, WA) to Muffy Walker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), Seattle, WA, transmitting responses to ACOE request for additional information regarding the STIA MPU Natural Resource Mitigation project (Project Number 556-2912-001-03). Carbon copy to Elizabeth Leavitt, Port Of Seattle. Attachments include wetland mapping figures labeled ‘Borrow Area 1’ showing wetland delineations (Wetland B1 through B16, Water 2) with acreage notations ranging from 0.07 to 1.22 acres, contour elevations (280, 300, 309, 318.9, 326.3), and aerial photography of the site 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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