Notes
The Expert Arbitration Panel on Noise and Demand/System Management Issues issued its final decision on noise impacts at Sea-Tac International Airport, as required by Puget Sound Regional Council Resolution A-93-03 for approval of a third runway. A majority of the Panel concluded that although the Port of Seattle pursued an impressive array of noise abatement and mitigation programs, it had not demonstrated a sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy the noise reduction condition of the Resolution. Panel Chair Scott P. Lewis dissented, finding the Port had satisfied the Resolution’s requirements.