Washington House Bill 2825, introduced in January 1996, directed the state's Legislative Transportation Committee to study how airport-related impacts — including noise, air quality, water quality, and traffic — affect residential property values near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The study area was to include all homes within the 55 LDN noise contour and the nearby cities of Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, Sea-Tac, and Tukwila, using accepted methods such as the 'neighborhood pair' model. Up to $75,000 was appropriated for the study, with a final report due to legislative committees by December 15, 1996.

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Washington State House Bill 2825 introduced in 1996 to conduct a study analyzing the impacts of airport noise and other factors on residential housing values near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The bill appropriates $75,000 for the legislative transportation committee to conduct the study and report results by December 15, 1996.

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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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