February 8, 2002August 2, 2026

Letter from Marten Brown to Kevin L. Stock Re: ACC and CASE v. Port Of Seattle and Department of Ecology Reference Documents

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A letter from Gillis E. Reavis of Marten Brown attorneys to Kevin L. Stock of Helsell Fetterman enclosing two spreadsheets listing reference documents relied on by expert John Strunk in PCHB No. 01-160. The spreadsheets list documents related to preferential ground water flow paths relative to the proposed Third Runway at Sea-Tac Airport, including studies on contaminated ground water, budget pipe leaks, airline fuel farms, and hangar areas. Materials on the second spreadsheet, not previously provided to the Department of Ecology, were delivered along with a disc containing data used by Strunk.

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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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