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A June 25, 2001 memorandum from Charles Ellingson of Pacific Groundwater Group to Keith Smith of Port Of Seattle presenting draft interim deliverables for Hydrus/Slice modeling of third runway fill at Sea-Tac Airport. The memo defines areas to be modeled by Hydrus/Slice instead of HSPF in the Miller Creek and Walker Creek basins, calculates effective recharge using two algorithms, and describes the selection of three representative hydrogeologic cross sections for Slice models. Miller Creek Basin pervious fill area totals 3,030,620 sq ft and Walker Creek Basin 450,630 sq ft.

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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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