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Tom Luster’s self-addressed email memo documenting a phone call from Ann Kenny regarding the 401 water quality certification, Agreed Order, and Governor’s certification letter related to Sea-Tac Airport’s third runway. Kenny indicates Ecology intends to separate the 401 from the Agreed Order and pursue ‘reasonable assurance’ through a new study examining possible contamination pathways from AOMA to the third runway. Luster notes he would limit any affidavit to his understanding of document connections during his time as project reviewer.

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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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