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An email chain between Joan Marchioro (Washington Attorney General’s office) and Tom Newlon (Port of Seattle) discussing a revised proposal for Condition E.1(b) regarding fill criteria for imported fill material at an embankment project. The proposal introduces a ‘drainage layer cover’ concept and outlines the use of Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure (SPLP) as an alternative method to demonstrate suitability of fill materials. The draft language requires SPLP test results to be provided to Ecology at least ten business days prior to fill placement.

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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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