Port-Cities 2023 FAA Reauthorization Letter FINAL

The Honorable Patty Murray The Honorable Maria Cantwell United States Senate United States Senate The Honorable Adam Smith The Honorable Pramila Jayapal United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives The Honorable Rick Larsen The Honorable Marilyn Strickland United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives Dear Senator Murray, Senator Cantwell, Representative Smith, Representative Jayapal, Representative Larsen, and Representative Strickland, On behalf of the Port of Seattle and the six cities surrounding Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), we are pleased to write to share our aircraft noise and emissions policy priorities for inclusion in next year’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization legislation. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, SEA was not only the 8th busiest airport in the country in terms of passenger volumes, but also one of the fastest growing – increasing from 31 million passengers in 2010 to almost 52 million passengers in 2019. This growth – and the associated number of operations and overflights in near-airport communities – has elevated aircraft noise and air emissions as one of the highest community priorities for the Port and the cities of SeaTac, Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, Tukwila, and Federal Way. The Port and these six cities work closely together to identify new mitigations and abatements for aircraft noise and emissions in our community; in fact, we have jointly created the SEA Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART) to provide a forum for collaborative efforts on this front. We are proud that this partnership has resulted in specific…

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