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Port Of Seattle Air Mail newsletter, Summer 2009, covering demolition of Lora Lake Apartments at 15001 Des Moines Memorial Drive, Burien, located within the Runway Protection Zone (RPZ) of the third runway at Sea-Tac Airport. Includes details on the Agreed Order with Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) under the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) for soil contamination cleanup, public comment period July 10–August 10, and public meeting July 23 at Highline School District Educational Resource and Administration Center, 15675 Ambaum Blvd SW, Burien. Also covers Seattle-Tacoma International Airport scholarships awarded to Highline School District seniors via HMSHost Golf Tournament, Project PROMise prom dress donations, Aviation High School environmental curriculum on noise abatement and stormwater, Part 150 Noise and Land-Use Compatibility Study announcement, and 2009 Fly Quiet Awards to Virgin America and Federal Express.

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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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