January 1, 2024 1 pp.

Port Of Seattle Environment and Sustainability 2024 Annual Report: Lessening the Impact of Aircraft Noise

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Port Of Seattle 2024 Environment and Sustainability Annual Report section on aircraft noise mitigation at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac Airport). Covers the Sound Insulation Program including 320 apartment units with finalized designs, 3 single family homes insulated, 3 places of worship awaiting construction, and Pacific Middle School (Highline School District) scheduled to open August 2027 with $3.4 million FAA/Port investment serving 950 students. Reports on the Part 150 Noise and Land Use Compatibility Study with public workshops in Burien, SeaTac, and Des Moines and a Technical Review Committee (Part 150 TRC). Details a Repair and Replace Pilot Program assessing sound insulation installed prior to 2014, finding 99% past industry-standard useful life but none exceeding FAA interior noise thresholds. Fly Quiet Award 2024 winners: Air Canada, Frontier Airlines, and Air France. Eighteen StART (SEA Stakeholder Advisory Round Table) meetings held in 2024.

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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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