Port of Seattle PHSKC letter 062221

Senior Social Research Scientist, Assessment, Policy Development & Evaluation Public Health—Seattle & King County (PHSKC) Sent via email: krijohnson@kingcounty.gov Re: Initial Concerns and Questions for Public Health-Seattle & King County Dear Kris: Thank you for our recent discussion with you regarding the PHSKC report, Community Health and Airport Operations Related Noise and Air Pollution: Report to the Legislature in Response to Washington State HOUSE BILL 1109. We understand the County was tasked with completing this report. However, we do not understand why the County chose not to notify or coordinate with the Port of Seattle in developing such a report. The Port of Seattle works closely with Puget Sound Clean Air Agency and other regulatory agencies in managing its airport-related noise and air pollution and if contacted, we would have supplied additional rigorous scientific and technical information that could have aided this study. We have reviewed the report and have a number of questions and concerns regarding the County’s methodology, data sources, scope, analysis, and conclusions. We appreciate the chance to have had a preliminary discussion with you, and we look forward to submitting a more detailed follow-up letter to the County soon. In the meantime, we plan to share some of the attached concerns at the June 23 SeaTac Stakeholder Advisory Roundtable (StART) meeting, where the County will be presenting this report. These items are a partial list and represent some of our biggest concerns. Our overarching intent is that accurate, scientifically supported information be presented regarding the airport’s…

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