January 24, 2002August 2, 2026

Pre-hearing order: State of Washington Department of Ecology v. Port of Grays Harbor, Mox Chehalis, LLC, and the City of Westport

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A pre-hearing order issued by the Shorelines Hearings Board of Washington State consolidating four appeals related to a proposed destination resort in the City of Westport. The order covers hearing scheduling, mediation procedures, and settlement discussion timelines for appeals filed by Ecology, Westport, Mox Chehalis LLC, and the Port of Grays Harbor. The Board assigned a mediator and set settlement discussion deadlines between February 28 and March 29, 2002.

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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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