PSRC Expert Arbitration Panel Final Decision On Noise Issues March 27 1996

PSRCThe Puget Sound Regional Council is a four county organization charged with authorizing federal transportation planning grants, including airport projects

This. is the FmalDecimon on.Noise ;L~es by. the Expert .Arbitration 'Panel on Noise and D~d(System Mrul!igfj)li61lt issues; (the •'Panel".). ·After making a thorough .and mdependent ev~~ti~n of_aH ~fthe evid~oo and ar~ents. tb.at have been present~d-to us vJith respect to t?e :reduetio~-:n noxse :unpacts , . ~ required by Resolution A~93-03 as a ooooition fur the Puget Sound Regt.onru Councils approval of a trura · runway 11X·Sea-Tac.futt7~tional Airpon; a majority of the Panel:> consisting ofPra.fessor William Bowlby and iVIs.IViarths Lat:igel~ ha,s reaclieti the fo~o·w:tng conclusion:. · Alt~ough the For:t .of Searde has :~cheduleclpursued, and achiev~d an impressive array of noise abatement a.ud:mitig~riri piogt:~.s~.the _POxt hilS not shown a reduction in real on~the-. ground nois~i impacts ·sufficient fu =sati~ th~ uoise redu~ti.on con.diti.on l,mposed by Resolution A-93-03 . . _ _ 1 . - • • .•. ··· ._:_ :.~-:~:~ _ _ .:..-<.-. · ;=· - - ~ - _. ;~ ·~ . . · . ' Mx.~~oott P; ~~;·:€.JA1~ :~(th~·~a.y.~ w~uld· fip(i that the Port has satisfied the requiremen·~s of the ~· . R~.sOimio~ aiuJ, dissent.e.tfonrthisJ:~~~n'::. . · :·: . · · · _. . t . :~· · ·,; · ·. - . · -."'- ' . · ·_;· -.r"""'~ ·.·· ~-= · ··~ .-- ~-~ .:-~ ·. : .::~." .. . :> •• -: - , :' • • • • w

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Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) Expert Arbitration Panel’s Review of Noise and Demand/System Management issues at Sea-Tac International
Airport

FINAL DECISION ON NOISE ISSUES

March 27, 1996

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