RCAA – Response to Procedural Order, Expert Arbitration Panel, April 20, 1995

Enclosed please find two reports which we hope will provide you with useful information regarding delay , capacity and noise issues related to Sea-Tac Airport , as well as feasible alternatives to the third runway . The two reports were submitted by our non'-profit organization to a special arbitration panel given binding powers by the Puget Sound Regional Council to decide the third runway issue at Sea- Tac , as part of the official, decision-making study processs One report is on so'-'called "Demand and System Management'1 alternatives to the third runway , and related issues which have bearing upon the Expert Arbitration Panel’s consideration of those alternatives . While viewpoints are offered in that report , we hope you will find the documented citations useful as well. They come from the FAA , the Port of Seattle , key airline groups , and other such sources . The second , and shorter report , is addressed to some key aspects of tEle noise issues that are before the Panel. Where necessary, both reports cite from the procedural orders of the Expert Panel that have guided this process . The Port of Seattle and a number of other entities have also been submitting materials to the Panel. The Panel is scheduled to hold its next hearings May 3-'5 at the PSRC’s Seattle offices , 1011 Western , from 9 : 30 to about 4 : 30 each day . In the ’IDemand and System Management/Related Matterst1 Report, our key points are…
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