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Email from Ann Kenny of Washington State Department of Ecology to a group of stakeholders regarding the Port of Seattle’s proposal to remove non-hydrologic effects on low stream flow from consideration. Kenny urges the Port to continue researching water quantities contributed to base flows from septic tank systems, noting that septic removal affects both fecal coliform and stream base flow recharge. She references the Port’s December 2000 Low Stream Flow Analysis and suggests methods to more accurately quantify the number of homes on septic systems in the acquisition area.

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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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