A September 2017 draft briefing prepared by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency covers regional air quality conditions for the Highline Forum, focusing on south King County. Topics include which air pollutants pose the greatest health risks, where those pollutants come from, how air quality in the south King County area compares to other parts of the region, and an upcoming University of Washington study on ultrafine particle pollution. The agency's jurisdiction spans King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties, with a mission to protect public health and improve neighborhood air quality.

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A draft presentation by Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Manager Kathy Strange prepared for the Highline Forum on September 27, 2017. The briefing covers agency overview, priority air pollutants, air quality sources and trends, south King County air quality comparisons, and ultrafine particle pollution including an upcoming University of Washington study.

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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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