The StART (SEA Stakeholder Advisory Round Table) meeting held on December 8, 2021 via Zoom covered two main topics: an update on the School Resilience to Air Pollution Study presented by Dr. Elena Austin of the University of Washington, and a briefing on the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act by Port of Seattle federal relations staff. Additional agenda items included a SAMP update and public comment, with the next meeting scheduled for February 23, 2022.

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Agenda for the SEA Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART) meeting held via Zoom on December 8, 2021. The meeting featured a School Resilience to Air Pollution Study update by Dr. Elena Austin of the UW School of Public Health, a briefing on the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, and a SAMP update. The next meeting was scheduled for February 23, 2022.

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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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