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  • 2025-06-26

    The one minute Port Package map fly over

    Visualizing Port Package eligibility from 1991 until today A few weeks ago we wrote a post describing the work we had begun to improve our maps and charts and graphs. Here is one tiny example of how you can use them. This one minute video is a ‘fly-over’ of the DNL65 from 1991 until today
  • 2025-06-25

    Facial recognition and airport expansion

    Convenience = Capacity In 2019, there was a fairly large kerfuffle at the Port Commission over facial recognition. At the time, personal privacy was considered a high priority. The Commission ordered a study and after 18 months came back with this report, and a lot of press, including this article… Sea-Tac is First Airport to
  • 2025-06-25

    StART June 25, 2025

    StART’s Priority Framework 5:30 pm Identifying StART 2025/26 Priorities 6:30 pm Policy Working Group Activities 6:40 pm Aviation Noise Working Group Arif Ghouse, Interim Airport Managing Director, POS Andrés Mantilla, Uncommon Bridges John Flanagan, State Government Relations Manager, POS Tom Fagerstrom, Noise Programs Manager, POS
  • 2025-06-25

    Port Commission 2025 state legislative session review

    Distractions for us. But a good summary of all the Port has on its plate. Full Meeting Packet Item #11b Memo on 2025 State Legislative Session Review  Item #11b Presentation on 2025 State Legislative Session Review The June 24 meeting featured a lengthy briefing on the Port’s view of the 2025 legislative session in Olympia.
  • 2025-06-19

    Burien Airport Committee Port Package proposal

    Airport group makes important recommendation to Burien City Council At their June 17 meeting the BAC voted 5-0 to make the following recommendation to their City Council. Port package program revamp (resolution) The City of Burien believes that, as currently structured, the Port of Seattle’s “Port Package” replacement program is a failure. Hundreds of homeowners,
  • 2025-06-17

    Burien Airport Committee June 17, 2025 (Burien City Hall)

    Reports: BAC Priorities, Economic Impact Assessments (Possible UW Project) Port Package Program Community Engagement Burien Collective Meeting

  • The Sleepy Time Penalty Period Explainer

    Why Fly Quiet programs are not great. And the magic of DNL Sleep disruption, specifically from aircraft, is very unhealthy, creating both acute and chronic illnesses. The FAA recognizes this and takes night time flights into account when establishing the noise boundary (DNL) determining which homes get sound insulation. But there is a lot more
  • 2025-06-14

    Threat aboard plane halts flights at Sea-Tac Airport; 1 in custody

    By Lauren Girgis and Paige Cornwell Seattle Times staff reporters The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Saturday afternoon because of a security threat on a plane bound for Walla Walla. Around 1 p.m., flights scheduled to arrive at Sea-Tac were circling or being diverted to other airports, according
  • 2025-06-12

    Bird watching

    Our last post on funding Port Package updates (Three Votes. Three Dollars.) got many more letters than most. The reactions were everything from enthusiasm to sarcasm and in this year of the SAMP we think it’s time for a reality check. We recently picked up a new volunteer. That in itself is unusual these days.
  • 2025-06-12

    Supreme Court Clarifies NEPA Scope in Light of Loper Bright

    By: Steven M. Taber, Esq. In Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado (May 29, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) complied with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when it declined to evaluate environmental impacts from increased oil drilling and refining that could result from a newly approved railway
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