TagAirport Impacted Communities Act(6)
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2026-01-23 00:00Senate Bill Report SB 6240 – Aircraft Noise and Air Quality Mitigation
Washington Senate bill report proposing to allocate a portion of hazardous substance tax revenues from aviation fuel to create a state aircraft noise and air quality mitigation account. The account would fund grant programs through the Department of Commerce for mitigation strategies in aviation-impacted communities. -
2025-10-03 00:00Urban Ultrafine Particles Advisory Group Meeting
Meeting minutes from the UFP Advisory Group discussing research priorities for ultrafine particle health effects, mitigation strategies, and exposure reduction in aviation-impacted communities. Participants included University of Washington researchers, public health officials, school district representatives, and community leaders focusing on air quality and health impacts near Sea-Tac Airport. -
2025-02-14 13:29Washington State Air Pollution Map – Airport Communities
Map of Washington State showing cumulative levels of criteria air pollution with numbered markers indicating 16 airport-impacted communities. The map uses green shading to represent pollution levels from highest to lowest, with communities like Ellensburg, Everett, South King County, and others marked with red numbered circles. -
2025-01-21 00:00Senate Bill 5380 – Environmental Justice Act
Washington State Senate Bill 5380 introduced to reduce disparities in cumulative environmental and health impacts by improving government decisions. The bill amends existing environmental review codes and requires the Department of Ecology to add environmental justice as an element in environmental reviews and checklists. -
2020-03-31 12:44
AICA Gone Local
For the past several years there has been a lot of energy directed at creating Federal legislation to correct the systemic unfairness we all experience living near a large airport like Sea-Tac. On the surface, this makes perfect sense: the FAA has direct authority over all airports. And many, many attempts at obtaining relief by -
1985-01-25 12:15Resolution No. 2943 – Updated Noise Remedy Program
A RESOLUTION of the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle, King County Washington, adopting an updated Noise Remedy Program for Sea-Tac International Airport as an ele- ment to replace the Noise Remedy element of the previously adopted Sea-Tac Communities Plan described in Resolution No. 2626. Wllt:KEAS, the l:'Or't OI '>ea..::t.:.Le· aJ.oug Wl. LU 1..LU~ .IVUln.y . . ..Vdi)!J.t::l..c::.u Sea-Tac Communities Plan and the Port adopted it by Resolution No. 2626 on '• June 8, 1976, as-a-~id~development and environmental compatihiliLy for~th~e ______ __ Airport and its vicinity; WHEREAS, the Sea-Tac Communities Plan contained a major element deal- ing with noise impact and mitigation; WHEREAS, that element contained a series of noise remedy proposals . dealing with property acquisition and measures to reinforce or stabilize other impacted residential areas; WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle in accordance with the Sea-Tac Communities Plan has continued a program of land acquisition for noise compatibility purposes; WHEREAS, such programs are based on extensive technical analysis of noise exposure patterns; WHEREAS, periodic updating of such noise exposure information is desirable to determine changes in noise patterns and to employ more recent measurement technology; WHEREAS, the Port Commission authorized an updated Noise Exposure Study which was completed in June 1982; WHEREAS, a complete update of the Noise Remedy Program portion of the Sea-Tac Communities Plan was authorized by the Commission on October 26, 1982; and WHEREAS, the previous Environmental Impact Statement has been adopted and an addendum has been prepared in compliance with the State Environment Policy…