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Port of Seattle in violation of Federal Grant Assurance C.6 And State RCW 53.54.020 Contents: Item #1: Letter from U.S. Congressman Adam Smith dated May 27, 1998 asking for a GAO Audit. Item #2: Letter to FAA from Shawn M. Lewis, Manager for Special Investigations, State Auditors Office dated June 17, 1998. Letter to Shawn Lewis from Minnie 0. Brasher dated June 22,1998. Item #3: Letter from State Representative Karen Keiser and State Senator Julia Patterson dated June I 0, 1998 to The Seattle Times. Item #4: Memos from Minnie 0. Brasher to Elected Officials. Item #5: Violations of Federal Grant Assurance C.6 from 1990 to 1994 reported by Deloitte & Touche, auditors for the port of Seattle. Item #6: Letters from FAR-150 Governments with land use control, i.e. governments that represent the people. Item #7: The port applied for and received more than $100,000,000 million federal dollars for FAR 150 Noise Compatibility Program at Sea-Tac Airport under Federal Grant Agreement Assurance C.6. Item #8: Part 150 -Airport Noise Compatibility Planning. (Also known as FAR 150); and Advisory Circular- Noise Control and Compatibility Planning for Airports. Item #9: Acceptance letters from FAA to the Port of Seattle on Noise Exposure Maps and Noise Compatibility Program, dated April 16, 1993 and May 25, 1993. Item #10: RCW 53.54.020, Noise Mediation Agreement and letter from Dennis Ossenkop, FAA, dated March 19, 1992. - Item #11: Court Ruling: Compliance with FAR 150 regulations becomes mandatory after a plan is approved by the FAA…

RE: Your letter of November 17th to Mr. Paradee regarding the use of ethylene glycol at the Sea-Tac Airfield Dear Ms. Stuhring: Your letter has been forwarded to me for response. Please excuse the delay. With regard to the use of ethylene glycol: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approves or disapproves the use of deicing agents on airplanes. The Port of Seattle has no control over what is used on airplanes. The airlines do the deicing of their airplanes, not the Port, and must comply with all FAA regulations. Currently, the FAA allows only, and I stress only, the use of ethylene or propylene glycol. The airlines are not allowed to use any other chemicals for deicing. All deicing of airplanes occurs at the terminals or near hangers. I wish to stress that the areas where airplanes are deiced drain to the airfiled waste water treatment system, where the water is treated and then discharged to Puget Sound via a long outfall. These waters are not discharged to either Des Moines or Miller's creeks. The Port's rea~ment plant is not designed to treat glycols. However, the Port is currently evaluating alternative ways of modifying or adding to the treatment plant to treat the glycols. Again, I want to stress that these waters are not discharged to either Miller or Des Moines Greeks. The Port has not yet received a new permit from the Department of Ecology and therefore we do not know the new requirements. The Port does anticipate the…

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit Seattle Community Council Federation v. F.A.A 961 F.2d 829 (9th Cir. 1992) Decided Apr 9, 1992 No. 90-70253. Argued and Submitted January 8, 1991. Decided April 9, 1992. *830 BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge: 830 Peter J. Eglick and Henryk J. Hiller, Seattle, Washington, for petitioner. *831831 Peter R. Steenland, Jr., and J. Carol Williams, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondents. Petition for Review of a Decision of the Federal Aviation Administration. Before: WRIGHT, BRUNETTI, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. Petitioner Seattle Community Council Federation ("SCCF") challenges an order of the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") which changed the flight patterns of turbine-powered aircraft using the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport ("Sea-Tac"). The FAA issued a Finding of No Significant Impact ("FONSI") caused by the changes, thus relieving the FAA of preparing an Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS"). SCCF claims that the decision not to prepare an EIS was unreasonable and failed to consider the significant noise impacts of the changes. We have jurisdiction to review an order of the FAA pursuant to 49 U.S.C.App. § 1486(a) (1988). We affirm the FAA's order. I. Facts and Proceedings Sea-Tac is publicly owned by the Port of Seattle and has been in operation since 1944. Aircraft approach procedures which routed planes landing to the south over Elliott Bay and Puget Sound had been in place for approximately twenty years. In order to increase airport efficiency and maintain safety, changes to existing procedures were considered starting in the mid-1980's. In the…

Enhance Noise Remedy “Cost Share’' Program Area Mobile Homes Hardship Committee Priority Listing Transaction Assistance Public Buildings 111: A B. C D E. F. G H. J Section IV: Improve Duwamish Industrial/Elliott Bay Corridor Noise Abatement Procedures Duwamish/Elliott Bay Corridor Procedures Microwave Landing System A B. Section V: Nighttime Flight Corridors Section VI: Control of Ground Noise Section VII: Noise Management System Tier 1 : Expand Existing Flight Track Monitoring System Tier 2: Develop New Comprehensive Noise Management System Tier 3: Integrate Noise and Flight Track Monitoring Section VIII: Flight Track Management Statement Regarding Flight Tracks Section IX: Section X: Control Noise From Most Annoying Operations Initiate Noise Abatement Committee Section XI: Changes in Present Conditions Section XII: Process Appendix C: Sea-Tac Noise Abatement Committee Page 3 Page 4 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 7 Page 8 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page Page Page Page Page 14 Page 14 Page 15 Page 15 Page 16 Page 16 Page 17 1- According to the technical consultant , this agreement represents the most comprehensive noise control program of any major international ahport in the country. Full implementation of all these agreements could result in an overall noise reduction of approximately 50% in terms of the Ldn noise levels in the communities surrounding the airport. NOTES : Italics indicate changes to the Draft Package resulting from the Mediation Commit- tee meeting on 3131190 . SYmbol "R" on pages eight and nine indicate that some language was…

The Northwest Mountain Region has actively participated in the land acquisition program at Seattle-'Tacoma Airport+ Sea-Tac has received 13 AIP graits since 1982 totaling over $50 million dollars in federal fun c:Is for the acquisition of approximately 750 parcels of land impacted by noise . In FY 89 alone Sea'-’Tac received two grants totaling $9 ,880 ,766 in federal funds for 121 parcels , To date 48 houses in the land acquisition are yet to be funded for $4.6 million. The Northwest Mountain Region and Sea--Tac have worked together on a noise insulation program to help serve the . community surrounding Sea-Tac , The first AIP grant funded a demonstration project and has been followed by three additional grants . The four grants totaled over $7 million dollars in federal funds and insulated 323 houses , in FY 89 alone Sea'-"l'ac received a grant for 43 , 2 rni11ion dollars in fe<3eral funds to insulate 175 houses , The Port and ANM have recently worked together on a public building insulation program also . The Port has requested federal funds in the amount of §3 . 2 xlillion dollars per year for the next four years to insulate approximately 175 houses per year J