TagFederal Grant Assurance C.6(2)

GAO Report to the HonorableAdam Smith, House of Representatives December 1998 AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FAA Complying With Requirement for Local Involvement in Noise Mitigation Projects GAO/RCED-99-41

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…