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The Bonneville Power Administration's 2018–2023 Strategic Plan Progress Update outlines the agency's efforts to strengthen financial health, modernize infrastructure, and better serve power and transmission customers across the Pacific Northwest. Nearly three years into implementation, BPA reaffirmed its original four strategic goals and added a fifth focused on workplace culture and valuing its workforce. The plan reflects BPA's broader mission to remain commercially competitive while fulfilling its public responsibilities to the region.

The Port of Seattle is seeking public comments on a proposed environmental review of 31 Near-Term Projects at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), designed to improve efficiency, safety, and access as the Puget Sound region prepares for one million additional residents by 2035. The public comment period runs from October 21 through December 5, 2024, with four in-person meetings scheduled across Federal Way, Des Moines, Burien, and SeaTac. Comments can be submitted online, by email at samp@portseattle.org, by mail, or in person, and will be considered by the FAA and Port of Seattle in finalizing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Environmental Assessment.

This appendix summarizes the public and agency engagement activities conducted as part of the Environmental Assessment (EA) for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport's Sustainable Airport Master Plan Near-Term Projects. Outreach included scoping meetings held in 2018 with seven agencies and four public sessions in surrounding cities, as well as advertisement in multiple languages across newspapers, email, and social media. Public meetings were scheduled in November 2024 at locations in Federal Way, Des Moines, Burien, and SeaTac, with a comment deadline of December 5, 2024.

This October 2024 Draft Environmental Assessment, prepared by Landrum & Brown for the Port of Seattle and the FAA, evaluates the environmental impacts of near-term construction projects at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as part of its Sustainable Airport Master Plan. The assessment covers a wide range of environmental topics—including noise and noise-compatible land use, air quality, water resources, and environmental justice—for proposed improvements to passenger terminals, cargo facilities, airfield design, taxiways, and fuel storage. It is intended to support FAA decision-making under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and addresses the airport's ability to accommodate a projected 56 million annual passengers.

This document is the References section of the Environmental Assessment for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport's Sustainable Airport Master Plan Near-Term Projects, prepared by Landrum & Brown in October 2024. It lists the sources cited across four chapters, including federal regulations, FAA advisory circulars, technical memoranda, city and county planning documents, and environmental studies used to evaluate the airport's proposed near-term development projects. Key references cover topics such as air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, stormwater management, facility requirements, and land use planning for the communities surrounding Sea-Tac Airport.

This section of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Environmental Assessment lists the individuals and organizations responsible for preparing the document, including staff from the FAA, Port of Seattle, and several consulting firms. The team covered a wide range of technical areas, with specialists handling noise analysis, air quality, surface transportation, wetlands, cultural resources, and public engagement. The assessment was produced in October 2024 as a draft under the airport's Sustainable Airport Master Plan for near-term projects.

This section of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Environmental Assessment examines cumulative impacts from past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future development projects at and around SEA airport, covering the period from 2017 through 2032. It reviews actions by the Port of Seattle and surrounding cities and agencies — including hotel construction, terminal expansions, and flight procedure changes — to assess how their combined environmental effects, such as noise, emissions, and land use changes, may affect nearby communities. Projects beyond 2032 or those in the long-term vision phase are excluded from detailed analysis due to insufficient specificity.

This October 2024 draft Environmental Assessment evaluates the potential environmental impacts of near-term construction and operational projects at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport under three alternatives: No Action, a Proposed Action, and a Hybrid Terminal Option. The analysis covers impacts through 2032 and an out-year of 2037, finding that increases in air quality emissions and effects on biological resources are not considered significant, with mitigation measures proposed for stormwater management and migratory bird nesting. Farmlands and Wild and Scenic Rivers were determined to have no presence in the study area and required no further analysis.