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    2025-12-02

    PRR25-568 public records request acknowledgment letter

    The City of SeaTac acknowledged a public records request (PRR25-568) from Paula Rodriguez seeking all communications, proposals, and scoring related to the selection of legal services for the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP), covering both NEPA and SEPA processes from January 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025. The request was received on November 30, 2025, and assigned a tracking number for processing by the relevant city departments. The City anticipated fulfilling the request by December 19, 2025.
  • 2025-12-02

    PRR25-568 public records request acknowledgment letter

    The City of SeaTac acknowledged a public records request (PRR25-568) from Paula Rodriguez seeking all communications, proposals, and scoring related to the selection of legal services for the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP), covering both NEPA and SEPA processes from January 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025. The request was received on November 30, 2025, and assigned a tracking number for processing by the relevant city departments. The City anticipated fulfilling the request by December 19, 2025.
  • 2025-12-01

    Case 25-7439 Docket Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

    Three cities near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport — SeaTac, Des Moines, and Burien — are challenging a September 2025 FAA decision that declared a major airport expansion plan would have no significant environmental impact. The cities argue the FAA's environmental review was legally flawed because it used an artificially narrow baseline, ignored cumulative effects, and underestimated impacts on noise, air quality, and traffic in surrounding communities. The case is being heard in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals alongside a related challenge brought by Vashon Island Fair Skies, with the FAA seeking to consolidate both cases.
  • Samp NTP Final NEPA EA FAA Record of Decision and SEPA Next Steps 10 22 25 Page 25 1

    Samp NTP Final NEPA EA FAA Record of Decision and SEPA Next Steps 10 22 25 Page 25 1

    Slide 25 of a presentation titled 'FAA NEPA FEA & ROD Are One Step In A Continuing Process,' depicting a timeline from 2025 to 2027 for the FAA and SEPA environmental review process. Key milestones include the Final NEPA FEA & Decision on 9/26/25, a 60-day appeal period ending 11/25/25 (marked 'WE ARE HERE'), Draft SEPA EIS publication in Q1 2026, Final SEPA EIS and SEPA Decision in Q4 2026, and a Commission Action Required for NTP(s) approval in 2027.
  • Samp NTP Final NEPA EA FAA Record of Decision and SEPA Next Steps 10 22 25 Page 23

    Samp NTP Final NEPA EA FAA Record of Decision and SEPA Next Steps 10 22 25 Page 23

    A presentation slide titled 'SEPA Includes Additional Analyses' listing environmental review categories covered under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) but not NEPA, including Earth, Air, Water, Plants and Animals, Energy and Natural Resources, Environmental Health, Land and Shoreline Use, Transportation, Public Services and Utilities, Climate, Environmental Justice, and Cumulative Impacts. A footnote indicates that Climate, Environmental Justice, and Cumulative Impacts were removed from the NEPA Final EA.
  • Samp NTP Final NEPA EA FAA Record of Decision and SEPA Next Steps 10 22 25 Page 22

    Samp NTP Final NEPA EA FAA Record of Decision and SEPA Next Steps 10 22 25 Page 22

    Slide 22 from a Port of Seattle presentation states that the FAA NEPA Record of Decision (ROD) released as of 9/26/25 initiates a 60-day appeal period, after which the Port will begin the SEPA (State Environmental Policy Act) analysis, including community outreach and a public comment period.
  • Samp NTP Final NEPA EA FAA Record of Decision and SEPA Next Steps 10 22 25 Page 21

    Samp NTP Final NEPA EA FAA Record of Decision and SEPA Next Steps 10 22 25 Page 21

    Slide 21 lists ten intersections requiring improvement due to Category 1 traffic impacts associated with Sea-Tac Airport expansion, under the jurisdiction of the City of Burien, City of SeaTac, and WSDOT. Affected intersections include locations on Des Moines Memorial Drive, SR 518 off-ramps, and Military Road S. at I-5 ramps.
  • Samp NTP Final NEPA EA FAA Record of Decision and SEPA Next Steps 10 22 25 Page 20

    Samp NTP Final NEPA EA FAA Record of Decision and SEPA Next Steps 10 22 25 Page 20

    Slide 20 of a Sea-Tac Airport planning presentation states that surface transportation mitigation totaling approximately $40 million has been identified for Category 1 and 2 intersections per each jurisdiction's requirements by 2032, covering 10 Category #1 intersections (physical improvements) and 16 Category #2 intersections (physical improvements, proportionate payment, or planned improvements).
  • Samp NTP Final NEPA EA FAA Record of Decision and SEPA Next Steps 10 22 25 Page 19

    Samp NTP Final NEPA EA FAA Record of Decision and SEPA Next Steps 10 22 25 Page 19

    This slide states that 18 conditions were identified in the FAA's Finding of No Significant Impact / Record of Decision (FONSI ROD) that must be adhered to, organized under five resource categories: Surface Transportation; Historical, Architectural, Archeological and Cultural Resources; Biological Resources; Water Resources; and Hazardous Materials, Pollution Prevention, and Solid Waste.
  • Samp NTP Final NEPA EA FAA Record of Decision and SEPA Next Steps 10 22 25 Page 18

    Samp NTP Final NEPA EA FAA Record of Decision and SEPA Next Steps 10 22 25 Page 18

    Slide 18 from a presentation titled 'In the FINAL EA, A Few Items Changed,' displaying a matrix of environmental resource categories organized by impact level (significant, less than significant with mitigation, less than significant, no impacts, not present). Two categories are visibly struck through in red—'Environmental Justice' (within Socioeconomic category) and 'Climate'—indicating reclassification changes between draft and final Environmental Assessment versions; Surface Transportation is noted as requiring mitigation above the Regulatory Defined Threshold.