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The Newsletter of the Regional Commission on Airport Affairs Vol.5, No. 4 Summer 1999 INININININ BRIEFBRIEFBRIEFBRIEFBRIEF Third Runway Costs Jump Another 31% “Our Clueless Port Commission ” –An editorial view page 5 Seattle Okays Downtown Float Planes On 17 June, two Downtown condo- minium associations and the State ferry system filed appeals against a permit granted on 27 May by the City to Kenmore Air for a float plan base at Pier (Ivar’s) on the Downtown Seattle waterfront. Operations are limited to flights by certain non-piston aircraft, with a tem- porary ban on sight-seeing flights. Only on Sunday is there a night-time curfew. Day-time take-offs must occur at least 2000 feet off-shore. Evening take-offs must occur 3000 feet off shore. No float planes may land closer than 1000 feet. The ferry system is concerned about safety hazards, and the condo-owners, about noise. Boeing Field Choppers Although it has yet to present its Master Plan to the King County Council, KCIA management proposed in June to sign a 29-year lease with Classic Helicopters to expand their facilities at Boeing Field. “They are doing this backwards,” pro- tested Seattle Commission on Airport Affairs President Mike Rees. “They are signing the long-term leases, then mak- ing the plan, and finally studying the noise and pollution. This effectively cuts citizen participation out of the planning process.” Nevertheless, the lease was pushed through the King County Council’s Commerce, Trade and Eco- nomic Development Committee by its chair Dwight Pelz and later adopted by the full…

A Port of Seattle publication about construction progress at Sea-Tac Airport

=i-e-Tacoma International Airport (Sea.-Tac) Expansion Project Environmental mp,ICt Statement-- The Port of Seattle completed and issued its Final Supplemental ,nvironmental Impact Statement for the proposed Master Plan Update at Sea-Tac. followed by the Federal Aviation Administration's release of its Record of Decision and Air Conformity determination. The FM determined that the project will not be considered regionally sigIdficant with regard to air pollution emissions, and that it is consistent with the State Implementation Plan ,r dir quality. The state reaffirmed its certification of the Sea-Tac Airport third runway project is certification is conditioned to assure that the third runway will be constructed and operated in compliance with applicable air and water quality standards. The conditions of the ,rtification uld the status of the environmental permits to be issued by the Department of ,c.ojogy (Ecology) are explained in more detail below. Ecology is one of several agencies that reviewed both the environmental impact statement (EIS) and the supplemental EIS for the proposed airport expansion project. and is involved in issuing environmental permits and ,ertifications for the project , Stockpile of fill material '-- The Port has begun to stockpile fill needed to build the third runway. CWTently, the fill is coming from a permitted spd and gravel mine located in Dupont. The fill is shipped by barge up the Duwamish River and then trucked up SR509 to the airport. , Enforcement – Ecology recently penalized the Port for improperly controlled soil erosion runoff from an employee parking lot under construction north…

You have been included on our distribution list for the Airspace Study Newsletter either because of your membership in an organization which is aviation-related or because of your interest in aviation planning in the Puget Sound region. The Port of Seattle and King County are looking at the use of airspace around Sea-Tac International Airport (Sea-Tac) and its neighboring airport, King County International Airport (Boeing Field). Key study questions are: where are there overlapping aircraft traffic patterns which are also called airspace interactions, how often do airspace inter- actions occur and what are their impacts on aircraft trip time and the flow of aircraft traffic to and from Sea-Tac and Boeing Field? As the respective operators of Sea-Tac and Boeing Field, the Port of Seattle and King County are interested in providing airport facilities and services to airport users without creating undue congestion or delays. If existing or poten- tial congestion or delays are identified, measures· to lessen them are considered whenever possible. Airspace interac- tions between Sea-Tac and Boeing Field are a source of con- gestion and delays. Numerous Air Traffic Control facilities and procedures have been established to minimize these inter- actions. However, under certain weather conditions, over- lapping traffic patterns severely restrict the number of aircraft that can land and take off at Sea-Tac and Boeing Field, thereby creating delays. And as demands increase for use at Sea-Tac and Boeing Field, so do delays. What's happening now? How 1s the general public involved? What next? We have…

PUbIIShed WeekIY by The AiRPORT OPERATe,ihu)UNC! L i „; rER&ATIONAL, Inc ~.a!'l!::)/ b3 g G :q biG NT$ MARCH 25 , 1974 VOL. X, NO, 1 1 FAA' S PROPOSED RETROFIT RULE DUE THIS WEEK At hearings Friday by the Senate Public Works Subcommittee on b /' Environmental Pollution , FAA revealed that a NPIW on retrofit/fleet noise }/ reduction will be published this wee x in the Federal Register requiring , .f all airline jet aircraft to meet FAR 36 levels by mid-1978 , costs for : /I the program, if adopted , would approximate §600-800 mIllion for the 1880 ' j jets in the aes , airline fleet not p::esently meeting FAR 36 standards . g EPA , testifying at the one-day hearing on implementation of the Noise Control Act of 1972 , indicated its "Noise Levels Document" will ptobabIY be released by April 2 . ThIs report , required by the Congress , viII suggest what levels of noise are thought by EPA to be harmful to the public health and welfare . Both EPA and FAA witnesses expressed concern lest the public perceive the ce levels as standards for local regulatory purposes . The levels in ':he document , according to the testimonY , were chosen without regar;3 to economic impact or technological feasib alt=y in their implementation, As to its recommendation for 1’AA to certificate airports for noise purposes , EPA maintains that the Sup -eme Court 1 s Burbank decision does I,; not preclude…