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City of SeaTac City of Des Moines ��������� FHW A-W A-RDEIS-95-2 SR 509: Corridor Completion/1-5/South Access Road King County, SeaTac, Des Moines, Kent, and Federal Way, Washington NEPA/SEPA Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Section 4(0 Evaluation Submitted Pursuant to 42 USC 4332(2)(c), 23 USC 138, and 49 USC 303, and RCW 43.21C, WAC 197- and WAC 468-12. by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHW A); the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT); the Port of Seattle, King County, City of SeaTac, and City of Des Moines in cooperation with: SR 509/South Access Road Executive Committee This action complies with Executive Order 11990, Protection of Wetlands; and Executive Order 12898, Environmental Justice in Minority and Low.-Income Populations. ttls-!o '- ~te of Approval /~ /o~ ~a. ... c..~ Date of Approval StePbeJlB tler, Dir. of Planning, J~ · ~oirJCdJdYj Date of~ Paul Toliver, Dir. of Transportation, Kin unty Date of Approval s may be contacted for additional information concerning t is document: Jim Leonard Urban Transportation and Environmental Engineer Federal Highway Administration 711 South Capitol Way, Suite 501 Olympia, Washington 98501 Telephone (360) 753-9480 Jerry Alb Director of Environmental Services W A State Dept of Transportation 310 Maple Park A venue SE P.O. Box 47331 Olympia, Washington 98504-7331 Telephone (360) 705-7480 The Federal Highway Administration, the Washington State Department of Transportation, the Port of Seattle, King County, and the Cities of Des Moines and SeaTac propose to improve regional highway connections with an extension of SR 509…

1. I am one of the attorneys representing Respondent Port of Seattle (the "Port") in this case. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth in this declaration and would be competent to testify to them if necessary. 2. I was involved in the preparation and review of the Port's responses to public comments received in response to the JARPA application filed by the Port with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Ecology (reference number 1996-4-02325). Attached to this Declaration as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of the Port's General Responses to those comments, dated April 30, 2001. 3. In addition to its General Responses to public comments, the Port prepared specific responses to many of the comment letters received by the Corps and Ecology. For reference DECLARATION OF STEVEN G. JONES - 1 FOSTER PEPPER _.4 SHEFELMAN PLLC 1111 THIRD AVENUE, SUITE3400 SEATTLE,WASHINGTON98101-3299 206-447-4400 5027974601 ORIGINAL purposes, copies of Port's responses to comment letters received from Amanda Azous, Dr. Peter Willing, William Rozeboom, Dr. John Strand and Tom Luster are attached to this declaration as Exhibit B. Those responses were directed to specific comments in the various comment letters. Accordingly, in order to facilitate review of the Port's responses to individual letters, the comment letters to which the responses are directed have been included along with each of the responses. 3. Attached to this Declaration as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of a letter sent on January 21,…

received your call to the noise information line on October 171h, 1999. Your message identified two areas of concern, low lli.rcraft over your neighborhood and jet noise after 10:00 p.m. The following information addresses these concerns. Small aircraft arriving and departing Sea-Tac Airport do not follow the same flight paths as the larger jets. This is primarily a safety and capacity issue. Because the smaller propeller aircraft fly at a slower rate,than the jets, they are turned early to move out of the way of the faster moving jets. Jet aircraft remain in a straight-out departure route for several miles. For the same reason, the propeller aircraft arrivals are also tum onto ' approach close in to the airport. Either way this puts some of the smaller aircraft over the ·Normandy Park area. I have enclosed a map, which depicts the propeller flight path, and your neighborhood is highlighted. Because these aircraft are arriving and departing, the altitudes are lower than aircraft overflying the area. Sea-Tac Airport does have a restriction on the older louder aircraft between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00a.m. The Port of Seattle does not legally have the ability to restrict the newer aircraft. Although tl~e newer engines are quieter, a large, heavily loaded jet airplane may still be very noticeable. We continue to work with the airline operators to minimize the number of louder aircraft at night. Weather conditions such as fog, or wind from the east may also increase noise levels for you…

King County Department of Natural Resources, Water and Land Resources Division: David Masters, M.U.R.P. - Project Management, Land Use Planning David Hartley, Ph.D., P.E. - Hydrology, Modeling Alan Johnson, M.S. - Fisheries, Stream Ecology Aquatic Resources Consultants Clint Loper, P.E. - Engineering Derek Booth, Ph.D. - Geology Susan Kaufman-Una, M.S. - Water Quality Kenneth Ludwa, M.S. - Water Quality, Field Sampling Katie Morrill - Editing, Report Preparation Wendy Gable - Graphics PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM: Don Monaghan - City of SeaTac Tim Heydon - City of Des Moines Loren Reinhold - City of Des Moines Tom Hubbard, - Port of Seattle Gary Minton - Port of Seattle COOPERATING AGENCIES: Ken Kase - Midway Sewer District Roy Moore - Tyee Golf Course ADDITIONAL SUPPORT: Phil Schnieder - Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Rod Malcom - Muckleshoot Indian Tribe

Expert Arbitration Panel’s final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port’s noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.