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Sea-Tac Noise.Info (STNI) submitted formal comments in August 2026 challenging the Port of Seattle's Draft Environmental Impact Statement for its Sustainable Airport Master Plan, arguing the review is procedurally and analytically flawed. Key concerns include insufficient project design detail to support impact conclusions, missing hazardous materials surveys for 12 buildings slated for demolition, withheld technical documents that the public cannot independently verify, and the exclusion of over $5 billion in prior airport expansion projects from cumulative impact analysis. STNI requests the Port complete additional surveys and design work, extend the public comment period, and recalculate growth impacts using a pre-Third Runway baseline before finalizing the EIS.

Meeting summary for TRC Meeting #7 of the SEA Part 150 Noise Study, held August 10, 2026 via Zoom, facilitated by Ryan McMullan and Tom Fagerstrom of Port Of Seattle with ESA consultants Chris Nottoli and Scott Tatro. Topics include analysis of Noise Compatibility Program (NCP) measures: increased glideslopes for arrivals (3.0 to 3.5 degrees

Letter dated August 7, 2026 from Tukwila Mayor Thomas McLeod to Steve Rybolt, Senior Environmental Program Manager at Port Of Seattle, regarding the SEPA Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) Near-Term Projects Draft EIS. The City of Tukwila raises concerns that the 3,692-acre General Study Area (GSA) is too geographically limited to capture full impacts of