TagSAMP Draft EA(18)
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The SAMP Draft EA Public Comment Explainer
A presentation on the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) Draft EA Comment Period. How to write an effective comment and why that really matters. Remember: you have until December 13, 2024 to send in your public comment to the FAA. -
2024-11-15
OPINION: Algorithms, Airports and Anxiety: the Curious Case of a “Sustainable” Airport Master Plan
by Stuart Jenner The Port of Seattle has recently sponsored open houses about the “Sustainable” Airport Master Plan for Seatac (SAMP). At the open houses, held in Federal Way, Des Moines, and Burien, 20 or more port employees, joined by at least four consultants who flew in from Ohio, staffed 30 easels holding slides that -
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DNL65 overlay Area of Potential Effect (APE)
The outlined area in blue is the Area of Potential Effect (APE)–the boundary of consideration for most aspects of the SAMP NEPA review process. The red is the 2024 DNL65 boundary. -
SAMP Draft EA: Our running list of questions
The one thing we hear over and over from community members re. the SAMP Draft EA is “What do I say?” “How do I get started?” We get it. One way we want to help is to provide some of our questions, which we’ll be updating frequently before submitting our full comment before the December -
2024-11-02
Airport noise is back on Federal Way’s radar
Public meeting scheduled for Nov. 12 at Wildwood Elementary School. By Keelin Everly-Lang • November 2, 2024 7:30 am The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is expanding their capacity and operation, including the addition of more international airlines like the Philippine Airlines (PAL) whose inaugural flight landed at SEA on Oct. 2 this year. Photo by -
We’d like some answers
10 questions for the Port of Seattle Many people concerned about all the flights from Sea-Tac Airport rightfully think about “making the planes go somewhere else.” Changing the flight paths. That matters. But while we’re working on that, we should also focus on a much easier task, which we don’t focus on: doing what we -
No Added Harm Letter of Concern
Fix The Harm campaign: SAMP Draft EA google doc comment form