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  • SAMP 2024 Draft EA Comments by Debi Wagner

    This project should not be approved for the following reasons: 1) The premise or purpose and need is false 2) Mortality and morbidity rates of those most affected by continued increases of pollution sources are already high, adverse and disproportionate 3) The air pollution calculations used for decision making surrounding the Clean Air Act and NAAQS compliance are untrustworthy 4) A completely inadequate cumulative impact analysis is presented that fails to account for the existing public health impacts 5) Missing a proper environmental justice analysis and engagement 6) Missing an analysis of children’s health 7) Climate THE PREMISE OR PURPOSE AND NEED IS FALSE EPA Scoping Comments dated 9/28/2018 said: “The proposed projects therefore would assist in accommodating that projected growth, which would also occur with or without the projects.” However, FAA has said the following in 2020: “However, airports with significant congestion and constraints can have firm constraints that preclude further operations growth. Firm constraints can include lack of gate availability to schedule new flights or demand that systemically exceeds runway capacity.”1(bold and italics added) Capacity Accommodating the growth is the goal. Without the expansion program it may not be possible to host the growth in a safe manner. Congestion on runways and for landing and takeoff operations is managed to protect aviation safety, which is the primary goal of the FAA. We should not be required to accept the idea that a congested airport will occur while at the same time knowing FAA would never allow a level…
  • 2024-11-21 21:58

    Fixing Sea-Tac: Much-Needed Airport Expansion is a Long Way Off

    ByMike Merritt November 21, 2024 The Port of Seattle is taking the next critical steps toward what will be Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s last major expansion before it runs out of room. On Oct. 31, the Port published the federal environmental assessment of its Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP), which analyzes the impacts and potential mitigation

  • SAMP Public Comment Flyer 2024-11-19 Cropped

  • DNL65 Overlay APE

  • Fix the Harm Fact Sheet 7-14-22

  • Fix the Current Harm Infographic

    "Fix the Current Harm from 450,000 SeaTac Flights." Expansion from 47 to 66 million passengers, impacting 419,761 residents. Noise and air pollution cause cardiovascular and respiratory harm; 64% people of color and 29% immigrants.
  • 2024-11-07 23:39

    STNI – SAMP Draft EA Table 4-2, Environmental Impacts, November 2024

  • 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

  • SAMP Operation Assumptions Forecast Pg 48

  • 2024-11-04 17:15

    The Cost/Benefit Analysis

    Beyond the usual suspects in the SAMP Draft EA Comment Period During the Sustainable Airport Master Plan Draft EA Comment Period (SAMP) we know most people will focus on the noise and pollution. However, we also hope that readers, and especially cities, will focus on other areas which may prove just as useful in obtaining