• 2023-06-02 16:11

    Wrangling over the “Ramboll Report”

    The are two very different documents we will refer to back and forth in this article. To (try to) avoid confusion, we will refer to the Community Health and Airport Operations Related Pollution Report as ‘the KCDOH Study’ (because that is how the Port of Seattle referred to it.) We will refer to the summary
  • 2023-04-24 15:11

    Edmiston v. Port of Seattle – Order Setting Civil Case Schedule, September 29, 2022

    ASSIGNED JUDGE: Sandra E Widlan, Dept. 53 FILED DATE: 09/29/2022 Defendant(s) TRIAL DATE:10/02/2023 A civil case has been filed in the King County Superior Court and will be managed by the Case Schedule on Page 3 as ordered by the King County Superior Court Presiding Judge. I. NOTICES NOTICE TO PLAINTIFF: The Plaintiff may serve a copy of this Order Setting Case Schedule (Schedule) on the Defendant(s) along with the Summons and Complaint/Petition. Otherwise, the Plaintiff shall serve the Schedule on the Defendant(s) within 10 days after the later of: (1) the filing of the Summons and Complaint/Petition or (2) service of the Defendant's first response to the Complaint/Petition, whether that response is a Notice of Appearance, a response, or a Civil Rule 12 (CR 12) motion. The Schedule may be served by regular mail, with proof of mailing to be filed promptly in the form required by Civil Rule 5 (CR 5). NOTICE TO ALL PARTIES: All attorneys and parties should make themselves familiar with the King County Local Rules [KCLCR] -- especially those referred to in this Schedule. In order to comply with the Schedule, it will be necessary for attorneys and parties to pursue their cases vigorously from the day the case is filed. For example, discovery must be undertaken promptly in order to comply with the deadlines for joining additional parties, claims, and defenses, for disclosing possible witnesses [See KCLCR 26], and for meeting the discovery cutoff date [See KCLCR 37(g)]. You are required to give…
  • 2022-10-07 00:00

    Airport Noise Report – Volume 34, Number 33

    A weekly update on litigation, regulations, and technological developments Volume 34, Number 33 October 7, 2022 In This Issue… Litigation … Port of Seattle is sued by attorney seeking to compel the disclosure of records discussing the nega- tive public health impacts from Seattle-Tacoma Interna- tional Airport operations, in- cluding from airport noise and pollution on those living within 10 miles of Sea-Tac - p. 132 REDAC … The Aviation-Im- pacted Communities Alliance urges FAA’s RE&D Advisory Committe to support six air- craft noise research propos- als the communities devel- oped to better understand and measure the impact of air- craft noise, especially from NextGen procedures. The community alliance will also seek to get their research projects included in the new FAA reauthorization bill now under development - p. 132 Electric Aircraft … Evia- tion’s nine-passenger Alice all-electric aircraft success- fully completes its first flight, which the company calls a major milestone in electric aviation - p. 134 (Continued on p. 133) (Continued on p. 133)
  • 2022-09-29 00:00

    Edmiston v. Port of Seattle – Public Records Act Complaint, September 29, 2022

    1.1 On December 1, 2020, Seattle-King County Public Health issued its “Community Health and Airport Operations Related Noise and Air Pollution: Report to the Legislature in Response to Washington State HOUSE BILL 1109” (the “Public Health Report”). The Public Health Report specifically focused upon the community health impacts from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (“Sea-Tac”), operated by the Port of Seattle (the “Port”). Among other things, the Public Health Report conducted a study on the population health impact of the SeaTac airport communities. The 96-page Public Health Report found significant rates of poor public health outcomes that became worse closer one lived to the airport. By way of example, the poor health outcomes addressed included lower life expectancy rates; higher rates of death
  • 2020-07-12 15:52

    Letter Of Resignation from Des Moines Aviation Advisory Committee

    Des Moines Ad Hoc Aviation Advisory Committee Re: Resignation and Recommendations Friends: The undersigned tender our resignations from the Des Moines Ad Hoc Aviation Advisory Committee (the “DMAAC”), effective immediately. We have greatly appreciated the opportunity afforded to us, through this Committee, to work on behalf of the citizens of Des Moines in relation to the significant environmental and public health challenges presented by Sea-Tac Airport operations. Our aviation committee has played a valuable role for the City in terms of collecting information, monitoring significant developments, formulating policy recommendations, and taking actions. However, our conclusion after observing the July 9, 2020, City Council meeting, is that the City is moving away from placing reliance on citizen input and leadership from this DMACC, and transferring its work to the City Manager and staff. We recommend that the City continue forward with a strong, and more independent, DMACC. Like the City of Burien, a strong aviation committee can yield significant results. However, our assessment is that our own service on the DMACC has not engendered the Council’s confidence to the extent that the Council would have required consultation on matters that are core to the DMACC mission and that are vital to the long-term interests of our City in relation to aviation. This must change if the DMACC is to have value. At the July 9, 2020, City Council meeting, the decision to rejoin the Seatac Airport Round Table (StART) was briefed to the Council and confirmed by motion. Although the DMACC…
  • 2019-09-19 18:00

    Port Of Seattle Candidates Forum 2019

    Video of candidates Sam Cho, Grant Degginger. Sponsored by the League Of Quiet Skies Voters and hosted by Steve Edmiston
  • 2019-07-04 00:00

    League of Quiet Skies Voters Candidate Questionnaire

    Thank you for your desire to serve the public! The League of Quiet Skies Voters (“LOQSV”) seeks to inform and empower voters that live as neighbors to the 8th busiest airport in the United States with information about aviation operations, expansion, and the potential impacts upon human health and the environment. Many of you attended our Town Hall event on April 25, 2019, featuring Congressman Adam Smith, Chris McCann, and Representatives Mike Pellicciotti and Tina Orwall. (You can watch the B-Town Blog’s stream at https://bit.ly/2QEB4y7.) Our website, at www.loqsv.org, provides more information about our organization. Please see the attached candidate questionnaire. We hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity to provide the voters of our airport neighbor cities information about your views and positions in relation to aviation expansion, human health and the environment. We will seek to publish your responses in advance of the primary election if received on or before July 19, 2019. We appreciate your willingness to discuss these important issues. You can contact Steve Edmiston (steveedmistonQ45@gmail.com, 206.372.6647) or Sheila Brush (quietskiespugetsound@gmail.com, 206.501.9553) with questions. Very truly yours, Steve Edmiston
  • 2019-02-26 14:00

    League Of Quiet Skies Voters Announced

    Citizen groups and activists from communities neighboring Sea-Tac Airport, including Quiet Skies Puget Sound, Burien’s Quiet Skies Coalition, the Federal Way Air Noise Alliance, and The Briefing Project, have formed the new “League of Quiet Skies Voters,” to assure that impacts from recent and proposed airport expansion on human health and the environment are a