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  • HB2315 (Port Package Update) Frequently Asked Questions

    Now that HB2315 (the ‘Port Package Update’ bill) has passed, we’re getting a ton of questions. Here are some answers. If you don’t see your question here, please contact us, but please be specific about what you are asking about, include your address and phone number and above all please be patient! We are only
    CategoriesNews Stories TagsHB2315, Port Package Program Updates, Port Packages, Tina Orwall
  • An Open Letter To Joel Wachtel re. HB2315

    Mr. Wachtel is a member of the SeaTac City Council and chairs their Aviation Advisory Committee. The following letter was e-mailed to key Councilmembers in Des Moines, SeaTac, Normandy Park, Tukwila and Federal Way. Hi Joel, As I mentioned at yesterday’s Highline Forum, HB2315 is moving ahead very fast. There have been two hearings so
    CategoriesCorrespondence TagsHB2315, indoor air quality, Joel Wachtel, Port Packages, SB6214, Tina Orwall
  • Local Government Hearing on HB2315

    Port Package Update bill. Come give Public Comment John L. O’Brien Building, Olympia Original bill: https://seatacnoise.info/bookmark/hb2315/
    CategoriesEvents TagsHB, HB2315, Port Packages, SB6214, Tina Orwall
  • SB6214 First Public Hearing

    If you can, please us in Olympia in the J.A. Cherberg Building to provide public comment on SB6214. This is a bill sponsored by Karen Keiser and Tina Orwall which will, if passed, provide the first step towards obtaining updates and repairs for the nearly 10,000 homes and buildings with Port Packages. I cannot stress
    CategoriesEvents TagsKaren Keiser, Port Packages, SB6214, Tina Orwall
  • 2020-01-15

    HB2315

    Installing, repairing, replacing, and updating mitigation equipment installed within an impacted area. Sponsors: Orwall, Fitzgibbon, Pellicciotti Companion Bill: SB 6214
    CategoriesLegislation TagsHB2315, Mike Pellicciotti, Port Package Program Updates, Port Packages, SB6214, Tina Orwall
  • 2020-01-13

    SB6214

    Installing, repairing, replacing, and updating mitigation equipment installed within an impacted area. Installing, repairing, replacing, and updating mitigation equipment installed within an impacted area. Sponsors: Keiser Companion Bill: HB2315 Original Bill: https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6214.pdf  
    CategoriesLegislation TagsHB2315, Karen Keiser, Port Package Program Updates, Port Packages, Tina Orwall
  • Little-understood, unregulated particles pollute neighborhoods under Sea-Tac flight paths, UW study finds

    Kent Palosaari, his son Kai and daughter Mira in SeaTac. University of Washington researchers say emissions are polluting communities near the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, and Palosaari worries that the… (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times) More By Katherine Khashimova Long Seattle Times business reporter Kent Palosaari’s persistent cough started eight years after he moved
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsMOV-UP, Seattle Times, Tina Orwall
  • 2020 Washington State Senate Bill 6168 Sec. 603 (42) Indoor Air Quality Study

    State Budget (SENATE BILL 6168, Sec. 603) (42) $50,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2021 is provided solely for the department of environmental and occupational health sciences to provide an air quality report. The report will study the relationship between indoor and outdoor ultrafine particle air quality at sites with vulnerable populations,
    CategoriesLegislation TagsAir Quality Monitors, DEOHS, Edmund Seto, Health, HEPA Filters, Tina Orwall, UW
  • A Letter To Tina Orwall re. Port Package Legislation

    Tina Orwall is a State Representative For the 33rd District. This letter is in regard to a conversation I had with her re. her proposed legislation to revise RCW 53.54 to help with Port Package Problems. There is a discussion of long-term strategic goals, including a Community Agency to administer relations with the Port. Thank
    CategoriesLegislation TagsRCW, Tina Orwall
  • A Letter To Gary Idleburg re. Commerce Impact Study Public Meeting

    Mr. Idleburg is a Senior Planner at the Washington Department Of Commerce and is overseeing the Sea-Tac Airport Impact Study. This letter is in reference to the public meeting held 6 November, 2019 at Burien City Hall. Hi Mr. Idleburg, I wanted to add to my somewhat discombobulated public comment last night. Frankly, I was
    CategoriesCorrespondence TagsDepartment Of Commerce, Gary Idleburg, Stantec, Tina Orwall

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  • Stay Grounded Event: Night trains, not night planes!
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    For the past two years, more than 220 initiatives from 15 countries have declared September 13th as the International day for the ban of night flights at airports. In parallel, activists across Europe have been gathering for pyjama parties for night trains – coordinated in 2024 and 2025 by Back on Track and Stay Grounded.

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Sea-Tac Airport is currently undergoing the largest and longest expansion in its history, collectively known as the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). Some of it you can already hear, but you’re probably not aware of what it all means. Here’s what you need to know.
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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. 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.
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