RCAA Truth in Aviation – Summer 2000

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The Newsletter of the Regional Commission on Airport Affairs Photo of “clean fill” taken Wednesday, August 9, 2000 on S. 192nd Street, near the entrance to the Tyee Golf Course. See story, p. 4 Photo credit: C hris G ow er Top Environmental Specialist Leaves Port, Joins ACC Staff On 5 July, Barbara Hinkle, Senior Envi- ronmental Manager at Sea-Tac Airport, re- sponsible for environmental oversight on all Airport expansion plans (including the third runway) left that job to join the staff of the Airport Communities Coalition, which is lead- ing the legal fight against Sea-Tac expansion. Ms. Hinkle became disenchanted with the mindset within the Airport staff toward the environmental rules that airport construction. She was quoted as saying that the Port does not follow through on its own environmental studies. Pressure from above to “get the job done”, regardless of environmental conse- quences and applicable laws, was cited as a major factor in Ms Hinkle’s leaving the Port. She said, “the pressure to put aside environ- mental concerns is growing, and with the number of projects coming on-line over the next several years, I can be more effective at the ACC, for the environment, that I ever could be at the Port of Seattle”. Announcing her employment change to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, she commented that she “could no longer work within a system that continually turned a deat ear toward its obligation of public steward- ship.” The federal courts have been asked to order a halt…

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