The Beacon Hill Seattle Community Noise Team recorded aircraft flying over their neighborhood on August 13, 2018, capturing both video and real-time noise levels using a handheld noise dosimeter. Nine videos from that afternoon show aircraft passing overhead between 12:22 PM and 12:37 PM, with a still image from 12:22 PM displaying a reading of 77.8 decibels on the dosimeter. These recordings were compiled as community evidence of aircraft noise impacts in the Beacon Hill area near Sea-Tac Airport.

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Beacon Hill Seattle Community Noise Team video link index documenting aircraft noise overflights recorded on August 13, 2018 at Beacon Hill, Seattle. Nine YouTube videos captured between 12:22 PM and 12:37 PM show aircraft flying overhead with simultaneous noise dosimeter readings displayed on screen. Still image from 12:22 PM shows a General brand noise dosimeter reading of 77.8 dB. Website: beaconhillseattlenoise.org.

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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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