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Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP)
The Central Puget Sound region is expected to grow by another one million people by 2035. The Sustainable Airport Master Plan is the blueprint for changes at Sea-Tac Airport to meet future regional demand.
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Indoor and outdoor air pollution ‘claiming at least 40,000 UK lives a year’
Report finds air pollution inside and outside the home is costing £20bn a year as well as causing tens of thousands of deaths
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Environmental Noise Pollution in the United States: Developing an Effective Public Health Response
Background: Tens of millions of Americans suffer from a range of adverse health outcomes due to noise exposure, including heart disease and hearing loss.
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A Geospatial Analysis of the Effects of Aviation Gasoline on Childhood Blood Lead Levels
Background: Aviation gasoline, commonly referred to as avgas, is a leaded fuel used in small aircraft. Recent concern about the effects of lead emissions from planes has motivated the U.S. Environmental Protection to consider regulating leaded avgas.
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Sea-Tac International Airport: Third Runway Project
The development of a third “dependent” runway at Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport, the state’s largest airport, was one of the largest and most sensitive public works projects in region
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Final Air Quality Survey for Sea-Tac Airport 1993
Atmospheric Sciences Group McCulley, Frick & Gilman, Inc. 3400 188th Street SW, Suite 400 Lynnwood, WA 98037 An air quality survey of airborne toxic…
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North SeaTac Master Plan 1992
The Port of Seattle began purchasing property north of SeaTac International Airport as part of a noise remediation program in the 1970s. The people of the Greater Highline and SeaTac areas, seeing the land under-utilized, began to envision a park where they and their children could play and relax.
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Rumblings Over Flight-Path Plan
The FAA’s proposed “Four Post” flight-path plan would shift 100-120 daily jet overflights from Elliott Bay to northeast Seattle neighborhoods to increase Sea-Tac Airport’s capacity, sparking outcry from residents who fear increased noise pollution and safety risks.
