Item No. 7B  Attachment 1 
Meeting Date: January 22, 2019 
Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory
Round Table Update  1/22 
Lance Lyttle 
Marco Milanese 
Stan Shepherd 

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StART's Purpose 
StART was created to establish a forum to: 
Hear the concerns from the six neighboring
communities 
Begin to work together more cooperatively to
identify possible solutions 

Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (1/22 StART Update) 
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StART's Structure 
Cities appoints two community members
and one city employee to serve 
Airport's Managing Director is the chair 
Alaska, Delta and Lynden also serve 

Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (1/22 StART Update) 
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StART's Structure 
FAA provides agency expertise 
An independent, neutral facilitator is
employed 
Reports up to the Highline Forum 

Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (1/22 StART Update) 
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Aviation Noise Working Group 
Potential near-term actions to prevent &
reduce noise: 
Runway Use Plan Agreement 
Late Night Noise Limitation Program 
Glide Slope Analysis 
Airfield Noise Assessment 
Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (1/22 StART Update) 
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Runway Use Plan Agreement 
Revise & update the current agreement 
New language: 
"During regular late night operations (12 AM to
5 AM) in normal weather patterns, the FAA
plans to reduce its use of the 3rd Runway" 

Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (1/22 StART Update) 
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Late Night Noise Limitation Program 
Voluntary effort to reduce late night noise
by incentivizing air carriers to fly at less
sensitive hours or transition to quieter
aircraft 
Adds a new 4th category to the Fly Quiet
Program 
Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (1/22 StART Update) 
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Glide Slope Analysis 
Raising Runway 34R's glideslope to lessen
aircraft approach noise 
From 2.75 degrees to 3.0/3.1 degrees 
34R 

Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (1/22 StART Update) 
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Airfield Noise Assessment 
Investigate and determine airfield ground
noise sources to reduce impacts 
Reverse thrust 
Taxiing aircraft 
Other sources 
Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (1/22 StART Update) 
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StART Update 

Questions? 

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