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INTERNATNAL AIRPORT
Noise Programs Overview
The Port of Seattle is committed to ensuring that Seattle-Tacoma International Airport benets our region and
neighbors, and that means being responsive to community concerns about airport impact. To improve air quality,
we have instituted programs like pre-conditioned air for parked aircraft  reducing emissions by more than 50,000
metric tons of C02  and we are a national leader in piloting aviation biofuels that have a lifecycle carbon footprint
typically 50 to 80 percent lowerthan regularjet fuel.To address noise issues, the Port's Noise Program  one of the
most comprehensive in the country  partners with airlines, the FAA and local residents in four key ways:

1.  NOISE REMEDY                                                2.  PUBLIC INQUIRY AND COMPLAINT RESPONSE
To-date, the Port has invested approximately                  Port employees personally respond to public
$400 million in noise mitigation programs. Noise              comments that arrive through our noise hotline
remedy programs began as an outcome of the               (206.787.5393) or our online comment form:
FAA-approved Part 150 Noise Study completed               (
in 1985. There have been three updates to the                                          ). The Port also provides
Study  1993, 2002 and 2014. The updated Noise             an online ight tracking tool for the public to use,
Remedy Boundary is the basis for all new programs            called PublicVue, which also allows users to submit
and was established in 2014. The Port's mitigation             comments utilizing a username and password

programs include insulation and voluntary                    (
acquisition. Key insulation achievements include: ).
Port staff help residents understand the causes of
Over 9,400 single family homes, through
windows, doors and ventilation modications             airplane noise neartheir homes as well
as what programs may be available to address
5 condominium complexes
their concerns.
(246 individual units)
14 buildings on the Highline College campus

8 schools within the Highline School District

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3.  FLIGHT TRACKING AND NOISE MONITORING            4.  FLY QUIET PROGRAM
Our Noise Programs team utilizes a sophisticated              The Fly Quiet program encourages airline
ight tracking system to monitor ight paths in                compliance with noise abatement efforts by
and out of Sea-Tac, as well as aircraft compliance               evaluating ight procedures, as well as aircraft
with established noise abatement ight                       noise levels, and recognizing airlines with the best
procedures. This information is used in providing              record of achievement in their award group. The
timely, accurate responses to citizen inquiries.                  award was developed by Port staff and a citizen
Noise Programs staff meet regularly with the FAA              advisory committee as a way to increase airline
to share this data and discuss ight procedures.                and pilot awareness of the impact of aircraft noise
We also maintain and operate a system of 24 noise            on local communities.
monitors at permanent locations throughout the
Airlines are given scores based on three categories:
local region.
.    Compliance percentage with existing noise
abatement procedures
- Compliance with Sea-Tac's aircraft engine
testing run-up rules and regulations
- Overall noise oftheir operations as
measured by 4 of our permanent noise
monitors
Three Fly Quiet Awards are presented annually:

- Quietest of the top ve busiestjet airlines,
based on total operations
- Quietest airline among thejet airlines with at
least 1,000 annual operations
.    Quietest airline among regional jet carriers
Fly Quiet Award recipients are publicly
acknowledged by the Port in various ways for their
efforts to limit the impact of aircraft noise on our
local communities.



FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT
www.portseatt le.org/Environmental/N oise/Pages/default.aspx

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