Sea-Tac plows ahead with Part 150 study

The Port of Seattle announced today that a contract had been signed with the aviation consultancy Landrum & Brown, to manage the pending Part 150 (noise reduction) study at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.   The Port's news release appears below.

The contract was negotiated privately with the consultant, without input from the communities and local governments who suffer harm from the Airport's noise.   We have not yet seen the actual contract, but the proposed scope of work for that contract, as we have seen it in the last couple of weeks, fails to address about two-thirds of what can & should be done in a study like this.  RCAA's request for disclosure of the actual contract is pending with the Port.  More on this as soon as we have solid information.

Text of the news release

The Port of Seattle has finalized its contract with Landrum & Brown, an aviation and airport planning firm, hired to assist the Port with the management of Sea-Tac Airport's Part 150 Study. Learn more about the Part 150 Scope of Work (103 KB, PDF - http://www.portseattle.org/downloads/community/environment/Part150-scopeofwork.pdf) which includes the project schedule and a detailed description of the work items required for completion of the study.
 
The date and the location of the first public workshop, open to all, will be announced soon.