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Carbon Footprint

On a New York-to-Denver flight, a commercial jet would generate 840 to 1,660 pounds of carbon dioxide per passenger. That's about what an SUV generates in a month.
~USA TODAY 12/19/2006

Thank you Mukilteo!

We thank the City of Mukilteo Community Support Grant Program for their support of SOC's educational efforts. We are very grateful. We want to challenge the cities of Edmonds, Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace to match Mukilteo's funding efforts.

SOC's Response to the Draft Environment Assessment

SOC provided its comments about the FAA's draft Environmental Assessment for Paine Field. It is fatally flawed.

Click here for the comments submitted by SOC.

Here are attachments for SOC's EA Comments

Here are comments submitted by others in the community.
Click here for comments from the City of Mukilteo.
Click here for comments submitted by Sea & Sound (environmental experts).
Click here for comments submitted by Mr. Scott Teerink

Click here to see a new map of schools exposed to the noise and flight paths.

If you are angry about this--write to County Executive Aaron Reardon at County.executive@co.snohomish.wa.us and/or to the County Council. Tell them you hold them accountable.

It is disingenuous and wrong to "assess" the impact of only a few flights per day when the FAA does not allow for flight restrictions if scheduled service starts up. Rise up and voice your opposition to this short-sighted scheme of shoving us down the slippery slope of scheduled air service at Paine Field.

Again, the deadline for written comments is Friday, February 5, 2010.

Comments can be submitted in person during the two scheduled public meetings.
Comments may also be submitted by email to cayla.morgan@faa.gov or airserviceeacomments@snoco.org
Comments sent by mail should be addressed to:
- Cayla Morgan, Environmental Protection Specialist, Seattle Airports District Office, Federal Aviation Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, WA 98057-3356.
- Dave Waggoner, Director, Snohomish County Airport, 3220 100th Street S.W., Suite A, Everett, WA 98204.

Thanks for your support!

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Save Our Communities (SOC) is a non-profit organization of concerned citizens from communities throughout Snohomish, Island, and northern King Counties dedicated to preserving the quality of life in this primarily residential area of Puget Sound. Formed in 1992, it is a one-issue group – specifically, we oppose any attempt to transform Paine Field into a 'SeaTac-North'.

We are FOR the Boeing Company and our aerospace industry, and always have been. We are FOR creating an Aerospace Center of National Significance by attracting and retaining high wage, high growth aerospace industrial corporations. We want the economic development that these world class companies have brought, and can continue to bring, to this area.

Please view our presentation.

Paine Field Noise Hotline

To complain about noise from Paine Field, please go to http://www.painefield.com/noise/noiseform.html or call them at (425) 353-2110 x1.

Online Petition

Sign our online petition supporting the current balance of Paine Field and oppose scheduled air service. Our petition reaffirms that Paine Field currently balances the needs of our community, general aviation, and Boeing. Go to the "Take Action" page to sign the petition.

Fuel dumping over Sea-Tac

Check out this video of a plane dumping fuel over south Puget Sound to make an emergency landing after taking off from Sea Tac the other day.

We don't wish this kind of safety problem on airline passengers. We don't wish this kind of environmental mess on the ground.

But more importantly, we don't see the need for our community to take on this risk when WE DON'T WANT SCHEDULED AIR SERVICE AT PAINE FIELD, AND DON'T NEED IT.