on residents and noted the Jet Center's plan did not restrict these aircraft from using the facility.
Lighter Stage 2 corporate jets, such as the notoriously loud Gulfstream II, are exempt from FAA noise restrictions.
Stafford also reasoned that the facility's construction could uncover fuel-contaminated soil and noted that, although one soil sample was obtained, it was extracted to assess seismic loading and no contamination testing was actually conducted.
"It is important to note that when the potential impacts  of proposed aviation expansion plans are examined objectively it becomes obvious that there are serious environmental issues  to consider, " observed Rees.
"No one should take for granted that communities aren't affected by expansion of air cargo and corporate jet operations at Boeing

On May 10, 2000, King County Hearing Examiner Stafford Smith ordered the King County Jet Center to either re-write its expansion proposal for a corporate jet facility to exclude noisier Stage 2 jets, or perform an EIS on their potential impacts on the adjacent Georgetown community. Stafford also ordered the Jet Center to conduct more extensive soil contamination testing around the site for the proposed facility expansion.
Previously King County's Department of Development and Environmental Services (DDES) made a determination of non-significance for the expansion of corporate jet facilities at Boeing Field.
When the SCAA learned of this