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Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-047 Order Primary source read

Port of Seattle face-covering policy for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (announced May 10, 2020; effective May 18, 2020)

Port updates cloth face coverings policy for workers, visitors and passengers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Port of Seattle (Executive Director Steve Metruck; Port Commission) · Port of Seattle (Washington municipal corporation; operator of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Port of Seattle (Washington municipal corporation; operator of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) · Washington
Level
County
Authority
RCW 53.08.220 (port district may adopt all necessary rules for the government and use of its facilities; violation a misdemeanor); Port emergency powers under Commission Resolution (COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 2020)
Issued
2020-05-10 May 10, 2020
Effective
2020-05-18
End
continued under the Port's rules and, from Feb. 1, 2021, the federal CDC/TSA mask orders; in force through Sept. 30, 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
May 18, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all passengers, visitors and workers in the public areas of SEA, including Port employees, airline, concession and contractor employees
Functions reached
  • EMP every airport employer's workforce at SEA (airlines, concessions, ground handlers, contractors)
  • CB passengers
  • OP airport concession and service operations
Collection
Aviation and surface-transport regulators AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE

Operative words

"Today the Port of Seattle announced that it will require all passengers, visitors, and workers, including Port employees, in the public areas of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to wear cloth face coverings starting on May 18." ("Airport workers keep our region's supply chain moving and support safe essential travel," said Port of Seattle Executive Director Steve Metruck.)

Enforcement

Port rules of conduct at SEA (RCW 53.08.220; Port of Seattle Airport Rules and Regulations); denial of access; airline and tenant compliance obligations

Notes

A port-district order limiting the manner of commerce at one of the nation's ten busiest airports; the Port is a governmental authority with statutory rule-making power over its property.

Retrieval note

Authority's own release (Wayback capture May 19, 2020) rendered to PDF; the underlying Executive Director directive was not separately retrieved.

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