The Daily Herald of Everett reports (http://is.gd/jA765e ) that the option gives the company three years to design a passenger terminal and perform environmental studies. Boeing Company has said regular commercial passenger flights at Paine Field would not interfere with its Everett factory, where it builds 747s, 787s and 777s. A 2012 federal aviation study concluded that noise, traffic and pollution from commercial passenger jets would not harm nearby communities.