Public Hearing - EISs for the Proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal ...

11/3/2012
1 ground, the development should be denied.
2 The second impact that I'm concerned about is the
3 risk of collision or one of these vessels going up on the
4 rocks that's carrying coal.
5 There's a sign out front saying don't pay attention
6 to the fear mongering, but it's not fear mongering to
7 understand that as the amount of traffic increases, the
8 risk goes up of a collision or a grounding, and it just
9 increases the likelihood as you put a lot more traffic
10 into the Sound. Thank you very much.
11 HOWARD ROSENFIELD: Well, as a county council
12 member, I'm very concerned about all the impact. I'm
13 also concerned about the economic benefits that there
14 could be.
15 I'd some day like to see the benefits/problems, how
16 to mitigate the problems so legislators like myself can
17 have a good way to make a decision.
18 I'm very concerned about a lot of things, orca
19 welfare, the ship accidents or spills, but I'm told you
20 really should limit it to one comment or one issue.
21 So my one issue: I was at a social gathering about
22 five years ago here, and a meteorologist told me that our
23 -- it kind of surprised me that our air quality on this
24 island is not as pristine as we think because we're
25 getting impacted by ship exhaust.
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