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

11/3/2012
1 as the lock-in of coal implicit in the construction of
2 coal power plants that last 30 years or more. The EIS
3 must consider the engineering constraints on renewable
4 energy dispatch posed by coal power plants. And, to
5 reiterate, the EIS must consider the social, economic,
6 and environmental impacts and quantify these impacts
7 associated with global greenhouse emissions from pit
8 to plant.
9 o-O-o
10 MARTA NIELSON: Good afternoon. My name is
11 Marta Nielson; I'm from Orcas Island. I'm an organic
12 grower and chicken rancher. I'm also the
13 owner/operator of the Salish Trader, a small 35 foot
14 cargo vessel on which I bring back, from Bellingham's
15 Squalicum Harbor, organic animal food and other
16 organic stuffs that I travel to the different outlying
17 non-ferry-served islands, and serve orcas as well.
18 As an organic grower I have concern about
19 the impact of the coal dust. We have been told that
20 the ships once loaded will spray with some sort of
21 chemical that's supposed to keep this coal dust down.
22 I think I would like to see the EIS look at
23 that impact of its effectiveness in holding the coal
24 down, and also what this chemical is going to do.
25 We are probably supplanting one bad idea
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