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

11/3/2012
1 natural beauty.
2 I would ask that the agencies study impacts
3 to the economy of the Pacific Northwest on a whole
4 from increased vessel traffic interrupting ferry
5 traffic. Ferries routinely are delayed by deep draft
6 ship traffic. More than just an inconvenience, this
7 costs the state and the people involved lots of money
8 over time.
9 I would also like to study the economic
10 impacts to tourism from a loss of herring, which is
11 the preferred food of juvenile salmon, which is the
12 preferred food of our Southern resident orcas, and
13 orcas seem to be the preferred prey of tourists.
14 I would also ask for a study of impacts from
15 possible fuel spill within the waters of the Pacific
16 Northwest on local eelgrass beds which I work on a
17 lot.
18 The San Juan Islands have nurseries for the
19 juvenile salmon from all over Puget Sound and Salish
20 Sea, and the impacts on the salmon populations in
21 regions would be devastating. Thank you very much.
22 o-O-o
23 CINDY HANSEN: My name is Cindy Hansen and I
24 am the education curator at The Whale Museum, who I
25 represent today.
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