Public Hearing - EISs for the Proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal ...
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11/3/2012<br />
1 and in all possible combinations, also taking into<br />
2 account existing and all planned increase in shipping<br />
3 traffic.<br />
4 How many jobs and businesses can a coal ship<br />
5 kill in a worst case scenario? What does that all<br />
6 mean in terms of economic losses, costs of clean up,<br />
7 and lost tax revenues <strong>for</strong> school children's education?<br />
8 And most importantly, who will pay? Are<br />
9 <strong>the</strong>re provisions to require SSA Marine, Peabody, and<br />
10 Goldman Sachs to set aside sufficient funds from <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
11 coal profits to fairly compensate and reverse <strong>the</strong><br />
12 ecological and economic damages? If so, how? If not,<br />
13 why not?<br />
14 We don't want just verbal assurances. We<br />
15 need financially binding full coverage insurance or<br />
16 legally en<strong>for</strong>ceable and fair redress mechanisms. If<br />
17 no such provisions can be offered to ensure our jobs<br />
18 and economy are not threatened by a potential major<br />
19 oil spill, please consider no build option.<br />
20 Let's keep <strong>the</strong> good jobs we already have and<br />
21 create more clean jobs. Coal kills. It is not worth<br />
22 it. Thank you.<br />
23 o-O-o<br />
24 PETER ROLOFF: My name is Peter Roloff,<br />
25 o<strong>the</strong>rwise known as Shantparv. I've lived on Lopez <strong>for</strong><br />
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