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

11/3/2012
1 40 years. Most of that time has been spent either
2 under the water or on the water.
3 As a commercial diver I consider myself an
4 insider into the workings of the marine infrastructure
5 of the oil and mining industry. I have personally
6 participated in massive pollution projects, as I call
7 them, and it caused me to resign from that industry.
8 There is no energy crisis; there is an
9 integrity crisis. Industry has only dictated
10 integrity from you people. You are our heros.
11 I ask you to consider what was said earlier
12 in your EIS and seriously consider the hope of my
13 children and my grandchildren. I also specifically
14 ask you to consider the challenge environment.
15 There has been talk of a pristine
16 environment. I have lived here for 40 years, I have
17 seen the loss of the true cod, complete loss of the
18 true cod in these waters.
19 I have seen the diminishment of the kelp
20 beds. I ask you to take a look at Leo Reef, for
21 instance, which once had a 52 acre kelp bed around it.
22 There is now nothing.
23 One of the most important impacts I feel
24 that can happen in these islands is the impact on the
25 sea urchins, both the deep water sea urchins and the
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