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

11/3/2012
1 I request a comprehensive risk assessment
2 of: Animal use of intertidal zones; archeological
3 sites; social, cultural and economic values, like
4 ecotourism and fisheries; each assigned values and
5 then related to the probability of a spill. Such an
6 assessment would portray the real risks to the regions
7 surrounding this project's footprint.
8 The environmental risks introduced by
9 tankers, which are first associated with the
10 transportation of petroleum products such as: Bitumen,
11 condensate, light fuel, bunker oil and crude.
12 The spill of these substances from
13 catastrophic or chronic releases threatens the
14 presence of countless species, food webs, and
15 ecosystems that are relied upon for subsistence,
16 cultural, social, economic, physical, and spiritual
17 well-being by an untold number of individuals and
18 communities.
19 Many other contributors to environmental
20 risk exist; such as garbage disposal, sewage
21 discharge, water ballast, noise, ship wake and
22 anti-fouling substances that are again cumulative to
23 existing pressures.
24 For human beings the right to live is akin
25 to the right to eat. Whoever you may be, you do not
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