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

11/3/2012
1 storage, over its shipment, over the loading of the
2 ships, and it would come even farther through the
3 Salish Sea.
4 I'm against increasing the scope of the EIS.
5 Right now I've heard expand the -- want to expand the
6 EIS almost cradle to grave from where it's mined, even
7 up the smoke stack.
8 I'm a commiserate for the Port of Friday
9 Harbor when we occasionally have to get an EIS for the
10 docks that we put it. If we have to consider not only
11 the local impact on the waters and the bottom, which
12 is what an EIS was originally intended for, but also
13 the impact of the boats as they're manufactured and
14 the fuel that they use, nothing will ever get built.
15 I'm afraid we might read in the history
16 books in the future that the United States was a
17 country that ceased to exist when the time it took to
18 process the permit exceeded the lifespan of the
19 applicant. I don't want to see that happen. Thank
20 you very much.
21 o-O-o
22 PERRY BLACK: (No card.) I'm Perry Black,
23 I'm 13, and live on Shaw Island.
24 I spend time at the shoreline or on the
25 water every day. I sail, kayak, fish, and crab. I
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