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

11/3/2012
1 It would take far more time than I'm allowed
2 to outline all the other risk factors involved in
3 operating large vessels in these waters. The risk of
4 catastrophic accidents in these water exists and this
5 increase in traffic will increase that risk. We must
6 assess -- make an assessment of that risk and the
7 consequences of it.
8 o-O-o
9 KYLE LORING: Good afternoon. My name is Kyle
10 Loring and I'm the staff attorney for Friends of the
11 San Juans.
12 I'm here to ask that you include in your
13 scoping analysis all the costs, all the public costs
14 that will be borne for this project and also all the
15 other related projects in Longview, Hoquiam, Coos Bay,
16 and the Port of St. Helens in Oregon, and 141
17 international -- 141 million metric tons of coal that
18 will be shipped.
19 These costs include the subsidies, including
20 the difference between the cost of the lease price for
21 this coal and the fair market value on the
22 international commodities markets, for which it's
23 sold, the rail improvement costs to be borne by the
24 public, including but not limited to, safety and
25 mitigation costs, the crossing upgrades, I believe
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