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

11/3/2012
1 FRIDAY HARBOR, WASHINGTON; SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2012
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3 WENDY SHEPARD: My name is Wendy Shepard, a
4 resident of San Juan Island for 20 years. I have a
5 degree in English from Radcliffe College, and a degree in
6 creative human development from Bank Street College of
7 Education, just the credentials you need for this
8 technical hearing on the coal train and coal ships, I'm
9 sure.
10 While I know nothing about your field, I know a
11 little about the fields and farms and waters of San Juan
12 Island. I've just written a book that celebrates the
13 creatures of this island, including its human beings, the
14 island's history of farming, and most especially its
15 small family farms.
16 It is the farms, here and on the mainland, those in
17 the path of coal transport trains and coal transport
18 ships that are my primary concern.
19 My request to you, therefore, is to please measure
20 the impact of coal dust in transit on the crops, both
21 here and on the mainland, that will eventually go to our
22 dinner tables, and the impact on the seas that are home
23 to the seafood that we eat, and to the whales and
24 dolphins that feed our tourist economy.
25 There must be studies from other parts of the
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