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

11/3/2012
1 interested in environmental concerns.
2 I think that the energy that our county expends on
3 protecting our environment should be a matter of record
4 for you guys because it is extremely important to us
5 here, more so than many other places in the world.
6 We are a unique environment, our little archipelago.
7 And the comments I've been hearing in the other room just
8 affected me tremendously because it's clear that there's
9 a lot of scientific work that you have to do, plus
10 there's a lot of concern that you should be addressing to
11 human quality of life concerns.
12 I know those aren't explicitly part of the
13 environmental impact statement menu, but if there's any
14 way that you can include those in the scope, I would be
15 very grateful.
16 I also have added in my comments here that it would
17 be wonderful if economic impacts could be part of the
18 scope of an EIS. I know that's not the routine. I know
19 that's not the drill, but it would sure be great if that
20 could happen.
21 The potential for accidents is something that
22 bothers me tremendously. When we look at this increased
23 potential for ships coming through the water surrounding
24 our islands, it just scares the daylights out of me to
25 think that the marine creatures would be negatively
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