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

11/3/2012
1 So I would ask that the study include any proposed
2 site within the fault of the Cascadia -- I mean within
3 the range of the Cascadia fault. Thank you.
4 LUANNE PASIK: One thing that I don't think
5 has been mentioned very much is that in Bellingham at the
6 old Georgia Pacific site, they're trying to build some
7 kind of a VA thing. I think it's a cultural art center
8 or something like that, which would create a lot of jobs.
9 If this coal thing goes through, that couldn't happen.
10 There are those jobs that would be lost, so that has
11 to be considered in the whole talk about creating jobs.
12 So I hope you're looking at that, what would be lost, and
13 the net gain wouldn't be very much. So that's my
14 comment. Thank you.
15 CHRISTOPHER O'BRIENT: My name is Christopher
16 O'Brient, and I live on Lopez Island at 4403 Mud Bay
17 Road. I've lived on Lopez since I was -- for 41 years,
18 and I'm concerned about the coal moving through the San
19 Juan islands. I'm concerned about the quality of ships
20 that they will be using.
21 I'm very concerned about the upkeep of those and
22 about the potential spills of oil from them, not just the
23 coal, and about how they will safely navigate this water
24 with as many of them moving through it.
25 I'm concerned about the dust that is going to be
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