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

11/3/2012
1 of GPT associated greenhouse gas emissions, from pit
2 to plant, on listed salmon and their prey.
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4 FRED FELLEMAN: Hello. My name is Fred
5 Felleman. I'm really appreciative of you holding this
6 hearing on San Juan Island recognizing the offsite
7 impacts associated with this project.
8 I have owned a cabin on the island for the
9 past 15 years off Smugglers Cove with a view of Haro
10 Strait, right down the road from Val.
11 And for the past 30 years I've been working
12 on the conservation and research of Southern Resident
13 Killer Whales.
14 I'm here as a maritime consultant to both
15 the Makah Tribe, who has allowed me to wear this
16 jacket they gave me, from Sonny Nyton, and the Office
17 of Marine Affairs, their program, as well as the
18 Friends of the Earth's vessel trafficking.
19 We'll be submitting written comments as
20 well.
21 While the application notes that the GPT
22 project includes impacting 350 acres for the Upland
23 Terminal, including 162 acres of wetlands, and
24 building a wharf and trestle of 350,000 square feet,
25 the most significant unavoidable impacts include the
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