Public Hearing - EISs for the Proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal ...
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11/3/2012<br />
1 publications of papers and book sales.<br />
2 That is why last weekend in Bellingham,<br />
3 approximately 1800 people attended <strong>the</strong> scoping<br />
4 meeting.<br />
5 THE REPORTER: Excuse me, you are reading<br />
6 too fast.<br />
7 BILL BOWMAN: I only have two minutes.<br />
8 Most of <strong>the</strong> 80 that I heard were against GPT<br />
9 permitting. Among <strong>the</strong>m a first nation spokesman made<br />
10 reference to <strong>the</strong> fish food chain. Someone spoke of<br />
11 invasive species in ballast water. Ano<strong>the</strong>r brought up<br />
12 <strong>the</strong> increased ocean acidification, increased<br />
13 likelihood of shipping accidents as a result of more<br />
14 and bigger marine vessel traffic.<br />
15 Ocean acidification was mentioned, as well<br />
16 as coal dust pollution of sea water with as little as<br />
17 5-10 parts per million of Cadmium, Mercury and<br />
18 Selenium, (all heavy metals) as disastrous <strong>for</strong><br />
19 shellfish.<br />
20 Corporate spokesmen may refer to laws and<br />
21 job statistics as <strong>the</strong>ir trump card. Yet I think that<br />
22 Peabody Coal and GPT are engaging in "willful<br />
23 blindness" (a legal term) designed to externalize<br />
24 <strong>the</strong>ir complicity in environmental pollution.<br />
25 These corporations may recommend that <strong>the</strong><br />
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