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

11/3/2012
1 live at 163 Island Drive on San Juan Island, and I've
2 lived here full-time for four years, but part-time for
3 eight.
4 I'd like to speak to two topics. First of all, the
5 fact is the ferry system is the lifeline to these
6 islands. Businesses depend on it. Medical emergencies
7 depend on it. We all depend on it if we need to travel
8 anywhere.
9 And I have witnessed what happens when large ships
10 are in the channel between the Anacortes ferry terminal
11 and our islands, and we end up waiting 20 minutes, which
12 throws the whole system off.
13 I know for a fact the ferry system is not optimum as
14 it is, and our businesses suffer when the ferries run
15 late. So one thing I would like you to look into in your
16 scoping meeting is whether ships will be travelling
17 Rosario Straight. And if so, what that will do to our
18 ferry system?
19 The second concern I have regards oversight from an
20 environmental perspective of what will happen to this
21 material once it gets to Asia, and as well as what's
22 happening to it when it's sitting in Bellingham.
23 I'm concerned about air quality. I'm concerned
24 about what will happen if people in Asia, who are
25 receiving our resources, allow it to be polluting of the
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