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

11/3/2012
1 and sea life. How can one mitigate spoiled
2 contaminates.
3 If there is an oil spill or coal spill on
4 land or in the Salish Sea, who will pay to clean it
5 up. Will it be the U.S. or China or Goldman Sachs.
6 o-O-o
7 BOB GAMBLE: Hi. My name is Bob Gamble from
8 Orcas Island and Waldron Island.
9 I'm going to start out with some
10 uncontrovertible facts. San Juan County has 375 miles
11 of shorelines of statewide significance. The marine
12 waters of San Juan County have many species of
13 threatened and endangered species of marine mammals
14 and birds as visitors, migrants, and residents.
15 Sensitive species that have been designated
16 as threatened or endangered under the Endangered
17 Species Act include Steller sea lion, harbor porpoise,
18 Marbled Murrelet, Common Loon, bald eagle, and
19 peregrine falcon.
20 There are at least eight other species of
21 marine mammals sensitive to vessel traffic in the San
22 Juan Islands that are protected by the Marine Mammal
23 Protection Act, including, as has been pointed out,
24 the local population of orca whales.
25 San Juan County contains many state and
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