Bellingham Comments from Digital Recorder - EISs for the Proposed ...

GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL EIS SCOPING HEARING VOL. I
COURT REPORTER: GWEN BRASS PROCEEDING DATE: October 27, 2012
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seconds and minutes can mean the difference between life and
death.
And finally, what are the costs of those delays, the
costs in extraneous medical conditions brought on by the delay,
the cost of increased fire insurance premiums on the eastern
side of the tracks? And you have to identify everywhere along
the entire route, from the source to the terminals --
MS. HULL: Thank you.
THE SPEAKER: -- where that circumstance exists so you
can apply the same tests.
MS. HULL: Thank you.
THE SPEAKER: Thank you.
MS. HULL: Next speaker, please.
Might take -- we have had -- I just want to make sure
you know we have Randel Perry from the Corps. We have Jeff
Hedgeness from the County and Alice Kelly from the Department
of Ecology up here listening to you.
THE SPEAKER: Hello. My name is Holly Harris, and I
live in Bellingham.
And first I want to thank you for giving us this forum
today. I'm number 78 as a speaker, and I hope you've noticed
that there's been a long line of people. I haven't yet heard
one person come out as a strong proponent of supporting this
project.
The beauty of our community is that we are one based