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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MS. HULL: Yeah.
THE SPEAKER: Hi. My name is Sue Joerger, and I live
in Seattle, Washington. I am so excited that I decided to come
up today rather than wait until a couple weeks.
I live on my sailboat about a block or so from the
tracks. I walk along the railroad, the bike trail that goes
along the tracks, and I find coal on my bike trail. And I also
find it on the beach in Seattle. And I'd like to know what the
environmental impact on coal being deposited in Puget Sound, on
our beaches as a result of this project.
I'd also like to know what the storm water impact of
rainwater falling on a giant pile of coal at the terminal, what
the environmental impact will be from that. Particularly
looking at the dissolved oxygen, increasing dissolved oxygen.
I know that is an impact on the Point Roberts Terminal.
Third, I also have a 50-ton captains license and I've
sailed in these waters for over 30 years, and accidents do
happen as you've been hearing, and I think you do need to
consider that.
And finally, I am unemployed, hi guys, but I want a
green job. I don't want a dirty coal job.
Thank you.
MS. HULL: Thank you.
May we have speaker 81, please.
THE SPEAKER: Hi. My name is Bernice Held, and I've