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
Page 119
And so the air quality will be destroyed in our region because
of one pound will be airborne per train. Asthma and other
upper respiratory ailments. The water quality, fish, all a
concern. So, you know, we're going to 19th century technology.
This is ridiculous. We're taking the tops off of mountains,
we're carrying them through our home planet, we're passing them
on to another country, which the other country has the
possibility of taking their own mountain tops off if they
wanted to.
So it's just an unacceptable possibility. Eighteen
trains? Sixteen, fourteen, even three extra coal trains is not
an option. So unacceptable risk, and I don't think we should
be willing to take it. It's a huge responsibility that we
have. Looking at it from Montana, Idaho, Washington, it's not
just our county that's being affected.
MS. HULL: Thank you.
Number 98, please.
And 99 and 100 come down, that would be great.
THE SPEAKER: My name is Sarah. I am -- 14 and a half
years ago I was born here in Bellingham, and I've lived here
ever since. It has been really, really great growing up here.
We have such, such wonderful trails and just outdoor
recreation. And it's really hard to get bored. There's so
many great local businesses that I know my friends spend hours
at. But unfortunately it really seems like all of the great