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

GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL EIS SCOPING HEARING VOL. II
COURT REPORTER: BETH DRUMMOND PROCEEDING DATE: October 27, 2012
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1 Agent representatives from each of the scoping
2 agencies are here: We have Jeannie Summerhays with the
3 Department of Ecology; Ron Wilcox, the U.S. Army Corps of
4 Engineers; and Sam Ryan with Whatcom County.
5 Thank you all for being present.
6 We have the court reporter, Beth, here who is
7 taking copious notes. And we have Wayne, our timer, over
8 here with Whatcom County, who's going to help us with the
9 time.
10 Again, I'm Jamie Strausz-Clark. I'll be
11 moderating this morning. My job today is to ensure that
12 everyone who has their card this morning to make a comment,
13 has an equal chance to provide their comment.
14 So I'm going to provide some instructions and
15 grounds rules for how we're going to operate this morning.
16 Before I get started, though, I want to say in
17 addition to providing comments in the room, for those who
18 are not able to take part or don't want stand up at the
19 microphone, there are several other opportunities to make
20 your voice heard this morning.
21 If you haven't already made a comment online, we
22 have places throughout the building where you can make
23 written comments. Also in the Commons Room next to this
24 room, there is a way you can make a comment to a reporter
25 and it will be transcribed.