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 example of the extent -- significant unavoidable adverse
2 impacts; and measures to avoid, minimize and mitigate the
3 effects of the proposals. Okay?
4 Is everyone clear?
5 Great. All right.
6 So now the ground rules. So I ask that -- I
7 believe most as of you know, we have to have a maximum of
8 100 local comments today, which is why it's limited to two
9 minutes and no more than two minutes for comments here. I'm
10 going to be super serious about that.
11 I have a timer up here that you'll be able to
12 see. That's going to make an annoying buzz when time runs
13 out, and if you're still talking when the time runs out, I'm
14 going to ask you to finish your sentence and step away from
15 the microphone.
16 I am not a rude person and I don't like being
17 rude at all, so please, don't put me in that position.
18 Please be mindful of the time, but I will ask you to step
19 away. In worst case, I will turn off the microphone.
20 We need to be able to ensure that everyone
21 holding a card has an opportunity to say their piece this
22 morning, so that's -- we have to be here no longer than four
23 hours, so that's what we're going to do.
24 Is everyone clear on those rules?
25 Okay. The way this is going to work, is I'm