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 coal contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are
2 carcinogenic to the Pacific herring and interferes with
3 their reproduction. Note that the herring disappeared first
4 on the spawning beds at Point Roberts close to the Roberts
5 Bank Coal Terminal.
6 Just as the orca depend on the salmon and the
7 salmon depend on the herring, our very way of life as
8 Northwesterners, as well as our health and sustenance is
9 dependent on the integrity of the Salish ecosystem.
10 I feel a great responsibility to speak --
11 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: 14, 15, and 16. 14 you're at
12 the microphone. 15 and 16 are at the desk.
13 Please state your name for the record.
14 THE SPEAKER: Thank you. My name is Larry
15 Hildes. I'm a civil rights lawyer here in Bellingham, and I
16 want to talk to you about jobs.
17 I want to talk to you about these jobs, and they
18 need -- and the balancing of these jobs against the
19 destruction of the environment.
20 SSA Marine is a horrible, horrible employer.
21 They are not going for good jobs; they are not someone to
22 trust.
23 We represent a group in Seattle called the
24 Seattle Port Truckers Association. They are a professional
25 association. They're not allowed to unionize because SSA