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GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL EIS SCOPING HEARING VOL. II
COURT REPORTER: BETH DRUMMOND PROCEEDING DATE: October 27, 2012
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1 Scope the health impacts of clag diesel small
2 particulate exhaust and coal dust. There's been significant
3 new studies of coal dust and diesel particulate matter in
4 the last two years, and current standards do not address
5 these legitimate concerns. You need to address this.
6 Scope a -- thank you. There's much more, and I
7 pledge you will hear from me.
8 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: 37 and 38 and 39. 37 you're
9 at the microphone. 38 and 39 you are at the desk.
10 Please state your name for the record.
11 THE SPEAKER: My name is Jeff Margolis. I live
12 in Van Zandt, Washington.
13 I want you to set aside the concept of the main
14 line railroad and think in terms of systems -- systems
15 security and systems redundancy. Advanced industrial
16 systems always engineer for contingencies, theoretical.
17 I live and work next to the farmland route. I
18 own and operate Everybody's Store. I've been there for 42
19 years. My business surrounds the intersection where the
20 rail meets Teston (phonetic) line. I've been watching BNSF
21 operate this rail, installing dependency for ridden rails
22 since last winter.
23 Right now, they're installing ballasts. The City
24 of Burlington is receiving $11 million for bridge
25 improvement. The Canadian National Railway has recently