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 the entire coal corridor. Thank you.
2 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: 56, 57 and 58. 56 you're at
3 the microphone. 57 and 58 you're at the desk.
4 Please do not forget when you come to the desk,
5 fill out your name with correct spelling and print so the
6 transcriber can get the correct spelling.
7 Please state your name for the record.
8 THE SPEAKER: My name is Brad Owens. I live here
9 in Bellingham. I'm president of the Northwest Washington
10 Building and Construction Trades Council.
11 Our council represents approximately 7,000
12 construction workers in Whatcom, Skagit and Snohomish
13 Counties. I'm also a business representative of the
14 National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
15 We have approximately 250 of our members that
16 live here in Whatcom County. Additionally, I'm a
17 50-plus-year member of this community. I was born and
18 raised in Bellingham, in Whatcom County.
19 Our council is about putting people to work, and
20 representing working men and women in the construction
21 industry, as well as being good stewards for our
22 environment. We share many of the same environmental
23 concerns addressed here today.
24 We'd like the social and economic effects of this
25 project studied with equal consideration as the