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 industries import raw materials, refine them, and then
2 export them as a valued, additive product that gives us
3 family-wage jobs.
4 The only benefits that Gateway Pacific Terminal
5 will provide is a few jobs and money in the pockets of a few
6 wealthy investors.
7 The negative impact of the Gateway Pacific
8 Project not just for Bellingham or Whatcom County, but for
9 the many towns that these trains travel through, including
10 human health, natural environment, property values, quality
11 of life, and local businesses -- and I urge you in your
12 scoping of the EIS to consider all of those impacts, human
13 health, natural health, quality of life, property values,
14 and impacts to businesses. Thank you.
15 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: 70, 71, and 72. I just want
16 to pause to make a quick announcement.
17 There may still be some numbers at the welcome
18 desk, so, please, if you're interested in making a comment,
19 there may be some numbers.
20 So, please, if you'd like to make a comment,
21 there may be some numbers at the welcome desk, so check in
22 with them.
23 70, please state your name for the record.
24 THE SPEAKER: I'm Pamela Boson. I'm from
25 Bellingham, and my comments are from the perspective of a