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 our water or pollute our air; they did it because it was a
2 job. And they had the job, and they didn't know better. We
3 know better now, and we have to act on what we know.
4 So I'm hoping that the EIS scope will include, as
5 wide a range of effects of this coal burning from when it
6 started up to where it's burned.
7 I'm hoping that this comment period, that anybody
8 who gets up here can say that I share the concerns of
9 everyone who has said every concern they have opposing it,
10 rather than me having to read down and hit every particular
11 bullet point.
12 As a business owner in our town, I can say that
13 we have a unique opportunity to keep creating a healthy and
14 sustainable and economically viable downtown business area.
15 And we have a unique opportunity with the ending
16 of GP, and I want the EIS scope to include the opportunity
17 costs. What are the real costs that will be incurred when
18 you consider what we cannot do with our opening of our
19 downtown waterfront because of this project?
20 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: Thank you.
21 THE SPEAKER: Thank you very much.
22 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: 74, 75, and 76. 74 you're at
23 the microphone. 75 and 76 you're at the desk.
24 Please state your name for the record.
25 THE SPEAKER: My name is Andronetta Douglass, two