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 because we had to use such high pressure that we blew holes
2 in the lungs because of asthma. This is not a small thing
3 to me. You saw my husband up here with a picture of our
4 granddaughter, but hers is not nearly the suffering that
5 I've seen as the babies that I took care of who had such
6 severe asthma. Thank you.
7 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: 75, 76, and 77. 75 you're at
8 the microphone. 76 and 77 you're at the desk.
9 Please state your name for the record.
10 THE SPEAKER: Thank you. Hi. My name is Cahie
11 Fleming. I live on the San Juan Islands, and I'm concerned
12 about the increased risk of oil spills in the Salish Sea
13 from at least a thousand -- almost a thousand more boat
14 carrier ships, some the size of the Empire State Building,
15 will bring to our region.
16 I am hoping that you'll study, not only the
17 increased risks of oil spills from the GPT ships, but also
18 from the other proposed export terminals in our region, and
19 making that a cumulative impact study that also risks to our
20 region; in addition to coal export terminals, tar sands
21 shipping that could be coming down from Canada as well.
22 We, in the San Juan Islands, will be in the
23 middle of all of it, and I hope that you will take a look at
24 that. Thank you. And we'll see you next week, too.
25 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: 76, 77, 78. 76, you are at