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 three sources on both the human population and the entire
2 ecosystem, including the food, groundwater security, and et
3 cetera, and they build up in the living systems.
4 What are the long-term effects as the well
5 short-term risks and impacts? The cumulative effect of
6 exponential buildup and increasing toxicity in various
7 environmental systems, must be taken into consideration when
8 estimating the environmental impact.
9 How will these long-term cumulative effects be
10 measured? How would the combination of any of those affect
11 a yet unborn baby? Will there be increased toxicity levels
12 in the food chain? I urge you to study this. Thank you.
13 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: Okay. 91, 92, and 93. 91
14 you're at the microphone. 92 and 93 you're at the desk.
15 Please state your name for the record.
16 THE SPEAKER: Hello. My name is Laurie Stein. I
17 live with my husband in Bellingham. I'm a retired public
18 schoolteacher.
19 If we really wanted to create thousands of
20 permanent jobs that enhance our community and economy, we
21 could develop our waterfront into a conference center with a
22 first class hotel, wine and theatre, restaurants and shops,
23 but that will not happen.
24 This whole scoping process is a rigged thing
25 based on the assumption that the Gateway Pacific Terminal