Bellingham Comments from Digital Recorder - EISs for the Proposed ...

GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL EIS SCOPING HEARING VOL. I
COURT REPORTER: GWEN BRASS PROCEEDING DATE: October 27, 2012
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There is a problem with coal dust being stored at a terminal.
It will be stored in the open. Wind will below over it. It
might get into the water. It will affect the Cherry Point
fishery.
We do have to look at the impact of all the terminals.
Seven of them are proposed for the Pacific Northwest. This is
an historic change that has to be looked at.
Diesel exhaust is a nonissue. Information's available
from General Electric to -- manufacturers.
We
need brake separations. That's very important. Just looking
at the math, we need to -- we'll need some more in Bellingham.
These cost. That has to be looked at.
It will also
help reduce noise from diesel horns if you go -- for crossing.
We should look at sound walls mitigating -- we have
to determine who is going to pay for that.
We're going to need more trains, not just coal trains.
There'll be more Amtrak trains. There'll be more merchandise
trains. We need that. Also trains and tracks --
MS. HULL: Thank you.
THE SPEAKER: Thank you very much. I appreciate the
time.
MS. HULL: Next speaker, please. And if I could have
the next three speakers, number 30, 31, and -- 31, 32 and 33
come down, that would be great.