Verbal comments submitted at the scoping meetings have been transcribed and are available for download in the EIS Library. Download the PDF for the entire meeting, including verbal comments submitted in the public area, as well as the individual comment area. Comments from Agencies and Tribes are also located in the EIS Library for your convenience.
All comments submitted in writing (via email, mailed hardcopy, or the online comment form) can be viewed below. Comments submitted via the website are posted within ten days. The table can be filtered using the menus below or sorted using the green column headers.
Human environment: Noise Air quality Human health Traffic or safety Natural environment: None selected EIS process: Alternatives Area of potential effect
I live in Shoreline, WA, just across the street from the BNSF ROW. I would like the impacts to be studied from the following perspectives.
1. Fire hazard of shipping uncovered sub-bituminous coal through an urban area. There was a fire in... View full comment
11994
01/22/2013
Snowie, Cynthia
Bellingham
Rail
Human environment: Other human environment topic Natural environment: Wetlands or streams Other natural environment topic EIS process: None selected
Concerns regarding the Gateway project:
In 1998 we moved into our condo, situated a short distance from the railroad tracks on the north side of Bellingham Bay, knowing that trains would be part of life here. We believe the view and quality of life... View full comment
11941
01/22/2013
Scaief, Charles
Bellingham
Rail
Human environment: Traffic or safety Other human environment topic Natural environment: Other natural environment topic EIS process: None selected
I live in Bellingham and I am concerned about the impact of so many heavy coal trains on the stability of the embankments along the route. There have been many concerns expressed regarding the stability of the embankments along the railroad route in... View full comment
11896
01/22/2013
Sirkin, Eric
Seattle
Rail
Human environment: Traffic or safety Natural environment: Wildlife or vegetation Marine species, fish or fisheries Wetlands or streams Water quality Other natural environment topic EIS process: None selected
Crossing over Snoqualmie Pass on I-90, you encounter "Snowsheds". These concrete tunnels allow avalanches of snow to harmlessly tumble over the top of the tunnel allowing
trucks and automobiles to continue unobstructed.
Why not "... View full comment
11746
01/22/2013
Klein, Fred
Multiple/not listed
Human environment: Noise Air quality Human health Traffic or safety Other human environment topic Natural environment: Wildlife or vegetation Marine species, fish or fisheries Water quality Other natural environment topic EIS process: Alternatives Area of potential effect
Introduction
I moved to Orcas Island in 1986; I’m now a retired architect, I have a son here on the island and I’ve helped to raise three grandchildren here. My other son and his family live in Seattle, visit frequently, own land here, and are in... View full comment
11700
01/22/2013
King, Keyaira
Bellingham
Multiple/not listed
Human environment: Human health Natural environment: Wildlife or vegetation EIS process: None selected
I am a Bellingham citizen, I am 17 and I have lived here for a year. In the year that I have lived here I have grown to enjoy the culture of Bellingham, appreciate its use of green energy and recycling programs. I am writing because coal trains will... View full comment
11630
01/22/2013
Borgesen, Wendy
Bellingham
Rail
Human environment: Noise Air quality Human health Traffic or safety Other human environment topic Natural environment: Wildlife or vegetation Marine species, fish or fisheries Wetlands or streams Water quality Other natural environment topic EIS process: Area of potential effect Other EIS process topic
As a resident and homeowner in South Bellingham for 22 years, I have serious concerns about the impacts first on South Bellingham of the increased rail traffic through town, and the potential air pollution from that traffic and the rail cars carrying... View full comment
11516
01/22/2013
Chuckanut, Friends of
Bellingham
Industrial site
Human environment: Noise Air quality Human health Traffic or safety Other human environment topic Natural environment: Wildlife or vegetation Marine species, fish or fisheries Wetlands or streams Water quality Other natural environment topic EIS process: Alternatives Area of potential effect Other EIS process topic
Please accept our comments on the GPT Proposal. As your program is not accepting our pdf file I am resending this with the text of our 10 page letter included within this Comment Box. Please note, a hard copy was alos sent to CH2MHILL's address in... View full comment
11472
01/22/2013
fairchild, christie
rockport
Rail
Human environment: Noise Air quality Human health Traffic or safety Other human environment topic Natural environment: Wildlife or vegetation Marine species, fish or fisheries Wetlands or streams Water quality Other natural environment topic EIS process: Alternatives Area of potential effect EIS/regulatory process Other EIS process topic
Unfortunately, the entire project is a disaster: mining coal, ruining lives, livlihoods, and the environment in both the mined areas and the transport areas, shipping said coal overseas to be burned in an unregulated country only to further increase air... View full comment
11434
01/22/2013
Glidden, Hal
Bellingham
Rail
Human environment: Noise Air quality Human health Traffic or safety Natural environment: None selected EIS process: Area of potential effect
The large scale, Gateway Pacific Terminal (GPT) proposed for the Cherry Point site in Whatcom County will require the rail transport of vast quantities of coal on a daily basis. This is an unavoidable consequence of the GPT project. As many as nine... View full comment
11359
01/22/2013
Brooks, Alisa
Shoreline
Multiple/not listed
Human environment: Air quality Human health Natural environment: Wildlife or vegetation Marine species, fish or fisheries Wetlands or streams Water quality EIS process: None selected
To GPT/BNSF Custer Spur EIS Co-Lead Agencies,
I will speak to just two of the thousands of species who will be unavoidably adversely affected by innumerable unavoidable significant impacts from, the Mountain top removal/strip mining to transport by... View full comment
11308
01/22/2013
zike, david
seattle
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Human environment: Noise Human health Traffic or safety Natural environment: Marine species, fish or fisheries EIS process: None selected
I am against the rail line because of the effect it will have on the hillsides that are always closed for mudslides anyway. Also the effect of the traffic especially in downtown Seattle will be horrendous. There is no reason to ship the coal to... View full comment
11298
01/22/2013
Oulman, Lynne
Bellingham
Multiple/not listed
Human environment: Air quality Human health Natural environment: Wildlife or vegetation Marine species, fish or fisheries Water quality EIS process: None selected
Dear EIS Co-Leads,
I try to fathom just why anyone can think a coal terminal is a good idea? How could this plan possibly have floated to the top of a pile of choices of things to try to do? The science against coal is solid and staring us in the... View full comment
11066
01/22/2013
Abbott, Ramona
Bellingham
Multiple/not listed
Human environment: Noise Air quality Human health Traffic or safety Other human environment topic Natural environment: Wildlife or vegetation Marine species, fish or fisheries Other natural environment topic EIS process: Alternatives Area of potential effect EIS/regulatory process
My name is Ramona Abbott. We moved to Whatcom County about 12 years ago, in great part because of the quality of life afforded here by a smaller city, cleaner air, and less traffic than the large city we moved from. One of the first things I noticed... View full comment
12254
01/22/2013
Blaha, Deb
Lake Forest Park
Human environment: None selected Natural environment: None selected EIS process: None selected
I strongly oppose the construction of a coal export terminal at Cherry Point, Washington and transporting strip-mined coal from Montana and Wyoming on trains and ships throughout the Northwest. This proposal would negatively affect my community by... View full comment
12277
01/22/2013
Mandel, Eric
Seattle
Human environment: None selected Natural environment: None selected EIS process: None selected
I strongly oppose the construction of a coal export terminal at Cherry Point, Washington and transporting strip-mined coal from Montana and Wyoming on trains and ships throughout the Northwest. This proposal would negatively affect my community by... View full comment
13673
01/22/2013
Bornzin, Gary
Bellingham
Multiple/not listed
Human environment: Noise Air quality Human health Traffic or safety Other human environment topic Natural environment: Wildlife or vegetation Marine species, fish or fisheries Water quality Other natural environment topic EIS process: Area of potential effect
For your convenience, the text of the email below is identical to the attached Word 2010 docx-document. Choose the format you prefer.
Please include my comments in the public record. Thank you.
________________________________________
From:... View full comment
10892
01/21/2013
Varsi, Gael
Anacortes
Rail
Human environment: Traffic or safety Natural environment: None selected EIS process: None selected
I am a resident of Skagit County and I am concerned about the rail traffic impact on our communities if the Cherry Point Terminal is built.
There are mudslides every year along this railroad track, sometimes stopping train traffic for several days.... View full comment
10685
01/21/2013
Peace-Gladstone, Betty
Mountlake Terrace
Multiple/not listed
Human environment: Noise Air quality Human health Traffic or safety Natural environment: Marine species, fish or fisheries Wetlands or streams EIS process: Alternatives Area of potential effect
I am vehemently opposed to the development of the proposed terminal and the rail line that is part of the proposal to ship coal to the west coast. Eminent Domain, in terms of claiming land from ranchers and other private property owners along the way... View full comment
10652
01/21/2013
Mason, Barry
Bellingham
Rail
Human environment: Human health Traffic or safety Other human environment topic Natural environment: Marine species, fish or fisheries Water quality Other natural environment topic EIS process: Area of potential effect
As a resident of the Chuckanut area outside Bellingham, WA, I am already familiar with the traffic of one and one-half mile long coal trains on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad bordering northern Puget Sound. The same sandstone rock of which... View full comment
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Verbal comments submitted at the scoping meetings have been transcribed and are available for download in the EIS Library. Download the PDF for the entire meeting, including verbal comments submitted in the public area, as well as the individual comment area. Comments from Agencies and Tribes are also located in the EIS Library for your convenience.
All comments submitted in writing (via email, mailed hardcopy, or the online comment form) can be viewed below. Comments submitted via the website are posted within ten days. The table can be filtered using the menus below or sorted using the green column headers.
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