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Coal Transport, Grays Harbor, WA Debate

Native Americans
<700 ships/barges per year, 8 oil trains going through Grays
Harbor each day.
Spill from ship/train could kill shellfish beds and fish
populations
of the Quinault tribes 2,900 members work in the fishing
industry
Threatens the Quinault tribes way of life. Oil spill/Global
warming. Salmon is their way of life.
Fawn Sharp (leader of the Quinault tribe), when you are an
elected official you need to make decisions that are based not
only on the economics of a decision but the science, the culture,
the history.
The non-tribal fishing industry, which employs more than 1,000
people in the area, opposes.
All that Grays Harbor will be seen as is an oil terminal and
nothing else. That affects future businesses that want to build in
Grays Harbor.
Traffic delays and disruptions. Coal dust can contaminate
food and air.
We have worked so hard to save threatened and endangered
species that to add more pollution to the equation means a death
sentence for these species.
~17% of pregnant Native American women already have
mercury levels high enough to disrupt the healthy development
of their babies -- much higher than other racial groups.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/30/northwest-coalexports_n_4611021.html
Gateway Pacific Terminal at Cherry Point on the Puget Sound
would add approximately 1,250 permanent jobs, including induced
jobs such as restaurant and healthcare workers, as well as 4,400

temporary construction jobs, according to an analysis by an

industry consultant. Annual local and state tax revenues would
amount to about $11 million.
A new coal export facility would cost 45 million dollars to build
Health effects, short/long term, coal dust and coal dust
explosions
Exposure to mercury, which can cause mood swings,
insomnia, tremors, muscle atrophy, and decreased cognitive functions
Increased rates of asthma
Coal dust and diesel exhaust can cause lung and heart
disease and cancer
Arsenic from the coal can cause skin damage, circulatory
system problems, increased risk of cancer
Increased occurrence of chronic bronchitis and emphysema

SSA Marine: Gateway Terminal, Ferndale, WA

The projects draft environmental impact study, which was slated to
be issued in mid-2015, has been delayed by at least a year.
According to project consultants, the delay is tied to late-arriving
information and more complex research than anticipated, such as the
evaluation of health impacts associated with coal dust.
That much oil, all were going to be is an oil terminal. Theyre
going to dominate our landscape, Carter said. Nothing else is going
to come here. Nobody else is going to want to come here. There
wont be any room for anything else. - Al Carter, Gray Harbor county
commissioner for 8 years
5 million tons of coal burned in china is the same amount of
greenhouse gases as putting about 2.5 million new cars on the road.
coal dust could get into nearby bowerman basin(where all the
birds are).
The big ships having an accident on there way in and out of the
port. a spill, would destroy the lush feeding ground.
health impacts from coal dust and diesel emission on train and
barge trips through the columbia river gorge and the effects of ozone,
particulates and mercury returning on trade winds after coal is burned
in china.