Millennium Bulk Terminals Longview - Coal Export Terminal

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Comment From: Terri Sharpe

7/26/17 @ 4:00 PM
See master Sierra Club comment.
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Comment From: Stephen Pew

7/26/17 @ 4:00 PM
Do it now!
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Comment From: Bonnie Lawlor

7/26/17 @ 4:00 PM
See master Sierra Club comment.
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Comment From: Bonnie Lawlor

7/26/17 @ 4:00 PM
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Comment From: Bonnie Lawlor

7/26/17 @ 4:00 PM
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Comment From: Amelia Bryan

7/26/17 @ 4:00 PM
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Comment From: Patricia Doran

7/26/17 @ 4:00 PM
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Comment From: Joel Carlson

7/26/17 @ 4:00 PM
Global warming fossil fuels must stay in the ground to save us from the sixth great mass extinction of life on earth. We must have sustainable agriculture that stores carbon on our soil as well. This is urgent! See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permi...↓
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Comment From: lynn anderson

7/26/17 @ 4:00 PM
See master Sierra Club comment.
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Comment From: Cheryl Welch

7/26/17 @ 4:00 PM
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Comment From: Lennett Hollandsworth

7/26/17 @ 4:00 PM
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Comment From: Chester Larson

7/26/17 @ 4:00 PM
THE EMPTY PROMISES OF HELPING THE ECONOMY ARE OPENLY A DECLARATION OF " WE THINK YOU ARE STUPID !! " This Mercenary substitution of " economy " for ECOLOGY is an attempt to reinforce individual satisfaction as opposed to the welfare of all !!! DENY T...↓
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Comment From: Randall (Randy) Henderson

7/26/17 @ 3:44 PM
As a husband, father, grandfather, former Southwest Washington Area Wide Agency on Aging planning director and United Methodist pastor, I lived and worked along the Columbia River over many years. It and the great watershed that feeds it are incredib...↓
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Comment From: Reuben Gelblum

7/26/17 @ 2:17 PM
Dear Washington Department of Ecology, As a resident of Washington state and someone who cherishes both its people and its natural beauty, I urge you to deny the Millennium Bulk proposal in Longview which would be the largest coal export terminal ...↓
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Comment From: Anita J. Thomas

7/26/17 @ 2:01 PM
TO: Department of Ecology, 401 Certification Staff I am concerned that specific aspects of water quality may not be adequately protected in the 401 certification process now under consideration. Further, I am not convinced that the monitoring of...↓
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Comment From: Eric Harvey

7/26/17 @ 1:42 PM
we should be heading towards renewable energy, get away from coal. Let us look towards what is best for the environment and not something that will be harmful for years to come.
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Comment From: Audrey Pitigliano

7/26/17 @ 1:35 PM
Please keep coal out of Longview, the industrial load on that community is already too much. People well being in on the line, and the quality of the environment is suffering.
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Comment From: Ann Ewan

7/26/17 @ 1:31 PM
Please no coal terminal on our beautiful Columbia. We need to keep this a clean side and I'll call terminal will ruin it. Thank you for your consideration Ann Ewan
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Comment From: Alan Harvey

7/26/17 @ 1:09 PM
Coal should not be allowed to be exported from Longview or any other WA port. There are so many more appropriate energy sources. Human and environmental health will suffer if coal were allowed to be exported. Please say NO. Thank you.
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Comment From: Beth Prevo

7/26/17 @ 1:03 PM
Gentlepeople: Please do not allow this coal export terminal on the banks of the beautiful and vitally important Columbia River. I am a person of faith and take the responsibility to care for creation very seriously. We are entrusted with the c...↓
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Comment From: Shahraim Allen

7/26/17 @ 10:53 AM
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Comment From: SMART-TD (Herb Krohn)

7/26/17 @ 10:50 AM
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Comment From: Ben Pfeiffer

7/26/17 @ 10:30 AM
The building and use of this facility would increase the dangerous transport of coal through our state and help accelerate the global combustion of coal, thus hastening global warming and increasing the odds of climate catastrophes. Keep that coal in...↓
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Comment From: Suzanna McCarthy

7/26/17 @ 9:28 AM
There are clean energy options that neither harm the producers nor the uses of the energy. I have spent much time in Kentucky and have work with miners who suffer terribly from their work in the coal mines. Give people clean energy jobs. Make clean e...↓
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Comment From: Sarah Severn

7/26/17 @ 9:06 AM
I am a resident of San Juan County whose tourism-based economy and quality of life rely on the culturally significant and federally listed-as-endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales. I am deeply concerned about the potential impacts from the prop...↓
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Comment From: Suzanne Tarr

7/26/17 @ 9:02 AM
Having lived in a coal state during my formative years,I am aware of the health risks of coal; transportation, handling of it, and the particulate that it emits. We have a beautiful state, I am definitely against any attempt to transport coal throug...↓
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Comment From: Gregory Speltz

7/26/17 @ 8:14 AM
I grew up with a pot bellied coal fired stove in the front room. Later it was a coal fired furnace, and both seemed a blessing. They were, keeping us warm in the Wisconsin winter Now, at age 93 I view coal differently. It pollutes our air and th...↓
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Comment From: Howard Harrison

7/26/17 @ 7:36 AM
Coal is an outdated fuel as it is so damaging to our environment. Global warming is accelerating and we must do whatever we can to slow it. The future of our desendents depends on it. Wherever in the world coal is burned it damages the whole plane...↓
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Comment From: William Iyall

7/26/17 @ 7:31 AM
The Cowlitz Indian Tribe formally documents our opposition to the Millennium Bulk Terminals Water Quality Certification proposal and reasons for our opposition in the attached comment letter.
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Comment From: Alexandra Perkins

7/26/17 @ 7:25 AM
I am writing due to my deep concern over Millennium's coal trains and their destructive impact on water quality in the Columbia River and countless other streams and rivers. Communities throughout the region, from Tribes, state and federal agencies, ...↓
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Comment From: Anna Pedroso

7/26/17 @ 6:54 AM
The Columbia River is a beautiful gift to humanity. It has suffered enough abuse at human hands. I don't want the coal terminal built on the river and I would like the water permit to be denied. I think this is risky to the river, the environment, an...↓
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Comment From: Nancy Vandenberg

7/26/17 @ 6:36 AM
I strongly oppose this project, for many reasons. First of all, this will contribute to climate change, and for no good reason. We already have renewal alternatives to fossil fuels; let's put our energies into developing them instead of building infr...↓
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Comment From: Bonnie McKinlay

7/26/17 @ 6:24 AM
In assessing Millennium Bulk Terminal's request for Ecology's Section 401 Water Quality Permit, I encourage careful study of the threats to water quality that the proposed coal export terminal present. 1.Toxic nature of coal containing lead, mercury...↓
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Comment From: Leanore Weber

7/26/17 @ 6:16 AM
I am opposed to the Millennium Bulk terminal for coal export. Burning coal will only pollute the country to which it is being shipped. Let's invest in clear fuels and help the other countries develop clean fuels too. We can do it!
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Comment From: Barbara Davenport

7/26/17 @ 6:10 AM
Please consider the impact on sea life including noise pollution. Also we know tourism is one of Western Washington's primary sources of income. When the coal is gone what will we be left with? Thank you, Barbara Davenport
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Comment From: Marie Brissette

7/26/17 @ 6:01 AM
Deny the water permit for this project!! We do not need another coal terminal, especially so close to our beloved Colombia River. Coal is a fuel of the past. It is dirty, dangerous for the workers and communitis who could be breathing in its dust and...↓
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Comment From: Bill Jenkin

7/26/17 @ 5:49 AM
I fully support and will continue to do so in the WA State House of Representatives
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Comment From: Jan Lawrence

7/26/17 @ 5:48 AM
Washington should be fighting to generate income, not stifling growth and wealth for it's businesses and citizens. All of this can and has been accomplished in many areas of the State before, let it happen again with these huge income generating Por...↓
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Comment From: Joe Wilson

7/26/17 @ 5:46 AM
Washington is the most trade-dependent state in the nation and we must do all that we can to facilitate growth and sustainability in our trade industry. In fact, transportation infrastructure is the lifeblood of Washington's trade sector, and project...↓
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Comment From: Lawrence Birkhofer

7/26/17 @ 5:45 AM
This is a perfect example of the Democrats instilling more rules and regulations to stall progress. When are we going to stop this madness, which includes Democrat appointed judges legislating from the bench? It's time to revert to the real America o...↓
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Comment From: Larry Schultz

7/26/17 @ 5:43 AM
Washington is the most trade-dependent state in the nation and we must do all that we can to facilitate growth and sustainability in our trade industry. In fact, transportation infrastructure is the lifeblood of Washington's trade sector, and project...↓
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Comment From: Ryan Kula

7/26/17 @ 5:42 AM
Washington is the most trade-dependent state in the nation and we must do all that we can to facilitate growth and sustainability in our trade industry. In fact, transportation infrastructure is the lifeblood of Washington's trade sector, and project...↓
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Comment From: Richard Easter

7/26/17 @ 5:41 AM
Washington is the most trade-dependent state in the nation and we must do all that we can to facilitate growth and sustainability in our trade industry. In fact, transportation infrastructure is the lifeblood of Washington's trade sector, and project...↓
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Comment From: Darryl Jozwik

7/26/17 @ 5:40 AM
Washington is the most trade-dependent state in the nation and we must do all that we can to facilitate growth and sustainability in our trade industry. In fact, transportation infrastructure is the lifeblood of Washington's trade sector, and project...↓
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Comment From: Jim Merriam

7/26/17 @ 5:39 AM
The site chosen along the Columbia River is the best alternative beside Bellingham, to help build our export economy. It was a shame that naive and gullible Seattle residents were swayed by junk science and/or by misleading propaganda from the loc...↓
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Comment From: Power Past Coal (Joelle Robinson)

7/26/17 @ 5:38 AM
Joelle Robinson, Field Director at Power Past Coal submitting 4,085 comments in the attached PDF. Phone: 206.351.5646
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Comment From: Stuart Pennington

7/26/17 @ 5:37 AM
I am originally from the Oregon Coast where the false choice between the environment and jobs was used to devastating effect. I watched the area I grew up in, Coos Bay/North Bend, go from the world's largest lumber shipping port to the Appalachia of...↓
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Comment From: Walter Appel

7/26/17 @ 5:35 AM
Washington is the most trade-dependent state in the nation and we must do all that we can to facilitate growth and sustainability in our trade industry. In fact, transportation infrastructure is the lifeblood of Washington's trade sector, and project...↓
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Comment From: Terry Johnson

7/26/17 @ 5:30 AM
If this cannot happen, then each City needs to pass resolutions supporting "Millennium Bulk Terminals". Washingtonians need export opportunities, jobs (productive jobs, not service sector low-paying jobs) and natural resource development.
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Comment From: Dale Bailey

7/26/17 @ 5:29 AM
We need this terminal. Not more environmental regulations blocking our economy from growth.
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Comment From: Michael Wise

7/26/17 @ 5:28 AM
Washington is the most trade-dependent state in the nation and we must do all that we can to facilitate growth and sustainability in our trade industry. In fact, transportation infrastructure is the lifeblood of Washington's trade sector, and project...↓
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Comment From: Ron and Deborah Higgins

7/26/17 @ 5:27 AM
We mutually benefit ourselves and people around the world when we trade with them. The Millennium Bulk Terminal project will facilitate this mutually beneficial activity of world trade, and will help foster peaceful relationships with other people a...↓
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Comment From: Paula Clark

7/26/17 @ 5:21 AM
I am opposed to the Longview Coal Terminal. It is a risk to all who live nearby, as well as to those on its route. Coal is a fuel if the past.
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Comment From: Elizabeth Salinas

7/26/17 @ 5:16 AM
Washington is the most trade-dependent state in the nation and we must do all that we can to facilitate growth and sustainability in our trade industry. In fact, transportation infrastructure is the lifeblood of Washington's trade sector, and project...↓
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Comment From: Ella Childers

7/26/17 @ 5:15 AM
Washington is the most trade-dependent state in the nation and we must do all that we can to facilitate growth and sustainability in our trade industry. In fact, transportation infrastructure is the lifeblood of Washington's trade sector, and project...↓
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Comment From: Steve Simmons

7/26/17 @ 5:13 AM
This project is badly needed in a community that has high unemployment. All Washingtonians should be allowed to participate in our State's economic recovery. Additionally, this project will have no affect on global climate change.
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Comment From: Shawn Sant

7/26/17 @ 5:12 AM
Washington is the most trade-dependent state in the nation and we must do all that we can to facilitate growth and sustainability in our trade industry. In fact, transportation infrastructure is the lifeblood of Washington's trade sector, and project...↓
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Comment From: Jolene Johnson

7/26/17 @ 5:11 AM
I am in support of the Millennium Bulk Terminals project. Washington has a tremendous opportunity with this project to both create job opportunities and protect our region's trade legacy!!!
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Comment From: Jason Jones

7/26/17 @ 5:10 AM
As a local business owner I am support of projects like this that improve not only the local economy but the regional and national.
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Comment From: Lance Hobson

7/26/17 @ 5:09 AM
Washington is the most trade-dependent state in the nation and we must do all that we can to facilitate growth and sustainability in our trade industry. In fact, transportation infrastructure is the lifeblood of Washington's trade sector, and project...↓
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Comment From: Lance Hobson

7/26/17 @ 5:08 AM
Washington is the most trade-dependent state in the nation and we must do all that we can to facilitate growth and sustainability in our trade industry. In fact, transportation infrastructure is the lifeblood of Washington's trade sector, and project...↓
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Comment From: Loretta Jancoski

7/26/17 @ 4:28 AM
If we care about our children and grandchildren and care that they have a healthy planet to sustain them, and care about the health of the planet that sustains us, eliminating coal as a source of energy is required. It's a no brainer. We all need t...↓
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Comment From: Paula Chester

7/26/17 @ 3:36 AM
Coal is dirty fuel. Washington state should be supporting and expanding green energy projects, not building the projected Longview Coal Export Facility on the beautiful Columbia River!
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Comment From: Gary Dalenius

7/26/17 @ 3:18 AM
Millenium Bulk Terminals Longview - Coal Export Terminal As person of faith, it is my responsibility to stand up for our neighbors and protect the beauty God has blessed us with here in the Pacific Northwest as well as all along the rail lines. I...↓
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Comment From: Bryan Branson

7/26/17 @ 3:15 AM
Dear Sir, I am not in agreement in having this coal export terminal in Longview, Washington. Having so many trains carry coal along the Columbia River or through towns and cities in the Northwest is not acceptable. We should be seeking safer fue...↓
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Comment From: Janice Tufte

7/26/17 @ 2:47 AM
Please keep coal away from our previous fragile coastlines here in Washington state Our salmon and other sea creatures are already under stress, we do not need coal or coal dust on top of existing probkems
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Comment From: Washington State Farm Bureau (John Stuhlmiller)

7/26/17 @ 2:21 AM
Attached, please find our comments.
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Comment From: Linda Krippner

7/26/17 @ 2:11 AM
As Society who cares for the future of life on earth, we should no longer be allowing new, non-renewable and carbon polluting industries to expand. Climate change is a real threat to our future, we need to address it by not permitting projects like t...↓
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Comment From: Mary Jo Coblentz

7/26/17 @ 2:05 AM
As a resident of Richland, Washington, and a person who believes that how we preserve our environment for future generations should be our first priority, I strongly oppose the Millenium Bulk proposal for a coal terminal in Longview, Washington. ...↓
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Comment From: Daveen Jones

7/26/17 @ 1:59 AM
I hope that while you are doing the research to approve the wastewater dumping permissions for the current Millennium businesses on their property in Longview, WA that you are also considering the plans that the company has for the largest export co...↓
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Comment From: Rev. Richard Gibson

7/26/17 @ 1:56 AM
Please keep Longview coal free. Coal is not the fuel of our future, and we want to keep our waterways, air and land free of contaminating situations. Coal exports have no place at Longivew. Plea listen to the scientists and research people who...↓
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Comment From: Suzanne Crawford O'Brien

7/26/17 @ 1:50 AM
I oppose the terminal. We need to be investing our resources into moving away from fossil fuels and coal. Coal is dangerous to our air, our water, and contributes to climate change which threatens our coastlines, and because it contributes to rising ...↓
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Comment From: Marcia Patton

7/26/17 @ 1:49 AM
I am an American Baptist Minister and want to keep our water and air clean. Please keep our waters clean.
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Comment From: David Turnoy

7/26/17 @ 1:30 AM
I live in San Juan County, where our economy is mostly based on tourism, and where orca whales are one of the biggest attractions drawing tourists. Coal terminals and healthy orcas don't mix! The Columbia River may be many miles away from our homes ...↓
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Comment From: Terri Houlahan

7/26/17 @ 1:17 AM
I am opposed to this application for Section 401 Water Quality Certification from Millenium Bulk Terminals Longview LLC for the Millenium Bulk Terminals Longview Coal Export Terminal located at 4029 Industrial Way in Longview, Washington. Please do N...↓
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Comment From: Dan Rogers

7/26/17 @ 1:01 AM
We need to transform our energy systems to be more sustainable and eco-friendlier. Building this coal terminal will lock us into years and years of continued coal mining/transporting/burning, exactly at the moment we should be transforming our energ...↓
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Comment From: Nancy Horman

7/26/17 @ 12:58 AM
Coal is the dirtiest form of energy and is old 20th century fuel. Even China is trying to get rid of it as it has caused so much distress. This is the 21st Century. Get with solar, wind, electricity, batteries, etc.
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Comment From: Deborah Hopkins-Buchanan

7/26/17 @ 12:55 AM
My name is Deborah Hopkins Buchanan. I am a resident of San Juan County whose tourism-based economy and quality of life rely on the culturally significant and federally listed-as-endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales. I am concerned about the po...↓
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Comment From: Mollly Severns

7/26/17 @ 12:37 AM
Coal contributes to climate change, is dangerous to transport, and degrades the earth in the extraction process. The terminal is bad for human health and does not provide the same positive job impact that investment in renewables would provide our c...↓
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Comment From: James Taylor

7/26/17 @ 12:10 AM
Our Resident Killer Whales are slowly going extinct. Please help us stop this terminal! Thank you, James Taylor
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Comment From: Linda Hagedorn

7/25/17 @ 11:26 PM
The time is now to commit to renewables! We should be using our assets of time, money, intelligence and will to fuel this planet with energy that does not inflict damage to the planet and it's people.
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Comment From: deirdre morris

7/25/17 @ 11:22 PM
My name is Deirdre Morris I am a resident (visitor, property owner...) of San Juan County (and/or the Salish Sea) whose tourism-based economy and quality of life rely on the culturally significant and federally listed-as-endangered Southern Reside...↓
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Comment From: steve swanson

7/25/17 @ 10:47 PM
Please don't allow this terminal to be built. Coal is a fuel of the past that harms our beautiful, sustaining Creation at every stage--mining, transport and burning. Short term profit does not justify the long term damage that will be done. Please de...↓
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Comment From: Herb Hethcote

7/25/17 @ 8:38 PM
A coal export facility in Longview is a terrible idea. Coal trains in Washington state create traffic congestion and release carcinogenic coal dust. The international price for coal is low and may go much lower as coal is replaced by natural gas an...↓
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Comment From: Gayla Shoemake

7/25/17 @ 4:26 PM
Dear Department of Ecology, You must refuse to grant a water permit (or permit of any kind) for this terminal. The danger and damage to the state and its citizens have been demonstrated to be extreme. Not only the environmental destruction that ...↓
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Comment From: Debra Mumm Felnagle

7/25/17 @ 2:51 PM
I am not in support of the Coal Export Terminal because I believe the use of fossil fuels as an energy source is destructive to our Planet. I live right next to a railroad track that transports coal in open railroad cars. Every three months, I have...↓
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Comment From: Lloyd Johnston

7/25/17 @ 2:42 PM
I do not believe that there is any issue of public welfare included in the proposed Millennium Bulk Coal Export Terminal for Longview, Washington. The small number of local jobs that would be provided by this terminal are far overshadowed by the dama...↓
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Comment From: Gretchen Elizabeth Drury

7/25/17 @ 2:28 PM
Please do not grant this permit for the Coal Export Terminal in Longview Washington. I believe it to be detrimental to all citizens of our country.
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Comment From: Edgar Meyer

7/25/17 @ 2:24 PM
Increased number of coal trains would have serious effect on every town on the route. Increased amount of coal burned means worse global warming.
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Comment From: Karen Genest

7/25/17 @ 2:21 PM
Washington State is creating a reputation for itself as a leader in Green. Coal just doesn't fit that bill. I think of this every time a coal train passes through Mount Vernon, car after car of coal that's not even covered. The coal dust flies around...↓
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Comment From: Anna Nelson

7/25/17 @ 2:10 PM
Please do not put a coal terminal in Longview. Eco-tourism in the area is much more valuable than the money gained from low grade cole.
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Comment From: Laura Pierce

7/25/17 @ 1:42 PM
I am extremely concerned about the environmental and health hazards of a new coal terminal and i STRONGLY OPPOSE this project. This is not the future we want for Washington State.
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Comment From: E2 (Environmental Entrepreneur... (Bob Keefe)

7/25/17 @ 1:27 PM
July 25, 2017 On behalf of E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) we are writing to oppose the proposed Millennium coal export facility on the Columbia River. It is subject to unacceptable economic and financial risks, and contradicts state and national...↓
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Comment From: Chris Pinney

7/25/17 @ 1:11 PM
Would be a significant finishing-off nail in the coffin for migrating and rearing salmon, let alone many cultures of peoples health and well-being, quality of life and property. This cannot be a serious consideration, for there exists no justificatio...↓
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Comment From: Climate Reality Project (David Powell)

7/25/17 @ 1:06 PM
I strongly urge the Washington Department of Ecology to not permit a Section 401 water quality certification for Millennium Bulk Terminal in Longview. It is imperative that we focus on developing renewable energy infrastructure instead of encouraging...↓
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Comment From: Ruth Shearer

7/25/17 @ 12:40 PM
Please don't allow this terminal to be built. Coal dust along the railroads is already a problem and will get worse. Coal dust in the river will harm nature. Pollutants from burning coal in Asia come back to us. We all share the same air. Coal shou...↓
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Comment From: Carol Armstrong

7/25/17 @ 12:10 PM
I respectfully request that the Dept. of Ecology deny the permit request of Mellinnium Bulk Terminals application for permission to ship coal through our state to the waters off our ocean. We are smarter than this. We can find other ways to produc...↓
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Comment From: Louise Dustrude

7/25/17 @ 11:49 AM
Hello -- I am a resident and property owner in San Juan County. Our tourism-based economy and quality of life rely on the culturally significant and federally listed-as-endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales. I am concerned about the potential im...↓
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Comment From: Mary Abramson

7/25/17 @ 11:38 AM
It is unconscionable that this is still going forth!!! So many, many people have appeared and given testimony that they DO NOT WANT THIS COAL FACILITY!! Government in America is THE PEOPLE, not the ecology dept.!! The laws have been 'corporatiz...↓
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Comment From: Diane Pasta

7/25/17 @ 11:36 AM
Millennium Bulk Terminals wants to spoil the health and habitat of our citizens by building North America's largest coal export terminal right on the Columbia River. As a Quaker (member of the Religious Society of Friends)I oppose this action, an...↓
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