Cruise ship MOU proposed amendments comment period

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Comment From: Steven Weinstein-Foner

3/13/21 @ 11:38 AM
Please keep Puget Sound clean by keeping the ban on cruise ship "scrubber" waste in the MOU. Thank you!
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Comment From: m r

3/13/21 @ 11:37 AM
UNACCEPTABLE. ANY COMPANY, PARTICULARLY ONE WITH DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE OCEAN, OUR FRAGILE ENVIRONMENTS MUST ABSOLUTELY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROPRIATE, CLEAN, STEWARDSHIP OF OUR OCEAN, WITHOUT QUESTION. WE WILL BOYCOTT EVERY SINGLE CRUISE LINE, FERR...↓
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Comment From: Stephen Pew

3/13/21 @ 11:36 AM
I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers in Puget Sound. Using them and dumping their waste pollutes the entire ocean food chain of the Sound. I don't want a cesspool off the coast of Seattle. I want the ocean to remain clean so that its life, and us,...↓
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Comment From: Diane McMahon

3/13/21 @ 11:35 AM
It makes no sense to pollute our water! It's bad enough, we've ruined the air we breathe, why add our waters, to the list!
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Comment From: Daniel J. Shields

3/13/21 @ 11:35 AM
There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support amendment #2 t...↓

Thank you for your consideration.
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Comment From: Susan Berzac

3/13/21 @ 11:35 AM
Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why...↓

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: John Stephens

3/13/21 @ 11:35 AM
Why do we overlook pollution for profit enterprises and talk about climate change?
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Comment From: Jo Baxter

3/13/21 @ 11:35 AM
Ban scrubbers and protect Puget Sound!
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Comment From: Brenda Murphy

3/13/21 @ 11:34 AM
Water is precious. Keeping it from being adulterated is only a smart.
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

3/13/21 @ 11:34 AM
I support banning scrubbers. The cruise industry's toxic practices are destroying fishing, wildlife, and recreational spaces through their pollution and use of extremely dirty fuel.
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Comment From: Judith Wierzbowski

3/13/21 @ 11:34 AM
We need to stop treating our water ways like garbage dumps.
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Comment From: Brian Gottejman

3/13/21 @ 11:33 AM
Cruise ship vessels are HUGE polluters. We cannot allow the cruise industry to pollute our Ocean. The Ocean is where life on Earth began.

The Ocean has been the Global Cesspool of humans for millennia and it is about time that we, as humans occupying ...↓
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Comment From: Anna Jensen

3/13/21 @ 11:33 AM
Please ban scrubbers. The ecological impacts are staggering and directly impact the wildlife and waterways. This is an opportunity for all traffic to commit to being more environmentally friendly. Thank you.
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Comment From: Chuck Rocco

3/13/21 @ 11:33 AM
The u.s. has added so much pollution to u.s. waters, the same waters we get our fish from. Worse, filter feeders, like clams and muscles, concentrate this pollution. Stop poisoning our food supply by dumping pollution into u.s.waters
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Comment From: Laurel Cameron

3/13/21 @ 11:32 AM
Please ban scrubbers. This loophole allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support amendment ...↓
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Comment From: Joanne Husar

3/13/21 @ 11:32 AM
Hello - Please do away with scrubbers and dirty fuels! This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please appr...↓
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Comment From: Kathy Bradley

3/13/21 @ 11:32 AM
I support amendment #2, to ban scrubbers in Puget Sound, to protect this precious inlet.

There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge...↓

This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

The marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. And humans need a healthy marine ecosystem to sustain all life on Earth. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Cathy Wootan

3/13/21 @ 11:31 AM
It sounds as if these scrubbers simply exchange one type of pollution for another. Let's see if we can come up with a solution that doesn't involve pollution -- or offers minimal pollution.
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Comment From: Amy Chisholm

3/13/21 @ 11:31 AM
We must all take extremely seriously the welfare of all species and the environment as a whole. Please make all efforts to protect the natural world in any way possible!
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Comment From: Carolyn Ryan

3/13/21 @ 11:30 AM
Please ban scrubber waste - it's still toxic waste. We have filled our oceans and rivers with our trash for too long. The cruise industry needs to find a solution to their pollution that is a real solution!
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Comment From: Valerle Leonard

3/13/21 @ 11:30 AM
Our Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. And this is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please a...↓
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Comment From: Barb Travis

3/13/21 @ 11:30 AM
Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support...↓

This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.


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Comment From: Spencer Rawls

3/13/21 @ 11:29 AM
Ban scrubbers. They don't reduce pollution, they just convert air pollution into water pollution. This damages our water ecosystems like the Puget Sound, putting already endangered species like orcas at even more risk. It also harms fish that people,...↓
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Comment From: Paul Fellows

3/13/21 @ 11:29 AM
I am a long-time resident of Washington State and the Puget Sound region. I have spent many hours on the waters of the Sound, exploring many places. I saw my first Orca in 1958 up around Vancouver Island – I was eight. I'm now 71. During my lifetime ...↓


The Cruise Industry is understandably money driven but the equation is broken. Those in the business know it but simply want to avoid the truth. It's a dirty, filthy industry and its main effort is to hide the huge amount of pollution caused by the ships.


The reader doesn't have to guess my position, if I had my way, cruise ships (except for those totally self-contained during stays in Puget Sound waters) would be totally banned from entering the waters past the Strait of Juan de Fuca.


Obviously, that will not happen. Eventually, there will be nothing left except the cruise lines plying empty, smelly waters with dead carcasses of animals floating by. But that won't stop the cruise line industry. They will have IMAX theaters all over their ships to play scenes of Orcas breaching and sea otters splashing. The windows that look out onto the decimated forests, the streams running brown with stinky pollution and the cold, grey, dead waters of the Sound – they will be blacked out and the passengers will be entertained with many distractions and fantasies of what the world looked like in the past.


This is the typical direction of all industries that make profits from our natural world but don't want to pay the real price of doing business. Typically, the bean counters in the cruise industry, want to dump the costs of running clean onto others. Who are those others? They are the tax payers of Puget Sound who have spent billions of tax dollars on clean-up after clean-up initiatives – so many I have lost count during my 70 years. But the ones who pay the greatest price don't have bank accounts and lawyers – they are the participants in the nature play that the cruise lines advertise. They are the many living creatures that the industry hopes will cause paying customers to "ooh and awe" and pay large fees. But very soon the actors will be dead.


The rest of us pay and the CEOs and the shareholders make their money. Puget Sound (better called the Salish Sea) is on its last years of life. The Chinook are almost gone and the Orcas are struggling to stay alive as their food dwindles and the incessant noise of commerce increases year after year.


So, what do I have to say about scrubbers? BAN THEM TOTALLY!


The Cruise industry could have been using the hiatus during the pandemic to refit their ships for the use of cleaner kinds of fuel but instead they park most of them and do nothing. The bean counters will rule and eventually there will be nothing of beauty left for the passengers to view out their windows. Then the industry will bitch and moan that government didn't do enough for them and created too many regulations. Typical. I have zero concern for the cruise industry. Let it sink to the bottom of the ocean!


I support amendment #2 - Ban scrubbers now!

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Comment From: Dean Sigler

3/13/21 @ 11:29 AM
Cruise ships are a wasteful, polluting mess. Scrubber dumping is a convenience for the ship owners, but should not be tolerated for its terrible effects on the environment. It isn't good for whales or humans.
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Comment From: Jennifer Fox

3/13/21 @ 11:28 AM
The cruise ship industry is nothing but a climate and ecosystem nightmare that sucks up money from a society that can easily find better, safer alternatives for family vacations. We cannot afford to keep losing biodiversity for the sake of someone's ...↓
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Comment From: baudouin debrabandere

3/13/21 @ 11:28 AM
Please do all you can to prevent water pollution in the Puget sound, let's make sure the aquatic life forms all strive in the beautiful area, thank you.
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Comment From: Angela Mastaloudis

3/13/21 @ 11:26 AM
As someone that was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, I appreciate that it is a place of unique beauty and natural resources. That is why I am writing in support of Amendment #2 to ban scrubbers in Puget Sound

We know that cruise ships are maj...↓

Marine ecosystems require a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. We can maintain this healthier marine ecosystem by banning scrubber dumping permanently.
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Comment From: Kate Harder

3/13/21 @ 11:26 AM
Please ban scrubbers. It doesn't make any sense to have a loophole that allows cruise ships to burn heavy fuel oil by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers. ...↓
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Comment From: Carol Fletcher

3/13/21 @ 11:26 AM
Puget Sound, like all of our marine waters, needs to be maintained in as clean and clear a manner as possible, NOT used as a dumping ground for "clean" waste.
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Comment From: Linda Heath

3/13/21 @ 11:25 AM
Right now, the WA Department of Ecology, the Port of Seattle, and the cruise trade industry organization are renegotiating a voluntary anti-dumping Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the Puget Sound and an amendment to ban the discharge of scrubber...↓
Please do NOT allow scrubber wastes to be discharged into state waters! This is harmful for both the water and land environment, not to mention all living things that rely on the environment. We must be good stewards of nature if we expect to have a viable place for humans to live now and in the future!
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Comment From: Rayline Dean

3/13/21 @ 11:24 AM
This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.
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Comment From: Susan Rodriguez

3/13/21 @ 11:24 AM
We all know the meaning of poison and toxic, so why then would you allow them to be put into our water? This is insanity. Is it because we can't see with our eyes what the consequences are? Until it kills the creatures living in that water? Don't all...↓
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Comment From: Wendy Thompson

3/13/21 @ 11:23 AM
ban scrubbers!
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Comment From: Faith Kirk

3/13/21 @ 11:23 AM
I have read that there is a horrible loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I sup...↓
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Comment From: edith cooke

3/13/21 @ 11:23 AM
The build up of scrubber dumping is compounding and has serious implications on endangered species like killer whales and chinook salmon. I am writing to support the ban of scrubber dumping and preservation of this unique and important ecosystem.
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Comment From: Dianne Sullivan

3/13/21 @ 11:19 AM
STOP FOSSIL FUEL DUMPING SCRUBBERS. THAT'S POLLUTING OCEANS! STOP DUMPING PLASTICS AS WELL. OCEANS ARE SUFFERING FROM THE OVERLOAD OF PLASTICS.
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Comment From: Fanny Whitman

3/13/21 @ 11:16 AM
No waste discharging in State waters!
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Comment From: christine lowry

3/13/21 @ 11:16 AM
Please use this legislation to permanently ban the disgusting practice of "scrubbing" in Puget Sound! Dumping raw, untreated sewage and other waste products into the ocean is not a viable option for the cruise industry, which honestly should be banne...↓
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Comment From: Marilyn Thompson

3/13/21 @ 11:13 AM
In Puget Sound, the buildup of scrubber dumping is compounding and has serious implications on endangered species like killer whales. All such scrubbing does is convert air pollution into water pollution and dump this fossil fuel combustion wastewate...↓

If we are going to protect the environment and preserve marine species, now is the time. I am in support of an amendment to ban the discharge of scrubber wastes. Please take responsibility and make this happen.
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Comment From: kym harris

3/13/21 @ 11:13 AM
There needs to be consequences for abuses against the planet. It is not acceptable for humans to contaminate and destroy the ocean, air or soil. Enough is enough and we must hold corporations responsible for the amount of pollutants they create inclu...↓
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Comment From: Loren Wieland

3/13/21 @ 11:11 AM
Washington state hosts some of the most beautiful water in the continental United States. The state also has the obligation to take care and provide stewardship of these beautiful areas. Clean up the cruise ship industry by eliminating scrubbers and ...↓

I was fortunate enough to spend a good deal of time in the Puget Sound area scuba diving and snow skiing all in the same day. You have some of the most dutiful areas. Please, protect them.
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Comment From: James Kleinberg

3/13/21 @ 11:09 AM

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Comment From: susi williams

3/13/21 @ 11:09 AM
stop the scubber
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Comment From: Francine Dolins

3/13/21 @ 11:09 AM
Scrubbers, as used by the Cruise Ship industry, have been touted by as a solution for treating toxic ship engine exhaust, in reality, all it does is convert air pollution into water pollution and dump this fossil fuel combustion wastewater straight i...↓
The WA Department of Ecology, the Port of Seattle, and the cruise trade industry organization are renegotiating a voluntary anti-dumping Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the Puget Sound.

This is why scrubbers must be banned:
Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers.

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.

Sincerely,
Francine Dolins, Ph.D.
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Comment From: Cathleen Gosho

3/13/21 @ 11:09 AM
Our marine environment is long overdue for adequate, scientifically sound protections, and this MOU is an opportunity for the cruise industry to finally put its money where its mouth is. No more scrubbers, no more half measures, no more lip service ...↓


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Comment From: Bart Ryan

3/13/21 @ 11:08 AM
There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support amendment #2 t...↓
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Comment From: L. Fielder

3/13/21 @ 11:08 AM
SUPPORT AMENDMENT #2 BAN SCRUBBERS
- Cruise ships are allowed to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth, heavy fuel oil. The toxic ship engine exhause is 'scrubbed' and the still toxic wastewater is released directly into the ocean.

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- The marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Marie Flom

3/13/21 @ 11:08 AM
The marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive, ban scrubbers.
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Comment From: Walter Alton

3/13/21 @ 11:06 AM
Please ban scrubbers from Puget Sound. It endangers the protected and endangered species that inhabit it.
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Comment From: SueE. Dean

3/13/21 @ 11:06 AM
It is up to us, this generation right now. We must act to preserve these creatures before it's too late.
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Comment From: Josef Goldufsky

3/13/21 @ 11:05 AM
Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support...↓

This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Carol Kommerstad-Reiche

3/13/21 @ 11:04 AM
Ban scrubbers! There is a terrible loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I suppor...↓
This is also a great opportunity for the cruise industry to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Marine ecosystems require a healthy home to survive! The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Debra Smith

3/13/21 @ 11:04 AM
It is time to hold the cruise industry accountable for polluting and destroying marine ecosystems. Please ban scrubbing of wastes in the Puget Sound.
Thank you!
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Comment From: Cathy Stegman

3/13/21 @ 11:04 AM
Ban Scrubbers permanently in the Puget Sound and Salish Sea!!!
Let the Southern Resident Orcas live!!!

Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by...↓

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.

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Comment From: Juanita Rinas

3/13/21 @ 11:03 AM
Essentially converting heavy fuel oil air pollution into water pollution and dumping this fossil fuel combustion wastewater straight into the ocean, the build up of scrubber dumping is compounding and has serious implications on endangered species l...↓

Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.
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Comment From: Lisa Douglass

3/13/21 @ 10:59 AM
PLEASE, ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I...↓

This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Deanna Johnson

3/13/21 @ 10:57 AM
Please ban scrubbers. There is a loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharging the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. This is not a solut...↓
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Comment From: Donna Bubb

3/13/21 @ 10:56 AM

Please keep beautiful Puget Sound clean.
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Comment From: Brian Still

3/13/21 @ 10:56 AM
The Department of Ecology, Port of Seattle, and Northwest Cruise Ship Association negotiated a MOU in 2004 to establish voluntary actions aimed at improving the treatment of waste discharges from cruise ships operating in Washington waters. The water...↓
The current MOU as written has an amendment process every three years; at which time proposed
amendments from MOU parties as well as from the public are requested and reviewed. The most
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recent call for proposed amendments ended on December 18 . After the close of the proposed
amendment request, the MOU parties have 45 days to review the proposed amendments to verify they meet the requirements for further review and then put the proposed amendments out for a 30-day public comment period.
In the most recent review of the proposed amendments, the MOU parties have agreed that two amendment proposals meet the MOU's requirements for consideration. Ecology is opening a 30 day public comment period beginning February 17th to review the proposed amendments. The proposed amendments have not yet been adopted by the MOU parties. Adoption of the proposed amendments and final language of any amendments to the MOU will be determined by the MOU parties after the public comment period has ended.
The two proposed MOU amendments are listed below. Please use the ecomments form to comment on the proposed amendment.
Proposed MOU amendments:
1) Institute a ban on the discharge of exhaust gas scrubber washwater from all scrubber types, including bleed off or sludges, in MOU waters.
This proposed MOU amendment met the criteria as it was specific to the MOU waters and was accompanied by scientific data to support the amendment. However, if adopted, some of the wording of this amendment is likely to change to conform with regulations under the MARPOL treaty regarding exhaust gas scrubber washwater.
2) Ecology proposes to incorporate the Vessel Sewage No Discharge Zone (NDZ) for Puget Sound into the MOU to reflect the Washington state NDZ regulation. Chapter 173-228 Washington Administrative Code (WAC), adopted on April 9, 2018, and effective May 10, 2018. Additional information is available online at https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Puget-Sound/No- discharge-zone. As written, the MOU allows for treated sewage (blackwater) discharges after advanced wastewater treatment that are now not allowed by the NDZ regulation. To be consistent with the regulation and to prevent vessel sewage discharges in MOU waters, all allowances of the sewage discharges in MOU waters should be prohibited. This would not affect
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Comment From: Patricia Tillman

3/13/21 @ 10:54 AM
Please ban scrubbers and save the Orcas!
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Comment From: Sharon Fasnacht

3/13/21 @ 10:54 AM
This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers. I just wish we wer...↓
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Comment From: Maureen Zilner

3/13/21 @ 10:54 AM
Fossil fuels = death, no matter what you try to do to change that fact. And you know it, so stop helping them kill us already!
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Comment From: Stephen Dutschke

3/13/21 @ 10:53 AM
Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why...↓

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Paula Crook

3/13/21 @ 10:53 AM
I support preventing cruise ships from "scrubbing" and dumping heavy fuel oil into the ocean. I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers.
This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by...↓

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Comment From: Mario E Martinez

3/13/21 @ 10:52 AM
Business as usual is decimating our sea creatures big and small and it's our duty to protect them from Cruise Ships that harm and kill them without regard for Marine Life, a sustaining source of food and work for a sizable group of our population. Pl...↓
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Comment From: Anne Kirkwood

3/13/21 @ 10:52 AM
Ban scrubbers. Please approve amendment #2 and ban the dumping of scrubber waste into Puget Sound.
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Comment From: elizabeth kramer

3/13/21 @ 10:52 AM
We expect better from Seattle - and WA state - than to allow dumping, esp when harmful to the environment and the native wildlife.
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Comment From: Char Esser

3/13/21 @ 10:51 AM
Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support...↓

This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Joe Kaleel

3/13/21 @ 10:50 AM
Stop this scrubber pollution in Puget Sound!
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Comment From: Martha Jaegers

3/13/21 @ 10:49 AM
Although scrubbers have been touted by the cruise industry as a solution for treating toxic ship engine exhaust, in reality, all it does is convert air pollution into water pollution and dump this fossil fuel combustion wastewater straight into the o...↓
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Comment From: Kris Brown

3/13/21 @ 10:48 AM
It would be wise and far sighted to ban dumping scrubbers in such a sensitive environment as Puget Sound.
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Comment From: Rob Roberts

3/13/21 @ 10:48 AM
Republicans want to release regulations allowing businesses to pollute at all of our expense, and the cost becomes taxpayers' cost financial and health costs.
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Comment From: Don Parsons

3/13/21 @ 10:47 AM
The cruise ship industry needs close scrutiny for all discharge of waste, trash and air/water pollution. If they can't make a profit without cleaning up their act then they should not be in business at all. Their polluting history has not been a good...↓
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Comment From: Linda Mallery

3/13/21 @ 10:47 AM
Ban Scrubbers. Save our ocean and our planet.
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Comment From: Douglas Coffin

3/13/21 @ 10:46 AM
These ships should not be allowed to be expulsing waste into the oceans and further damaging the Orcas or any wildlife that makes the sea their homes. Stop this horrible practice now
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Comment From: mary n

3/13/21 @ 10:46 AM
Institute a ban on the discharge of exhaust gas scrubber washwater from all scrubber types,including bleed off or sludges, in MOU waters. All
allowances of the sewage discharges in MOU waters should be prohibited.
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Comment From: Mari Dominguez

3/13/21 @ 10:45 AM
This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.
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Comment From: Tom S

3/13/21 @ 10:45 AM
Please do not dump fossil fuel byproducts into Pugeot sound.
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Comment From: sharon byers

3/13/21 @ 10:45 AM
Support the amendment in MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) to ban the discharge of scrubberwastes into the ocean.
This fossil fuel wastewater is a pollutant and it is having serious consequences for killer whales.

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Comment From: Kathy Wilson

3/13/21 @ 10:44 AM
Cruise ships are the main cause of all types of pollution in our oceans. It's time the owners of these companies are held responsible for cleaning up their industry.
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Comment From: Edwina White

3/13/21 @ 10:44 AM
We must protect precious wildlife from tourist activity. It only makes sense, especially when that wildlife is part of the attraction of an area.
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Comment From: Mary Ann Maikish

3/13/21 @ 10:43 AM
Ban scrubbers and scrubber wastes
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Comment From: AB Hartdegen

3/13/21 @ 10:39 AM
Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why...↓

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Kathleen Mireault

3/13/21 @ 10:39 AM
Please keep ship waste out of our oceans. Sentient, sensitive Earthlings reside there!
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Comment From: James Lieb

3/13/21 @ 10:38 AM
Cruise ships dumping waste in the ocean is nothing new. They do it up and down the west coast. Central California barred them from Monterey Bay years ago for dumping their sewage in the bay which is protected marine preserve. This stuff is worse.

Clea...↓
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Comment From: michael klein

3/13/21 @ 10:38 AM
I urge you to end this practice that trades one fouling of the air for a fouling of the ocean. There needs be found a solution that is not trading damage to the environment, damage to the survival of the creatures of the earth, increasing so many mor...↓

Michael Klein
Akron, Ohio


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Comment From: Brett O'Sullivan

3/13/21 @ 10:38 AM
I am appalled with the huge loophole allowing cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil.

It is not right they can 'scrub' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean.

I strongly sup...↓

The cruise sector needs to show their commitment to changing their polluting ways. They need to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound.

Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.
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Comment From: Ronit Corry

3/13/21 @ 10:37 AM
Please ban scrubbers! There is a gaping loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth, heavy fuel oil, by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharging the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I s...↓

Also, this is a perfect opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.
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Comment From: Aleks Kosowicz

3/13/21 @ 10:36 AM
Our few remaining wild places and the species who call them home are more precious, irreplaceable, and vital to the health of life on earth than ever before. Now more than ever, we MUST protect every last one of them. Please use this as an opportunit...↓
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Comment From: Susanita Nichols

3/13/21 @ 10:36 AM
Ban scrubbers in Puget sound.

As someone who is completely addicted to cruising, I believe the cruise industry has a place. However turning air pollution into water pollution in a delicate aquatic habitat is not the answer. There must be a better way,...↓
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Comment From: Barbara Levenstien

3/13/21 @ 10:36 AM
Ban scrubbers. The cruise industry (and other water-going vessels) has been getting away with murder for so long. They are allowed to register anywhere to avoid taxes and regulations. They blatantly contaminate the oceans and waterways. They use ...↓
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

3/13/21 @ 10:35 AM
I would like to state my support of amendment 2 to ban scrubbers. We need to act with sustainability in mind to protect our natural resources for now and many years to come. Those who use our natural resources, like the cruise ship industry, need to ...↓
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Comment From: John Cozzi

3/13/21 @ 10:34 AM
Toxic, fossil fuel wastewater ends up in the ocean via a device called "scrubber." Although scrubbers have been touted by the cruise industry as a solution for treating toxic ship engine exhaust, in reality, all it does is convert air pollution into ...↓

We have an opportunity to ban scrubbers and secure permanent protection for Puget Sound and its ecosystem.

I encouraged the WA Department of Ecology, the Port of Seattle, and the cruise trade industry organization to renegotiate a voluntary anti-dumping Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the Puget Sound and an amendment to ban the discharge of scrubber waste. Please address this serious pollution issue and keep our coastal waters clean because we must protect our water resources or we will also suffer as do the wild flora and fauna that depend up on this resource.













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Comment From: Malcolm Elgut

3/13/21 @ 10:34 AM
Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support...↓
This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Deborah Wooten

3/13/21 @ 10:34 AM
This Memorandum of Understanding is a magnificent opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are indeed committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment...↓

Marine ecosystems need to be healthy to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. I have enjoyed cruises prior to the pandemic, and look forward to doing so again. Meanwhile, please Continue the reprieve by insuring scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2. Thank you.
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Comment From: Greg Puppione

3/13/21 @ 10:34 AM
Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why...↓

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Barbara Brinkley

3/13/21 @ 10:34 AM
We must protect our seas and sea life from pollution for our own protection.
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Comment From: KELLY LEWIS

3/13/21 @ 10:33 AM
All a scrubber does is convert air pollution into water pollution and dump this fossil fuel combustion wastewater straight into the ocean. In high traffic inlets like Puget Sound, the build up of scrubber dumping is compounding and has serious implic...↓
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Comment From: Alex Balboa

3/13/21 @ 10:32 AM
Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why...↓

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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