Cruise ship MOU proposed amendments comment period

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Comment From: Jeanne Cambouris

3/18/21 @ 2:11 PM
IS THERE NO LIMIT TO THE DETRUCTION OF WILDLIFE, ENTIRE ECOSYSTEMS AND THE EARTH'S CLIMATE WE WILL ALLOW TO CONTINUE SO THAT SOME CORRUPT ENTERPRISE CAN MAKE A BUCK?????
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Comment From: River Burdick

3/18/21 @ 2:09 PM
I feel it is extremely important for the health of the puget sound environment-all the fish, plants,and mammals that live there, to ban the scrubbers from being dumped.
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Comment From: Joseph Baldi

3/18/21 @ 2:04 PM
This is a critical opportunity to protect endangered Orcas and salmon as well as reduce pollution of public and private beaches.

Please take the necessary action.

Respectfully,
Joseph M. Baldi
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Comment From: Clayton Jones

3/18/21 @ 2:02 PM
Please adopt the proposed amendments to the Puget Sound Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) banning the discharge of scrubber wastes, to secure permanent protection for this high traffic inlet that is home to some of the most threatened marine species ...↓
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Comment From: Karen Macleod

3/18/21 @ 2:01 PM
Oil companies any company should never have the right to cause harm to our land, air, or water just because they have money, because it's easy. If they have the money to send people to try to say they have the right to then they have the money to cle...↓
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Comment From: Leona Denne

3/18/21 @ 2:00 PM
Dispose of waste water responsively - do not pollute the oceans with raw sewage.
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Comment From: mike Perez

3/18/21 @ 1:58 PM
Ban all scrubbers from Orca territory before they go extinct.
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Comment From: Joslyn Baxter

3/18/21 @ 1:58 PM
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...↓
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: angelo sturino

3/18/21 @ 1:57 PM
The Orcas are both unique and vital to our ecological system. What would happen if there are none available for future generations.
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Comment From: Neil Bleifeld

3/18/21 @ 1:57 PM
Cruise ships are pretty on the outside, but nasty on the inside. Let's not let the nasty out!
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Comment From: Kyle Schmierer

3/18/21 @ 1:55 PM

Climate change is a threat t the existence of humanity. We must act with urgent emergency if there is any hope for survival. We need a moon shot type program for 0 carbon and 0 waste economy!!!

Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole th...↓

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: Janus Woods

3/18/21 @ 1:49 PM
Cruise ships leave their wake plastic and other wast e products that are detrimental to ocean life of all kinds. I support the amendment.
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Comment From: Randi Holt

3/18/21 @ 1:48 PM
Save Puget Sound!
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Comment From: Belinda Dodd

3/18/21 @ 1:46 PM
I support theses 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 th...↓
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/Nodischarge-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
graywater discharge in the MOU.
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Comment From: Sarah S

3/18/21 @ 1:46 PM
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...↓
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Comment From: Siegrid Berman

3/18/21 @ 1:44 PM
Please ban scrubbers discharge from Puget Sound, (and all waterways) to protect whales, salmon, and all sea life. Thank you.
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Comment From: Guy Merckx

3/18/21 @ 1:41 PM
I am strongly in support of the Scrubber Waste Discharge Ban amendment for Puget Sound, and I urge all those meeting about this issue to adopt it.

This would secure permanent protection for this high traffic inlet that is home to some of the most thre...↓

Sincerely,
                    GUY MERCKX
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Comment From: Carol Turnidge

3/18/21 @ 1:41 PM
All sea creatures as well as humans deserve clean water, free of human waste.
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Comment From: Robert Fanniff

3/18/21 @ 1:38 PM
Given the fact we are fighting Global Climate change, and many negative issues impacting our environment, I believe it is in the best interest to have rules in place to guard against ships dumping waste into our oceans. Such actions can only drive ne...↓
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Comment From: Carlene Visperas

3/18/21 @ 1:38 PM
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: Charlotte Fremaux

3/18/21 @ 1:37 PM
Cruise ships are enormous producers of marine pollution. Human waste, bilge water, and fossil fuel pollution are devastating for the marine ecology. Our oceans are in peril, and endangered marine life in the Puget Sound, a unique ecosystem, is in par...↓
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Comment From: Joanne DEsposito

3/18/21 @ 1:34 PM
Please continue to disallow dumping wastewater from cruise ships into state waterways.
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Comment From: Deborah Felnagle

3/18/21 @ 1:28 PM
Please protect the orcas from toxic substances from cruise ships. They are already stressed to the limit by food supply and climate issues. We must not lose these beautiful creatures from our oceans.
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

3/18/21 @ 1:26 PM
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: janet kern

3/18/21 @ 1:25 PM
HUMAN DOMINION REQUIRES HUMAN DECENCY.
We must not force whales and other sea animals to ingest our waste.
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Comment From: Ashley Hall

3/18/21 @ 1:25 PM
As a voting citizen, I strongly urge you to please ban scrubbers from the waters of Puget Sound.
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Comment From: Bettie Reina

3/18/21 @ 1:24 PM
Past time to put the Orcas above the profit makers.
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Comment From: nancy polito

3/18/21 @ 1:22 PM
wtf
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Comment From: Amber Eby

3/18/21 @ 1:20 PM
I'm hopeful that you already received similar comments, but I would like to encourage you to ban scrubbers.
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Comment From: Kristina Wallach

3/18/21 @ 1:11 PM
Please put the protection of Orcas and salmon and any other endangered species foremost !
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Comment From: Sharon Kaylen

3/18/21 @ 1:07 PM
Please ban scrubbers. I support this amendment because I do not want toxic-laden waste water dumped into the ocean.

For many years I have been concerned about the pollution that cruise ships emit into ocean waters. In fact I have avoided taking cruis...↓
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Comment From: Jim Pounds

3/18/21 @ 1:07 PM
Always prioritize what precious little is left of nature over yet another gross profit motive. If we don't change our priorities, this planet will rid itself of us and rightfully so.
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Comment From: Julie Hagen

3/18/21 @ 1:03 PM
Surely, Governor Inslee can work on saving a species at the same time he's trying to save the planet. Right?
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Comment From: Louise Yohalem

3/18/21 @ 1:01 PM
Save the orcas! Ban scrubbers!!
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Comment From: Vijay Tulsee

3/18/21 @ 1:01 PM
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: Peter Ayres

3/18/21 @ 1:00 PM
I just disagree with dumping waste of any kind in our water systems at this point in history. We can no longer do it. Water has become too precious and it will be going up in price as less and less "Clean" water is available. Scrubbers don't release ...↓
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Comment From: katherine bongfeldt

3/18/21 @ 12:59 PM
protect the orcas. ban scrubbers. no fossil fuel waste.
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Comment From: Gary Coller

3/18/21 @ 12:57 PM
As a home owner I must pay a sewage disposal charge to get rid of dirty household water. The same holds for solid household waste. A cruise ship accumulates similar wastes during excursions in Canadian and Alaskan waters. The native aquatic plant and...↓
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Comment From: Cathleen Holcomb-Knowles

3/18/21 @ 12:57 PM
Please ban scrubbers from Puget Sound to protect the animals that cannot protect themselves!
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Comment From: Evelyn Fraser

3/18/21 @ 12:54 PM
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: Nancy DeNazario

3/18/21 @ 12:48 PM
I did not know that cruise ships contributed to pollution in the water through "scrubbers". That certainly is not in the literature of how great it is to take cruises, and it is time for this to be addressed every bit as much as climate change issues...↓
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Comment From: Stacey wiltrout

3/18/21 @ 12:47 PM
Do not allow waste to be dumped in these waters! Please do whatever you can to limit deleterious impacts on the environment. It is our responsibility to be good stewards of the Earth!
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Comment From: Aurelia Phillips

3/18/21 @ 12:47 PM
I do not think human beings can continue to reek havoc on our natural resources. It winds up endangering - us.
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Comment From: Tammi Priggins

3/18/21 @ 12:46 PM
Please be Humane to the orcas. They are God's creatures. We are their voice. Treat them kindly. God Bless!!!���
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Comment From: Sharon Beers

3/18/21 @ 12:46 PM
Save the fish and wildlife.
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Comment From: Marley McDermott

3/18/21 @ 12:45 PM
This continuous of ill doing is contributing to destroying the planet
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Comment From: Marianne Edain

3/18/21 @ 12:43 PM
While the proposed amendments appear to be a step in the right direction, they do not go far enough. We are pleased to see that blackwater will no longer be allowed to be discharged - but are unhappy that graywater discharges will not be prohibited. ...↓

We are please to see the ban on the discharge of exhaust gas scrubber washwater in MOU waters. We are concerned that for all of the limitations and prohibitions, the practices will simply be moved the shortest possible distance to be accomplished just outside the MOU waters. We are not at all sure that whales and salmon will be able to appreciate this difference. Water, by its nature, is mobile, as are the creatures who live in it.

The cruise ship industry must be encouraged (pushed, reguated) to implement new and different practices to reduce and/or eliminate discharge of pollutants to the atmosphere, whether to air or water.
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Comment From: Steve Steve

3/18/21 @ 12:42 PM
It is time to immediately halt the dumping of discharge of scrubber wastes from the cruise ship industry. This practice is killing marine life by polutting the ocean.
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Comment From: stephen grove

3/18/21 @ 12:41 PM
We have a unique opportunity to ban scrubbers from the Puget Sound and protect endangered orcas from fossil fuel waste. Let's get this done to preserve these endangered animals.
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Comment From: Stephanie Amack

3/18/21 @ 12:40 PM
I mean come on, seriously? We have to still submit comments to defend our natural resources? First of all, cruises are just plain gross any way you look at it. Secondly, not only do we, as humans, mess everything up on land and in the air, we're acti...↓
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Comment From: Eileen Prefontaine

3/18/21 @ 12:40 PM
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: Cheryl Demmon

3/18/21 @ 12:39 PM
The oceans has so much pollution as it is. Cruises ships can not be allowed to continue to dispose waste water into the oceans. It is negligent, and is affecting the health of our oceans, and is imperiling the fish and wildlife that inhabit the sea...↓
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Comment From: Dennis Lyday

3/18/21 @ 12:36 PM
The proposed ban on scrubber discharge is critically needed. We have for too long regarded large bodies of water as safe dumping grounds, but now we see the terrible toll this careless behavior is taking on sea life. Please proceed with this new po...↓
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Comment From: Terry Koslek

3/18/21 @ 12:35 PM
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: Ann Pott

3/18/21 @ 12:34 PM
please help this endangered animal and don't allow cruise ships to dump in Puget Sound!
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Comment From: Richita Anderson

3/18/21 @ 12:32 PM
Waste water discharge is bad for the Orcas, the water quality as such and all life in the immediate and surrounding areas. The cruise ships need to step up their game and spend the money to process waste responsibly!
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Comment From: Janice Cashell

3/18/21 @ 12:31 PM
This presents a Critical Moment in Time when we have it in our Hands and in our Custodial Responsibility to insure that Threatened Species Survive the Mass Extinction that this Planet is Presently drowning in. With your help we can secure permanent p...↓
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Comment From: Michael O'Hara

3/18/21 @ 12:30 PM
No Vessels should be allowed to "SCRUB" in waters meant to protect ocean life.
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Comment From: Jody Kreckel

3/18/21 @ 12:30 PM
Environmental protections should be awarded not only to the lands and seas but creatures in and on them.
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Comment From: Victoria Fuller

3/18/21 @ 12:30 PM
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 ocean. In ...↓
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Comment From: Anne Foote

3/18/21 @ 12:28 PM
We need to keep our waters (oceans, lakes, rivers, wetlands) clean they are the essence of life for all creatures on earth.
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Comment From: Cynthia Allen

3/18/21 @ 12:27 PM
Waste should not be dumped in the ocean.
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Comment From: Linda Fighera

3/18/21 @ 12:27 PM
There is a loophole that allows ships to burn dirty fossil fuels by scrubbing the exhaust and discharge the toxin laden wash directly into the ocean. That's why I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers.
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Comment From: Rebecca Nimmons

3/18/21 @ 12:25 PM
Protecting the environment and fighting climate change need to be huge priorities or the fallout will hurt us and our very survival on this planet. There is NO Planet B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have to respect the change of life and the earth in orde...↓
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Comment From: gabriele hollnd

3/18/21 @ 12:23 PM
This has gone on too far. Cruise ships are a danger to the environment and the peoepl on board. The wast ethat is thrown out and animals eat this shit is un called for and needs tobe stopped NOW AND FOREVER. Big company's don't care about the environ...↓
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Comment From: Diane Carlson

3/18/21 @ 12:23 PM
Shifting pollution discharge from into the air to into the marine environment is NOT a solution. We have only one planet to call home- let's protect it. Find real solutions instead of new places to dump our waste.
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Comment From: Jen McGill

3/18/21 @ 12:22 PM
Toxins in the ocean do not just affect sea life! They affect all life. And the idea that cruise ships for those with enough wealth are more important than the health of the ocean, planet, all of life, is absurd. Trying to fix these problems with litt...↓
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Comment From: Howard Cohen

3/18/21 @ 12:18 PM
I am writing to urge you to ban scrubbers in Puget Sound by passing Amendment 2. 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 to...↓

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

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.

Scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.

Thank you for your consideration. Remember,there is no Planet B.
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Comment From: JoAnn Hediger

3/18/21 @ 12:18 PM
Please protect the orcas. They are essential.
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Comment From: Marcus Hansen

3/18/21 @ 12:17 PM
I have enjoyed visits to Seattle and Puget sound because of the beauty and the excitement of seeing wildlife there. It is encouraging that the proposed MOU includes the provision to ban discharge of scrubber waste. Such cooperation between the crui...↓
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Comment From: Carol Joan Patterson

3/18/21 @ 12:15 PM
Ban scrubbers. There is a loophole that allows cruise ships to burn heavy fuel oil, one of the dirtiest fuel oils, by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharging the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. Therefore, I strongly support amendment ...↓

The cruise industry needs to show that they are committed to ending their polluting ways by no longer dumping any scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. This is another reason to approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Most importantly, the Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The water pollution cruise ships create must end. The harm done by their dumping far far outweighs any temporary profit made by the cruise ship industry. Amendment #2 will help the Sound.
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Comment From: Robert Kirsch

3/18/21 @ 12:14 PM
I can't believe that I even have to comment on this. Why would anybody think that letting cruise ships dump human waste into any body of water is a thing that is okay to do. It just boggles my brain.
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Comment From: Robert Hansberry

3/18/21 @ 12:12 PM
It's hard for me to believe that the discharge of any type of cruise ship waste into a marine environment has ever been permitted. We get one planet. One ecosystem. Stop trashing it.
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Comment From: Linda Hayes

3/18/21 @ 12:11 PM
Because it's the right thing to do.
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Comment From: Kim Barto

3/18/21 @ 12:10 PM
We need to minimize the impact of pollution from cruise ships especially in Puget Sound.
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Comment From: John Tangney

3/18/21 @ 12:09 PM
I am definitely against allowing scrubber waste from being discharge in or near Puget Sound! While I live in Oregon, we do enjoy visiting numerous areas in Washington, including going on whale watching tours in the sound looking for Orcas. Please do ...↓
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Comment From: Tessa Rife

3/18/21 @ 12:09 PM
Toxic fossil fuel wastewater enters our earth's precious ocean habitats through use of scrubbers. 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 ...↓
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Tessa Rife
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Comment From: Gregory Esteve

3/18/21 @ 12:08 PM
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: Steve Breyman

3/18/21 @ 12:07 PM
It's past time to ban discharges of scrubber wastes.
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Comment From: Mary Parham

3/18/21 @ 12:07 PM
I am in favor of anything that will help the orcas and Chinook salmon survive. There are so few orcas left that we must do everything possible to help them live and reproduce. If banning scrubbers from discharging, I say do it. I can only imagine ...↓
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Comment From: Patti Packer

3/18/21 @ 12:06 PM
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 ...↓
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Comment From: Linda Beck

3/18/21 @ 12:05 PM
I support keeping the water and planet clean and healthy. That means protecting our precious orcas, too. For that reason, I oppose all dumping into the water from cruise ships or any other sources.
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Comment From: jesus hernandez

3/18/21 @ 12:05 PM
Zero waste water in to the sea
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Comment From: C Lenihan

3/18/21 @ 12:05 PM
PLEASE ban the discharge of scrubber wastes in high traffic inlets like Puget Sound, where the build up of scrubber dumping is compounding, with serious implications impacting endangered species like Orca whales.

It is essential we maintain healthy ec...↓
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Comment From: peter souza

3/18/21 @ 12:04 PM
Proposed amendments to the Cruise Ship Memorandum of UnderstandingPublic comment period: Feb. 17 to March 19, 2021The Department of Ecology, Port of Seattle, and Northwest Cruise Ship Association negotiated a MOU in 2004 to establish voluntary action...↓
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Comment From: Neena Deibler

3/18/21 @ 12:04 PM
I support the amendment to ban scrubbers from the Puget Sound.
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Comment From: Cheryl Heinecke

3/18/21 @ 12:03 PM
I urge you to 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 ...↓

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: Heather Holly

3/18/21 @ 12:03 PM
I support the passing of amendment #2 to protect Puget Sound from scrubbers. Please ban scrubbers and dumping waste from ships.
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Comment From: Richard George

3/18/21 @ 12:03 PM
Ban scrubbers.
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

3/18/21 @ 12:02 PM
My name is Jeff Meyers, MSc, and I am a professional wildlife biologist that wants the MOU organizers to get enough comments supporting amendment #2 to ban scrubbers in Puget Sound, so your comment can be as simple as, "Ban scrubbers." But it will be...↓

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.

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.

Respectfully,
Jeff Meyers, MSc
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Comment From: Chloe Durant

3/18/21 @ 12:01 PM
Protect the Orca and the ecosystems of the Puget sound!
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Comment From: Susan Kay Anderson

3/18/21 @ 12:01 PM
Absolutely zero wastewater/brown water from cruise ships should be released into the ocean, and special sanitation complexes need to be built and used by the cruise companies and regulated by the government on land. All ocean waters need to be prote...↓
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Comment From: David Klingensmith

3/18/21 @ 12:01 PM
Clean up all of our actions NOW! We have been whining, complaining, and criticizing about this for how many years now, and here we still are making a mess out of nearly every potential possibility. How would you feel if everyone kept duping their gar...↓
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Comment From: Jeniffer Graham

3/18/21 @ 12:01 PM


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 ...↓


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Comment From: Victoria Brandin

3/18/21 @ 12:00 PM
It is imperative that you ban scrubbers to protect the orcas. Fossil fuel waste cannot be allowed in Puget Sound. This amendment must be adopted. Protect the orcas angled salmon who live there.
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Comment From: Judith Mitchell

3/18/21 @ 12:00 PM
It seems as if we humans are mostly incapable of realizing the serious damage our messy, cheesy, profit-making, callous and slovenly practices inflict upon the other species who have every right to share the Earth with us -- and every right to live i...↓
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Comment From: Richard Freeman

3/18/21 @ 11:58 AM
In my view, cruise ships should be entirely banned from the world's oceans and waterways. First of all, due to their vastly outsized structure, they require fuel oil to operate. Fuel oil produces extremely high-emitting greenhouse gases, which we S...↓
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Comment From: Pamela Brown

3/18/21 @ 11:58 AM
Simply Put: Stop destroying the earth and animal habitats.

Thank You.

Pamela Brown
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Comment From: Gerold Willing

3/18/21 @ 11:57 AM
I fully support the amendment to ban the discharge of scrubber wastes in the Puget Sound and other waterways as this is in the best interests of the ecosystem.
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Comment From: Matthew Torres

3/18/21 @ 11:57 AM
Ban scrubbers from the Puget Sound and protect endangered orcas from fossil fuel waste.
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