Cruise ship MOU proposed amendments comment period

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Comment From: Eric Dirnbeck

3/18/21 @ 11:57 AM
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Comment From: Erin Znidar

3/18/21 @ 11:55 AM
Ban the discharge of scrubber wastes. We need to clean up, not further pollute our life supporting bodies of water.
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Comment From: Maria Mastroyannis

3/18/21 @ 11:55 AM
Hello!
I am writing today to ask 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 direct...↓

Also, 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. 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.

Thank you. It is of utmost importance to protect orcas and other wildlife in our marine areas and to keep these areas clean and functioning as healthy eco systems for all species, including us. It is my great hope that we will use this opportunity to greatly improve the conditions in and around Puget Sound.
Sincerely,
Maria Mastroyannis
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Comment From: Elle Cook

3/18/21 @ 11:54 AM
I don't believe that the cruise industry has our oceans best interests.
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Comment From: H. Hawkins

3/18/21 @ 11:52 AM
Humanity.
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Comment From: Arlene Kaplan

3/18/21 @ 11:52 AM
This is something that MUST be done!!
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Comment From: Janice Riegle

3/18/21 @ 11:52 AM
Please ban discharge of scrubber wastes in the Potomac. It's not good for the Orcas or anyone else.
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Comment From: Louise Frazier

3/18/21 @ 11:52 AM
We cannot allow dumping by the cruise ship industry to pollute our waters! Clean up is imperative now!
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Comment From: Jacqueline Jenkins

3/18/21 @ 11:52 AM
It's time to secure permanent protection for this high traffic inlet that is home to some of the most threatened marine species — like orcas and Chinook salmon. Do the right thing for the planet. Act responsibly to that end.
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Comment From: Mary Ann Wiesemann-Mills

3/18/21 @ 11:52 AM
Every bit of life that God created is precious. Please respect the life of the orcas and salmon by banning all waste from cruise ships that are poisoning the water in which they swim. We don't like dirty water and neither do these animals!
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Comment From: Linda Standow

3/18/21 @ 11:51 AM
Ban scrubber discharge. Our orcas and precious and unique ecosystem must be protected.
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Comment From: Randall Tenor

3/18/21 @ 11:51 AM
Support the moa
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Comment From: Linda Buchowicz

3/18/21 @ 11:50 AM
The environment needs to be protected for the protection of all animal species. These companies are making money by destroying the environment
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Comment From: Hugh Gurney

3/18/21 @ 11:50 AM
I have taken a number of cruises over the past twenty years and have enjoyed each cruise. However, I do not want my cruises to cause further pollution of the water and urge enactment of the proposed measures to minimize discharge of wastewater.
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Comment From: Fred Licht

3/18/21 @ 11:50 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.

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.

Fred Licht
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Comment From: Tauny Kasuya

3/18/21 @ 11:49 AM
I strongly support the scrubber ban to keep the waters clean for marine life's good health
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Comment From: Jamie M.

3/18/21 @ 11:49 AM
I'm in favor of protecting marine life and marine ecosystems. If there is a policy where the ecological impact of cruise-ship waste could be reduced, I'd be in favor of that. If, for example, it is ecologically better to dump waste farther out at sea...↓
Thank you,
Jamie
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Comment From: Susan Xanthopoulos

3/18/21 @ 11:48 AM
We are on the precipice of saving marine life. Many marine animals are now endangered and having cruise ships in harms way of orcas is another problem we need to address. Cruise ships are forever orcas are not if we drive them to extinction. Please d...↓
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Comment From: Maxine Zylberberg

3/18/21 @ 11:48 AM
Scrubbers must be banned. There is a huge loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth, discharging the toxin-filled wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers.

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Marine ecosystems, which are vital to our own health and wellfare, need 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: Patricia Lamonica

3/18/21 @ 11:47 AM
SAVE OUR WILDLIFE!!!!!!
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Comment From: Sarah Murdoch

3/18/21 @ 11:47 AM
Ban the Srcrubbers
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Comment From: Ileana Vasquez

3/18/21 @ 11:47 AM
Please pass an executive order to immediately limit ocean travel and protect wildlife and sealife.

These waterways must be protected and reform must be implemented.


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Comment From: Emunah Herzog

3/18/21 @ 11:47 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: Ettie Councilman

3/18/21 @ 11:47 AM
Our oceans can not continue to be treated as garbage dumps!
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Comment From: C S

3/18/21 @ 11:45 AM
Please protect our oceans & oceanic wildlife - strictly regulate cruise ships NOW & eliminate their pollution!!
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Comment From: Brook Finch

3/18/21 @ 11:45 AM
Prevent wastewater discharges from cruise ships into state waters.
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Comment From: Lauren Bond

3/18/21 @ 11:45 AM
prevent wastewater discharges from cruise ships into state waters.

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Comment From: DAWNE SANTOPIETRO

3/18/21 @ 11:44 AM
BAN SCRUBBERS! SAVE THE ORCAS!!!
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Comment From: George & Barbara Rofkar

3/18/21 @ 11:44 AM
Our ecological system is on the verge of collapse and we must support and honor all human and animal life that is left on this planet!! We must no loner allow routine methods which have led to this loss and destruction to continue if we expect the ne...↓

Please stop MOU's from discharging their waste into our seas. Our Orcas and wildlife sustain and enhance all of our lives. Do not allow the discharge of exhaust gas scrubber wash water from all scrubber types, including bleed off or sludges, in MOU waters.

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Comment From: Brett Schultz

3/18/21 @ 11:44 AM
I support! 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
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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: george white

3/18/21 @ 11:44 AM
Do the right thing and protect the Orcas!
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Comment From: andrea Feig

3/18/21 @ 11:44 AM
Stop the madness & killings!
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Comment From: kerry demers

3/18/21 @ 11:43 AM
Stop this pollution and destruction of life!
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Comment From: Mark Bailey

3/18/21 @ 11:43 AM
Please protect the orcas and other marine life and stop this dumping immediately!
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Comment From: Michelle Geil

3/18/21 @ 11:42 AM
Please stop the scrubber waste in this precious area.
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Comment From: Daviann McClurg

3/18/21 @ 11:39 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: ed chu

3/18/21 @ 11:34 AM
every time i come up to washington, i like to visit Puget Sound . i love the chance of enchanting orcas, dolphins, and the like there. Please keep it as pristine as possible.
Please ban fossil fuel waste in this area!!!!
Preserve our natural resource...↓
ed
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Comment From: Michael Monroe

3/18/21 @ 11:32 AM
Cruise ship travel is a luxury by any definition. If travel by cruise ship does any significant damage to the environment, we should either remediate that damage or ban cruises. In the particular case, we must ban scrubbers because of the havoc the...↓
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Comment From: Kathleen Eaton

3/18/21 @ 11:31 AM
In Puget Sound, the build up of scrubber dumping is compounding and has serious implications on endangered species like killer whales. This problem must be solved immediately. I believe that these points below will make a serious difference:

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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: Anonymous Anonymous

3/18/21 @ 11:27 AM
Little by little the earth as we know it is being chipped away by corporate .... In the future what will you say to the few people who sail the polluted waters looking out on a broken landscape.
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Comment From: P. Baker

3/18/21 @ 11:22 AM
Ben scrubbers in Puget Sound please. Do the right thing for our environment!
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Comment From: Nicola Dandelion

3/18/21 @ 11:20 AM
Cruise ships cause serious harm to the oceans through the dumping of sewage. This must be ended. Find better solutions such as composting sewage on the ship and carrying it back onto land.
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Comment From: Bing York

3/18/21 @ 11:19 AM
I support amendment #2. We must realize that fossil fuel pollution in our waterways is a one-way street. There's no turnaround ahead—we must change directions while we have the chance. Please consider banning for good the noxious practice of "scrubbi...↓
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Comment From: Jane Perkins

3/18/21 @ 11:09 AM
I wish to submit a comment as humans have a unique opportunity to ban scrubbers from the Puget Sound and protect endangered orcas from fossil fuel waste.

I understand the Washington Department of Ecology, the Port of Seattle, and the cruise trade indu...↓

I totally support this amendment to secure permanent protection for this high traffic inlet that is home to some of the most threatened marine species — like orcas and Chinook salmon.
How does toxic, fossil fuel wastewater end 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 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 implications on endangered species like killer whales, and likely other marine animals!

So we must take this opportunity to ban scrubbers and secure permanent protection for Puget Sound and its ecosystem.

I believe that scrubbers must be permanently banned in order to maintain a healthy ecosystem needed for the survival of threatened orcas and Chinook salmon. Here are my points:

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,
Jane Perkins
3218 Marcellina Pl
Loveland, CO 80537
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Comment From: Jean Ross

3/18/21 @ 11:06 AM
Don't allow the cruise trade indusry to use Puget Sound to discharge scrubber wastes.
Thank you.
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Comment From: Bonny Bellville

3/18/21 @ 11:03 AM
I strongly support the scrubber ban to keep the waters clean for marine life's good health
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Comment From: Peggy Fugate

3/18/21 @ 11:02 AM
I fully support the scrubbers ban. We must secure permanent protection for this high traffic inlet that is home to some of the most threatened marine species — like orcas and Chinook salmon
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Comment From: David Powell

3/18/21 @ 11:01 AM
please make sure that any amendments do not interfere with the strict control of waste discharge from cruise ships into surrounding waters....
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Comment From: Debbie Zwirtz

3/18/21 @ 10:50 AM
EXCUUUUSE ME-but we have enough garbage dumped in our oceans impacting sea life and clogging up beaches around the world-we need to come up with a 'better way' of reducing, & recycling our trash

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Comment From: Celeste Watt

3/18/21 @ 10:49 AM
Ban scrubbers from the Puget Sound and protect endangered orcas from fossil fuel waste. Permanently protect this high traffic inlet that is home to some of the most threatened marine species — like orcas and Chinook salmon
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Comment From: Ralph Bocchetti

3/18/21 @ 10:36 AM
We need to prohibit wastewater discharges into state waters. We need to keep our harbors and coastlines as clean as possible. Also not allow burning of dirty diesel.
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Comment From: Nancy Harter

3/18/21 @ 10:33 AM
please do what you can to stop and ban the cruise ship scrubbers. thank you
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Comment From: Dolores Lucero

3/18/21 @ 10:33 AM
The waterways, oceans, rivers, lakes, etc. all need protected from becoming deadly sewers that will not sustain living things be they animal, humans, aquatic, vegetation, etc.
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Comment From: Dave Karrmann

3/18/21 @ 10:30 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: Giulio Maestro

3/18/21 @ 10:26 AM
Re MOU: for too long the oceans have been a dumping ground for waste of all kinds; plastics and toxic substances must not be dumped in any waterways. In the long run future generations of wildlife and people will suffer if we don't curtail this activ...↓
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Comment From: Darron Davidson

3/18/21 @ 10:22 AM
As an individual, I believe that the cruise ships dump way too much waste into the ocean as it is. Not to mention the fact that as the vessels engines are running, they dump gallons of oil and fuel into the oceans as well. It's bad enough they do all...↓
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

3/18/21 @ 10:18 AM
Cruise ships must commit to change their ways by agreeing to end dumping scrubber waste in Puget Sound.
Toxic fuel wastewater from scrubbers must be completely banned.
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Comment From: Mir Faugno

3/18/21 @ 10:17 AM
Ban the discharge of scrubber wastes PLEASE!!
We have One Earth-- Stop Killing LIFE
Don't Support Death.

For Us ALL
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Comment From: Ana Gheorghiu

3/18/21 @ 10:10 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: LINDA NORRIS

3/18/21 @ 10:07 AM
I support this ban on scrubbers in the beautiful Puget Sound. I have visited this beautiful section of the Washington coast, traveling north to the waters of Alaska. Such a wealth of marine life, and mating grounds and migration patterns, along with...↓
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Comment From: Susan Finley

3/18/21 @ 10:06 AM
Dumping scrubber waste is damaging the Sound and damaging wildlife. Please add an amendment to the MOU to stop this harmful practice and protect our future.
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Comment From: Leon Robert

3/18/21 @ 9:54 AM
No cruise ship should foul our waters.
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Comment From: Peter Mulshine

3/18/21 @ 9:51 AM
Ships need to burn clean oil NOT bunker fuels
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Comment From: Joanna Meakin

3/18/21 @ 9:45 AM
Comments. It is critical that this ban is approved. We are not running out of time. We are out of time!
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Comment From: Genette Foster

3/18/21 @ 9:43 AM
I strongly support the proposed amendments to the Cruise ship Memorandum of Understanding, including a ban on discharge of exhaust gas scrubber wash water and a vessel Sewage No Discharge Zone for Puget Sound. The population of resident orcas is cri...↓
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Comment From: Sally Stevens

3/18/21 @ 9:42 AM
We don't want dirty wastewater polluting the Puget Sound. Protect the environment to promote healthy people and healthy wildlife
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Comment From: SBS Challinor

3/18/21 @ 9:35 AM
I swim in the ocean and eat seafood.
The oceans are living environments, not sewers! Cruise ship dumping has got to stop!
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Comment From: Denise Romesburg

3/18/21 @ 9:27 AM
I support the amendment to ban scrubbers from the Puget Sound and protect endangered orcas from fossil fuel waste.
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Comment From: Thomas Lorioux

3/18/21 @ 9:22 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.

Point #2: T...↓




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Comment From: Rob Dun

3/18/21 @ 9:21 AM
ENOUGHT please!
No more dumping.
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Comment From: Maureen Whalen

3/18/21 @ 9:20 AM
Please take the important action of banning scrubbers in Puget Sound. Marine mammals need clean waters to flourish and trive and pollution from scrubbers makes for a perilous environment. Please do what's right for our struggling wild places and the ...↓
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Comment From: Tina Gallaway

3/18/21 @ 9:19 AM
We need to ban scrubbers from the Puget Sound and protect endangered orcas from fossil fuel waste!
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Comment From: Yolanda Stern Broad PhD

3/18/21 @ 9:15 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...↓

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: M Jansen

3/18/21 @ 9:14 AM
Please ban scrubbers to keep our oceans healthy and humans all over the planet safe.
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Comment From: Juan Antillon

3/18/21 @ 9:06 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: Cheryll Bennett

3/18/21 @ 9:06 AM
Please protect our waters from Cruise ship waste.
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Comment From: Kelly Kerns

3/18/21 @ 9:05 AM
Please Protect the World's Oceans and Wildlife!!!
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Comment From: Laurel Fee

3/18/21 @ 9:04 AM
Mother Nature needs your help!

We have a unique opportunity to ban scrubbers from the Puget Sound and protect endangered orcas from fossil fuel waste. Please support the amendment to ban scrubbers.
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Comment From: ellene shapiro

3/18/21 @ 9:01 AM
Any pollution or degradation at one area of our planet effects the entire planet. (see: chaos theory, Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring", any meteorological report of particulate matter from volcanoes, wildfires.......for starters). The whole point is...↓
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Comment From: Kay Hudson

3/18/21 @ 8:55 AM
Please ban scrubbers from the Puget Sound and protect endangered orcas from fossil fuel waste.
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Comment From: Ana Andrade

3/18/21 @ 8:55 AM
No fossil fuel waste in OUR WATER
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Comment From: Vicki Smith

3/18/21 @ 8:54 AM
Commercial enterprises, whatever their business, MUST adhere to all of the safety and environmental regulations as their price of admission for doing business there. This is the only right answer or they are actually putting the costs on local taxpay...↓
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Comment From: Matt Geer

3/18/21 @ 8:47 AM
cruise ships are a great way to spread diseases.
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Comment From: 2539 Leone

3/18/21 @ 8:44 AM
We must protect Puget Sound from being destroyed by the constant pollution and discharge of deadly toxic waste. Our marine life will suffer - especially those must vulnerable orca's that call this place home. Think about what you are doing - these ...↓
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Comment From: Gina Griffith

3/18/21 @ 8:39 AM
We should not lose precious species on our planet just so an industry can continue to profit.We have inherited Earth's bounty and it is our obligation to preserve and pass on to the future!
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Comment From: Mary Ann Viveros

3/18/21 @ 8:32 AM
Please approve amendment #2 to ban scrubbers in Puget Sound. It's time to find a way to use sources of energy that don't pollute and harm wildlife. Thank you!
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Comment From: john furlong

3/18/21 @ 8:32 AM
It's too late after their gone help NOW
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Comment From: Whitney Schulte

3/18/21 @ 8:31 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...↓
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Comment From: Ella Elman

3/18/21 @ 8:30 AM
Dear DOE,

As you might have heard, we are having a bit of a crisis with the resident orcas. Why not help them out by banning scrubbers and having the cruise ship industry switch to a cleaner form of fuel? Do they really need to be using heavy fuel oil...↓

More importantly, if they are using fuel oil, why do they get to dump the toxic wastewater into the Sound? We don't have enough problems already?

This is a no-brainer. Please pass amendment #2 to ban scrubbers and remove this pollution from the Puget Sound.

Thank you,
Ella Elman

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Comment From: William Lindley

3/18/21 @ 8:29 AM
I support the ban scrubbers in Puget Sound. Both the ecology and the economy in the northwest coastal areas and ocean have become even more important. We can no longer afford to believe oceans are just too huge for our dangerous dumping not to matt...↓
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Comment From: Ruth Heller

3/18/21 @ 8:28 AM
Please support the upcoming amendment to the Puget Sound MOU to ban scrubbers from the Puget Sound and protect endangered orcas from fossil fuel waste. This would secure permanent protection for this high traffic inlet that is home to some of the mos...↓
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Comment From: Elizabeth Nedeff

3/18/21 @ 8:23 AM
No scrubber waste should be dumped into Puget Sound!
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Comment From: Adarsh Ayyar

3/18/21 @ 8:23 AM
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 r...↓
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Comment From: Anne-Marie Hewitt

3/18/21 @ 8:10 AM
I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers. Heavy fuel oil, obtained from scrubbing, is one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth; the discharge from the process (toxin-laden wastewater) is dumped directly into the ocean.

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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. Scrubber dumping cannot be allowed to return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Linda Kaplan

3/18/21 @ 8:00 AM
These waters and/or lands that so many companies and/or corporations use as their own must Stop! Just because the waters/lands do not have "Posted" on them doesn't mean they have a right to use them!!
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Comment From: Patricia Karoue

3/18/21 @ 7:51 AM
We must preserve the eco-system. No waste water into our rivers and streams.
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Comment From: Laura Lieberman

3/18/21 @ 7:49 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: Maureen Dalton

3/18/21 @ 7:43 AM
For heaven sake?!?! NO SCRUBBER WASTES DISCHARGED INTO THE SOUND!!!!! That habitat and its marine residents cannot survive or thrive in fossil fuel scrubber waste polluted waters!!! And you know this-!! Ban this practice!!!
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Comment From: daniel burval

3/18/21 @ 7:43 AM
ban scrubbers from the Puget Sound

and stop dumping the toxic ship engine wastewater they are used to remove ship exhaust systems in into our oceans, the home of many many threatened and endangered species such as orcas and Chinook salmon

take this ste...↓

thank you
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Comment From: MaryAnn Linehan

3/18/21 @ 7:40 AM
Please ban scrubbers from Puget Sound and protect Orcas and Salmon. Thank you.
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