Cruise ship MOU proposed amendments comment period

1747 Results

Sort:

Comment From: Craig Hall

3/13/21 @ 5:14 PM
This is a critical effort. Damage to wildlife and the environment is a crime against humanity.
You may as well be a Nazi murdering Jewish people and Gypsies. Shame on you.
No attachments

Comment From: Melanie Broussard

3/13/21 @ 5:14 PM
I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers
No attachments

Comment From: Catherine Beauchamp

3/13/21 @ 5:10 PM
I support the amendment to ban the discharge of scrubber wastes. The build-up of scrubber dumping is compounding and has serious implications on endangered species, like killer whales. Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pa...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Laura Colston

3/13/21 @ 5:05 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 ...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Lynne Weiske

3/13/21 @ 5:04 PM
please pass the proposed amendments, thank you
No attachments

Comment From: David Kornreich

3/13/21 @ 5:00 PM
We want 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 more impactful if you write in your own words and relay your own experienc...↓

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.
No attachments

Comment From: Lajeanne Leveton

3/13/21 @ 4:59 PM
BAN SCRUBBERS! (Wish you could ban the cruise industry as well!)
No attachments

Comment From: Ted Hume

3/13/21 @ 4:57 PM
Ban scrubbers - protect orcas and the environment.
No attachments

Comment From: Drew Martin

3/13/21 @ 4:57 PM
Ban scrubbers for good in order to maintain a healthy ecosystem needed for the survival of threatened orcas and Chinook salmon. Cruise ship burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharging t...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Frank Burke

3/13/21 @ 4:56 PM
Ban scrubbers!
No attachments

Comment From: Kevin Bissonnette

3/13/21 @ 4:55 PM
ANYTHING that we can do to rotect nature NOW will make it easier for our world from the toxic insults to which we have subjected it. This issue is intimately associated with Climate Change...we must act now on ALL levels. Please take this step to hel...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Nina Wouk

3/13/21 @ 4:52 PM
Ban scubbers! Approve amendment 2! The sea animals would thank you if they understood. Since they can't understand, it's up to humans to protect them from our own acts.
No attachments

Comment From: Maria Nesheim

3/13/21 @ 4:51 PM
Ban scrubbers and protect the Puget Sound
No attachments

Comment From: Jess Kost

3/13/21 @ 4:51 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.

No attachments

Comment From: Wendy Stevens

3/13/21 @ 4:48 PM
We must all live together, the animal world and humans. We can do better to not contaminate our world.
No attachments

Comment From: Michele LaPorte

3/13/21 @ 4:42 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...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Holly Stuart

3/13/21 @ 4:41 PM
An egregious 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. But 'scrubbing' is a misnomer; these mechanisms ...↓

The marine ecosystem needs a healthy home even to survive, let alone thrive. 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. 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.


No attachments

Comment From: Jeffrey Kramer

3/13/21 @ 4:38 PM
I support amendment #2. I wish it went further but we'll take what we can get.
No attachments

Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

3/13/21 @ 4:38 PM
Washington State Department of Ecology:

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 creat...↓
No attachments

Comment From: James and liz Lee

3/13/21 @ 4:37 PM
You must stop polluting the water with runoff from cruise ships...the scrubber toxins cannot just be dumped in Puget Sound nor anywhere else...your killing marine life!!!
No attachments

Comment From: Tamara Dormier

3/13/21 @ 4:37 PM
Please support amendment #2 to ban 'scrubbing'. Cruise ships burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth and discharge the toxic wastewater directly into the ocean. This is detrimental to all marine life in Puget Sound.
Please protect our waters by...↓

Sincerely,
Tamara Dormier
University of Washington Alumnus
Zoology/Marine Biology Minor
No attachments

Comment From: Ruthann McDermott

3/13/21 @ 4:36 PM
The MOU is a voluntary agreement which helps prevent wastewater discharges from cruise ships into state waters. It must be adhered to for the protection of our seas & all who live in them!!!!

No attachments

Comment From: Bonnie Farmer

3/13/21 @ 4:32 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.
No attachments

Comment From: Hazel Gordon

3/13/21 @ 4:32 PM
As an occasional visitor to the Puget Sound region, I deeply appreciate its beauty and environment as the third largest estuary in the U.S. A heavily trafficked region, the Sound once supported multitudes of salmonids, Orcas, harbor seals, marine inv...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Matthew Blackwood

3/13/21 @ 4:30 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.
No attachments

Comment From: Debbie Mahder

3/13/21 @ 4:28 PM
Please ban scrubbers. Our marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. Salmon and orcas are going extinct. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sou...↓
No attachments

Comment From: larry Nerney

3/13/21 @ 4:22 PM
Banning scrubbers will end a source of pollution from cruise ships. Puget Sound and other areas of the ocean need to be as clean as possible. Marine life is precious and maintaining the ocean's health benefits all of us. It is no small thing to ha...↓
No attachments

Comment From: chris viegaard

3/13/21 @ 4:17 PM
Thank you to all who are working to keep our environment and our Earth clean. Thank you to the people who are investing time and energy and money to pay attention to pollution in all of its forms. Our brothers and sisters the animals, whales, fish,...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Setsuko Maruki-Fox

3/13/21 @ 4:15 PM
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 discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support amendment #2 to ban sc...↓
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.






No attachments

Comment From: Ellen Pedersen

3/13/21 @ 4:14 PM
Scrubbers don't work,all they do is turn air pollution into water pollution which is building up.
No attachments

Comment From: Lynne Teplin

3/13/21 @ 4:13 PM
Please save endangered orcas and other marine life by banning scrubbers!
No attachments

Comment From: Jeannette Welling

3/13/21 @ 4:11 PM
Decrease pollution in Puget Sound by supporting Amendment 2 that will ban scrubbers from cruise ships. Dumping dirty fossil fuel into the ocean negatively impacts the marine ecosystem and endangered orcas.

Since cruise ships have been inactive during ...↓

Please support Amendment 2.

Thank you.
No attachments

Comment From: Elise Margulis

3/13/21 @ 4:11 PM
Please don't use scrubber dumping! It is compounding and has serious implications on endangered species like killer whales.
No attachments

Comment From: Susanne Kiriaty

3/13/21 @ 4:08 PM
We need to fix our *ENVIRONMENT* not make it *WORSE*!
We need to *CHANGE* !
*PLEASE*!
No attachments

Comment From: Alice Naegele

3/13/21 @ 4:06 PM
You should have seen how beautiful our ocean looked, when the pandemic hit and the cruise ships stopped. While I want to respect the choice that many people make to enjoy a cruise, the industry should be held to a high standard of accountability tow...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Colleen Rodger

3/13/21 @ 4:06 PM
Cruise ships have been polluting our oceans for far too long. This revelation just adds to my disgust at their unwillingness to take responsibility for their own trash. Allowing their participation to be voluntary has not worked. I hope you see the i...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Cynthia Carlton

3/13/21 @ 4:05 PM
I am writing to ask you to ban the use of scrubbers by cruise ships and other vessels to secure permanent protection for Puget Sound and its ecosystem.

Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the di...↓

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.

Thank you.
No attachments

Comment From: Jeanne Poirier

3/13/21 @ 4:04 PM
Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers. Cruise ships are an unnecessary cost to our entire planet. The discharge is killing marine life and I absolutely support anything to make it better. This will - please make it so.
No attachments

Comment From: JoEllen Rudolph

3/13/21 @ 4:04 PM
I am against any provision that weakens the rules on allowing more toxic material to be dumped into Puget Sound by cruise ships. As most busy harbors, Puget Sound has already received too much contamination which has wrecked havoc on ocean life and...↓
No attachments

Comment From: meredith berlin

3/13/21 @ 4:02 PM
I am very concerned about our marine ecosystems. Scrubbers do not really protect marine life from pollution. If humans want to enjoy marine life and the sea on cruises, they should protect that life or leave it along. Please ban scrubbers -- we ne...↓
No attachments

Comment From: eli hegeman

3/13/21 @ 3:58 PM
Puget sound must be protected from pollution!
No attachments

Comment From: Ken Riemer

3/13/21 @ 3:57 PM
We're killing the planet and the creatures on it so tourists can load up on all-you-can-eat buffets! doesn't anyone think this is wrong?
No attachments

Comment From: Steve Moore

3/13/21 @ 3:55 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 ...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Marielle Marne

3/13/21 @ 3:54 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.
No attachments

Comment From: Alfred Mancini

3/13/21 @ 3:50 PM
Please reconsider your plans.
No attachments

Comment From: Rodney Love

3/13/21 @ 3:50 PM
Protect Puget Sound. Yes please to supporting Amendment #2 banning dumping of heavy-duty scrubber waste. No Thankyou to this egregious form of pollution.
No attachments

Comment From: Tung Vu

3/13/21 @ 3:49 PM
Hold cruise ships environmentally responsible.
No attachments

Comment From: Alyisa Chen

3/13/21 @ 3:45 PM
Do this!
No attachments

Comment From: David Baca

3/13/21 @ 3:45 PM
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.
Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive.
No attachments

Comment From: Rodney Love

3/13/21 @ 3:45 PM
Protect Puget Sound. Yes please to supporting Amendment #2 banning dumping of heavy-duty scrubber waste. No Thankyou to this egregious form of pollution.
No attachments

Comment From: Jill Mulato

3/13/21 @ 3:45 PM
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.

No attachments

Comment From: Jennifer Valentine

3/13/21 @ 3:40 PM
I support amendment #2 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 oc...↓

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.

thank you
No attachments

Comment From: Thérèse Dowd

3/13/21 @ 3:39 PM
It is essential that the Puget Sound be protected from all pollution as much as possible. Cruise ships must be held accountable for the management and costs if their wastes. They cannot be allowed to dump into the Puget Sound and further contaminate...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Jesse Bohl

3/13/21 @ 3:39 PM
Make these non-necessary rip offs carry their own crap to somewhere safe to dump.
No attachments

Comment From: TOM PEACE

3/13/21 @ 3:38 PM
I agree with the Proposed Amendment Document
No attachments

Comment From: Cammy Colton

3/13/21 @ 3:37 PM
Point #1: 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 discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I suppo...↓

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.
No attachments

Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

3/13/21 @ 3:37 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. Too often has the cruise industry profited and exploited waterways of pristine beauty and biodiversity only to make such places less beautiful and less intact by their presence.

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.
No attachments

Comment From: David Cencula

3/13/21 @ 3:36 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...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Lisa Stone

3/13/21 @ 3:35 PM
I join all those asking you to BAN SCRUBBERS. A huge loophole allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and then discharging the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean....↓
I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers because it's phony scrubbing that allows great amounts of poisons to be dumped into our oceans.

AND this is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show they're actually committed to changing their polluting ways--by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound.

As you know, our 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 all the water pollution cruise ships create.

Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.
No attachments

Comment From: s peirce

3/13/21 @ 3:31 PM
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.

Please ban scrubbers and secure permanent protection for Puget Sound and its ecosystem.
No attachments

Comment From: Baylee Markwell

3/13/21 @ 3:31 PM
Ban scrubbers.
No attachments

Comment From: Rita Kovshun

3/13/21 @ 3:30 PM
Ban scrubbers 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 scrunner...↓
This is an 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.
No attachments

Comment From: Donald Walsh

3/13/21 @ 3:29 PM
If cruise industry cannot operate in a responsible non polluting manner they should close They teach you in kindergarten to clean up after yourself About time cruise industry graduated from kindergarten As first step Ban Scrubbers. I support amendmen...↓

This is also an opportunity for the cruise industry to change their dirty ways by stopping dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound and the marine life ecosystem there Also use less polluting fuel and/or energy sources. Approve amendment 2 and ban scrubbers.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. Scrubber dumping cannot return I support amendment 2.I certainly will not patronize this dirty industry in present polluting form
No attachments

Comment From: Tom Cannon

3/13/21 @ 3:28 PM
To whom it may concern,

I am writing to you about a serious problem concerning these "cruise ships/liners". 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 ex...↓

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.

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,
Tom Cannon
No attachments

Comment From: Carol Savary

3/13/21 @ 3:27 PM
Please ban scrubbers. There is a significant loophole that allows cruise ships to burn heavy fuel oil - one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and then discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean.

This ...↓

Additionally, Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting halted cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create.

I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers for the above stated reasons.

Thank you for your consideration of this important amendment.

No attachments

Comment From: Sharon Smith

3/13/21 @ 3:26 PM
I am writing today because I find Puget Sound to be an incredible place - I have visited there often and swam and boated in its waters, as well as have watched wildlife, both avian and oceanic.

I don't want cruise ships to destroy this incredible are...↓
No attachments

Comment From: April Warwick

3/13/21 @ 3:23 PM
Make the cruise ships replace scrubbers with a system that really works. As an industry that makes it money on the beauty of nature, it should know that it can not destroy that beauty with it's garbage and expect business as normal. Make the cruise...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Jean Schwinberg

3/13/21 @ 3:23 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.

This is a huge opportunity for the c...↓

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. For the above reasons I support amendment #2
No attachments

Comment From: Patricia Whitlock

3/13/21 @ 3:22 PM
Nothing should be allowed to be dumped in our waterways that will pollute the environment.
No attachments

Comment From: Holly Groh

3/13/21 @ 3:19 PM
Please stop the scrubbing and dumping into our beloved oceans by the cruise industry. The health of people worldwide depends on the health of our waters, land and air.

Sincerely, Holly Groh, M.D.
No attachments

Comment From: Susan Lanes

3/13/21 @ 3:19 PM
The Cruise Ship MOU is not substantially comprehensive being voluntary. Good stewardship of the oceans that cruise ships ply for their trade would be routine if voluntarism were enough. The effects of pollution has been well documented for years, so ...↓
No attachments

Comment From: sam bleecker

3/13/21 @ 3:16 PM
Hot Tip: We want 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 more impactful if you write in your own words and relay your own ...↓

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.
No attachments

Comment From: Mark Trumbull

3/13/21 @ 3:14 PM
Please, let's just use a little common sense, don't allow companies to dump toxic waste into these beautiful animals environments.
No attachments

Comment From: Janet Rupp

3/13/21 @ 3:13 PM
Pass amendment2 and ban scrubbers. We must stop pollutuing our waterways and destroying sea life. The Puget sound is very impoortant.
No attachments

Comment From: Melody Martin

3/13/21 @ 3:13 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...↓
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.
No attachments

Comment From: Lincoln Fong

3/13/21 @ 3:12 PM
please help preserve the integrity of life in the ocean and our waterways by ending the treatment of using our oceans and waterways as sewage dumps ~
No attachments

Comment From: Nora Lewis

3/13/21 @ 3:10 PM
Wastewater, even from cruiseships with 'Scrubbers" is still pollution and dangerous to the waters in the sound. It is critical to protect this critical marine environment from this pollution
No attachments

Comment From: Andrea Amari

3/13/21 @ 3:09 PM
This is very important!
No attachments

Comment From: Martin Baclija

3/13/21 @ 3:08 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

Thank you for your time.
No attachments

Comment From: Ann Malyon

3/13/21 @ 3:07 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 h...↓

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

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 wastes is on the table! And they have opened a public comment period for amendments to the MOU.

This is an opportunity to ban scrubbers for good in order to maintain a healthy ecosystem needed for the survival of threatened orcas and Chinook salmon.




No attachments

Comment From: Stephanie C. Fox

3/13/21 @ 3:06 PM
Ban cruise ships from dumping sewage, trash, and other waste at sea.
No attachments

Comment From: Amy Henry

3/13/21 @ 3:04 PM
"Scrubbers" add toxic, fossil fuel wastewater to our already-endangered n oceans? Scrubbers have been touted by the cruise industry as a solution for treating toxic ship engine exhaust. They are NOT. In reality, all scrubbers do is convert air pollut...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Reverend Nathan Jimenez N.C.S.

3/13/21 @ 2:59 PM
There is no reason why we should even be using petrol or fossil fuel products we can run cars, trucks, on solid hydrogen as demonstrated by Stan Ovshinsky. We can run trains and fly planes on biodiesel, we can even make plastic-like products from bio...↓
No attachments

Comment From: LynnAnne JohnsonLange

3/13/21 @ 2:58 PM
Toxic dumping into the ocean is killing our ONLY planet!!! The human species MUST stop killing ALL other species because the earth needs ALL species to survive!!!!
No attachments

Comment From: Maria Magana

3/13/21 @ 2:56 PM
Cruise ships are allowed to use the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean.

This is also a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they ...↓

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 and ask that you do as well.
No attachments

Comment From: Yvonne Benson

3/13/21 @ 2:53 PM
I am writing you to urge you to ban scrubbers used by cruise ships and stop dumping in our ocean's. We need the sea life and water to maintain an echo balance in this world. Please consider what the effect will be on this generation but also other g...↓

Sincerely, Yvonne Benson
No attachments

Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

3/13/21 @ 2:53 PM
WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP OUR WATERS CLEAN AND OUR WILDLIFE/FISH SAFE. UNDER TRUMP THERE HAS BEEN DERELICTION OF DUTY. IF IT COSTS MORE FOR A CRUISE, SO BE IT.
No attachments

Comment From: Kristin Hegwood

3/13/21 @ 2:53 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.
No attachments

Comment From: Mary Driskill

3/13/21 @ 2:51 PM
Save our oceans. Ships want to sail them with customers aboard but if the ocean is dirty and polluted, there would be no customers. Ships cause enough pollution--don't let them add to it.
Thank you.
No attachments

Comment From: Karen Jacques

3/13/21 @ 2:51 PM
Cruise ships have a history of causing huge environmental damage. This is because they burn some of the dirtiest oil on earth and then, to reduce airborne emissions, they use scrubbers to get rid of the residue from burning this fuel and dump it int...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Janice VrMeer

3/13/21 @ 2:50 PM
Washington State Department of Ecology,

I have watched the cruise industry been given license to recklessly pollute our oceans for decades with high costs to marine ecosystems and the planet at large. It's high time we ban scrubbers which burn one of ...↓

Marine ecosystems need a healthy environment 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. My family and I fully support amendment #2.

Thank you for your consideration,

Janice VrMeer
17 Enebro Rd
Santa Fe, NM
87508
No attachments

Comment From: Brian Baltin

3/13/21 @ 2:47 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 ...↓

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.

Thank you.
No attachments

Comment From: Pamela Vangiessen

3/13/21 @ 2:46 PM
Cruise ships need to find a way to treat their waste water, or make arrangements with local ports to have it shipped to waste water treatment facilities.
No attachments

Comment From: Catherine Turner

3/13/21 @ 2:44 PM
Please enact Amendment #2 to ban scrubbers that poison ocean wildlife in Puget Sound. A vacation should not be an occasion or license to kill.
No attachments

Comment From: Ivan Fuentes

3/13/21 @ 2:44 PM
I support the environment and wildlife so when I heard about this critical situation, I knew I had to say my peace. Finding a solution for humans should never come at the expense of animals or the planet. It's inhumane and just cruel to continue usin...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

3/13/21 @ 2:44 PM
Now is the time for the cruise industry to take responsibility for years of wrongful behavior. 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 sc...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Brian Baltin

3/13/21 @ 2:43 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 ...↓

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.

Thank you.
No attachments

Comment From: Catherine Turner

3/13/21 @ 2:42 PM
Please enact Amendment #2 to ban scrubbers that poison ocean wildlife in Puget Sound. A vacation should not be an occasion or license to kill.
No attachments

Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

3/13/21 @ 2:41 PM
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...↓
No attachments

Comment From: Stewart Wilber

3/13/21 @ 2:40 PM
Although scrubbers have been touted by the cruise industry as a solution for treating toxic ship engine exhaust, in reality, all they dos is convert air pollution into water pollution and dump this fossil fuel combustion wastewater straight into the ...↓

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.
No attachments

[ Previous Page / Next Page ]