Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Presentation to the Islands Trust Council
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Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Presentation to the Islands Trust Council September 16, 2020 Lovel Pratt Marine Protection and Policy Director Protecting and restoring the San Juan Islands and the Salish Sea for people and nature since 1979 Science Science, Education, Policy and Law Identified Threats: •Prey/Chinook salmon declines –quality and quantity •Pollution, oil spills –actual and potential •Vessel impacts –presence and noise Endangered Species Listings Canadian Species at Risk Act 2003 US Endangered Species Act2005 Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Deltaport BC terminal expansion with capacity for 468-520 additional container ship transits per year Map credit: Against Port Expansion in the Fraser Estuary, BC L87 in Haro Strait. Photo credit: Capt. Alan Niles / Maya's Legacy Whale Gross polluters = ships with source levels greater than 179 dB Source: Veirs, S., Veirs, V., Williams, R., Jasny, M., and Wood, J.(2017).A key to quieter seas: half of ship noise comes from 15% of the fleet.Authorea.DOI: 10.22541/au.149039726.69540798. A key to quieter seas: half of ship noise comes from 15% of the fleet “About 43% of container ships are gross polluters, by far the highest proportion of any ship class in our dataset.” CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin 18,000 TEUs Propulsion fuel capacity: 4.5 million gallons / 17,034,353 liters Source: https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/about/media/how-much-oil-ship.html Photo credit: Don Wilson/Port of Seattle Change in numbers of killer whales in resident (AB) pod and transient (AT1) population that occur in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The vertical line indicates the time of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Source: Esler et al., 2017. Timelines and mechanisms of wildlife population recovery following the Exxon Valdez oil spill Southern Resident Killer Whales and Oil Spill Risk Estimated damages in San Juan County from a 1-million gallon spill of heavy fuel oil at Turn Point: $84 to $243 Million USD Source: https://www.sjcmrc.org/media/18 754/sanjuancooilspill- riskconsequencesassessment_e artheconomics_030119.pdf The annual cost of positioning an Emergency Response Towing Vessel in San Juan County: $4.3 -$6.2 Million USD Source: https://www.sjcmrc.org/media/18755/ sjc_ertvcostevaluationfinalreport.pdf Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/accident-at-port-of-vancouver-sends-crane-toppling-onto-container-ship-1.4272129 Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/hapag-lloyd-fire/hapag-lloyd-container-ship-battling-fire- off-canadas-east-coast-idUSL8N1Z42TT Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/world/europe/netherlands-container-spill.html Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47574143 Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-03-image-grande-america-oil.html and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel-1 Source: https://www.maritime- executive.com/article/at-least-25-injured-in- container-ship-blaze-at-thai-port Irespectfully request that the Islands Trust Council oppose the Roberts Bank Te
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