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<br />Michelle McConnell <br />From:John Fabian [fabianj@olympus.net] <br />Sent:Friday, April 30, 2010 11:49 PM <br />To:Stewart, Jeff R. (ECY) <br />Subject:Jefferson County SMP <br />Attachments:HamaHama1973-29.pdf <br />Importance:High <br />Categories:LASMP Public Comment <br />Dear Mr. Stewart, <br /> <br /> <br />As a shoreline property owner in Jefferson County, I fully support the <br />Shoreline Master Program approved by our county commissioners. <br /> <br /> <br />I trust that Ecology will take the long term view that protects our precious <br />shorelines and ignore the fear-based hysteria that was obvious at the <br />public hearing. <br /> <br /> <br />I am particularly interested in the prohibitions placed on mining related <br />operations on our shoreline. There should be no place for industrial <br />harbor complexes to load and ship aggregate or other mining products to <br />distant markets. Not only would this permanently spoil the shoreline, <br />threaten water quality and destroy essential habitat; it would also be <br />accompanied by massive strip mining within our watershed. <br /> <br /> <br />I am attaching the landmark 1976 Shoreline Hearings Board decision on <br />the Hama Hama pit-to-pier project. Please make this available to all who <br />will ultimately approve the Jefferson County SMP. Please pay particular <br />attention to the Hearings Board rationale for revoking the Mason County <br />permit. This is well outlined in CONCLUSIONS OF LAW. <br /> <br /> <br />The Shoreline Hearings Board recognized the enormous negative impacts <br />of the Hama Hama shoreline mining operations that consisted of a large <br />pier to accommodate the loading of barges. Our commissioners, and the <br />1 <br /> <br />