Local Areas of Interest
Nichols Brothers Expansion
FACTS ABOUT THE RAIL SYSTEM
FACT: A 40 foot wide marine rail launch will extend 1400 feet (one quarter mile) into Holmes Harbor, imagine two Space Needles lying end to end in the harbor. The rail will stand from 3 feet high on the beach to 7 feet high on the mudflats creating visual, recreational and navigational hazards. Biological Assessment p 9
FACT: No plan exists for marking the rail system for navigational safety. SEPA Environmental Checklist p 30
FACT: No plan exists for making the rail system safe for those who frequent the beach. Children could climb on this “attractive nuisance.” Existing shipbuilders of this size all launch in deep ports and within secure enclosures.
FACT: No plan exists for maintenance of the rails. The application does not address who will bear the financial burden of maintaining or removing the rails should Nichols eventually relocate or cease to exist.
FACTS ABOUT THE YARD
FACTS ABOUT OPERATIONS
OTHER KEY FACTS
ACTION REQUESTED
Friends of Holmes Harbor
PO Box 493
Freeland, WA 98249
fohh@friendsofholmesharbor.org | 360-321-FOHH (3644)
© 2006 Friends of Holmes Harbor
