Heather Fine-Walsh
149:50 - 151:20
"the purpose of this moratorium— not a ban, a moratorium for one year— is that the borough can put in some common sense guardrails for what is a really really impactful industry that is new. It's impactful in terms of power usage... water... and noise pollution."
“the purpose of this moratorium— not a ban, a moratorium for one year— is that the borough can put in some common sense guardrails for what is a really really impactful industry that is new. It's impactful in terms of power usage... water... and noise pollution.”
- Speaker
- Heather Fine-Walsh
- Timestamp
- 149:50 – 151:20
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- September 11, 2026
From the transcript
Okay, so the purpose of this moratorium— not a ban, a moratorium for one year— is that the borough can put in some common sense guardrails for what is a really really impactful industry that is new. It's impactful in terms of power usage. It's impactful in terms of water— potential water pollution and water use. And it's impactful in terms of noise pollution. So if a company wants to be successful in this novel industry in a small town without generating very, very, very serious PR issues, I think it would behoove a corporation to be a part of a conversation about what sensible regulations would be rather than, um, kind of entering a combative stance this early on.
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