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Cheryl A Golek, resident
11/08/03
Markey seeks response to LNG questions U.S. Rep.
Edward Markey, D-Mass., says feds may be misusing Quest study to
'minimize' possible hazards
http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1068286574205820.xml
ABSTRACTS:
Mobile Register
“Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacks, an
obscure scientific study by a little-known Oklahoma consulting company
has been widely used by federal officials to ease concern in U.S.
communities about the dangers of liquefied natural gas."
"But the study's mild assessment of LNG fire
dangers is generating a growing controversy in the scientific community,
and even the study's author acknowledged in an interview last week that
it is being misused by federal officials." Full Story:
http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1066555410127601.xml
Dr. James Fay's
Report public safety issues in
Harpswell
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
sides with Dr. Fay when it comes to the amount of damage that would be
caused by a major LNG incident: Both articles touch upon the fact that
the NOAA study agrees with the work of Dr. James Fay of MIT
http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/lngs11072003.htm
This is a section taking from the book Brittle
Power: Energy Strategy for National Security by Amory and Hunter Lovins:
No present or foreseeable equipment can put out a
very large [LNG]...fire." The energy content of a single standard LNG
tanker (one hundred twenty-five thousand cubic meters) is equivalent to
seven-tenths of a megaton of TNT, or about fifty-five
Hiroshima bombs.
http://reactor-core.org/brittle-power/
answers to blast must be found
http://gr.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2003304040008
small sperk grew to 500 foot flames
http://gr.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2003303260002
gas well explodes near eaton
http://gr.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2003303230051
investigators look for cause
http://gr.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2003303240025
explosion seen around the county
http://gr.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2003303290045
October 18, 2001
http://www.viadata.com/ntsb/227190.pdf
Date: August 19, 2000
About 0530, the
El Paso Natural Gas transmission pipeline ruptured
near the point where the pipeline crosses the Pecos River, adjacent to
New Mexico State Route 725 in Eddy County, New Mexico. After the rupture,
a natural gas fire started and burned for approximately 51 minutes. The
fire destroyed three pickup trucks that were parked in the vicinity and
miscellaneous camping equipment.
As a result of the fire, seven adults,
three children and two infants were fatally injured.
Cheryl A Golek, Harpswell Resident
This question and
answer came from the Fairwinds web
Is LNG safe?
"Yes. LNG has been handled for decades and has an exemplary safety record.
LNG is a clear, non-toxic, non-corrosive and odorless liquid that is less
dense than water. If LNG were to be exposed to ambient temperatures, as in
the extremely rare event of a leak, it vaporizes quickly. The vapor is 45%
lighter than air so the gas rises and quickly dissipates. "
Please read everything
that I have placed here and then ask Fairwinds about liquid natural gas
and its decades of an exemplary safety record. It is not as safe as it is
being said by Fairwinds is telling you, and a lot has happened since 1944.
and while you are reading it take a mental note that we have one road in
and one road out and are schools are south of the plant and that scientist
state that there is " No present or foreseeable equipment can put out a
very large [LNG]...fire." answers to blast must be found Aug. 21 —
Investigators probing a New Mexico pipeline explosion that killed 11
people said today it likely would take months before they determine what
set off the deadly blast.
Survival Factors Group Chairman's Factual Report
http://www.viadata.com/ntsb/227190.pdf
Who Gauges Tanker Hazards ?
by Ben Raines and Bill Finch
"The current FERC siting regulations for LNG plants do not require an
assessment
for the consequences of a ship accident. ... Anybody can check that by
going to
the federal regulations," said Jerry Havens, a chemical engineering
professor at
the University of Arkansas whose scientific work lies at the heart of
federal
regulations governing LNG facilities. "A shipping accident never has been
considered in the regulations. I'm just saying that these days, it needs
to be
considered, particularly in view of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks."
http://www.al.com/printer/printer.ssf?/ ... 361900.xml
Harbor Security by S. Fred Singer, Phd
"Next to a nuclear bomb, the most destructive kind of calamity imaginable
is the explosion in a big-city harbor of a tanker carrying Liquefied
Natural gas."
http://www.sepp.org/weekwas/2002/Jan5.htm
DR FAY' REPORT
"Thermal radiation from on-site LNG fires fed by an evaporating pool of
spilled LNG can cause first, second or third degree burns to the skin of
humans exposed to the radiation, depending upon the intensity of
radiation. The least intense thermal radiation that FERC rules allow
humans outside the site boundary to be exposed to is 5 kilowatts per
square meter, an amount that produces second
degree burns after only thirty seconds exposure."
http://www.fairplayforharpswell.org
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sides with Dr. Fay when it comes to the
amount of damage that would be caused by a major LNG incident: both
articles touch upon the fact that the NOAA study agrees with the work of
Dr. James Fay of MIT.
http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/local ... 072003.htm
http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/local ... 072003.htm
Brittle Power: Energy Strategy for National Security by Amory and Hunter
Lovins:
Part 2 Chapter 8
Disasters Waiting to Happen
No present or foreseeable equipment can put out a very large
[LNG]...fire." The energy content of a single standard LNG tanker (one
hundred twenty-five thousand cubic meters) is equivalent to seven-tenths
of a megaton of TNT, or about fifty-five Hiroshima bombs.
http://reactor-core.org/brittle-power/
CNN.COM
Nuclear sub'collides with a lng tanker
http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europ ... ay.tanker/
Report of fact finding visit to Kenai Peninsula, Alaska ...
by John F. Loyd
in a worst case scenario there is little that his fire department or any
fire department could do other then wait for the vapors to burn and become
too dilute to support fire.
http://www.harpswell.info/
Terror At High Seas
An ABC NEWS investigation has uncovered the increasing fears in shipping
and security circles that armed terrorists may, as pirates already do ,
seize ships carrying liquid natural gas, chemicals or oil. But, rather
then rob a ship, they could transform it into what a sea captain in
malaysia, Raja Kumar, "calls a floating bomb"
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/Worl ... 30909.html
Congress wanted LNG plants at "remote" sites
by Ben Raines And Bill Finch
Massachusetts lawmaker questions whether federal officials are following
directive.
"Federal officials appear to be ignoring a congressional mandate designed
to discourage construction of liquefied natural gas terminals in populated
areas, according to U.S. Rep. Ed. Markey, D-Mass.,author of the 1979 House
Bill"
http://www.al.com/printer/printer.ssf?/ ... 204440.xml
Feds Misused LNG Fire Data To Ease Terror Fears, Study Author Says.
by Ben Raines And Bill Finch
http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/finch102203.html
Scientists challenge study used to promote LNG safety
by Ben Raines And Bill Finch
LNG supporters promote study data, but study's lead scientist tells
newspaper his work was not designed to prove tanker ships safe for near by
communities
http://www.al.com/printer/printer.ssf?/ ... 127601.xml
Markey seeks response to LNG questions
by Ben Raines And Bill Finch
U.S. Rep.Edward Markey, D-Mass.,says feds may be misusing quest study to
"minimize" possible hazards.
http://www.al.com/printer.ssf?/base/new ... 205820.xml
Pipeline accidents
read the reports note there are 106 incidents listed 44 or more are lng
accidents several of the reports have pdf links
http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/P_Acc.htm
Myths and Misleading Statements About Oil and Natural Gas Pipelines
by Lois Epstein, P.E., Senior Engineer
http://www.safebellingham.org/background.htm
answers to blast must be found
http://gr.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll ... 3304040008
small spark grew to 500 foot flames
http://gr.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll ... 3303260002
gas well explodes near eaton
http://gr.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll ... 3303230051
investigators look for cause
http://gr.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll ... 3303240025
explosion seen around the county
http://gr.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll ... 3303290045
washingtonpost.com
Approach of Holidays
Spurs Terrorism Alert
By John Mintz
Washington Post Staff
Writer
Saturday, November 22,
2003; Page A04
The Department of
Homeland Security and the FBI last night issued a warning to law
enforcement officials around the country to be particularly alert to the
potential for a terrorist attack over the next 10 days, as the Muslim fast
of Ramadan ends early next week and the Thanksgiving holiday approaches on
Thursday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5017-2003Nov21.html
[link is dead]
Congress wanted LNG
plants at 'remote' sites. Massachusetts lawmaker questions whether federal
officials are following directive
11/16/03
By BEN RAINES
Staff Reporter
Federal officials
appear to be ignoring a congressional mandate designed to discourage
construction of liquefied natural gas terminals in populated areas,
according to U.S. Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., author of the 1979
http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1068977791204440.xml
Who gauges tanker
hazard?
10/26/03
By BEN RAINES and BILL
FINCH
Staff Reporters
The
Mobile
Register has been unable to find any evidence that federal agencies are
required to consider the risks of giant liquefied natural gas tanker ships
when deciding whether LNG terminals would be appropriate for populated
areas like
Mobile.
http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/106716357361900.xml
LNG ships could alter
area fishing Security zone around LNG ships and terminal could force
fishermen to move, shut down fishing in Theodore Industrial Canal
10/12/03 By DAVID
RAINER Outdoors Editor
Imagine sitting on
Dixey Bar with light tackle, hooked up to a huge bull redfish when a Coast
Guard vessel approaches and instructs you to move whether or not the fish
is ready to be landed.
http://www.al.com/sports/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/sports/1065950290122250.xml
School board: No gas
terminal -- proximity to school unsafe
08/27/03
By LEE DAVIDSON and
RENA HAVNER
Staff Reporters
The
Mobile
County school board unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night opposing
a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal that would be built a half mile
from Hollinger's Island Elementary School.
http://www.al.com/business/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/business/106197604460860.xml
NEWS FROM ED MARKEY
http://www.house.gov/markey/iss_LNG_pr031107.pdf (dead link)
DOT TAKES ENFORCEMENT
ACTION AGAINST DISTRIGAS LNG FACILITY MARKEY: SECURITY GAPS AT EVERETT
FACILITY UNDERSCORE NEED FOR LEGISLATION
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