Study Examines Terror Risks on Waterways (LNG tankers) (AP)

[Eugene]

Study Examines Terror Risks on Waterways
By H. JOSEF HEBERT
Associated Press Writer

March 14, 2007, 9:06 AM EDT

WASHINGTON -- Fire from a terrorism attack against a tanker ship carrying
liquefied natural gas could ignite so fiercely it would burn people one mile away,
according to a congressional study.

It examined terror risks on the nation's waterways and concluded that further
research is needed to understand the consequences of such a remarkable inferno.

The study by the Government Accountability Office was expected to be released
Wednesday. It urged the Energy Department to perform new research on the risks
from a major fire or gas release in terror attacks or natural disasters on such
tanker ships.

Lawmakers said the latest GAO study coincides with projected increases of 400
percent in liquified natural gas imports over the next 10 years, as energy
companies await federal approval on 32 applications to build new terminals in 10
states and five offshore areas. New tanker ships being launched are nearly
twice as large as many current tankers, lawmakers said.

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Full article: http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-lng-safety,0,7564593.story

[nitpicker]

1. All it takes is a regular ship

To run into a bridge pier and collapse a highway (which has happened before).

[Atman]

2. But no one is allowed to protest their construction, correct?

Didn't that bill pass, effectively taking control away from any state or municipality which objects to having an LNG terminal placed in its jurisdiction?

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