"...[A]n uncontrolled release of LNG poses a serious hazard of explosion or fire...Experts have identified several potentially catastrophic events that could arise from an LNG release."
Congressional Research Service, September 9, 2003
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In Spring 2003, Calpine Corporation of San Jose, California revealed plans to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility and power plant on the Samoa Peninsula of Humboldt Bay. If approved, LNG would be brought into Humboldt Bay on tankers the length of three football fields, stored in a pair of tanks 15-stories tall, and fed it into a power plant and a pipeline leading to the Central Valley.
There are a number of inherent, catastrophic risks associated with any LNG facility, and EPIC is concerned that Calpine is attempting to trivialize very serious environmental and community safety concerns associated with its proposal.
Considerations include:
