Fall River Officials See a New Way to Resist LNG Facility

RedNOVA News ^ | August 7, 2005 | Staff

[Otho]

Boosted by a single paragraph tucked into the mammoth federal transportation bill that Congress hurriedly passed last month, Fall River plans to ask a federal energy panel as soon as this week to reconsider the approval it recently gave for construction of a liquefied natural gas facility.

[Otho]

Never underestimate the power of NIMBY

[easy_rider]

Sorry, but where they want to site that LNG tank is ridiculous. I live less than 2 miles from the that site. if there were an accident, well over 5000 people live within the blast zone.
There several schools within a half mile.
To get to the facility, these huge LNG tankers need to pass under 4 bridges from Newport, RI, to Fall River, MA. For each passage the bridges would each need to be closed for up to an hour.
They are planning at least one round trip per week. These are bridges carrying interstate highways over the bays and rivers. The river would also be closed when the tankers are in port because the safety zone around the tanker is wider than the river.
The Coast Guard has refused to release any details of the security required. Security for this facility would be the responsibility of the surrounding towns.

Sorry for the long reply, but for these reasons, and many more this is just a bad site. It is much safer to unload offshore and use the existing gas line infrastructure to distribute the gas.

By the way I am all for the wind farm they want to build off the Swimmers(teddy kennedy) compound in Hyannis.