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Broadwater
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Natural Gas - Uses• Supplies 24% of U.S. energy
consumption• Used to heat 55% of American homes• Burned to generate electricity at power plants• Used for transportation
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How A Power Plant Works
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Natural Gas
• Fossil fuel• Found in deep underground reservoirs formed
by porous rock• Formed millions of years ago from buried
phytoplankton and zooplankton• Mostly methane – CH4
• 85% produced domestically
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LNG – liquefied natural gas• Natural gas cooled to liquid state at -260oF• Reduces volume• Can be economically shipped worldwide• Warmed to gas state and distributed to
homes and businesses through pipes• Used in U.S. since 1912
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Broadwater• Company owned by TransCanada Corp. and Shell
Oil• Plans to build floating storage regasification unit
(FSRU) in LIS• Would receive LNG shipments 2 – 3 times per week
through the Race• LNG stored and warmed to gas state for distribution• Natural gas sent through
Iroquois Pipelinelng tanker
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Floating Storage Regasification Unit FSRU
• Ship-like vessel• Moored in LIS• 1,200 feet long• 180 feet wide• 75 to 80 feet
above water
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Typical LNG import terminal. Broadwater wouldhave all components on FSRU.
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• In New York waters• 9 miles north of Shoreham, NY• 10 miles south of CT shoreline
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Floating Storage Regasification Unit FSRU
• Moored to bottom of LIS• Can rotate depending on currents and winds
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Benefits - ECONOMIC
• Additional natural gas supply• $300 per year energy savings for median
household• $1.2 billion annual economic benefit on
commercial sector– Direct energy cost savings– Economic stimulus
• 122 construction jobs, 95 permanent jobs in NYS• Tax benefits
from www.broadwaterenergy.com
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Benefits - ENVIRONMENTAL
• Fewer environmental impacts than other alternatives considered
• Would not impact sensitive onshore or near shore resources
• Natural gas is a “cleaner” fuel than oil and coal – fewer atmospheric pollutants
from www.broadwaterenergy.com
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Problems• LIS declared by U.S. Congress an
“Estuary of National Significance” – part of National Estuary Program – to improve LIS
• LIS is biologically, economically and recreationally important– Commercial and recreational fishing - $1.2 billion/year– Other recreational uses - $5 billion/year
• NY and CT coastlines denselypopulated
• FSRU and mooring arethe first of its kind worldwide
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Problems – PUBLIC ACCESS
• “No public access zone” around FSRU – 1.5 sq. miles
• “No public access zone” around tankers – 2 miles in front, 1 mile in back, 750 yds. on sides
• These parts of LIS no longer available for public use – fishing, sailing,boating, canoeing, etc.
• Armed escort and patrol boats
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Problems - ENVIRONMENTAL• Excavation for pipeline and mooring will destroy
benthic communities• Creates sediment plumes,
stir up toxic contaminants– Shade phytoplankton– Clog suspension feeders– Disrupt local food webs
• Tankers may bring more invasive species – in ballastwater, or boat hulls andgear
from The Nature Conservancy
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Problems - ENVIRONMENTAL• Tankers may collide with rare and endangered sea
turtles and marine mammals• Potential leakage of fuel – toxic contaminants• FSRU and tankers will take in 28.2 million gallons of
LIS water per day for vaporization process and cooling – entrainment of fish larvae and other meroplankton, phytoplankton and zooplankton
harbor sealsgreen turtle
Winter flounder larvae from The Nature Conservancy
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Problems - ENVIRONMENTAL
• Construction noise may be lethal or damaging to fish and marine mammals
• Lighting may impact birds and other organisms
• Other necessary infrastructure may destroy habitat or degrade air and water quality – including on land
from The Nature Conservancy
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Problems - AESTHETIC• Will be permanently visible from land• Broadwater says this is minor
FSRU
view from Wading River before view from Wading River after
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Problems - AESTHETIC
view from Mt. Sinai before
view from Mt. Sinai after
FSRU
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Problems - SAFETY
• 99% probability of tropical storm or hurricane in next 50 years
• 26% probability of major (category 3 or >) hurricane in next 50 years
• Insurance companies have cancelled many LI homeowners insurance policies
• What damage would majorstorm do?
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Problems – SAFETYFires and Explosions
• LNG is flammable in gas form if mixed with O2
• pool fires - vaporized gas ignites– Cannot be controlled– Burns until all fuel used up• Tanker fire – Melt steel from 1,300 ft., 2nd degree burn from 1 mi. away– Minimum safe distance from tanker = 7 miles– Tankers through Race within 1 mile of N. Fork
• Would kill organisms and deprive water of D.O.• flammable vapor clouds – vapor travels and then
ignites
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Problems – SAFETYSpills and Terrorism
• From tankers or during offloading• Can ignite• Can kill organisms even if does not ignite• Potentially major terrorist target – major
damage
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Environmental Impact Statement
• Document prepared by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to assess environmental damage caused by project
• Required by Federal law• Basis for providing permits for project to be
built• Envir. organizations say it is incomplete – does
not address all issues
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Public Hearings
• To get public opinion on project• Some people support project – bring jobs and
economic benefits• Some people against project – environmental
concerns• All of LI Congressional delegation (except one
Congressman) against project
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Current Status
• Approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission – early spring 2008
• Rejected by NY Governor Paterson – early April 2008
• Broadwater appealed to U.S. Department of Commerce to have LNG facility built in “U.S. national interest” – late April 2008
• Appeal denied – early April 2009
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What do you think?