Savannah City Council requests more federal study of LNG trucking

Mike

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Savannah City Council on Thursday passed a resolution calling for federal regulators to perform a formal, detailed study of the risks associated with trucking liquefied natural gas through the city.

The move comes after city officials met last Friday with representatives from the trucking company and were still left with unanswered questions about risk and liability from the venture, Mayor Otis Johnson said.

“ ... (The) City of Savannah has asked for and not received from Southeast LNG the necessary information to examine appropriately all the effects and concerns surrounding the trucking of LNG as part of the hazardous materials flow in Savannah,” the resolution read in part.

Southern LNG, which operates the LNG import terminal on Elba Island, applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in early August for permission to restart its truck-loading facility. Through Southeast LNG, a start-up company that Southern’s parent company El Paso Corp. formed with natural gas giant AGL Resources Inc., it plans to send out 58 trucks daily carrying LNG around the Southeast for use as an alternative fuel in heavy vehicles. The preferred route for the 13,000-gallon, double-walled tankers would take them from President Street to Truman Parkway and across DeRenne Avenue.

The resolution passed unanimously. Alderman Larry Stuber was not present.

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