REPRESENTATIVE ELLYN BOGDANOFF

June 17, 2008 - Last December, an article posted on the GMCA web site and reprinted in the January Galt Mile News about an obscure project with the typically tropical designation of “Calypso” was met with a combination of concern and disbelief. As Galt Mile residents learned that a $79 billion French Energy conglomerate called SUEZ, through its United States subsidiary Suez Energy North America (SENA), intended to build a Deepwater Port across from the Galt Mile Beach for the offloading of liquefied natural gas (LNG), they sent hundreds of emails to the Galt Mile Community Association requesting more information. Along with a Florida energy perspective by the Florida Public Service Commission and an overview of the project rationale by Calypso LNG LLC, information was presented summarizing the concerns exhibited by several other communities that faced the construction of similar installations. Projects with exotic and maritime names like Cabrillo, Pelican, Neptune, Broadwater and Dolphin drew staunch local opposition in locations from New England to California. When the residents of these sites learned about the dangers undisclosed by the project operators, they suffered the same shock and disbelief experienced here.

Shortly after confirming that a breach in the project’s delivery system would release an ignitable vapor cloud capable of a 2000 BTU conflagration, far beyond the suppression capabilities of any local Fire Department, and that the cloud could span the distance from the installation to their homes, residents wondered why their public officials would expose them to this danger. Further investigation revealed that many Security organs of the Federal Government, including the Government Accountability Office, the Department of Homeland Security, the Congressional Research Service and the Pentagon, identified LNG facilities and transport tankers as extremely high value targets for terrorist strikes. Surprise quickly turned to anger when they learned that local communities and their governments were cut out of the approval process by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, a $33 billion gift to the energy industry that placed sole authority for facility licensing approval into the hands of a federal bureaucracy staffed by current and former energy industry executives, spokespersons and stakeholders - the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). However, Title 33, Chapter 29 (Deepwater Ports) of the United States Code § 1508 (b)(1) states “The Secretary shall not issue a license without the approval of the Governor of each adjacent coastal State. If the Governor fails to transmit his approval or disapproval to the Secretary not later than 45 days after the last public hearing on applications for a particular application area, such approval shall be conclusively presumed.” An “adjacent coastal State” is defined in Title 33, U.S. Code § 1508 (a)(1) as “any coastal State which (A) would be directly connected by pipeline to a deepwater port as proposed in an application, or (B) would be located within 15 miles of any such proposed deepwater port.” That means Governor Charlie Crist is the only human being in the State of Florida empowered to stop Calypso.

COMMISSIONERS KEECHL & TEEL

Although every public official, civic organization and local government has expressed opposition to the project or is in process of doing so, they have no direct input into the approval process. Letters from City Commissioner Christine Teel, Broward Commissioner Ken Keechl, and Senator Jeffrey Atwater as well as Resolutions by The City of Fort Lauderdale and the Town of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea expressing unconditional opposition to the placement of Calypso adjacent to the heavily populated Galt Mile beach were sent to the Governor. Petitions distributed to the twenty six member associations of the Galt Mile Community Association are being filled out, retrieved and replaced with new ones on a regular rotation. Thousands of individual letters, emails, phone calls and faxes have been sent to the Governor since April, asking that he reject Calypso’s license. While this is a testament to the residents’ universal apolitical position on this issue, it is only useful to the extent that the Governor is willing to support that position.

REP. ELLYN BOGDANOFF AND SEN. JEFFREY ATWATER

The Galt Mile neighborhood is fortunate in that regard. Our State Senator, Jeffrey Atwater, is the President-elect of the Florida Senate. Our State Representative, Ellyn Bogdanoff, is the “Majority Whip” in the Florida Statehouse. The Governor is therefore predisposed to heed our concerns as voiced by these legislative leaders. Supporting their constituents, they both expressed opposition to the project at the "bait and switch" Calypso meeting in Dania Beach. They’ve also met with concerned Galt Mile residents at several venues to organize a coherent strategy to engage the Governor.

CRIST, RUBIO & ELLYN MAKE POLICY

In her Spring Newsletter to constituents, Representative Ellyn Bogdanoff briefly describes the project and the regulatory licensing process. She also confirms a statement she made at the Dania meeting; she has engaged the Governor - as promised. Following her discussion with the Governor, GMCA officials were contacted by his office staff, requesting information enumerating and supporting local concerns. The Majority Whip also advises constituents to contact the Governor directly, supporting her contention that neighborhood opposition is apolitical and overwhelming.

While a healthy percentage of the declared opposition is rooted in the direct threat it poses to life and property, the regulatory framework that incorporates local resources (funded by local taxpayers) into the project’s security plan and the operator’s regulatory immunity to catastrophic damages restitution (the victims pay the tab), Representative Bogdanoff also focuses on an underlying reason for skyrocketing energy costs - continued energy dependence on foreign fossil fuels.

Whether motivated by the preference to save money and/or the environment, Representative Bogdanoff intimates that supporting additional infrastructure designed to increase energy dependence guarantees unsustainable energy costs. She recognizes that the health of our economy and environment will in large part depend on whether we increase “the production and use of alternative energy” or continue to send “billions of dollars in oil profits overseas.” Interpreting this crossroads as an opportunity that can be realized over the next decade, she redefines the issue as deciding between expensive dirty fuels that help finance threats to national security or clean abundant cheap energy - a classic no-brainer! Read On! - [editor]

“Dear Neighbor:

Until next time,”

CITY COMMISSION VOTES TO ISSUE RESOLUTION OPPOSING CALYPSO

June 8, 2008 - Two days after the City Commission meeting, GMCA President Pio Ieraci contacted lobbyist Tom Allen from SUEZ North America to confirm a meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 28^th, at Plaza South prior to notifying Galt Mile Associations that concerned residents would have the opportunity to hear a Coast Guard Security plan for Calypso. Despite assuring the City Commission that they intended to allay the fears of Galt Mile residents at this Plaza South meeting, SUEZ decided to “bait and switch” the venue to the IGFA (International Game Fishing Association) building in Dania, halfway across the county. When Commissioner Teel checked her emails on Friday morning, May 23^rd, she found an announcement from the RBB Public Relations firm entitled “Public Notice to the Broward County Community” welcoming the public to an “Informational Open House.”

Since Monday was Memorial Day, Calypso set a new standard for intentionally dissuading public access, cancelling the Galt Mile meeting and announcing the replacement public event with one business day’s notice. Ieraci asked why SUEZ was moving the location of the meeting after pledging to address the concerns of those frightened Galt Mile residents living closest to the LNG facility. Tom Allen said “We decided that we would need a much larger space.” Given their history of poorly attended Calypso meetings due to nearly invisible notice, it became clear that their nine lobbyists (5 for the Calypso Deepwater Port, 2 for the Calypso Pipeline, 1 for SUEZ Energy North America and Judy Stern in Broward) planned to pack the hall with supporters - not unlike the paid scientists who testified at the City Commission meeting.

INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS

The meeting was rescheduled for 7:30 PM at the International Game Fish Association Headquarters auditorium at 300 Gulf Stream Way in Dania Beach. The notice stated, “An outside moderator will introduce speakers from the U.S. Coast Guard and SUEZ Energy North America, and then facilitate a question and answer session for attendees so any and all issues and concerns can be addressed. We look forward to your attendance.”

REPRESENTATIVE ELLYN BOGDANOFF AND SENATOR JEFFREY ATWATER

GMCA President Pio Ieraci contacted our Tallahassee representatives, Senator Jeffrey Atwater and Representative Ellyn Bogdanoff, to apprise them of the machinations SUEZ resorted to after asking the Galt Mile Community Association to arrange a meeting in Plaza South with concerned Galt Mile residents. Senator Atwater immediately agreed to alter his plans and meet with the group of residents that initially fueled the opposition to Calypso. The next day, Saturday morning, the Senator met with GMCA officials Pio Ieraci and Eric Berkowitz, GMCA Advisory Board member Fred Nesbitt, Plaza South residents Bill and Terry Claire, Dr. Dave and Barbara Marshall, Ivan Itkin from L’Hermitage, City Commissioner Christine Teel, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Mayor Roseann Minnet and journalist Mark Brown.

SUEZ V.P. DAN MCGINNIS

Upon learning about the “bait and switch” tactic deployed by Calypso lobbyist Tom Allen and SUEZ V.P. Dan McGinnis, Senator Atwater surmised, “It sounds like these people (SUEZ N.A.) hope to create the appearance of holding a public meeting – only without the public. By moving the venue across the county to Dania on such short notice, it is fair to assume that they mean to discourage participation by the folks most affected by their project.” The residents explained to the Senator that although SUEZ has been actively pursuing a license for this deepwater port for several years, three out of Fort Lauderdale’s five City Commissioners knew nothing about Calypso. When Commissioner Teel learned about the project’s potential for disaster, she informed constituents that she intended to recommend that Governor Crist VETO the project. While Mayor Naugle was admittedly aware of the project, he said that he knew little about its dangers and drawbacks. Two weeks later, the City Commission voted to issue a resolution opposing Calypso. Senator Atwater recommended that we attend the Dania meeting. “I don’t think we should give SUEZ the opportunity to mislead the public – and the Governor – by packing the hall with supporters and then announcing that attendees were satisfied that the project was safe and sound,” said Senator Atwater. “It’s important that our voices are heard at this orchestrated event. It’s also important to engage the neighboring communities and their public officials such as Mayor Minnet, as they are all affected by this threat. The Governor needs to understand that this is an apolitical neighborhood issue.”

DISTRICT 1 COMMISSIONER CHRISTINE TEEL

Stymied by the short notice and the Memorial Day holiday weekend, GMCA officials asked Commissioner Teel if she would help arrange a bus to transport concerned Galt Mile residents to the IGFA (International Game Fishing Association) building in Dania for the Wednesday night meeting. On Wednesday evening, about 50 Galt Mile residents joined Senator Atwater and Commissioner Teel at the bus, despite having been given only one business day’s notice. Another 100 residents from the Galt Mile and Lauderdale-by-the-Sea arranged private car pools to the meeting. District 91 Statehouse Representative Ellyn Bogdanoff and District 4 Broward Commissioner Ken Keechl were already at the IGFA building when the bus arrived.

As the meeting convened, the SUEZ panel was comprised of Project Manager Dan McGinnis, SUEZ Energy North America Representatives Fred Staible, Brad Cooley, and Tony Galt, three Coast Guard officials and Bill Cooper, introduced as an independent expert on liquefied natural gas (LNG). The Coast Guard was represented by Captain Karl Schultz (Commander, Coast Guard Sector Miami), Mark Prescott (chief of deep-water ports standard division for the U.S. Coast Guard) and Commander Brian Gove (USCG Chief, Prevention Operations).

(L to R) LOBBYIST BILL COOPER, SUEZ ENERGY N.A. REPS FRED STAIBLE BRAD COOLEY, TONY GALT, PROJECT MANAGER DAN MCGINNIS

The meeting was also attended by groups with which SUEZ had financial dealings, such as several contracted scientists from Nova Oceanographic Institute. Citing deference to the attending local politicians, the SUEZ-appointed moderator called on Broward Commissioner Ken Keechl. After asserting that SUEZ’ decision to locate this facility across from a heavily populated area was insupportable, Commissioner Keechl exclaimed, “I have a personal problem with you. I resent your implication that my constituents who are alarmed by the project are ‘acting irrationally’. Other than the expansion at the South Runway at the Airport, I’ve never seen an issue create such dissention so quickly,” referring to the controversy surrounding the Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport expansion. “From what I’ve learned recently, their concerns are very real,” said Keechl. Commissioner Keechl subsequently sent a May 30^th letter to Governor Charlie Crist expressing his vehement opposition to the Calypso Deepwater Port.

BROWARD COMMISSIONER KEN KEECHL

Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Christine Teel echoed Commissioner Keechl’s objections, contending that the City agrees that “the public concern is justified.” She proceeded to read an official resolution opposing the project passed at the May 20^th City Commission meeting. Speaking next, Senator Jeffrey Atwater said “It would have served everyone’s best interests if SUEZ had addressed the threats posed by their project directly with those most affected by those threats in a calm environment. While I appreciate your efforts in securing attendance by the Coast Guard, many of those residents who harbor the greatest concerns are elderly and were unable to travel to Dania on such short notice. While it is important that SUEZ be accorded the opportunity to explain their project, it is equally important that they address the legitimate concerns of Galt Mile residents and other communities along the shore.” Addressing SUEZ N.A. Vice President Dan McGinnis, Atwater said, “I urge you to arrange another meeting at the Galt Mile right away,” since SUEZ’ questionable decision to switch the meeting at the last minute spoke to their credibility as an organization.

SENATOR JEFFREY ATWATER

The day before, on May 27^th, Senator Atwater sent a letter to Dan McGinnis expressing his disappointment with SUEZ’ actions, explaining that McGinnis’ decision to move the venue functionally prohibited participation by many concerned residents. Atwater wrote, “It is imperative that the residents of Galt Ocean Mile have the opportunity to have their voices heard! Their concerns and questions are valid, as this project has the potential of seriously impacting their community.” Insisting that the meeting scheduled to take place on the Galt Mile should have been important to SUEZ, Atwater closed with, “I do look forward to hearing from you shortly as to the time and location of a meeting that is convenient to the residents of the Galt Ocean Mile and surrounding communities.”

REP. ELLYN BOGDANOFF

District 91 Statehouse Representative Ellyn Bogdanoff also served notice on the SUEZ panel that she had already started familiarizing herself with the project and its impact on her constituents, having recently been made aware of the strong neighborhood aversion to Calypso. Doubtless aware of her position as Majority Whip in the Florida Statehouse, Bogdanoff sent a discernible chill through the SUEZ panel when she announced that she had already contacted the Governor about this issue. Digressing momentarily, she intimated the wisdom of SUEZ reconsidering their project and/or its location given the explosive opposition stridently expressed by a sizable and rapidly growing community plurality. Her tone hardened when she described the Governor’s reliable sensitivity to community concerns when weighing an issue’s adverse impacts. After the meeting, she exclaimed “The Governor is looking into what’s happening here. He should discover that this is not a political issue, but a grassroots demand for peace of mind.” Other government officials from Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Coral Springs and Dania Beach registered opposition to the project as well.

After extending the floor to every identifiable politician, the “Independent Moderator” assigned by SUEZ to control the meeting spent the next next 1½ hours “moderating” a discussion between panel members. As they asked one another a seemingly scripted set of irrelevant questions, a Galt Mile resident interrupted, stating, “We’ve been here for almost 2 hours and you still haven’t taken any questions from the Galt Mile residents for whom you supposedly arranged this meeting.” Receiving a nod from Dan McGinnis, the flustered moderator called on GMCA Advisory Board member Fred Nesbitt.

GMCA ADVISORY BOARD'S FRED NESBITT OF PLAYA DEL MAR

Quoting from a December 2007 Government Accountability Office (GAO) Maritime Security report, Playa del Mar resident Fred Nesbitt said that liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers face “suicide attacks from explosive-laden boats, ‘standoff’ attacks with weapons launched from a distance and armed assaults” resulting in a “severe threat to public safety, environmental consequences, and disruption of the energy supply chain.” Nesbitt pointed out that the GAO report admonishes that “the Coast Guard - the lead federal agency for Maritime Security - has insufficient resources to meet its own self-imposed security standards.” Responding to a newspaper article in which Dan McGinnis claimed that local opponents to Calypso were overreacting to “myths more than anything,” Nesbitt asked the Coast Guard representatives if they consider GAO reports to be myths. When they failed to answer, Fred asked the officers if they considered terrorism a threat. A SUEZ representative intervened, stating “If the Coast Guard thought that this project was dangerous, they would say so.”

GMCA VP ERIC BERKOWITZ

GMCA official Eric Berkowitz answered, “Dozens of counter-terrorism authorities have warned against the establishment of LNG facilities in densely populated areas. In a January 9, 2007 Congressional Research Service Report for Congress entitled “Maritime Security: Potential Terrorist Attacks and Protection Priorities”, Admiral Thad W. Allen, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, stated that “there is a significant threat by vessel-borne improvised explosive devices” and that “vulnerability to small-boat attacks stood out during a 2006 threat assessment.”

AL-QAEDA INFILTRATED LNG TANKERS

Berkowitz continued, “Former White House counter-terrorism chief Richard Clarke wrote a report entitled ‘LNG Facilities in Urban Areas” in May of 2005 warning that ‘As LNG imports become a more important sector of our economy, terrorist organizations like al Qaeda will become more interested in attacking them. In addition, LNG tankers, which often travel in close proximity to metropolitan seaports, are undoubtedly attractive high casualty targets for al Qaeda planners. In a recently released document known simply as the National Planning Scenarios, DHS (Department of Homeland Security) indicated that a potential terrorist attack on a chemical or gas tanker is the number six ranked doomsday scenario for the United States government. As a result, DHS is expected to spend at least an additional one billion dollars to secure against this form of terrorist attack. However even those within DHS believe that the United States is a long way away from true preparedness.’” Berkowitz informed the panel that Richard Clarke served 11 years as White House National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism for Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George H. Bush.

As his three-minute opportunity to address the panel expired, Berkowitz said “You have made mention several times at this meeting that irresponsible residents have spread an inflammatory rumor that an ignitable vapor cloud resulting from a catastrophic full discharge of a LNG tanker has the energy equivalent of 55 Hiroshima bombs. After investigating the source of this admittedly frightening analogy, I discovered that it wasn't, as you infer, some anti-LNG 'spin' manufactured to elicit unwarranted opposition to LNG facilities, but a direct quote from a 1982 Lovins & Lovins Pentagon study entitled ‘Brittle Power: Energy Strategy for National Security’. On page 88 of this report, Lovins contends that “An LNG fireball can blow through a city, creating a very large number of ignitions and explosions across a wide area. No present or foreseeable equipment can put out a very large [LNG]... fire. The energy content of a single standard LNG tanker (one hundred twenty-five thousand cubic meters) is equivalent to seven-tenths of a megaton of TNT, or about fifty-five Hiroshima bombs.” If I'm wrong in assuming that you are already familiar with this study, links on the Galt Mile web site to the original documentation will provide you with confirmation. Now that you are aware that this is not some dramatic metaphor meant to scare up opposition, but reliable information solicited by Armed Forces energy directors in the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, perhaps you will better understand the depth of our concerns.”

CAPTAIN KARL SCHULTZ

Plaza South resident Bill Claire referred to a statement by Lord Peter Levene, Chairman of Lloyds, the world’s second largest commercial insurer, who told Houston business leaders that a terrorist attack on an LNG tanker “would have the force of a small nuclear explosion.” Claire also reviewed Congressional Research Service concerns about the prospect of a tanker being commandeered by terrorists. Claire asked what the Coast Guard could do if a hijacked LNG vessel were guided into Port Everglades or beached on the Galt Mile shore and ignited. The SUEZ representative again interjected that the scenario was too remote to address. When Claire pressed for a response by the Coast Guard officers, Captain Schultz admitted that “any such terrorist threat should be taken seriously.”

FORT LAUDERDALE RESIDENT CHRIS CHIARI

Responding to Dan McGinnis’ claims that SUEZ has been publicizing the Calypso project for ten years, Oakland Park resident Chris Chiari clarified that the Calypso Pipeline was originally designed to transport natural gas from a Regasification facility in the Bahamas to Port Everglades. Explaining that his familiarity with the Calypso Pipeline and the subsequent Deepwater Port license applications derives from his participation on the Broward County Marine Advisory Board, Chiari asked “What happened to the Bahamas gas plant?” SUEZ’ Brad Cooley answered, “For some reason, they still haven’t approved the license.” Chiari retorted, “When the Bahamians rejected this dangerous facility, you moved it to our beach. The project you claim was in the works for ten years was a different project. The current Deepwater Port license application is two years old and nearly no one is aware that it exists, much less the danger it poses to adjacent neighborhoods.”

SENATOR JEFFREY ATWATER AND L-B-T-S MAYOR ROSEANN MINNET JOIN GALT MILE RESIDENTS AT SUEZ PRESENTATION

A Coral Ridge resident asked if an ignitable vapor cloud could travel from the Calypso facility to the heavily populated Galt Mile beach. A SUEZ representative contended that their Independent Risk Assessment (IRA) determined that the cloud could only travel 4 miles, 3 miles short of the beach. He said that Sandia National Laboratories participated in the Calypso IRA. Residents pointed out that another Sandia report commissioned by the Coast Guard in January of 2006 stated that the ignitable vapor cloud could travel 7.3 miles, extending a potential holocaust passed the Intracoastal Waterway into Coral Ridge. The same Sandia study refers to the minimum distance from the fire required to survive the attendant 2000 BTU heat flux, a conflagration beyond the suppression capabilities of most municipal fire-rescue units. An additional cushion of 2640 meters, or 1.64 miles, will expose residents to 5 kilowatts per square meter, the maximum survivable heat flux, extending the mortality perimeter well passed Federal Highway. Additional authoritative reports have been issued claiming the deadly cloud can travel up to 30 miles. Ivan Itkin, a Galt Mile resident whose field is nuclear physics, accounts for these statistical variances among risk models by considering the assumptions that the risk assessors were given by the company.

L'HERMITAGE RESIDENT IVAN ITKIN

For example, the Calypso independent risk assessment considers 5 cases of accidental breach. In each case, a LNG tanker is aligned on a North-South axis and a colliding vessel is positioned perpendicular to the tanker. The size of a breach is determined and the amount of LNG that will pour through the breach is calculated. In each of the 5 cases, only one tenth of the amount of spilled LNG is considered when the ignitable effect is measured. Why? Because the experiment assumes that the colliding vessel will plug the hole it creates in the tanker, reducing spillage by 90%. In alternative studies by the same risk assessor, cases were considered wherein the breaches were 90% plugged, 50% plugged or not plugged at all. Of course, the resulting ignitable vapor cloud traveled a lot farther given the additional gas counted toward the pool size. Itkin said, “By controlling the assumptions, the operator can elicit almost any desired result.”

LOBBYIST BILL COOPER PRESIDENT OF CLNG

During the course of the meeting, SUEZ representatives repeatedly referred questions to a gentleman named Bill Cooper, introduced as an independent expert on liquefied natural gas. When suspicious residents asked Mr. Cooper if he was a lobbyist, he responded by saying he was the President of the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas (CLNG). When pressed, he admitted that he was a registered lobbyist. A quick trip to the CLNG web site revealed that “The Center for Liquefied Natural Gas (CLNG) is a trade association of LNG producers, shippers, terminal operators and developers and energy trade associations.” SUEZ attempt to misrepresent Cooper’s objectivity backfired. He was on the payroll – albeit indirectly.

GMCA CHIEF PIO IERACI

Following the meeting, the Galt Mile activists again boarded the bus and returned home. When GMCA President Pio Ieraci opened his email later that night, he found a message from SUEZ lobbyist Tom Allen asking to arrange another meeting with the Galt Mile residents who expressed concern about his project. Mr. McGinnis had apparently received a correspondence from Senate President-elect Atwater that reinforced his constituents’ concerns and disparaged SUEZ attempt to engineer public perception of its project by manipulating the meeting venue. Ieraci informed Mr. Allen that he would contact the GMCA Board and the activists to convey the SUEZ proposal. Leery of Allen’s motives in view of SUEZ recent actions, Ieraci inquired “How can we know whether you will even show up?”

MARK PRESCOTT DWP STANDARDS CHIEF

FYI: The doubt expressed by Playa del Mar’s Fred Nesbitt upon quoting from a GAO report that “the Coast Guard - the lead federal agency for Maritime Security - has insufficient resources to meet its own self-imposed security standards,” was vindicated the next day. After stonewalling Nesbitt’s concern about the GAO report, chief of the deep-water ports standard division Mark Prescott stated in a Miami Herald interview that if the deep-water ports are approved, it is unknown to what degree the site would be guarded. “It may be full time, random, or on an escort basis. Frankly, we may not have the resources to protect it.” Prescott added dogmatically, “But we may be given the resources to protect it,” referring to Calypso’s regulatory right to include local resources in their security plan – funded by local taxpayers - YOU!!!

• Click Here to read City Commissioner Christine Teel’s letter to constituents condemning Calypso (Adobe PDF File)
• Click Here to read Broward Commissioner Ken Keechl’s letter to Governor Charlie Crist condemning Calypso (Adobe PDF File)
• Click Here to read the City Commission’s Resolution opposing Calypso (Adobe PDF File)
• Click Here to read Senator Atwater's letter to SUEZ Dan McGinnis disparaging his last minute venue change to Dania (Word Document) .
• Click Here to read the December 2007 Government Accountability Office (GAO) Maritime Security Report entitled “Federal Efforts Needed to Address Challenges in Preventing and Responding to Terrorist Attacks on Energy Commodity Tankers” (Adobe PDF File)
• Click Here to read the January 9, 2007 Congressional Research Service Report for Congress entitled “Maritime Security: Potential Terrorist Attacks and Protection Priorities” (Adobe PDF File)
• Click Here to read 11-year White House Counterterrorism Chief Richard Clarke's “LNG Facilities in Urban Areas” (Adobe PDF File)
• Click Here to read 1982 Lovins & Lovins Pentagon study entitled “Brittle Power: Energy Strategy for National Security” (Adobe PDF File)
• Click Here to read an address by Lord Peter Levene, Chairman of Lloyds, the world’s second largest commercial insurer, who told Houston business leaders that a terrorist attack on an LNG tanker “would have the force of a small nuclear explosion.”
• Click Here to read the January 2006 Sandia National Laboratories Report entitled “Review of the Independent Risk Assessment of the Cabrillo LNG Deepwater Port Project” (Adobe PDF File)
• Click Here to access all the Background Information and Official Government Documents relevant to the Calypso Deepwater Port Project and Pipeline

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