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- What's the emergency response plan for this pipeline? I'm told it's at 1000psi, unscented, and has a blast radius of 700 feet. That's a 1400' diameter. And that's just the pipe rupturing from pressure. After that, there's the fact that the gas will ignite as soon as it finds an ignition source. The gas will expand 1000 times it volume as it converts from liquid to gas once it's freed.

- This pipeline is going through the coastal range at a depth of approximately 3 feet in places. What happens in a landslide/mudslide? Is it going to handle that kind of external pressure? The land is also seismically active.

- Is this pipeline going to be compatible with the logging activities that go on in these rural areas?

- What is the terrorist threat? And casual mischief? Will the pipeline survive being struck by a stray bullet from hunters or someone just blowing off steam taking pot-shots at something?

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