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B-178205.100 1 (1978-04-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobachkv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-178205100 RELEASE0 APR 10 198 Mr. Gene Kinney, Editor Oil & Gas Journal P.O. Box 1260 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101 Dear Mr. Kinney: Your editorial of March 13, 1978, commented on a General Accounting Office (GAO) draft report on liquefied natural gas (LNG). We do have a draft report on Liquefied Energy Gases Safety on which we recently sought the comments of concerned Federal agencies and private companies. Liquefied energy gases as used in the draft report include LNG, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and naptha. Unfortunately, the draft report leaked to the press after it was distributed for coment and before we considered it a final report ready for public release. We are now in the process of con- sidering many worthwhile and substantive comments on the draft and making appropriate revisions. The obtaining of comments from respon- sible Federal agencies and other concerned parties, and the revising of draft reports to recognize the comments is a normal practice in GAO. As you are aware, the Director of GAO's Energy and Minerals Division, Monte Canfield, Jr., testified on the tentative findings in the draft report before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee on February 21, 1978. In that testimony, Mr. Canfield's specific comments on LIG safety issues were preceded by the following statement. I want to make clear at the outset, though, that my testimony is not directed toward the conclusion that LNG is too dangerous a substance to rely upon as an energy source. The principal thrust of the tentative findings which follow Is that because LNG is the dangerous sub- stance it is, and because its potential for damage is so great, serious consideration needs to be given to inten- sified safety measures and to whether new or expanded old storage facilities should be built in densely popu- lated urban areas; further, that transportation through such urban areas should be highly controlled. -I

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