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           UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                      WASHINGTON, D.C.


                              FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                              AT 10 A.M., THURSDAY
                              March 1, 1979


                        TESTIMONY OF
                  J. DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR
              ElIERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION-7066
              UIQUEFIED ENERGY GASES SAFETYJ08
                         BEFORE THE
           HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND POWER
        COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE



Mr. Chairman:

     We are pleased to be here today as you consider   .51, a

bill to amend the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 19682 I

will be commenting, in part, on its provisions to improve the

safety of liquefied energy gases (LEG) facilities. We are con-

cerned about the siting and safety of both liquefied natural gas

(LNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) facilities.

     As you recall, we appeared before your committee a year ago,

during the hearings on an earlier bill, H.R. 6844. Some of our

comments at that time had to be somewhat tentative, because our

report on LEG safety was still in draft form.

     We also provided to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign

Commerce some detailed comments on the LEG provisions of H.R. 11586,

the Fuels Transportation Safety Amendments Act of 1978.

     My comments today will begin with a brief summary of the ma-

jor conclusions in our final report, Liquefied Energy Gases Safety

(EMD-78-28), issued in July, 1978. I will also summarize the major




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