Man Made Island to be Built off Long Beach, NY
By NYBB on Feb 1, 2008 in NYBODYBOARDING
Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter.
Unfortunately, what has been proposed by the Atlantic Sea Island Group (ASIG) here in NY is a fixed MEGA-ISLAND storing and transporting Liquid Natural Gas (LNG). 4 Holding Tanks each holding 6,356,640 cubic feet of LNG to be placed on this structure. 13 miles off of New York and 19 miles off of New Jersey.This mega-island will be right outside the harbor of NY. The materials they wish to use are to DREDGE nearby waterways. One can only imagine the contaminated content of this sediment. A sub-sea pipeline would be added that would transport the natural gas to an offshore connection with the transcontinental gas pipeline corporation’s pipeline.
First and Foremost this island is to be built on New York and New Jersey’s only naturally occurring reef: Cholera Bank.
We also have endangered species in our area such as:
The North Atlantic Right, Fin and Humpback Whales along with
Kemp Ridley’s, Loggerhead and Leatherback Sea Turtles.
The Island itself will need 116 acres of ocean sea floor to be used as a footprint. It will be 25 feet above water, the holding tanks higher. The island would be approximately 60 acres and during construction 9,000 acres of an exclusion zone has been requested. Mega-tankers will be using this island and increase traffic by 27-250 tankers yearly.
Construction to begin in 2009 and end 2014.
I am seeking your support to the prevention of this LNG Mega-Island. It will have permanent and devastating effects ecologically let alone the safety concerns on a Homeland Security basis. There must be another way to provide energy.
If this Island is built. There will be countless others.
My name is Piedad C. Barillas. I am an Acupuncturist and avid Surfer. I am a part of SAMMI: Surfers Against Man-Made Islands, NYNJSURF.COM, a member of Surfrider and supporter of Clean Ocean Action of New Jersey. See below for my contact information and for Kari Martin, whom is the main contact for COA.
CLEAN OCEAN ACTION:
Kari Martin
Policy Communications Director
Clean Ocean Action
18 Hartshorne Drive, Suite #2
Highlands, NJ 07732
PH: 732-872-0111
Fax: 732-872-8041
email: outreach@cleanoceanaction.org
Piedad C. Barillas
PCB Traditional Acupuncture
127 South Street Suite 1
Oyster Bay, New York 11771
ph. 516.526.9955
fx. 516.922.2531
acupie@yahoo.com
If you would like to help please contact me and pass this email along to those that may be interested
The proposal link from The Atlantic Sea Island Group is:
the rest of their filings are available here - search for docket # 28535:
What’s also been announced on top of the Mega-Island proposal:
ExxonMobil Announces BlueOcean Energy, a Project to Bring Needed Natural Gas Supplies to New Jersey and New York via a Floating Offshore LNG Terminal
Tuesday December 11, 3:45 pm ET
Warmly,
Piedad C. Barillas
thanks for posting all this info…..definitely something we should all keep an eye on!
allison | Feb 6, 2008 | Reply