Jennifer Jager

I oppose granting the license for Port Ambrose LNG Terminal. Shale Gas brings a much higher price overseas, and several LNG import terminals in this country are already converting to export. Shipping gas overseas will not only increase the cost of natural gas here, but it will encourage a tremendous increase in fracking in this region, which as we know, will cause countless cases of water and air contamination, and a host of other health and environmental problems. Also, because methane is a hundred times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide over a 20 year period, the persistent methane leaks from drilling operations, pipelines, and LNG operations will spell catastrophe for the climate. *Port Ambrose poses an unacceptable risk to the ecology and economy of shore communities in NY and NJ that were recently devastated by hurricane Sandy. Located near the entrance to the NY Harbor - south of Jones Beach, NY and east of Monmouth Beach, NJ - in two active Coast Guard training areas, and among several fishing areas and wildlife migration routes, Port Ambrose would be a navigational hazard near the entrance to the busiest harbor on the East Coast, a danger to marine life, and a threat to commercial fishing. *Shale Gas is at least 90 percent methane, which is combustible. Though in its liquid state natural gas is not explosive, spilled LNG will quickly evaporate, forming a vapor cloud, which if ignited can be very dangerous (Council on Foreign Relations http://on.cfr.org/18n66Ra). *LNG ships and terminals are potential terrorist targets, because of LNG's explosive potential, and pose an unacceptable risk to the people of Long island and New York.