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Location : While approximately 50 acres is required for LNG equipment, 

 large amounts of additional land are usually purchased for a safety 

 buffer. The potential exists for explosion at a facility of this type, 

 so the sponsor must attempt to locate plants some distance from populated 

 areas. Special care must be taken to reduce adverse environmental 

 effects on aquatic and terrestrial wildlife and on endangered species 

 habitats. The ecological problems associated with LNG processing plants 

 are primarily a result of the sponsor's desire to locate the facility at 

 a coastal site to reduce costs of pipeline construction. While LNG must 

 be unloaded from an LNG tanker at a marine terminal, the actual processing 

 of the gas can occur on upland areas some distance from the unloading 

 operation. To facilitate LNG deep-draft vessels the marine terminal may 

 be located some distance from shore and connected by pier or tunnel to 

 the onshore processing site. 



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