Multi-national corporation BHP Billiton plans to build a floating terminal to receive and process LNG shipped from Australia. The 300-meter long Cabrillo Port would be moored in deep water, 14 miles offshore near Oxnard and Malibu.

LNG supertankers would arrive at the terminal (3 per week) to offload LNG. There, it would be re-gasified and then transported to shore via a new pipeline to built by BHP Billiton.

The natural gas would continue through around 13 miles of new gas pipeline running between Oxnard and Camarillo, before entering the existing natural gas infrastructure.

Environmental Impact Report

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Concerns About the Cabrillo Port LNG Project include:

The LNG terminal would be located near major shipping lanes, potentially impacting navigation by commercial and private vessels. An accident at the terminal or on a tanker could threaten ships, recreational boaters, and marine wildlife with explosion or fire.

The project would emit over 270 tons of smog-producing air pollution per year into the Oxnard area, and greenhouse gases aggravating global warming. Yet BHP Billiton claims the project is exempt from requirements to offset such emissions.

Cabrillo Port would be located in a unique and sensitive ecosystem, near the Channel Islands National Park and Marine Sanctuary. The proposed pipeline connection to shore would disrupt coastal wetlands and habitats.

Discharges from Cabrillo Port will degrade ocean water quality, while underwater noise from the tankers, the terminal and pipeline construction could impact whales and dolphins, or cause them to abandon traditional habitat.
The project would disproportionately impact low income and culturally diverse communities; the gas pipeline is proposed to run close to several Oxnard-area public schools.

According to the US Geological Survey, the terminal and pipeline are proposed for a seismically active area, earthquakes.

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Map of the Proposed Project