President Chuck Hart of the San Pedro Peninsula Homeowners United, Inc. expressed on behalf of the homeowner membership the urgency for Congressman Ted Lieu to finally support the interest to ensure the public safety and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach against domestic terrorism in butane and propane gas storage facilities in the San Pedro area.
Within the three-mile blast zone of the Plains All American Pipeline and Rancho LPG, LLC, cities such as San Pedro, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Harbor City, and Torrance are more in danger being near the over 25-million-gallon storage facilities.
The letter expressed an alarming comparison of the energy of 25-million-gallon storage facilities to the explosion that killed over 200 people in August 2020 in Beirut with the equivalent energy of only 77,000 gallons of butane gas.
Assigned as a “Tier One – Soft Target of Terrorism” by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the highly explosive facility can be triggered with a high-power rifle. Designed as an offsite storage location, it is easily targeted being established over 48 years ago.
With the local support of Congresswoman Nannette Diaz Barragan and Congressman Alan Lowenthal, any future legislative action will be dismissed without Congressman Ted Lieu’s support having Plains All American Pipeline and Rancho LPG, LLC facilities located in his jurisdiction.