I attended the afternoon session of the LNG Demonstration sponsored by the International Port of Coos Bay and the Jordan Cove Energy Project last Wednesday 12/6/06.  Mr. Kirk Richardson who conducted the demonstration is a program manager for LNG/Marine Firefighting at the Texas Engineering Extension Service.  After questioning Mr. Richardson he readily admitted that he was in fact not a scientist or scientific expert on LNG and that he had not used or worked with any scientific models to conduct test of LNG spills over water.  He seemed unfamiliar with the Sandia Reports when I questioned him, which I found to be rather odd.  What Mr. Richardson is involved in is testing LNG in controlled testing basins and settings at his facility.  He stated that one of the main things his facility did was test different types of fire fighting foams and other things to see how they work with fighting LNG fires.  They also have a training program.  Mr. Richardson's conclusions about LNG are based on his experience with small scale LNG spills in controlled settings at his facility.   To understand Mr. Richardson's position on LNG one must also understand that the TEEX LNG program is heavily supported by one of the world’s largest energy companies, BP (British Petroleum) (http://www.teex.com/teex.cfm?pageid=ESTIprog&area=ESTI&templateid=1536 )