SOEP has planned for several possible incidents, both major and minor, such as pipeline ruptures or well blowouts. Safety and backup systems decrease the likelihood that any accident will be unrecoverable or overly serious. A ccess routes such as logging roads already exist. Additional access from the pipeline is expected to be small and will be minimized with appropriate construction techniques. S ubstantial changes are not anticipated because the Project will create only a modest number of new jobs in the Goldboro or Point Tupper areas.
Newcomers are likely to be dispersed through a number of communities.