Trutnev said the 4188-km long pipeline should run to the bay of Kozmino, 15km off Nakhodka. According to the minister, this route is more convenient economically, since there is an operating railway connection with Nakhodka. It is also ecologically safer because the area was turned into an industrial zone long ago, unlike Perevoznaya which is situated one kilometer away from a national reserve, with another reserve nearby. "Two nature reserves near Perevoznaya prevented us from considering Perevoznaya as the pipeline's terminus," Trutnev said. Russia's Ministry for Natural Resources will apply to Russia's oil-transport monopoly Transneft asking it to change the pipeline's route, the minister said. This proposal will be supported by Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref, and Transportation Minister Igor Levitin. With the terminal location changed from Perevoznaya to Kozmino, an additional 50km of pipeline will have to be constructed, but this will be compensated for by better economical conditions in Nakhodka, Gref said. According to Trutnev, he has yet to receive Transneft's feasibility study for the Pacific pipeline which is to stretch from the Siberian city of Taishet to Primorye's Pacific coast. In June, Transneft said that the pipeline will have its terminal in Perevoznaya bay, 26km from Vladivostok, saying that the company had chosen the option after comparing more than 10 alternatives, and had received state approval and support for the pipeline. However, local environmentalists furiously opposed the decision, claiming that Perevoznaya is the worst option. At the end of May, local environmentalists presented to Primorye's Duma deputies a research report on eight alternative bays, comparing them in terms of navigation, storm conditions, coast infrastructure, complexity of construction work, and ecological risks. Among the most convenient bays were named Bezymyannaya, Strelok, and Kozmino, near Nakhodka.