St James Parish Council voted to deny Wolverine Terminal Corporation’s application to construct a crude oil terminal and blending operation in Paulina. Wolverine would have been able to receive shipments of crude oil from other parts of the US and Canada by rail.
St James Parish Council voted to deny Wolverine Terminal Corporation’s application to construct a crude oil terminal and blending operation in Paulina. Wolverine would have been able to receive shipments of crude oil from other parts of the US and Canada by rail.
LEAN assisted community members in Paulina with their opposition to the Wolverine Terminal.
See The Advocate article for more:
This vote makes it official: St. James Parish denies permit for $30 million Wolverine project
KATE STEVENS
The Advocate
Oct. 02, 2014
CONVENT – The St. James Parish Council vote on Wednesday makes it official: The parish is denying Wolverine Terminal Corp.’s application to build a $30 million crude oil terminal and blending operation along River Road in Paulina.
The resolution cites the parish’s new land use and development ordinance as part of the Parish Council’s decision two weeks ago to deny Wolverine a land use exemption to build its proposed project.
On Sept. 17, the Parish Council followed the parish’s Planning Commission’s recommendation to deny Wolverine the exemption based on the opposition of residents to a new industrial project so close to their homes and on the industry’s incompatibility with the parish’s land use plan. As a requirement of last month’s permit denial, the Parish Council also had to formally present a resolution stating its decision “to make it proper,” Parish President Timmy Roussel said.
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