- April 3, 2025
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Dear Editor:
To put it bluntly, have the city and county officials lost their collective minds? They are actually considering the creation of a really big oil tank farm that will house 12.6 million gallons of gasoline in Palm Coast. And get this, its proposed building site is close to a city water treatment plant.
It’s a 78-acre project spearheaded by Belvedere Terminals, a subsidiary of Grupo México, a huge conglomerate, that has been cited numerous times for serious environmental violations including massive oil spills. And the icing on this petroleum cake is the CEO of Belvedere was convicted of bribing a public official.
If anyone thinks the EPA will ensure the safety of the oil tank farm, think again. There may not be much left of that agency after DOGE is done with it.
Surely these “not in my backyard” reasons alone are enough to tank this really dumb idea.
Margaret Minutaglio
Palm Coast
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