- April 11, 2025
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Dear Editor:
Please do not allow Belvedere Terminals to build a fuel facility in Palm Coast.
I recently moved to Palm Coast with my husband and 10-week-old son. We live in Sawmill Branch, a new-build community that will be right next to this fuel facility. The parent company has been cited for oil and chemical spills and this facility will be too close to our well/drinking water supply. This is not worth the $800,000 in taxes.
I am all for Palm Coast expanding into industrial businesses, but this is the wrong business. If this facility is built, myself and many other families will be moving to St Augustine and taking our tax dollars with us which would far exceed the revenue from the fuel farm.
Studies have shown that children who live near fuel facilities may have an increased risk of leukemia. You could literally save lives by not approving of this build.
Katherine Friborg
Palm Coast
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