South Portland approves propane buffer despite warnings over legality

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South Portland approves propane buffer despite warnings over legality Anonymous 03/23/16 (Wed) 03:57:24 No.347791

http://www.pressherald.com/2016/03/22/propane-development-buffer-is-approved-in-south-portland/

SOUTH PORTLAND — A divided City Council approved a hotly contested fire code amendment early Tuesday that requires a 1,257-foot buffer between important public facilities and proposed liquefied petroleum gas distribution plants.

The council’s action followed Friday’s announcement by NGL Energy Partners that it had withdrawn a year-old proposal to build a $3 million propane depot at Rigby Yard. While the citizen-drafted code change was proposed late last year to limit NGL’s gas storage plan, several councilors said they saw the amendment as a way to control potential development of propane facilities anywhere in the city, including by Rigby Yard owner Pan Am Railways.

A majority of councilors approved the buffer requirement despite warnings from the city’s attorneys that Pan Am might challenge the fire code amendment in court or before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board as a precedent-setting infringement on federal pre-emption rights that allow railroads to disregard local land-use regulations.

Anonymous 03/23/16 (Wed) 04:37:40 No.347844

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>>347791

>A majority of councilors approved the buffer requirement despite warnings from the city’s attorneys that Pan Am might challenge the fire code amendment in court or before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board as a precedent-setting infringement on federal pre-emption rights that allow railroads to disregard local land-use regulations.

I understand why they do this, but there are serious railroad disasters every few years. I won't want explosive materials or toxins going through a railroad near where I live.

Anonymous 03/24/16 (Thu) 05:49:36 No.348762

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