Monday, February 2, 2009

Update on Marathon Petroleum Proposal

Marathon Petroleum Company has asked for an extension for their proposals to add a railyard along Battle Creek (see our December blog for a discussion of their original proposal). They will need a variance for the work they propose - they are asking to be exempt from some of the requirements around wetland mitigation. The city has said that a technical report is necessary to explain why they think they can't meet these mitigation requirements.

So the deadline has shifted and should be around the end of March, though the city could extend that to May... we will keep you informed when we know when the public hearing will be...

Stay tuned...

1 comment:

District1Council said...

It looks as if the public hearing will be March 5. City staff is working to reduce the total acreage of wetland that would be impacted by the project... More later.