State demands answers from crude-oil shipper
Scott Waldman
ALBANY—The state environmental conservation department is stepping up its response to a Fortune 500 company bringing millions of gallons of crude oil through New York, threatening to refuse permits if Global Companies LLC does not respond to an extensive list of questions about its plans to expand.
The state is even reviewing whether environmental regulators “took the requisite hard look” at a proposed project before signing off on an air quality permit last year.
In a letter to Global sent Monday, Department of Environmental Conservation regional permit administrator William Clarke wrote that the project could be rejected unless the company answers basic questions about its liability insurance, the origination of the crude it wants to bring here as well as its capability to handle accidents and fires. All of the company's earlier permits, including those to store and ship Bakken crude from North Dakota, are also under a full review.
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