NEECO Seeks Permit for 250000 BPD Sanford Refinery Project
New England Energy Company presents a 3000 page DEP permit filing for a $754 million refinery plan in Sanford Maine. The project includes a Portland Harbor marine terminal an inland refinery a crude oil pipeline and product pipelines plus a residual fuel line to Cousins Island.
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New England Energy Company
NEECO
State Department of Environmental Protection
DEP
Sanford
Portland Harbor
Portand
Maine Power Company
Cousins Island
Yarmouth
Maine
Sanford Planning Board
Friends of Intelligent Land Use
FOIL
Ferndale
Wash
NEECO Outlines New England Refinery Plan
Mid September proposal forms NEECO to build a refinery in Sanford Maine to serve New England fuel needs. It aims to process 250000 bpd of light Arabian crude into gasoline and LPG near Portland, leveraging inland Sanford for market proximity and reduced environmental risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEECO
New England
Sanford
Maine
Portland
Maine BEP to hear testimony on largest refinery project
The Maine Board of Environmental Protection will oversee hearings on New England Energy Company’s plan to build a 250000 barrel per day oil refinery in Sanford. The proposal, first announced in October 1973 by Gibbs Oil Co, has drawn wide attention in York and Cumberland Counties. The Journal publishes a condensed 10000 word version of the 3000 page application daily, with full copies available at Biddeford Saco Kennebunk and Sanford town offices.
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Augusta
Maine Board of Environmental Protection
BEP
New England Energy Company
NEECO
Sanford
York
Cumberland
Gibbs Oil Co
Biddeford
Saco
Kennebunk
Watergate Jurors To Hear Nixon Tape
Prosecutors prepare to play a subpoenaed White House tape in the Watergate cover up trial with John W Dean III on the stand as H R Haldeman’s lawyer challenges admissibility and memory requirements. Judge Sirica warns against line by line objections during the playback.
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Watergate
Nixon
Washington
White House
John W. Dean III
Dean
Richard M. Nixon
H. R. Haldeman
John J. Wilson
Haldeman
Wilson
U.S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Happy Rockefeller Undergoes Breast Cancer Surgery
Vice President-designate Nelson Rockefeller announced that his wife Happy underwent a radical mastectomy on the left breast at Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital after discovering a lump last Friday. He expressed gratitude for swift medical care and noted Betty Ford’s recent mastectomy as context.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Happy
Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital
Rockefeller
Manhattan
Betty Ford
Ford
No Deal Behind Pardon Ford Tells Congressmen
President Ford told investigators there was no deal behind Nixon pardon and outlined talks with Haig and St Clair on Aug. 1 2. He described options including self pardon and resignation but said no agreement existed and that he spoke openly before Congress.
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Ford
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Defense
James D. St. Clair
Haig
Subcommittee On Criminal Justice
William Hungate
D-Mo
Hungate
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
House
George Washington
Senate
St. Clair
Firefighter Dies Assisting West Kennebunk Blaze
Assistant Chief Linwood J. Nedeau of Kennebunk Central Fire Co died of an apparent heart attack while returning to amass more aid for a three alarm blaze that consumed the old Stevens farm barn on Whitten Road. Firefighters battled rain for over three hours as a second incident, a 1942 No. 2 pumper overturn, caused by a driver swerving to avoid a car. no injuries.
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Kennebunk
Nedeau
Frank Stevens
Main
Water Streets
Main Street
Wormwood Gulf Station
John Downing
Central Fire Department
Mousam
High Streets
Brian McBride
Mousam Road
Lewis Burr
Stevens
McBride
Governors on TV in Maine discuss jobs and reform
Republican James Erwin Democrat George Mitchell and three independents debated on public TV in Augusta. They covered jobs policy tax reform and legislature size with Longley Hughes and Leen offering various approaches.
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Augusta
Pittston
George Mitchell
Portland
James Longley
Lewiston
Stanely Leen Jr
Bangor
William Hughes
Cumberland County
Maine
Erwin
Longley
Robbery bungled as bandit lists hotel job in application
In Buffalo the Villa Nova Hotel heist failed after a bandit filled out his name, address and phone number while attempting to rob the desk. Police say two men entered with a getaway car outside and fled with 52 dollars, leaving the application scrap behind. Bobby Koonce 25, Richard 19, and Willy Jackson 22, all of Buffalo, were charged with attempted first degree robbery.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Villa Nova
Edward Duggan
Duggan
Bobby Koonce
Richard
Wily Jackson
When We Borrowed Customs Who Missed the Siesta
A light cartoon caption joke about borrowing customs from older nations and a lingering dig at someone who passed up the siesta. The quip plays on cultural habits and daytime naps in a dry, humorous tone.
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Revere
Mass
Lovett C. Peters
Rucads Oil Co
Gibbs
Northern
Tlinois Gas Supply
Burmah Oil Inc
New Hampshire
Deunis
Happy Rockefeller
Kennebunk Fire
Peter Kingsley
Bergen
Webber Hospital
Central Fire Company
Charlotte
Chief Stevens
Whitten and
High Street
Davi Shields
Donald Trent
Steven's
Burr
State House
Maine Public Broadcasting News
David Pratt
Thomas Winship
Boston Globe
James Erwin
Hughes
Mitchell
Executive Council
Buffalo Bandits
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