The Island Council of St. Eustatius has received a formal notice of the withdrawal of the building permit application for the construction of 31 tanks, a jetty, related buildings, pipeline and infrastructure and the Cul-de-Sac area, the maritime permit application and the hindrance permit application. NuStar has indicated that they do not intend to move forward with the project as described in the application. All activities related with the NuStar terminal expansion project have been put on hold until further notice. The amendment of the spatial development plan will proceed in its final form.
Source: Statia News May 7th of 2012 (10)
This is great news for all concerned with the environmental impact this project could have had on Statia and well as the surrounding islands throughout the Caribbean. Would like to have details of the ammendment of the “spatial” development plan and what in entails.
Personally I’m not sure if this is not only a strategic move. This is a big company and they have their tactics and lawyers. Let’s see what will happen next before we jump up and celebrate.