Stark County Okays Oil Waste Facility -- But NOT BEFORE HAMMERING THE COMPANY -- Dickinson Press

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April 4, 2012: zoning commission receives petition to stop this waste facility.

A zoning commissioner thinks other Stark County representatives were too hasty in approving an oil waste facility near Belfield, and recommends the North Dakota Department of Health take a closer look at the project.

Zoning Commissioner Chuck Steffan, who lives near the building site, represented many of his neighbors when he presented Stark County commissioners with a petition opposing the project during Tuesday’s meeting at the Stark County Courthouse in Dickinson. Steffan added that the petition included “at least 125” signatures, and he thinks county representatives should revisit the project.

Suggestion: put it in Billings or Dunn County. 

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Stark County commissioners gave an Oklahoma company the green light to build an oil waste facility near Belfield, but not before hammering the company’s lead representative with questions and hearing out concerns of unsupportive residents.

And, of course, NIMBY:

Connie Fulton, who lives east of the building site, said she has a problem with the site’s location, not its existence.

And then talking out of both sides of his mouth:

Hoff said he voted against the project, but only because he thought it might have been beneficial to wait to make a decision. However, he believes the facility is a worthy project.

“I just want to say I do think this is an OK thing,” Hoff said.