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Roanowicz, John and Judith Spiller. The Proposed Pittson Oil Refinery: A Case Study of U.S. Environmental Decision Making (Working Paper 1). Marine Law Institute. May 1984. 67 pp.

This paper is one of twelve working papers prepared for a study of the international environmental risks of large-scale coastal energy developments in the Gulf of Maine - Bay of Fundy region. The study was conducted by a team of investigators from the University of Southern Maine, the University of New Hampshire, and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Support for the project was provided by the William H. Donner Foundation, Inc. of New York, NY and the Max Bell Foundation of Toronto, Canada. In the early 1970s, the Pittston Company proposed to build and operate a 250,000 barrel/day capacity oil refinery and associated deepwater terminal for very large crude carrier vessels (VLCCs). They chose to locate this facility at Deep Cove in Eastport, Maine where they acquired an option on former airport land from the city of Eastport. This resource documents the story of this oil refinery, and uses it as a case study of U.S. environmental decision making.

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