This may not be over yet. According to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader,
Hyperion plans to renegotiate land options before the South Dakota Supreme
Court issues its ruling on the plant's air permit.
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012310040033
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From: gerald neff
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 8:15 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: !!!! Hyperion declines to renew land options
Jim, All of your hard work has paid off. Thanks for taking the lead on this
serious issue and thanks to Neila, Pam, Wally and others who went to all the
meetings, wrote letters and sent emails. Well Done! Jerry N
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From: Jim Redmond <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 20:41:59 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: !!!! Hyperion declines to renew land options
Glenn, D___ computer changed 14 pt font to 6. Wish I could manage this
monster.
The Loess Hills that are presently threatened are those in Monona County.
The landowners got new tax bills and some are planning to level hill tops or
cut timber and plant corn. There is a small group organizing to respond. I
will get any notice of a meeting or phone conference to you.
Please let me know if the print gets downsized. Thanks, Jim
This is news we have been waiting for in Sioux City, South Dakota, and in
Iowa.
Celebrations are beginning after years of a long struggle.
The Court hearing set for Wednesday in South Dakota is still likely to be
heard.
This $10 billion tar sands oil refinery would have meant another century of
fossil fuel addiction .Congratulations to the Sierra Club South Dakota
chapter and other opponents. Thank you for the hard work to retain our way
of life in our region. Jim Redmond
Hyperion has declined to renew options on 6,000 acres of Union County land
on which it plans to build a $10 billion oil refinery, but company spokesman
Eric Williams said this does not mean the project has been canceled.
"We are evaluating our various options and opportunities," he told the Argus
Leader in an email. "We appreciate the longstanding and continued support of
the landowners in Union County and are continuing to dialogue with them."
The South Dakota Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on
the refinery's Prevention of Significant Deterioration air quality permit,
which has been challenged by the Sierra Club, Save Union County and Citizens
Opposed to Oil Pollution.
Hyperion still plans to argue the case, Williams said, although it's unclear
whether the company will apply to extend the construction deadline of March
2013 specified in the permit.
The Dallas-based company recently asked landowners with whom it has option
agreements to extend the option period indefinitely while the project was
being challenged in court - some landowners reportedly refused to sign - and
then a week later requested a 30-day extension, to Sept. 30, to meet this
year's payments.
But the company declined to renew the contracts, meaning the company no
longer has legal claim to the land on which the refinery would be built.
Alyce Law of Des Moines, who had 160 acres under option, told the Argus
Leader that Hyperion Vice President Preston Phillips notified her this
morning that the project was off.
"He said the option was not going to be forthcoming, that as of midnight
last night - that would have been the deciding time of no more negotiating,"
she said. "He said (my option contract) is now null and void. ... (and that)
the project would not proceed."
Williams said Phillips did not mean that the project had been cancelled,
just that the options would not be renewed.
Permitting for the 400,000-barrel-per-day Hyperion Energy Center, which
would process heavy crude shipped from Canada, has been tied up in court for
five years.
Read more in Tuesday's Argus Leader
From: Iowa Discussion, Alerts and Announcements
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Glenn Pollock
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 7:49 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: !!!! Hyperion declines to renew land options
On 10/1/2012 6:33 PM, Redmond, Jim wrote:
See the Sioux Falls Argus Leader story below.
T
Print is too small read. Also what Loess hills were you working on saving.
Glenn
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