John Fernandes Limited (JFL) has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a permit to construct a hazardous materials storage facility at Plantation Fairfield, Mahaicony.
The closest residence will be 675 meters away from the facility, which in turn is 1,230 meters away from the seawall.
The project summary, which can be accessed on the EPA’s website, stated that the facility is to be strictly a storage and container transfer facility that will be used to store products and equipment, repackage products into tanks and filter products as it is being repackaged. It addition, it will contain office space for the warehouse team, quality control of the filtering operation, and transportation of inventory to supply vessels.