TEPPCO Says No To Moving Location; Lawmakers Vow To Fight - WHNT

Here's an update on a story that continues to develop in Decatur. City, county and state leaders met with TEPPCO executives Thursday to discuss the company's plans to put a fuel depot in the old Wolverine Tube site, which it will use to ship out diesel.

[joe]

seems like every one dosent worry about a job around here except for the people thats layed off. yall worry about the water and it already has the worst of every thing put in it now. if yall dont want jobs around here then pay these folks that are layed off bills

[Danny]

This company obviously cares very little about 1)the community it wishes to establish itself in,nor 2) their company reputation. Reasons are as follows:
1) The company does not care about the community because they refuse to accept that there is potential harm in operating so close to a drinking water source/intake. No matter how big or little the community, a company should always maintain healthy relations with the city and people around them.
2) TEPPCO also does not care for their reputation. As it stands, they have ignored local leaders attempt to relocate to a better site. Even though they say there will be no problems, they should back up their safety measures by locating as far as possible from water sources so as to minimize the effects of any accident.

[Byron]

Well here we go. The politicians try to flex their lard and keep jobs from coming to Decatur. Just like those people that say america has the best medical care in the world....GET IT CORRECT, WE NEED ANY JOB THAT COMES AROUND and for all you uneducated health idiots, America ranks 26th in the world....we just outspend the world. France is No.1.

[alvolfan]

I think that ADEM should be MADE to get tough on this situation. And if a policy change is made MAKE IT. They are the ones who decide how safe the water we drink is. Somebody in the government should have the guts to get tough when its needed! OK Governer Riley start twisting arms. Or are you in bed with big industry all the time?

[Butch]

TEPPCO, forget Decatur and come to Jackson County.
WE WANT YOU!

[Jan]

You are only talking about 4-5 permanment jobs after completion and those will not be locals....The taxes that TEPPCO will pay will not even cover repairing highways let alone the damage that will be done when there is a spill...and there will be a spill look at their history. There is nothing good about TEPPCO the only people that made a profit were those that closed the deal.

WAKE UP STOP TEPPCO