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Originally Posted by flymehomenow
As you said, rightly, there is no big deal in expanding an existing refinery, the permitting is much less stringent than getting a permit for a new refinery being developed from greenfield construction.
No new coal fired power plant has been built since Zimmer Power plant just east of Cincinnati on the Ohio River. That was opened in the mid-70's. Look it up.
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Yes, I think the word EXPANSION is the key. There were probably some existing permits of some sort that didn't have to be obtained from scratch had it been built on new property. Don't know, just speculating.