After removing three underground tanks, replacing an old sewer line and installing new, higher power poles, the company obtained approval from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to build on the site. They reused land that already had been paved over, rather than paving undeveloped land for industrial use. Preserving the environment was not their only motive. The infrastructure is there. The roads are there.
People know where it is.
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