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Deegan said Global has indicated to the EPA that it is still loading, storing and distributing asphalt and No. 6 heavy oil at its Fore River facility. The company would be required to come into compliance with the Clean Air Act under the proposed settlement, he said.
Under a proposed settlement with the EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice, Global must apply for a revised license from the Maine DEP and take steps to reduce VOC emissions at the facility.
The revised license would limit the amount of petroleum products that could pass through the facility each year to 75 million gallons of asphalt and 50 million gallons No. 6 heavy oil on a rolling 12-month basis, according to the consent decree.
Global also must install mist eliminator systems on four heated tanks to address local air impacts and implement a program of at least 120 “non-heating days,” when one of the tanks isn’t heated for 24 hours. The tanks are heated to keep the petroleum products liquid.
In addition, the company must pay a $40,000 fine and invest at least $150,000 in a program to replace or upgrade wood stoves in the community. The program will provide vouchers to help people replace or retrofit older wood-burning stoves with cleaner-burning, more efficient heating equipment.
According to the EPA’s complaint, Global Partners owned the facility before 2002 and is liable to pay civil penalties ranging from $32,500 per day for each violation after March 15, 2004, to $97,229 per day for each violation after Nov. 2, 2015.
Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, Global operates 12 of more than 100 large petroleum storage tanks in South Portland, many of which serve seven fuel terminals on the city’s waterfront. Global receives asphalt and heavy oil by barge or truck and stores the products until they are loaded into tank trucks or marine vessel...
The Anti-Defamation League of Michigan has received a $1 million grant from the Southfield-based Ravitz Foundation to expand its program on recognizing and confronting anti-Semitism. The Bloomfield Hills-based agency will use the funding to provide additional training for Jewish high school students in local religious ...
Durban - KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Sihle Zikalala, today revealed that more than R200 billion will be pumped into the province’s economy in the next few years, thanks to the portfolio of investment opportunities.
Addressing captains of industry during the investment seminar held in Durban, Zikalala said KZNl had packaged a list of 25 projects worth more than R200 billion as part of contribution to the national investment drive launched by President Cyril Ramaphosa recently.
“All these projects, development sites have already been secured and are in the process of implementation, including the acquisition of funding and undertaking of feasibility studies,” he said.
Zikalala said the opportunities cover a range of sectors from agro-processing, film and media productions, manufacturing, logistics, medical, property development and tourism, he added. The MEC said the projects would benefit people in all corners of the province.
“We are excited that the investment opportunities which we have unveiled today will create 800 000 temporary jobs during the construction and development phase of the projects and a further 410 000 permanent jobs in the short to long term,” he said.
The investments were spread across the province including KwaDukuza, eThekwini, Mandeni, uMuziwabantu and uMhlathuze municipalities, confirmed Zikalala.
KwaZulu-Natal will conduct an annual review of the opportunities to assess progress on implementation and as well as add on new developments.
The list of investment opportunities were handed over to Phumzile Langeni, the special investment envoy to the president.
Zikalala said they will be combined with those of other provinces in a bucket of initiatives which will help South Africa to achieve its target of securing 100 billion US He added that the list of investment opportunities had been compiled at a time when there is growing enthusiasm for local and international companies...
KZN has two special economic zones that has attracted billions of Rands worth of investment with the potential to create hundreds of jobs.
“The Dube Trade Port is commencing with Phase Two which will create more industrial space for investors as Phase One is already fully occupied. At the same time the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone is playing a crucial role in investment attraction,” he said.
Speaking during the seminar, Langeni said KwaZulu-Natal’s projects would help the central government to achieve its target of attracting $100 billion worth of investments into the South African economy in the next five years.
“We commend the province for responding positively to the President’s call to put more efforts in attracting investments so that we can grow the economy and create jobs. We are happy that the projects that have been unveiled today will create thousands of jobs,” Langa said.
Model Barbara Palvin starred in this particularly popular Victoria's Secret Instagram post.
Victoria's Secret posted a photograph of model Barbara Palvin to its Instagram page.
Instagrammers celebrated the post for being more body-inclusive, as they perceived Palvin - who appeared in the brand's recent runway show - to be curvier than some of its other models.
A group of Bernstein analysts was quick to point out how successful the post has been.
On Monday, Victoria's Secret posted a photograph of model Barbara Palvin to its Instagram page. While Palvin is not a plus-size model - she also appeared in the brand's recent runway show - Instagrammers celebrated the post for being more body-inclusive, as they perceived her to be curvier than some of its other models...
"This model actually looks healthy..& I'm loving it!" one Instagram user wrote. "At last! A real human body," another said.
A group of Bernstein analysts, led by Jamie Merriman, was quick to point out how successful the post has been.
Within two days, the post had over 780,000 likes; more than 710,000 of those were added within the first day. It ranked No. 1 of all of Victoria's Secret's 103 posts from the last month, generating 4.2 times the average number of likes, and it earned the second-highest number of comments of all posts in the last month,...
"While this was just one Instagram post, not even Palvin's first for the brand, and not one that actually featured a plus-sized model, it demonstrates that the customer does respond to Victoria's Secret in a positive way, and with well above average levels of engagement, when the brand is perceived to be more inclusive...
Victoria's Secret has come under scrutiny in recent months and increasingly been accused of losing relevance among shoppers as its hypersexualized ads and racy runway shows have failed to resonate in the era of #MeToo.
Last month, Victoria's Secret parent company L Brands reported fourth-quarter earnings. Same-store sales at Victoria's Secret were down 3% during the quarter and 3% overall in 2018. L Brands also announced that it would be closing as many as 53 of its stores this year, citing a "decline in performance" as the reasoning...
At the same time as Victoria's Secret sales are declining, brands better known for advocating body positivity, such as American Eagle's Aerie and ThirdLove (which is becoming increasingly critical of Victoria's Secret), have gained market share.
Despite this, Victoria's Secret still remains the No.1 lingerie retailer in US and has the power - via its large store base and massive social media following - to win back these shoppers.
"If only they will take it," the analysts wrote.
GREENWICH — Natasha Ducasse says she gets all her décor from Goodwill, but that isn’t really true. Her curtains are from the dollar store, and she bought her carpet off someone from the Bronx for $100 — a deal that delights her.
If her whole apartment is made of bargains, it’s nearly impossible to tell. Her eye has thrown each touch together to appear tasteful and warm, like a home should be.
But appearances in this case hide a much less cozy reality.
Every day, Ducasse caters to the needs of others as a caseworker at Darien-based nonprofit Person-to-Person. And every night, she comes back to a cold condo in Greenwich, chilled by hours without the heater churning. She keeps her lights off to save on utilities, and her 17-year-old son stays late after school to finis...
“Every dime you make, even though it looks like you make good money, it goes toward bills,” Ducasse said.
Originally from Haiti, she came to Greenwich in 1989 because her mother worked in the high school cafeteria. For a time, she left town to live in Boston and Stamford.
Then, her son was in middle school.
She knew he would have more opportunities here than in other local communities. So she moved back.
With a college education and seven years at the same workplace under her belt, Ducasse makes an annual salary of $52,000 — over $30,000 more than Connecticut’s federal poverty level for a three-person household. But in an area where the median income is $142,800, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban De...
In fiscal year 2017, Ducasse fell far beneath HUD’s “very low income” limit of $63,200 for a household of three people in Greenwich. Even a pack of meat at the grocery store feels like a reach on her budget.
“Basically you’re living by the grace of God every day,” Ducasse said.
She is actually one of the lucky ones. Unlike thousands of other people who want or need to live in Greenwich but can’t, she has Section 8 coverage.
Greenwich has its obvious draws. Known for its school system, the town attracts parents like Ducasse who want to offer their kids a well-regarded education.
But for many in Fairfield County — and even for the vast majority of those who work in Greenwich and contribute to its daily life — those resources are squarely out of reach because affordable and moderate income housing is so scarce.
Some 26,281 people employed in Greenwich lived outside of town in 2015, according to a spokesperson for the Connecticut Economic Resource Center, who cited statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. That accounts for more than 80 percent of the workers here.
Some of them may choose not to live in town. Most don’t have a choice.
Officials at the Greenwich Housing Authority said they have over 99 percent occupancy in their public, state and private housing. There is not enough supply to meet demand.
In this environment, a housing choice voucher — part of a federal program commonly referred to as Section 8 that grants rent subsidies to low-income American citizens — may seem like one of the few pathways to an affordable home in Fairfield County, and especially in Greenwich.
But there is no way the HUD initiative can accommodate all those who qualify.
To apply for a housing choice voucher, a family must fit in HUD’s “very low income” bracket, which is based on the median income in the metropolitan area where they live. In Greenwich, very low income limits fall at $49,150 for one person, $56,200 for two, $63,200 for three, $70,200 for four, with a continuing upward t...
But the ability to apply does not mean that an individual will receive Section 8. In fact, most won’t.
When the Greenwich Housing Authority last opened the waitlist for the voucher program in spring 2016, more than 5,000 applications poured in over the course of four days. From those, 300 names were pulled through a lottery system.
People who were not selected will have to start over when the waitlist reopens. And there are still 118 from the 2016 group who have yet to receive a voucher.
“We can be pretty sure we won’t be reopening the waiting list for some time,” said Terry Mardula, deputy director and COO of the Housing Authority.
Even as thousands of people wait, there may be thousands more who could benefit from Section 8 but never will. A good number of those who qualify won’t ever apply because they’re too deterred by attitudes attached to the subsidy to take advantage of it, according to local experts.
“There’s a lot of stigma associated with Section 8 recipients,” said Gregory Hauck, who manages Family Centers’ housing programs.
Housing choice vouchers subsidize costs so that very low income Americans pay only about 30 percent of their income toward base rent. The government covers the remainder.
Depending on the beneficiary, subsidies range dramatically in size.
“You can have people who are on the program who still may be only receiving $50 of assistance,” said Anthony Johnson, executive director and CEO of the Greenwich Housing Authority.
Though Section 8 is run through HUD, local housing authorities can determine what priorities to set among applicants. In Greenwich, priority is given to those who already live or work in town.
As a Realtor, Claroni deals with a lot of Section 8 recipients, many of whom are nurses’ and teachers’ aides. They don’t make huge salaries, but they contribute daily to the town’s overall well being.
Claroni said the majority of the Section 8 clients she helps are employed, a fact officials at the Housing Authority echoed.
Like Ducasse, they are also often single mothers, Claroni added.
Misconceptions about the voucher program — and who participates in it — can further impede recipients’ ability to live locally. Claroni said Greenwich has the housing stock to accommodate Section 8 beneficiaries, but landlords who don’t understand how the program works often stand in the way of actually securing a unit...
But Claroni said Section 8 tenants tend to be the most reliable. Much of their rent check comes from the government, and they’re likely to dole out the rest so they don’t lose the subsidy.
Over the past few decades, Greenwich’s lack of affordable and moderate income housing has been a constant talking point. Only about 5 percent of housing here qualifies under Section 8-30g, which regulates housing affordability in Connecticut.
In 1987, a town report stated that below-market-rate-housing was “the single, most critical need in Greenwich.” Three years later, the selectmen’s housing committee called affordable living quarters “the most pressing housing problem” faced by officials in the last decade of the 20th century.
Some towns and cities fare better, but the shortage spans the entire state: According to Talk Poverty, for every 100 very-low-income individuals or families in 2015, only 65 units were available across Connecticut. The state ranked 22nd nationally in terms of affordable housing.
At least in Greenwich, a huge contributing factor to the dearth of affordable homes is the discrepancy between fair market value and actual asking price. In town, landlords can usually hike rents because the turf is so coveted that people are willing to pay far above what is considered to be fair in the Stamford-Norwal...
Here, fair market rent for a one-bedroom was $1,539 during fiscal year 2017. For government programs like Section 8, a property’s price tag cannot climb above fair market rent to qualify.
At Family Centers, Hauck has never placed a client in a Greenwich home.
Ducasse has often thought of leaving town, but she stays for her children. Her son likes it here, and her daughter has distinguished herself academically — so much so that Greenwich Academy is considering her for a full scholarship.
Ducasse originally received her housing choice voucher when she lived in Stamford. It took five years to get it, and she’s used it for more than a decade.
She would give it up in a heartbeat, if she could.
“If my job was to give me $70,000, I’d say, ‘I don’t need Section 8 anymore’ and just hand over the keys,” Ducasse said.
When she was a teenager, Ducasse babysat kids until 1 a.m. and then went to school the next morning. She worked the full nine months she was pregnant with her son, and most of the time before her daughter was due.
Now, at her nonprofit, she sees people who are living out of their cars after eviction. If she didn’t have Section 8, she believes she might be homeless, too.
The Section 8 voucher waitlist in Greenwich was last opened for new names to be added in spring 2016.
Being able to customize your kicks will never go out of style, and New Balance is the latest to jump on that wave by giving the popular 997 model a small added feature that goes a long way.
What makes this 997 so special isn’t the colorway; NB opted for a classic grey hue on the suede/mesh base upper. The standout feature is actually the swappable ‘N’ logos on the medial and lateral side panels. Velcro backing allows for its removal, with this release in particular having alternative options in either whi...
Qatar Airways Group chief executive HE Akbar al-Baker with the internationally-renowned Indian actress and Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at the DJWE.
Qatar Airways welcomed a glamourous opening day of the Doha Jewellery and Watches Exhibition (DJWE) at the Doha Exhibition and Conference Centre (DECC), held under the patronage of HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani.
The exhibition was officially opened Wednesday by HE Sheikh Abdullah.
In attendance were HE the Minister of Finance and chairman of Qatar Airways Group Ali Shareef al-Emadi, HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti, Qatar Airways Group chief executive HE Akbar al-Baker, and other VIP guests.
The spectacular exhibition, taking place until February 25, features more than 500 international luxury brands displaying some of the world’s finest gemstones, jewellery collections and watches, along with special editions and unique pieces.
Chinese jewellery designer Beau Han Xu and fashion designer Grace Chen have been flown in by Qatar Airways for the DJWE.
Visitors to the DJWE will also have the opportunity to experience Qatar Airways’ award-winning Business Class seat, Qsuite, which is on display at the show. Qsuite features the industry’s first-ever double bed in Business Class, as well as adjustable panels and movable TV monitors that passengers can adjust to transfor...
As the Official Airline Partner of the DJWE, Qatar Airways has flown the internationally-renowned Indian actress and Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, to Doha to open the event. The airline has also flown a host of other international celebrities and style influencers to take part in the event, including Chin...
A multiple-award winning airline, Qatar Airways was named ‘World’s Best Business Class’ by the 2018 World Airline Awards, managed by international air transport rating organisation Skytrax. It was also named ‘Best Business Class Seat’, ‘Best Airline in the Middle East’, and ‘World’s Best First Class Airline Lounge’.
Qatar Airways currently operates a modern fleet of more than 230 aircraft via its hub, Hamad International Airport to more than 160 destinations worldwide.
The airline has launched an array of new destinations recently, including Gothenburg Sweden; Mombasa, Kenya and Da Nang, Vietnam. Qatar Airways will add a number of new destinations to its extensive route network in 2019, including Malta, as well as many more.
The transition to renewable energy could result in cheaper, cleaner and more reliable electricity supply for SA, according to a new study.
The study, which is part of the Southern Africa — Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme undertaken by the University of Cape Town’s Energy Research Centre (ERC), highlights that the future energy supply should come primarily from wind and solar.
It states that renewable energy plus flexible generation or storage provides the least-cost pathway for the electricity sector and that no new coal or nuclear power plants should feature in SA’s electricity future as their inclusion would require subsidies from consumers.
SA-TIED is a collaboration between local and international research institutes and the SA government. However, outcomes of studies are not policy positions of government.

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