Petition Background (Preamble):
United Riverhead Terminal plans to convert two existing tanks to store gasoline. It also wants to build two additional 19,000-gallon tanks for blending 10 percent ethanol into the gasoline and have applied for a permit to expand the non-conforming use on their property.The two tanks to be converted are on the north side of Sound Shore Road. One tank, with a capacity of 87,000 barrels of oil, will hold 2.7 million gallons of regular gasoline; the other, which can hold 67,000 barrels, will contain 2.1 million gallons of premium gasoline, according to URT.
Originally, it was reported that the storage and distribution was to be for emergency use only but the company has since admitted that this expansion will be part of their everyday, 24/7 business with a minimum of 12 trucks coming in and out of the terminal per day.