Letter: South Portland should not build homes near tank farms

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 25, 2025

The South Portland Comprehensive Planning Committee and Planning Board seem set on development, residential and commercial, in the Shipyard district near oil tank fields. Such development means chronic exposure to a number of tank fume toxins. I hope South Portland will value the health of its citizens enough to deny residential development near tank farms. ~ James Melloh, South Portland