September 2010 Community Bulletin - distributed to letterboxes in Williamstown this week.

Local residents may have seen Mobil quoted in the local paper on the issue of the State Government’s decision to rezone the site of the Former Port Phillip Woollen Mill at Nelson Place, Williamstown, from industrial to residential use.

Mobil has long held the view that this decision is inappropriate.  The site is very close to the Mobil-operated Port Gellibrand dock and terminal, which the refinery uses for the storage and import/export of crude oil and petroleum products.  Under the previous zoning the former mill site served as an effective and important buffer between industrial premises such as the dock, other industrial operators, and the nearby residential area.

Mobil maintains a safe and responsible operation at Port Gellibrand dock and aims to limit the facility’s impact on its few surrounding neighbours. In our view the State Government should support the general principle that any development proposal that significantly increased residential population density in the neighbourhood immediately surrounding a petroleum handling/storage facility such as Port Gellibrand dock should not be accepted.

http://exxonmobil.com.au/Australia-English/PA/community_liaison_news.aspx