Spiritwood, N.D. — The Township of Spiritwood Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 at a special meeting Dec. 16 to cap building permit fees at $250,000. Just a week before it was standing firm at charging CHS Inc. a $1 million fee for CHS’s proposed $1.5 billion nitrogen facility (GM Dec. 16, p. 1). Afterwards, according to the local press, the board received a letter from CHS indicating that it would not request a full tax exemption for the project, but instead a partial exemption for an extended period. CHS also reportedly asked that the fee be lowered to $100,000. CHS had no further comments last week, but reiterated its earlier position it would make a decision on the plant in early 2014, and that it was not deterred by the $1 million fee.
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