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Epstein continuing illegal construction on Great St. James despite stop-work order, threat of fines
Multimillionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been forging ahead with building activity on the island of Great St. James, flouting efforts by the V.I. government to force him to comply with the territory’s environmental protection laws.
Jean-Pierre Oriol, commissioner nominee for the V.I. Department of Planning and Natural Resources, said Tuesday that the department’s division of Coastal Zone Management issued Epstein a stop-work order on Dec. 21.
Despite that order, construction activity on the island has been ongoing and includes “an excessive amount of additional roadways that have been carved out on the island, there have been two jetties, fill material has been placed into the submerged lands, so there’s evidence of work going beyond what was initially applied for. The exact amount of things is still yet to be determined,” Oriol said.
Oriol said the department, which regulates building activity in environmentally sensitive areas and issues permits for planned construction, is limited in its ability to make Epstein stop violating the territory’s laws.
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