SOUTH BRISTOL — The Maine Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard, Maine Marine Patrol and Lincoln County hazardous materials team are at the scene of an oil spill in the Damariscotta River in the village of Walpole in South Bristol. The Maine DEP was notified at approximately 9 a.m. Friday that a barge at […]
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DEP holding second meeting about Hebron Station School oil spill
HEBRON — A Hebron parent of two SAD 17 students said she and others want answers at Thursday night’s public meeting about the Hebron Station School oil spill. “It just maddens me. It just maddens me,” repeated Michelle Campbell, owner of Hair Plus Salon in Norway. Last week, Maine Department of Environmental Protection officials disclosed […]
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1,900-gallon oil spill closes Hebron Station School
HEBRON — Classes at Hebron Station School have been canceled until further notice while the school district and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection deal with the fallout from a heating oil spill. A DEP response team was on site Tuesday, determining the extent of the spill that occurred last week and how to proceed […]
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Lawmakers seeks better oversight of Maine DEP
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine lawmakers are preparing measures that would tighten oversight of the state Department of Environmental Protection following allegations last summer of failure to adequately implement or enforce certain environmental laws. However, given a lack of evidence, lawmakers are unlikely to order an investigation of the past activities of Commissioner Patricia Aho. Assistant […]
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Reading the smoke signals: Concerns about wood-stove smoke prompt state review
For two years, the state has kept filters from a Greenville air-quality project — a project that tried to analyze wood-smoke pollutants in the air — nestled in a freezer. Soon, it will finally send those samples off to a lab. Next winter, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection plans to replicate the Greenville study […]
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Lawmakers want DEP to meet dam deadlines
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers want more scrutiny of the Department of Environmental Protection after the agency missed deadlines several deadlines for the relicensing of dams in Maine. The Portland Press-Herald reports a bill unanimously approved by the Legislative Council would require the agency to report to the Legislature on upcoming relicensing deadlines and make sure there […]
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Natural Resources Council of Maine says DEP downplayed environmental impact of Bald Mountain mining
AUGUSTA — The Natural Resources Council of Maine on Thursday released an investigative report alleging that Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection did not provide to Maine lawmakers or the public information it has indicating that an open-pit mine at Bald Mountain in Aroostook County is likely to pollute rivers, lakes and streams with sulfuric acid runoff and […]
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State agencies offer free pesticide disposal
AUGUSTA — Mainers are urged to take advantage of a free opportunity to dispose of banned or unusable pesticides that they may have in their homes or elsewhere on their properties. This October, the Maine Board of Pesticides Control will team up with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to dispose of banned pesticides or […]
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A. Barnett: Residence rights lost
Because of a plumbing violation, state officials have taken away my rights. Because I didn’t have the proper land use permit for my outhouse, the Maine DEP has classified my home a “recreational vehicle,” which allows wind developers to erect a 500-foot high turbine in my back yard. My definition of a “recreational vehicle” is […]
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Warren sees light at end of tunnel for site holding 27,000 tons of flammable fiber wastes
WARREN — Fourteen years after 27,000 tons of flammable fiber wastes were dumped on a former rifle range off Route 90, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection hopes it has come up with a long-awaited solution. The DEP is soliciting bids for parties that would like to convert the carpet-like fiber into an alternative fuel […]