Attorneys familiar with the cases say they are unaware of any that have gone to trial and know of only one that’s been settled.
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Oil spill at Androscoggin County Jail
Auburn Fire Chief Geoff Low, left, and Battalion Chief Don Flanagan walk past a patch of home heating oil in the recreation yard of the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn on Wednesday. About 600 to 1,000 gallons of heating oil spilled when an oil dealer was filling the tank in the basement and a system failure […]
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DEP monitors minor Durham oil spill
DURHAM — State environmental officials on Monday were monitoring a small diesel fuel spill that occurred at a Durham wood processor Sunday morning. Scott Cyr, oil and hazardous material responder for the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, said the spill was reported to DEP just after midnight Sunday. A tanker from Diesel Direct was filling […]
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Hebron wetlands declared safe to walk after year of clean-up
HEBRON — One year after more than 1,500 gallons of fuel oil leaked from a Hebron Station School tank and into adjacent wetlands, the Department of Environmental Protection has concluded its site monitoring and declared the area safe to walk. But the case remains open. “A draft report is in the process of being reviewed, […]
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Coast Guard reports oil spill of unknown origin of Cape Porpoise
KENNEBUNKPORT — The Coast Guard says cleanup is underway following the discovery of an oil spill on an island that’s part of Cape Porpoise. The Coast Guard says it received the initial report of an oil sheen and oil on the coast of Bickford Island on Sunday. Clean Harbors, an environmental cleanup company, was on […]
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SAD 17 off the hook for cost of oil spill cleanup
HEBRON — While the cost to clean up more than 1,500 gallons of oil that leaked out of the Hebron Station School basement tank last December is unknown, the SAD 17 school district is not picking up the tab. SAD 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts and Jessamine Logan, spokeswoman for the Department of Environmental Protection, both […]
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DEP: Hebron school oil recovery ends; monitoring continues
HEBRON — Recovery of the remaining heating oil spilled at the Hebron Station School last winter has ceased, according to a spokeswoman form the Department of Environmental Protection. “We’ve reached the point where the little remaining oil is not recoverable by sorbent materials. We’ve decided to allow the wetland area to continue its recovery on […]
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Most of the oil spilled into Hebron wetlands recovered
HEBRON — More than 970 gallons of oil, about 88 percent of the 1,100 gallons that spilled into the wetlands at the Hebron Station School in late December, have now been recovered, a Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman said Wednesday. Additionally, a water sample was taken at the perimeter drain outfall pipe, and no petroleum […]
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DEP begins collecting oil from spill next to Hebron school
“With the rain and warm temps, this has been a key week for Hebron,” DEP spokeswoman Jessamine Logan said. “Our attention is focused now on the collection of the oil in the wetland.” State and, more recently, federal environmental officials have been on site since late December, recovering as much as they could of the […]
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Environmental officials staying course in Hebron oil spill
HEBRON — Federal environmental officials have reassured the state Department of Environmental Protection that the department’s analysis, strategy and plan to recover about 1,100 gallons of oil in the wetlands next to Hebron Station School is on target. Stephen Flannery, a DEP oil and hazardous materials specialist, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientific support […]