OXFORD — School officials said this week that oil spill plans have been developed, but efforts are still ongoing to evaluate how to address severely corroded supports under the above-ground oil tank at the Paris Elementary School. “We’re still doing inspections at the Paris Elementary School,” Operations Committee Chairman Nick DiConzo told the SAD 17 […]
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DEP finds ‘severe’ corrosion on Paris school oil tank supports
OXFORD — The Department of Environmental Protection told SAD 17 officials they should evaluate an aboveground oil tank at the Paris Elementary School as soon as possible due to evidence of “severe” corrosion on its supports. Additionally, the DEP has recommended Oxford Hills School District officials develop and implement spill, prevention, control and countermeasure plans […]
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Hebron school gym reopened after oil spill
HEBRON — Two months after more than 1,500 gallons of fuel oil spilled from a tank at Hebron Station School, school officials have declared the gymnasium open for activity. “We’re back in the gym,” Superintendent Rick Colpitts said Wednesday. The oil leaked out of the school basement tank shortly after midnight Dec. 25 as it […]
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Hebron school spilled oil remains in snow, ice
HEBRON — Despite warm temperatures and melting snow, the heating oil contained in snow and ice in the wetlands surrounding Hebron Station School remained intact over the weekend, according to Department of Environmental Protection officials. Jessamine D. Logan, DEP director of communications, said Monday that the weather was not warm enough long enough to cause […]
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Hebron school oil cleanup continues
HEBRON — Efforts by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection continued this week to recover about 1,500 gallons of heating oil believed to have seeped into wetlands surrounding the Hebron Station School when a basement oil tank was accidentally overfilled in December. DEP spokeswoman Jessamine Logan said about a gallon of oil was pumped out […]
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Coast Guard, Maine DEP at scene of oil spill in Damariscotta River
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 to wait until spring to collect oil in Hebron wetlands
HEBRON — The state will wait until March or April to clean up an estimated 1,105 gallons of heating oil believed to be in the wooded wetlands surrounding Hebron Station School, SAD 17 officials and residents were told Thursday night. Sheryl Bernard, head of the Department of Environmental Protection response team sent to the school Dec. […]
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Oil tank bunker rooms used at other Oxford Hills schools
OXFORD — Two other schools in SAD 17 have oil tank bunker rooms similar to the one at Hebron Station School that failed to contain more than 1,900 gallons of oil spilled on Christmas Day, according to Superintendent Rick Colpitts. A month after oil leaked out of the school basement tank shortly after midnight Dec. […]
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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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Land owners near Hebron oil spill consider possible impact
HEBRON — Owners of properties abutting wetlands affected by a 1,950-gallon oil spill at the Hebron Station School say time will tell if the December spill will impact them. “I’m not concerned at this point, but I’m just going to wait to see,” Davis Packard, who owns the Station Road farm that abuts the wetlands, […]