[CPEO-BIF] Sammis property, Hancock, Maine

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

DEP Helps Community Clean-up Contaminated Land

Press Zoom
December 2, 2010


(PressZoom.com) - (AUGUSTA)- The former Sammis property, located in the 
coastal Maine town of Hancock, which was vandalized and littered with 
containers of lubricants, waste oils, pesticides and ether, has been 
reclaimed as a public recreational site and water access trail.

In 1960, Maine Central Railroad sold the property to railroad enthusiast 
Phillip Sammis to support his hobby of restoring old railroad cars and 
equipment. His tenure left behind a Quonset-hut style unsecured building 
and deteriorating containers of chemicals.

In 2008, Crabtree Neck Land Trust (Trust) acquired the property with 
hopes of protecting public access along the rail line for recreational 
and working waterfront access purposes. However, a Quonset-style hut and 
deteriorating containers of chemicals stood in the way. The Trust 
contacted the Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) 
Brownfields Program which performed environmental site assessments using 
funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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For the entire release, see
http://presszoom.com/story_162628.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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