2011 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 08:10:53 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] McCain cooler plant, Washburn, Maine
 
DEP commissioner to visit cleanup sites in Washburn, Wallagrass

By Jen Lynds
Bangor Daily News (ME)
August 3, 2011
WASHBURN, Maine - Patricia Aho, acting commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection, will be in Aroostook County for a two-day tour that will take her to several businesses and to two significant environmental cleanup sites.

Samantha Depoy-Warren, spokesperson for the DEP, said on Tuesday that the tour will take place Aug. 10 and 11. Aho will be visiting The County to meet with staff at the Presque Isle DEP office, with stops at Smith & Wesson in Houlton, McCain Foods in Easton and the Maine Potato Board in Presque Isle.

One major reason for Aho's visit, according to Depoy-Warren, is for her to review a brownfield project in Washburn and cleanup efforts DEP is overseeing in Wallagrass where 5,000 gallons of gas were spilled in a tractor-trailer truck accident in May.

The town of Washburn, working with the DEP, Northern Maine Development Commission and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, recently began a brownfield revitalization project at the former McCain cooler plant on Gardner Creek Road. The community was awarded a $200,000 Brownfield Cleanup subgrant by the Northern Maine Development Commission in May to remove asbestos and other hazardous materials at the site.


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For the entire article, see
http://bangordailynews.com/2011/08/03/news/aroostook/dep-commissioner- to-visit-cleanup-sites-in-washburn-wallagrass/?ref=latest#1_undefined,0_

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