increase font size Androscoggin River upgrade delayed for at least a year Rep. Ralph Tucker, a Brunswick Democrat, called it “a great idea” to put off consideration of the proposal in part because he would like to see upstream towns and industries included in the discussion about what ought to be done. Photo Mahoosuc Land Trust The Environment and Natural Resources Committee unanimously opted to carry over the bill in order to give time for regulators to renew several wastewater treatment plant permits and press ahead with a bureaucratic review of the river’s water. Rep. Ralph Tucker, a Brunswick Democrat, called it “a great idea” to put off consideration of the proposal in part because he would like to see upstream towns and industries included in the discussion about what ought to be done.