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By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff The Maine Land Use Planning Commission denied a Canadian mining company’s rezoning application for a proposed mine on Pickett Mountain in northern Penobscot County. In a 5-to-2 vote on Feb.
The decision apparently ends Wolfden’s stab at opening a mine in Maine after years of attempting to do so.
Members of the Land Use Planning Commission questioned a Canadian mining company’s finances and its plan to excavate metallic minerals in the middle of the state’s waters and wildlife habitat.
By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff BREWER — Members of the Land Use Planning Commission questioned a Canadian mining company’s finances and its plan to excavate metallic minerals in the middle of the state’s waters and wildlife habitat. Commissioners deliberated Dec.
The petition is Wolfden’s second attempt at a rezoning and the first serious attempt to test Maine’s mining laws.