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ORRINGTON — More than 20 years after a lawsuit alleged that the HoltraChem Manufacturing Co. had polluted the Penobscot River Estuary with mercury, court-ordered remediation is taking shape. The plant
ORRINGTON — Greenfield Penobscot Estuary Remediation Trust is hosting on July 19 two public sessions on initial plans to address mercury-contaminated sediment and accelerate the natural recovery of the Penobscot
Initial plans focus on capping the mercury-contaminated intertidal flats of the Penobscot River Estuary in Orrington Reach, between Orrington and North Bucksport.
About 30 acres of the 44-acre Pine Yard at the old Kerr-McGee plant near 14 Avenue North will soon be marketed for commercial redevelopment, representatives with the Greenfield Multistate Environmental Trust said Thursday evening during a town hall meeting with Columbus residents.