Maine Department of Environmental Protection Issues Draft Wind Energy Act RulesJuliet T. Browne
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has declared an air quality alert up and down Maine’s coastline for Wednesday and Thursday. Ozone levels are expected to rise in conjunction with “particle pollution,” spawned by smoke from wildfires in Canada. BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 3, 202...
Pierce Atwood LLP offers this summary of Maine Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) standards as a convenience in evaluating PFAS and tracking Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regulatory and Maine legislative developments. We update this Maine PFAS Tracker when there are importa...
Under the new law,Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection(ME DEP) will select and contract with a stewardship organization to operate a packaging stewardship program that will reimburse and assist municipalities in providing recycling services through the state. Brand owners selling packaged goods...
- Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has confirmed growth of Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) in the north end of Cobbosseecontee (aka Cobbossee) Lake in Winthrop. The plant was discovered in July by Friends of Cobbossee Watershed (FOCW) plant surveyors. DEP, ...
That’s false — she’s already pursuing a California-based mandate, which will hurt Maine consumers. As Maine Public said,“The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has proposed adopting another California regulation, known as the California Advanced Clean Trucks Rule, that would require comm...
prevents agriculture pollution by promoting the safe and proper disposal of outdated, unused, or unwanted pesticides. The program is made possible by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Board of Pesticides Control (BPC) and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection....
Additional informationAuthor informationCarolyn A. LepageCarolyn Lepage was employed as a geologist by the Maine Geological Survey when she wrote this article. She is now working as a senior geologist for the Maine Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Oil and Hazardous Material Control...
(chorine bleach) hydrochloric acid, and more for decades upriver of the Belfast site, according to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. The state has been forced to clean up the site of the plant due to contamination from decades of activity, and discharge from the plant ...
It’s no secret that the Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s rollout of the state’s breathtakingly broad PFAS reporting law has been beset with problems and difficulties.[2]The law as implemented requires reporting of information on any consumer product containing intentionally added ...