OR&R, DOI, with State of Maine at Penobscot River Site
AUGUST 3, 2017--On July 27, Ken Finkelstein of OR&R’s Assessment and Restoration Division attended a Penobscot River boat trip with the Department of Interior and State of Maine natural resource trustee representatives along with other state officials including the Maine Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner, Paul Mercer. The purpose of the trip was to examine potential river pollutant sources especially from the Mallinckrodt facility (formerly HoltraChem Manufacturing Company), a RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) site.
For further information, contact Ken.Finkelstein@noaa.gov.
The southern outfall area at the Mallinckrodt site where the state is overseeing the excavation of nearshore sediment laden with mercury. Image credit: NOAA.
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