REMEDIATION
STARTS
HERE
A collaborative, actionable plan for cleanup of mercury in the Penobscot River Estuary.
ENVIRONMENTAL RENEWAL
Visit the Project Trust webpage here for information about Beneficial Environmental Projects selected for funding.​​
See the Orrington Reach Capping Update: Thin Layer Cap Pilot fact sheet, updated, August 2024 here.
See the Remediation Trust Cleanup Progress Update fact sheet here to learn about investigations and long-term monitoring completed in 2023.
In 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine approved a Consent Decree that requires Mallinckrodt US LLC (Mallinckrodt) to pay a minimum of $187 million (and possibly an additional $80 million) to remediate mercury contamination in the Penobscot River Estuary.
A total of $20 million must be provided for beneficial environmental projects intended to benefit the public and environment, under the Consent Decree.
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Two trusts were created to accelerate recovery of Maine’s largest river and provide meaningful and lasting benefit for the surrounding communities and environment.
