NEW: See the Remediation Trust’s and Project Trust’s 4th Quarter 2024 Progress Reports here.
RECENT: The Beneficial Environmental Projects Trust has selected several more projects for funding. See the updated list of selected projects here.
​UPDATE: The Remediation Trust Program Manager gave a talk recently about the remediation of mercury contamination in the Penobscot River Estuary. See Lauri Gorton's slide presentation here and recording here.
REMEDIATION
STARTS
HERE
A collaborative, actionable plan for cleanup of mercury in the Penobscot River Estuary.
ENVIRONMENTAL RENEWAL
TLC PILOT: If you missed our recent public meeting about the thin layer cap pilot project we’ve proposed for Orrington Reach, see our project fact sheet here. Find other fact sheets and our presentation here.
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.
