NEW: All are invited Oct. 21 to the Remediation Trust's community meeting and drop-in information session in Bucksport. See our flyer here.
Thanks to everyone who joined us Aug. 26 at the Orrington Picnic Park to learn about the Thin Layer Cap Pilot project.
RECENT: See the Remediation Trust's and Project Trust's 2nd Quarter 2026 Progress Reports here.
REMEDIATION
STARTS
HERE
A collaborative, actionable plan for cleanup of mercury in the Penobscot River Estuary.
ENVIRONMENTAL RENEWAL
The Penobscot Estuary Beneficial Environmental Projects Trust has selected additional projects for funding. See the list of selected projects 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.
Two trusts were created to accelerate recovery of Maine’s largest river and provide meaningful and lasting benefit for the surrounding communities and environment.
