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NEW: Our Thin Layer Cap Pilot Project Pre-Design Investigation Work Plan is now available here.

UPDATE: Thanks to all who joined us Aug. 1 in Frankfort for our drop-in session and community meeting about the Penobscot Estuary Mercury Remediation Trust’s work. See the presentation we shared here.

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.

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