[CPEO-BIF] NH bailing out mills

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NH bailing out mills
in Berlin and Gorham 
By TOM FAHEY 
State House Bureau Chief

CONCORD — The rescue of paper mills in Berlin and Gorham took a major 
step forward yesterday when executive councilors approved a plan to take 
possession of polluted sections of Androscoggin riverbed. 

The council voted unanimously to allow a friendly eminent domain taking 
of more than 138 acres of the riverbed. 

No potential buyers of the mills, idle since August, would agree to a 
purchase if it included the polluted riverbeds. 

Paper mills and hydroelectric dams are on the 11 parcels involved in 
Berlin, Gorham and Shelburne, all contaminated with the carcinogenic 
chemical compound PCB. 

The state will pursue previous landowners who could be found liable for 
the contamination, said assistant attorney general Peter Roth. 

By taking the land, the state will clear the way for Fraser Papers to 
buy the mills and avoid liability for the pollution. Fraser bid $30 
million for the mill complexes in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of 
current owner American Tissue Inc. 

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.theunionleader.com/Articles_show.html?article=10811&archive=1

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