[CPEO-BIF] "Hancock [Maine] tannery cleanup progressing"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hancock tannery cleanup progressing

by Johanna S. Billings
Ellsworth American (Me)
January 31, 2020

HANCOCK - Progress continues to be made in efforts to clean up contamination at the site of a former tannery in Hancock.

The Hancock Ellsworth Tannery opened in the 1950s on a 153-acre tract of land near the Tideway Market along Route 1. It operated as a tannery until its closure in the late 1960s. The building, which measures 71,370 square feet, has been abandoned since the 1990s.

In 2014, the town foreclosed on the property for unpaid taxes. In order to be able to sell the property and get it back on the tax rolls, cleanup was required.

“Ecological concerns weren’t given to the disposal of things like they are today,” said Hancock Selectman Randy Ewins, who is managing the cleanup for the town.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/maine-news/hancock-tannery-cleanup-progressing/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org





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