The Friends of The Boat School Marine Trades Development Corporation has been awarded $675,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s competitive FY23 Brownfield Cleanup Grant for environmental hazard mitigation. Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the grant will allow The Boat School to remove potential threats to human health and the environment in the three industrial-style buildings of the 8.4-acre Maine Marine Technology Center campus on Deep Cove Road, Eastport: The Boat School, Harborhood Community Center and Deep Cove Marine Science Station, known as the BioLab. Appropriate disposal to avoid accidental exposure or release ensures that these hazardous materials do not enter the general waste stream.
According to the EPA website, “The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests $5.4 billion in cleaning up legacy pollution at Superfund and brownfields sites, helping to restore the economic vitality of communities.” Under the Brownfields Revitalization program, “Blighted and polluted sites in communities across America will be assessed, cleaned up and made available for safe reuse, spurring job creation and economic opportunity in areas that need it most.”
You can download and review our Community Relations Plan and ANALYSIS OF BROWNFIELDS CLEANUP ALTERNATIVES below:
Community Relations Plan
ANALYSIS OF BROWNFIELDS CLEANUP ALTERNATIVES
Public Notice
Friends of the Boat School Marine Trades Development Corporation and Campbell Environmental Group have prepared an Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA) and a Community Relations Plan for the Maine Marine Technology, home of The Boat School, campus located at 16 Deep Cove Road, Eastport ME. A public forum to review these documents and address public comments will be held at the Eastport Port Authority Welcome Center on Thursday August 22th at 6 pm. In addition, the University of Connecticut Technical Assistance For Brownfields Program staff will conduct an informational Brownfields presentation including Brownfields success stories throughout New England and a look at the importance of community engagement throughout the redevelopment process. The documents and additional information are available for review.
For more information email info@theboatschool.org.
Alternatively, contact Michael Mars michael.mars@maine.gov at ME Dept of Environmental Protection (207) 451-2501 or contact Rich Campbell rcampbell@cegenvironmental.com or Aaron Brignull abrignull@cegenvironmental.com at Campbell Environmental Group, Inc. (207) 253-1990
