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May 2, 2021

Searsport Plastic Waste Spill: MDEP's April 26th repliy to Sprague letter. Spill Timeline

On April 26, 2021 Maine DEP replied to Sprague's response to the agency  about  spilling at least two and a half tons of plastic waste into  Searsport Harbor on December ,2, 2020. Below read the documents that led up to that April 26th letter from DEP to Sprague.

Searsport Plastic Waste Spill Enforcement Timeline

12/2/20  Plastic waste bales spill  while offloading from  Sider London 

1/15/21 Maine DEP  sends Sprague a Notice of Violation

2/ 27/ 21 Sprague sends MDEP four documents in reply:

 Form 03 Ship Shore Safety Inspection  *  Form 19 Dry Cargo Risk Assessment

Terminal Operations Manual 302  *  Terminal Operations Manual 306

4/26/21   Maine DEP  Replies to Sprague's response to DEP's  2021 Notice of Violation

BACKSTORY  December 2, 2020, while the vessel Sider London was offloading shredded plastic waste  at Mack Point  an unknown numbers of baled plastic waste spilled into Searsport Harbor.  The bales broke up and washed ashore on Sears Island.  It  quickly got interwoven into the seaweed wrack along the island shore.  Sprague failed to report the spill.  

A week later reporter Ethan Andrews posted photos online of  plastic washing ashore on the island. I and others contacted DEP, which visited the island, December 9th. 

 Cleanup by Sprague contractors and the public commenced and continued for a month. On Jan 15th MDEP sent  Sprague the Notice of Violation linked above.


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