Sears island 1995 History

 CITIZENS AND CITIZEN GROUPS

Conservation Law Foundation's October 12, 1995 response to the 1995 Environmental Impact Study of the Sears Island cargo port plan

* Sears Island Consent Decree. 1996 Maine DOT agrees to settle illegal wetlands filling case brought by CLF, Sierra Club and US Dept of Justice. Read excerpts

* Jim Freeman's May 1995 report to Maine Green Party on the woodchip industry link to the Sears Island port proposal May 1995.

* Steve Miller, Islesboro Island Land Trust September 28,1995 letter to US Army Corp of Engineers, urging denial of the port.

* Steve Miller, Islesboro Island Land Trust December 1995 letter to Maine Dept of Marine Resources Commissioner Robin Alden, rejecting her report that a Sears Island port wouldn't hurt the environment, and that the island's nearshore marine ecosystems are unimportant.

* Ron Huber (Coastal Waters Project) August 12, 1995 Oral testimony on the Draft Supplemental EIS for the proposed Sears Island Terminal, at the National Guard Armory in Belfast Maine

* Written testimony from Ron Huber opposing Sears Island cargoport plan September 27, 1995 .

* Ron Huber 11/01/95 updates Steve Miller on an October 95 interagency meeting about Sears Island, as learned from a NMFS attendee to the meeting.

* Ron Huber's 3/29/96 Letter to DMR Commissioner Robin Alden re: Sears Island plan and ballast water issues.

* Activist Julian Holmes' June 5, 1996 open letter to Governor King reviewing the Sears Island cargoport plan. June 5, 1996.