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| Juniper Ridge State Landfill Sunlight Media Collective photo |
The bill could easily put an end to this disgraceful use of Maine as Permanent Dumpland of the Northeast. But will state legislative leaders stand up to the blandishments and threats of Big Waste?
Below, read what the people told the Maine legislature back in May 2021, when the Environment and Natural Resources Committee last considered the bill . LD 1639- related online documents. ** Audio MP3s from the 5/17/21 hearing
1639 Public Hearing Testimony, 66 items May17,2021| Barrett, Ed | Lewiston | (41 KB) |
| Blair, Peter | Conservation Law Foundation | (243 KB) |
| Blanchette, Leonard | Brunswick Sewer District | (93 KB) |
| Blows, James | Saco | (41 KB) |
| Boulos, Rebecca | Maine Public Health Association | (210 KB) |
| Boyd, Wayne | Holden | (41 KB) |
| Bradford, Abigail | Environmental Priorities Coalition | (99 KB) |
| Bullard, Sam | Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine | (57 KB) |
| Cayer, Mark | Mayor of Lewiston | (47 KB) |
| Chase, Crystal | Chase Trucking | (188 KB) |
| Clark, Paula | Maine DEP | (230 KB) |
| Colihan, Dana | Portland | (1003 KB) |
| Couillard, Troy | TRC Trucking | (57 KB) |
| Curley, Patricia | Edgecomb | (47 KB) |
| Dana, Maulian | Penobscot Nation | (12 KB) |
| Dearborn, Melissa | Waldoboro | (75 KB) |
| Deming, Adam | Gray | (12 KB) |
| Eaton, Chuck | Greenbush | (227 KB) |
| Elliott, Jacquelyn | Waterboro | (84 KB) |
| Eshoo, Amy | 350 Maine | (164 KB) |
| Exchange, Mitchell | Exchange Trucking LLC | (59 KB) |
| Filion, Nichole | Complete Staffing Solutions | (57 KB) |
| Firmin, Scott | Portland Water District | (158 KB) |
| Gendron, Todd | Easy Rent-All Corp. | (32 KB) |
| Gilman, Ben | Maine State Chamber of Commerce | (127 KB) |
| Goldberg, Neal | MMA | (312 KB) |
| Green, Zeb | Skowhegan | (51 KB) |
| Grenfell, Trevanion | Unity | (41 KB) |
| Haskell, Timothy | York Sewer District | (111 KB) |
| Haynes, Mary | Norway, Maine | (41 KB) |
| Jackson, Anthony | Brewer | (13 KB) |
| Jeffers, Lincoln | Lewiston | (181 KB) |
| Leahey, Gregory | ReSource Waste Services | (486 KB) |
| Leithiser, Charles | Old Town | (157 KB) |
| Leslie, John | Orrington | (41 KB) |
| Lippincott, Bill | Hampden | (70 KB) |
| Lister, Hillary | Athens | (122 KB) |
| MacDonald, Amber | Holden | (41 KB) |
| Martinez-Alfonzo, Stephanie | Unity | (38 KB) |
| Mason, Garrett | Associated Builders and Contractors of Maine | (70 KB) |
| Merrill, Kelly | Skowhegan | (57 KB) |
| Mosley, Michael | Waterville | (56 KB) |
| Nichols, Sarah | Bangor | (594 KB) |
| Obomsawin, Mali | Sunlight Media Collective | (64 KB) |
| Oltarzewski, Diane | Belfast | (57 KB) |
| Peaslee, Travis | Lewiston - Auburn | (201 KB) |
| Peters, Ryan | Newport | (41 KB) |
| Robertson, Cheryl | Orono | (61 KB) |
| Roger & Family Doucette, Sarah | Whitefield, NH | (12 KB) |
| Sack, Kerry | Old Town | (55 KB) |
| sanborn, Lokotah | indian island | (141 KB) |
| Smith, Hunter | Sierra Club Maine | (101 KB) |
| Spencer, Ed | Don't Waste Maine | (42 KB) |
| Staples, Barry | Staples Trucking | (360 KB) |
| Stone, Bonnie | Pittsfield | (41 KB) |
| Swan, Jon | Save Forest Lake | (54 KB) |
| Tipping, Mike | Orono | (58 KB) |
| Townsend, Eliza | Appalachian Mountain Club | (447 KB) |
| Troiano, TJ | Troiano Waste Services, Inc | (210 KB) |
| Wade, Tim | Maine Water Environment Association | (116 KB) |
| Walker, Leroy | Auburn | (287 KB) |
| Ward, Mark | Bristol | (73 KB) |
| Warming, Betty-Jo | Limington | (41 KB) |
| Willett, Shane | Willett Trucking | (56 KB) |
| Woodbury, Sarah | South Portland | (111 KB) |
| WRIGHT, SHELBY | Casella | (337 KB) |
