Kidder's Point , Searsport ME news media coverage 1905 - 1968

Newspaper coverage 1905 to 1968 of  the shipping   that moved  passengers, fertilizer and industrial chemicals  to and from Kidder's Point, a 5 acre promontory jutting out into SW Stockton Harbor.(It was shortened to Kidder Point  to conform to new map rules  in the 1960s . 

This began in the 1960s  due to its sheltered position at the Penobscot River/Bay interface,   This harbor hosted a myriald of wildlif in that  mixing atreas  

1900s  

1905  11/02/1905 Capt Nichols appted agent & treasurer Knyvetta  & American shipping Co. at Kidder's Pt office. Republican Journal

1906

 July 1, 1906 Along the Seaport Railroad    Industrial Journal 

August 16, 1906.  Along the Seaport Railroad Republican Journal 

Sept 20. 1906 The NM Seaport RR Terminal Republican Journal

1907

Development of Searsport and Stockton Springs Jan 18, 1907. Sun-Journal 

1908

April 17,1908. At the Terminal. BDN

October 22, 1908_1st_steamboat To Kidder's Pt.  Republican Journal 

1909

July 24 1909 Pen Bay Steamer Silver Star Bangor - Kidders Pt BDN  

1910  

Bangor & Aroostook RR  new trips to Kidder's Pt. The Commercial unknown exact  date

1920s

1924

Nov 13 1924  Abandoned Kidder's Pt dock to be reused  BDN 

Nov 16, 1924  B&A Railroad  to use  Kidder's Point. PPH 

Nov 23, 1924 Abandoned idder's Point Dock  to beused  by B&A RR BDN  

Dec 4, 2924  Early Morning Fire at Searsport New Hoisting stage for coal. BDN

Dec 4 1924 Early Morning fire,New  B&A Coal Stage 

Dec 23, 1924 Kidder's Pt Docks 

1925

Sept 9, 2025 Liquor shipment seized. Arrived at Kidder's Ptd

1926

https://www.penbay.org/baytowns/searsport/kidders_pt/kp_1920s/1926_120826_bdn_.jpg

July 19, 1926  Steamer Aaro brings fertilizer to Kidder's Pt. PPH

https://www.penbay.org/baytowns/searsport/kidders_pt/kp_1920s/1928_071924_pph_1928_phosphate_july_19_1928.jpg

1930s

1931

Oct 13, 1931 The Commercial . Aroostook Potatoes again to be shipped by the water route

1934  

Aug 5 1934 Evening Express  two foreign steamers bring phosphate to Searsport

August 18, 1934 Ships Delfshaven & Vaga bring phosphates to Kidder's Pt.

Aug 27 1934 Evening Express Kidder's Point phosphate arrives 

Sept 23, 1934  Evening Express Norwegian freighter brings phosphate to Kidders's Point.  

1936

 Jan 24 1936 Shipping News Barge  transfers fertilizer Kidder's Pt to Mack's Pt  BDN 

1938

 January 31, 1938  Evening Express Danish ship Viola brings "full cargo" of fertilizer to Kidder's Pt

July 19, 1838 Evening Express Steamer Aaro  brings 'fertilizer' to Kidders Pt

 July 19, 1938  2,200 tons Fertilizer off loads at  Kidders Pt for Summer's Fertilizer company  PPH 

1939

July 21, 1939 BDN   Fertilizer-laden Norwegian vessel Lysaker piloted by Capt John G Snow  to Summers Fertilizer, Kidders Point 

1940s

1941  

 Sept 11, 1941  Steamer Monroe Unloads fertilizer at Summer's Fertilizer, Kidder's Pt.

1944_

Jan 31 1944. K.J. _Summers Fertilizer to build new superphosphate plant

Jan 31, 1944 Evening Express,. New Searsport Fertilizer plant to open in July

July 27, 1944 The Commercial.  #1 industrial  chemical  in Searsport plant  of Northern Chemical.  (Sulfuric Acid)

Aug 5, 1944  BDN Northern  Chemical seeks employees  

Sept 12, 1944_BDN  Summers Fertilizer seeks men . 

Sept 27, 1944_KJ. New plant makes first sulphuric acid in Maine

Oct 2944_BDN Summers Fertilizer free  workers bus 

Nov 17, 1944_BDN Northern Chem, Summers Fert seek  workers

1949

May 12, 1949. The Commercial. B&A RR expansion Kidders Pt

1950s

1955

May 6, 1955 Lewiston Daily Sun  $650,000 Acid plant for Searsport

May 16, 1955 Chemical Firm to build second Searsport plant

 Nov 10. 1955 BDN  $650,000 plant being planned for Searsport

Nov 10, 1955 BDN  31st anniversary of Stockton Springs dock fire

Nov 10, 1955 BDN.  Air Force asks Searsport fuel depot, pipeline to Limestone

1960s

1963

Aug 20, 1963 bay sport fisheries BDN 

1964

Feb 28,1964  State closes Stockton Harbor shellfishery Feb-April 

1966

Oct 26, 1966 new Searsport pier pt 1 

1968

Jan 27, 1968 Chemical Firm WR Grace serves Industry

[TO BE CONTINUED]

GAC Chemical Links by Year 1998 - 2024

 GAC Chemical video and image links by Year  1998 - 2024

                                                1998 

Video 1998

MP4s  

GAC_1998_60min_pt1_12min.mp4

GAC_1998%20coast.mp4

GAC_1998_waste_coast_examined.mp4

GAC_1998%20coast.mp4

GAC_1998/gac_1998_cleanup_1.mpg

GAC_1998_waste_coast_examined.mp4

 

AVIs 

  GAC 1998_a_022098_waste_erosion_b_040798_cleanup.avi    (700mb)

GAC_vid_1998 2 parts: _A_022098_waste_erosion_B_040798_cleanup (AVI)

Images 1998

JPEGS

GAC 1998_acidplant_superphosphate_plant.jpg

GAC 1998_031698_hist_pt1.jpg  

 gac_1998_031698_hist_pt2.jpg

GAC_1998_cleanup_republican journal_070198_mcarpenter.jpg

GAC_1998_derelict_acid_plant_tank_from_flats.jpg

GAC_1998_filled_shore_below_factory_elevated_pipeline

gac_1998_flats_alumwastes_under_red_surface_layer

GAC 1998_flats_tarpaper_from_superphosphate_plant.

GAC 1998_flats_wastes_flocculants

GAC 1998 superphophate plant (derelict)_

 GAC 1998  superphosphate_plant. closed 1998.jpg

GAC 1998_superphosphate_plant_elevated_pipeline

gac_1998_acidplant_superphosphate_plant.jpg

gac_1998_cleanup_repjournal 070198_murray_carpenter.jpg

1998_video_stills/gac_1998_derelict_acid_plant_tank_from_flats.jpg

1998_video_stills/gac_1998_filled_shore_below_factory_elevated_pipeline.jpg

1998_video_stills/gac_1998_flats_alumwastes_under%20_red_surface_layer.jpg

gac_1998_flats_tarpaper_from_superphosphate_plant.jpg

gac_1998_flats_wastes_flocculants.jpg

gac_1998_superphosphate_plant.jpg

gac_1998_superphosphate_plant_elevated_pipeline.jpg

https://www.penbay.org/baytowns/searsport/gac_1998

https://www.penbay.org/av/gac_1998

February

March 

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gac_dep_031798_deltachem_phtest_060684.jpg

DEP Notice of Violation

gac_032798_dep_nova/gac_nova_dep_032798a.html

gac_032798_dep_nova

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gac_nova_dep_032898b.html

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gac_nova_resp_042098_pg1.html

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ac_nova_resp_042098_pg2.html

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gac_nova resp 042098_reply to MDEP re NOVA 

PenBay Archive/CWP_1995 1998_GAC_oil

northern_chemical 1998_ Quonset fertilizer plant 

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JPEGs

1999

1999_111599_epa_devillars_leaves_legacy.jpg

2000

2001

*  gac_2015_vrap_012215_no_action_assurance.pdf

2002 

Kidder Point 2002 derelict fertilizer plant.jpg

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

https://www.penbay.net/waste/gac/gac_101512_images_sent_dep/

2013

https://www.penbay.net/waste/lf_050113_gac_leachate_intertidal.jpg

https://www.penbay.net/waste/lf_050113_gac_leacheate.jpg

https://www.penbay.net/waste/lf_050113_gac_leacheate_sm.jpg

https://www.penbay.net/waste/gac/gac_071613_searsport_plboard_intro_ronhuber15min15sec.mp3

https://www.penbay.net/waste/gac/gac_101512_images_sent_dep/

2014

2015

https://penbay.org/gac/vrap/searsport%20gac%20vrap%20naa%20ltr%20012215.pdf

gac_2015_town_letter_vrap_022615.pdf

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

DEP Hodgkins emails on GAC, August and September 2013

 

Emails between Ron Huber and MDEP  August 20, 2013 to September 3, 2013 

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 From: Ron Huber [mailto:coastwatch@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 11:54 AM
To: Wright, David W
Subject: GAC pollution complaint map of sites of concern

 

Dear Mr, Wright 

Here attached FYI is an aerial photo with captions that shows the locations of concern to Friends of Penobscot Bay along the south side of Kidder Point. This aerial photo can also be seen online. Click Here

 

We found lowest pH ( 2 or less) at sites B, D and G

One can also note the flow patterns of wastes from land through the intertidal and out toward the subtidal harbor .

 

See also landbased photos of tainted areas of concern click here

 

Please let us know when DEP plans to visit as we'd like to be there as well, to quietly observe.

 Best wishes,

 Ron

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Ron Huber
Friends of Penobscot Bay

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On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Wright, David W <David.W.Wright@maine.gov> wrote:

Ron, we have assigned Wilkes Harper from my Division to investigate this complaint.

 

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From: Ron Huber [mailto:coastwatch@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 6:00 PM
To: Wright, David W
Cc: Harper, Wilkes B; Harlan McLaughlin
Subject: Re: GAC pollution complaint map of sites of concern

 Thank you, David!  

 Mr. Wilkes, I see via the internet you have a good deal of experience with this sort of legacy waste site investigation.  We look forward to learning of the variety of wastes that have been deposited along the shore over time - to find out what is innocuous and what needs remediation. 

 Apart from the pictures and historic info we've sent along, what other info would be helpful?   Let us know when you will be visiting the site; we'd like to tag along so we can point out several slumping erosion sites of interest, from the vantage point of the intertidal below the bluff. Some of these are ordinarily only visible after leaf fall.

GAC Chemical has been a good corporate neighbor under David Colter's leadership. He has been responsive to the concept of trimming back, capping and revegetating the slumping bluffs of that cove alongside the point - if not the actual execution. 

 Achieving that would be a huge accomplishment for the bay. If, in addition to capping those acidic tailings, there is a need for remediation beyond that (i.e.if the abandoned factory & tank turn out to have acid or other materials leaching from them in significant quantities and need demolition, or excavation of tainted soils, or of certain areas of the intertidal mud, should that be warranted We  believe they will be cooperative on that too.

 We look forward to meeting you at the GAC Chemical site. Please contact me  at your earliest convenience by email or by phone  691-7485 Day  or cellphone 593-2744

 Sincerely 

 Ron 

 Ron Huber, executive director 

Friends of Penobscot Bay  

cc Harlan McLaughlin, President of FOPB

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From: Harper, Wilkes B
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 12:40 PM
To: 'Ron Huber'
Cc: Harlan McLaughlin; Knuuti, Karen
Subject: RE: GAC pollution complaint map of sites of concern

 Hi Ron, 

I have been asked, along with Karen Knuuti of our Bangor Office, to perform a preliminary environmental assessment of the GAC Chemical property in Searsport based upon your concerns.  The purpose of our assessment is to determine which Unit within the Maine Department of Environmental Protection would be the most appropriate for addressing those concerns.

 

Karen and I have made arrangements to visit this property on Wed. September 4^th.  We have also reserved the following Friday, September 6^th, in case stormy weather jeopardizes our site visit on the 4^th.

 

We anticipate arriving at the GAC property around at 10AM.  We would be pleased to have you join us.

 

In the meantime, if you have any questions do not hesitate to call me.  Please realize that my schedule has me away from my desk and out of the office frequently so I apologize up front if there is a slight delay in responding.

 

Thanks!

 Wilkes    

 

Wilkes B. Harper, Brownfields/VRAP Project Manager

BRWM-DR-SASS

Maine Department of Environmental Protection

State House Station 17, Augusta, Maine 04333

(207)  287-4856  office / (207)  592-1192   cell

wilkes.b.harper@maine.gov 

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From: Harper, Wilkes B
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 11:51 AM
To: 'Ron Huber'
Cc: 'Harlan McLaughlin'; Knuuti, Karen
Subject: RE: GAC pollution complaint map of sites of concern

 

Hi Ron,

 Karen Knuuti of the Department’s Bangor Office has just advised me that GAC Chemical has requested that the date of the site inspection be changed to the following week.  Karen and I are both available on Tuesday, Sept. 10^th.   To take advantage of the tides we are planning on arriving at the property at 10 AM.

 I wanted you to know the new date and time.

 Wilkes   

 

Wilkes B. Harper, Brownfields/VRAP Project Manager

BRWM-DR-SASS

Maine Department of Environmental Protection

State House Station 17, Augusta, Maine 04333

(207)  287-4856  office / (207)  592-1192   cell

wilkes.b.harper@maine.gov 

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On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Hodgkins, Nick <Nick.Hodgkins@maine.gov> wrote:

Mr. Huber, 

As you are aware, the Department is proceeding with the evaluation of the potential environmental issues that you have identified at the GAC facility in Searsport.  To that end, Karen Knuuti from the Division of Solid Waste and Wilkes Harper from the Division of Remediation will be conducting a joint inspection on September 10^th to assess these potential impacts and determine if further actions by the Department are necessary, and if so, which regulatory program is most applicable.  The Department requested and received approval from the property owner (GAC) to conduct this visit.

  I am sending you this e-mail to clarify any previous, inadvertent miscommunication from Department staff.  The Department does not have the authority to allow you to join us during our visit and assessment of the potential issues at the property.    If you wish to visit the site, you will need to obtain permission to do so from the current property owner, GAC.  

Please feel free to contact me should you have further questions or concerns. 

Nick

 Nicholas J. Hodgkins

Oil & Hazardous Materials Specialist in the Bureau of Remediation & Waste Management
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
(207) 287-4854 (desk) (207) 592-0882 (cell)
nick.hodgkins@maine.gov

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From: Ron Huber [mailto:coastwatch@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 3:45 PM
To: Hodgkins, Nick
Subject: Re: GAC Site Visit by DEP. Is VRAP data available Tuesday.

 

Dear Mr. Hodgkins 

I will be in Augusta Tuesday and would like to stop in at DEP in the afternoon for a quick look at or discussion of the VRAP files of GAC Chemical.  Very short notice, I'm afraid! Is this possible?  

 Also, are there examples of other sites in Maine with a history of 20th century fertilizer production and/or sulfuric acid production that DEP is aware of or has required remediation of?

 

Re  GAC VRAP: We don't know specifically where the remediation site identified as REM 01170  is located on the GAC property, but are very interested in using that remediation action history to add to our understanding of Kidder Point wastes and their past and potential future remediation.

 

Best wishes

Ron Huber

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RE: GAC Site Visit by DEP. Is VRAP data available Tuesday.

Hodgkins, Nick <Nick.Hodgkins@maine.gov>
Tue, Sep 3, 2013, 7:12 AM
TO: [ me]

Mr. Huber,

You may view the files by contacting the file room at 287-7843 and making an appointment. I believe the file room opens at 8:00.

There are likely other sites that would fit the description you provided; I, however, cannot recall having any participate in VRAP or Brownfields.

Sincerely,

 Nick 

Nicholas J. Hodgkins
Oil & Hazardous Materials Specialist in the Bureau of Remediation & Waste Management
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
(207) 287-4854 (desk) (207) 592-0882 (cell)
nick.hodgkins@maine.gov

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Searsport GAC Chemical's eroding waste shoreline July 4, 2023

 July 4 2023 Shoreline photographs of unmanaged eroding waste bluff of outer Kidder Point's eastern shoreline - facing the mainland base of the Sears Island causeway. Images below  proceed from the left,. southwest  end (closest to the RR track) and go  to the outer  harbor end of this eroding slope  of outer  Kidder Point.  NOTE Center arrow points to mitigated portion with acid plant behind it - images not shown below..

Note 2. The below photos can be enlarged up to 300% without pixelating.
Note 3. All photos may be downloaded freely. Please acknowledge Penobscot Bay Watch as source if you post them.

 GAC eroding sw shore 1

GAC eroding sw shore 2

GAC eroding sw shore_3 plastic waste_closeup

GAC eroding sw shore_4

GAC eroding sw shore_5

GACeroding sw shore_6_central area e.

GAC shore eroding central_bluff

GAC shore_se _bluff_stone, brick, alum 4

GAC_shore_se_bluff stone, brick, alum1

GAC_shore_se_bluff stone, brick, alum2

GAC_shore_se_bluff_stone, brick, alum3

1998 video investigation of Stockton Harbor's Kidder Point waste & pollution sites. Index

1998 video investigation & cleanup  of Stockton Harbor's Kidder Point waste & pollution sites.    Index and video 

Download this video  2hrs, 20minutes long   https://penbay.org/baytowns/searsport/gac_1998/gac_1998_a_022098_waste_erosion_b_040798_cleanup.avi   (may take 45 mins to download)

PART 1.  52min 32sec  February 20 1998 investigation of wastefilled  shore and intertidal mud 55 Minutes Penobscot Bay Watch site investigation. Will Neils, videographer.     NOTE: Part 1 starts after 53 seconds of blank

PART 2   1hr 20min   April 7m, 1998  We discover waste problems in an outfall and a nearby seawater  intake out take pipeline bldg.  DEP orders Clean Harbors to clean it up   We witness that and chat wiith various officials       

PART 1 

START AT 53sec  Driving to Searsport

55sec  Panorama show of Stockton Harbor - no condos on Cape Jellison.

2:18  More panoramas of the facility   One notes the large wooden quonset structures

2:52 Closer in to old acid and superphosphate plant

4:00  Layered filled area near base of point on east side. Notes how far along bank the wooden fill corrals  extend (all the way to in front of the acid plant)

4:55 closer up up water dripping against exposed fill 

5:50  Closeup of another nearby dripping waste slump. 

6:50  Eroding slope  below the acid plant itself.

7:32 Slope 

8:11 osprey...Flats at the tip of the point. Old wooden  superphosphate plant quonset

9:41 outfall piles 

10:17 view to abandoned pumphouse outfall & oily sump. Aerial photos of illegal discharge

11:33 closeup of old superphosphate  wooden plant.  Elevated insulated pipelines from offshore point

12:30 Wooden chimney structure. Scan of the wooden structure then to shore below with artificial filled shoreline

13:22 Closeup eroding pipeline to old pumphouse, then filled shoreline from there to cistern full of oily waste.  We go and examine it.

14:01 Cistern waterfilled. See  top of outfall pipe into the cistern. Probe cistern catch basin: full of oily goo. 

15:53  Old electric junk including transformer View out to rail line with landfill beyond track  Scan around back of existing working plant  and to old superphosphate plant 

17:00 scan superphosphate plant

17:20 Approach old pumphouse

17:55  Down stairs to floor with hatches to bay    Examine hatches and outfall pipes

19:19 Examine oil spigot allowing oil to be discharged into bay .

20:51  Climb out of pumphouse

21:46. Examine a test well near abandoned superphosphate plant

22:51  Observe gust of black smoke from a facility

23: 10  View from the GAC landfill

24:13 View from top of landfill

25:44 Sulfuric acid tank warnings

26:25  Railside acid warnings. walk toward acid plant and superphosphate plant.

PART 2  March 5.  TIDAL FLATS adjacent to Kidder's Point   

27:55   March 5th GAC tidal flats exploration

28:07 Herb Hoche digs test squares,   Dead clams

29:03 Ron discusses clam mystery with Stockton Harbor background

30:29  Herb Hoche digs another site

32:45 Another dig

35:18 Another dig

38:35 Another sample "much closer to the plant"

39:44 Hoche discovers buried tarpaper from roof  of old wooden factory 

43:37  Another dig.  4527   "Our braintrust goes to work."  observes Will Neils.

45:54  Another dig  4944 note dig is in flow of waste

50:21 Examining  discolored mud, with flocculants on top. Hoche  digs, reveals multicolored layers of intertidal mud.  The adjoining shore where a broad reddish band of  leachate is seeping along a layer of clay downslope to upwell there the intertidal gravel and sand meet the mudflats ..  Hoche dabs the flocculants at several places along the red leachate 

52:40 Hoche  clamdigging in the discolored area Red layer, then an alum silver layer. then another  red Examine the mud there for signs of life; none.

54:05 Closeup of contaminated mud

54:20  Camera investigates the land adjacent to the acid plant

54:53 Top of  ditch running tainted water to the har4bor 

Part 3

56:24 At the old pumphouse again. The Cleanup crew is there at work on cistern

58:28 Ron sums up situation

59:40 Hoche examines seaweed in driftwood

60:03  Cleanup workers. Viewed from the beach - private property rights.   Pans down to  brook adjacent to site.  Herb Hoche  rinses hands in the stream.

63:00  DEP staffer Clarissa Trasko brings straw to below cistern  Goes uphill returns below discusses plan The big suction hose. more A DEP oilspill guy shows up we chat a bit.

71:30 Ron chats with  DEP official Clarissa Trasko at base of cistern.

76:00 2 Coast Guardsmen  arrive  discusses issue with Ron Huber He thanks them for convincing  the company to clean this up  talk ends at 83min

83:00  Suction hose underway

87:00 Officials congregate to watch from front of cistern

88:00 Suction starts up again.

88:38  Surface water removed by suction revealing the massive amount of oily goo there. 

1:29:50  cleanup guy gets suitedup. 

1:31 cleanup guy continues 

1:32 test samples collected, snuck away by company official 

1:33 View into cistern

1:35:45 View of cistern with cleaner guy inside

1:36  See outfall choked with waste 

1:36:50 Guy in protective suit in front end of cistern

1:42:10  See old junk boards that were burried in the muck.  he scrapes muck off them

1:47 Protective suit climbs out. A lengthy cleaning process for suit removal finally  removes his bootcovers, bags it all up and leaves

1:53 Inside of outfall half full 

1:54 Huber reviews the situation

PART 4

1:55:13   BACK TO PUMPHOUSE

1:56 Funky water alongside rail line. 

1:58:40 along rail line

2:00 Return to cleaned up cistern new wooden front, sheeny water...

2:02  Huber grabs muck sample

2:03:55 brook that goes to bay near the cistern b probed with a stick

2:04:40  Approach pumphouse 

2:05:30  Oil dump barrel is gone. Floor cleaned up. The oily glove still there.

2:08 Old lagoon alongside rail line

2:09 Panorama shot

2:11 Clean Harbors pumptruck

2:11:51  Steam cranes at Searsport  Clean Harbors is there, too  

END

GAC Chemical continues acidifying Penobscot Bay. August & September 2018 test results.

9/9/18 GAC shore acid sampling Sites  were selected along the beach/clamflat interface below their abandoned sulfuric acid plant and acid tank. Dark red acidic leachate oozes out at the beach/mudflat interface. See results below photo  White line across the upper middle is foam leaking  into the bay from 1/4 mile down the GAC property.

GAC Chemical Abandoned Sulfuric Acid Plant,  shore remediation site and tainted flats.

9/9/18 pH test results show acid still leaching out along the interface. From left to right in the photo,  samples showed pH 6.0 at left end of photo, dropped to 3.5 then to pH 3.2, then rose slightly to 3.7 for the next two samples , finally rising to p 4.2 at the right end of photo

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082618 GAC shore acid sampling 

826/18 sample sites. Satellite image taken May 10 2018

Sites  were selected  going diagonally from he beach/clamflat interface below the abandoned  acid plant  and across several of the plumes emanating from the shore

pH test results Sample sites  red dots show acid continues leaching out along the interface and onto the flats in a plume.  Top site 5.6; next 4.4,  next 4.3; lower one  a startling pH 2.8!

Discussion: any pH below five will kill fish or damage their reproductive system. Low pH will also liberate  dissolved aluminum and other metals into the water column, freeing them from the silt particles they are stuck to. In this  low pH environment  aluminum ions tend to adhere to the gills of water breathers. Woe to the young salmon venturing forth from the river, that has the misfortune of imbibing that mixture" Her gills will get glazed, and she will exhibit erratic behavior that attracts predators

Tainted flats below remediation site.

GAC Chemical Remediation of onshore acidic waste - June through December 2014

GAC Chemical  removed a sizable quantity of  acidic waste that had been dumped along the shore of Stockton Harbor - June  through December 2014 It took more than a decade of persuasion to get the company to carry out this important though limited remediation.

JUNE

6/26/14  Newspaper: Study finds acidic mud at Kidder Point

JULY
7/25/14 News: Activists continue to push for official investigation of Kidder Point erosion

AUGUST
8/28/14 GAC Chemical: Documents show DEP did not test waste site before declaring it safe.

8/30/14 Maine Ocean Acidification Commission to meet Sept 4th Augusta

OCTOBER

10/3/14   GAC Chemical's Water Pollution Waterloo?

10/14/14 Ocean Acidification Commission requests DEP briefing on GAC waste cleanup plan

10/16/14 Maine ocean acidification meeting AUDIO October 10, 2014. Augusta Maine.

10/29/14  GAC to voluntarily test samples of shoreline sediment.

NOVEMBER
11/8/14   Kidder Pt History. Aug1974, Delta Chemical, sulfuric acid plant acid fail causes shipwreck.
11/10/14 Kidder Point, Searsport. Acid and oil spills, 1983 to 2011

11/11/14  Kidder Point high altitude aerial photos from 1940, 2011

11/14/14 Kidder Point acid spills recorded since 1983

11/14/14 GAC Chemical's reported Acid & Oil Spills on Kidder Point from 1994 to 2012
11/14/14 Delta Chemical's 42 reported Kidder Pt Acid & Oil Spills from 1983 to 1994.

DECEMBER
12/4/14  GAC Chemical Corp VRAP Public Communication Plan, November 2014
12/4/14 GAC  VRAP: 11/13/14 Email Prof Mark Green,St Joseph's College to GAC' consultant CES

12/4/14 GAC Chemical Corp VRAP: 8/27/14. CES Cover Letter, Intro Letter of application.

12/4/14 GAC Chemical Corp VRAP 8/27/14 Summary of Investigations (2 pages)

12/5/14 GAC VRAP Site spills history & subsurface Sampling Plan
12/5/14 GAC Chemical VRAP site online documents archive
12/5/14 GAC Chemical VRAP Plan CES Remediation and Shoreline Stabilization Plan

GAC VRAP Investigations Summary Report. November 2014 (14 pages)

12/5/14 GAC's VRAP12/1/14 Public Communication Plan.
12/5/14 GAC VRAP Deed Restriction, & Certificate of Completion February 12, 2003 - 1PAGE