Nordic Aquafarms' alleged TRI challenged again LISTEN to testimonies of 3 attorneys before Maine Supreme Judicial Court in Sept 8th, 2-22

The furious legal fight that has so far fended off aggressive polluter-wannabee Nordic Aquafarms continues. 

Listen as each of the legal eagles soars then swoops to the attack.  From  ever awesome eco-lawyer  Kim Ervin Tucker, to her opponents that day: Nordic's hired legal guns:  David M. Kallin of Drummond Woodsum  and David Perkins of Curtis Thaxter (and their entourages). . Each recording starts with an intro

Intro and Attorney Kim Ervin Tucker speaking for shoreowners  Mabee-Grace, Friends and the Lobstering Representatives  6min 42sec

Atty David Perkins, Curtis Thaxter, pro Nordic,  8min41sec 

Atty David M. Kallinn  Drummond Woodsum   for Nordic  & QA 16min 

Atty Kim Tucker's Rebuttal 3min14sec   (to end of state recording)

Yes,  that tideland is what  Nordic's  wastewater and water intake pipelines must cross to reach Penobscot Bay.  The combination of  shorefolk and fishfolk and their legal team has been potent against the machinations of  Norwegian investors, their legal team and, regrettably, those Quisling types ever ready to bend the knee to Big Money, local or global.

Justices of Maine's Supreme Judicial Court.

Hon. Valerie Stanfill Chief Justice
Hon Rick E. Lawrence Associate Justice
Hon. Andrew M. Mead Associate Justice
Hon. Joseph M. Jabar Associate Justice
Hon. Andrew M. Horton Associate Justice
Hon. Catherine R. Connors Associate Justice
Hon. Rick E. Lawrence Associate Justice

Friends of Harriet L Hartley Conservation Area 9/28/21 Superior Court filings .

Below are filings submitted September 28, 2021 to Waldo County Superior Court  for Friends of Harriet L. Hartley Conservation Area, Jeffrey Mabee and Judith Grace by  Curtis Thaxter law firm attorney Davvd J. Perkins

2021 09 28(a) Plaintiffs' ltr to Superior Court Clerk' List of Filings 

2021 09 28(b) Plaintiffs' motion to Exceed Page Limit.

2021 09 28(c) Plaintiffs' reply to Belfast oppo to motion for Preliminary Injunction

2021 09 28(d) Attorney Kim Ervin Tucker 3rd Affidavit.

2021 09 28(e) Jeffrey Mabee et al; 2nd Affidavit 

2021 09 28(f) Kim Ervin Tucker Pl Prop Order on Plaintiffs' Motion for  Preliminary Injunction

Exhibit A 8-16-2021 Belfast  Notice of Condemnation Certificate 

Exhibit B 7-9-2021 Purchase and Sale Agreement

Exhibit C 4th Amendment to Evaluation Agreement

Exhibit D 9-7-2021 Recorded Easement (City to Nordic)

Exhibit E Reichard FOAA Response 

Exhibit F - HLHCA Sign

Exhibit G 8 -16-2021 City Condemnation Ltr & Check to FHLHCA 

Exhibit H 8-16-2021 Condemnation Ltr & Check to Mabee/Grace 

Exhibit I 9-27-2021 AAG Ltr to City of Belfast  re FHLHCA

Two NGOs petition for BEP review of Nordic Aquafarms, interested party status, public hearing.

Below read  petitions by two  organizations sent Maine Department of Environmental Protection in late November. The Maine Lobstering Union and Upsteam Watch asked to be recognized as interested parties regarding the Nordic Aquafarms application to build a salmon tankfarm in Belfast and discharge effluent into Belfast Bay.  They also requested that Maine Board of Environmental Protection take over review of the project and that a public hearing be held.

MLU Petition to Intervene 11/26/18

MLU Request for public hearing on Nordic application 11/26/128

Upstream Watch petition for Maine Board of Environmental Protection to assume Jurisdiction over NAF application 11/26/18

Upstream Watch Request for Public Hearing 11/26/18

Upstream Watch Petition for Interested Party Status 11/26/18

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Maine DEP acting chief recommends against citizen board review of Nordic Aquafarms plan.

Salmon tankfarm opponents are rightfully livid over Maine DEP's acting chief Melanie Loyzim's actions on the controversial salmon tank farm plans by Nordic Aquaculture proposed to discharge into Belfast Bay
Loyzim denied out of hand petitions from Maine Lobstering Union and Upstream Watch requesting (1) a public hearing and (2) intervenor status. She also declared there was little public interest or controversy, recommending against MLU's request that BEP assume jurisdiction of the review of the project its proposed outfall's proposed contents and its baywater intake.
Read MLU's and Upstream Watch petitions here
Loyzim used indefensible assertio.ns that there was no possible significance to the effluvia of up to 20 million fish per year in the proposed CAFO tanks - largest ever in the United States - discharging out a single pipeline into the bay 24/7. What could go wrong?

Raising and slaughtering up to 20 million fish per year at Nordic and Whole Oceans - one at each end of Penobscot Bay's estuary - is nothing special, Loyzim asserted in her letter to conservation attorney Kim Tucker. Just like any little existing fishfarm, Loyzim smirked, enjoying her brief moment of ecological vandalism at the helm of the disfunctional-under-Lepage agency.
One remembers the good old days of Late McKernan Early Angus King , early baldacci,  when the Board of Environmental Protection performed its duty and routinely heard  citizen appeals - I actually won a special condition added to MBNA's Ducktrap Mtn guest cottage rush job tht was sprawling into an important deer wintering area   No more cottages, BEP announced. How MBNA's VP Shane Flynn howled!