Sears Island. Sierra Club's sellout bears its poisonous harvest.

The US Army Corps of Engineers  has just announced that it has given final approval to Maine Dept of Transportation's Sears Island Umbrella Mitigation Bank (1page pdf, with links to all related info )

The Sears Island Umbrella Mitigation bank is housed at Maine Dept of Transportation- Environmental Office State House Station 16 Augusta, ME 04333-0016.   Contacts below the image. Click image for  bigger size

Sears Island Mitigation Bank Contacts
Judy Gates  judy.gates@maine.gov Phone: (207)624-3100 Fax: (207)624-3101
& Deane C van Dusen  deane.vandusen@maine.gov Cell Phone: (207)592-3198


Now let's carefully watch the Maine Legislature, which has a bill before it to create a 200 million dollar bond to build a container port on Sears Island.  A bill they might act on at any time!

Sears island Mitigation Bank Meeting 2/23/09 - TIME CHANGE - day to evening

Army Corps's Ruth Ladd wrote Bay Blog announcing that the February 23rd mitigation meeting at Union Hall in Searsport is going to delayed from day until evening, i.e. from 2pm to 7 pm. This change is in response to several requests that the meeting be done at night to allow more of the public to attend

Ladd will still be at Union Hall at 2 pm (as will Deane Van Dusen with MaineDOT) to chat with anyone who shows up at the original 2 pm time. FMI: Ruth M. Ladd (978) 318-8818
Chief, Policy Analysis and Technical Support Branch, Regulatory Division
New England District Corps of Engineers ,696 Virginia Road Concord, MA 01742-2751