DEP CHECK PRESENTATION
Patricia Aho, commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, was in Aroostook County Oct. 1, presenting checks to the Presque Isle Landfill and Tri-Community Landfill for closure and remediation costs owed by the state.
Photo courtesy of Mike Bosse
Pictured here, from left to right are: Austin Bleess, Caribou city manager; Aho presenting a check for $72,918.16 to Mark Draper, Tri-Community’s solid waste director; and Dan Foster, Fort Fairfield town manager. A separate check presentation for the Presque Isle Landfill was held at Presque Isle City Hall earlier that day. Twelve Maine communities received a total of $198,296, as the state begins paying off its $4 million debt for costs communities incurred to clean up or close landfills that threatened public and environmental health.
