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Plum Creek apologizes for incident of erosion
February 13, 2009 by John Richardson in Kennebec Journal
February 13, 2009 by John Richardson in Kennebec Journal
Plum Creek owns the property west of Greenville, and its logging contractor was clearing land for TransCanada, the developer of a wind farm. The Land Use Regulation Commission issued a notice of warning to TransCanada based on the erosion.
A Maine environmental group called for the state to fine Plum Creek and a logging contractor for cutting trees too aggressively.
The Natural Resources Council of Maine released photos of the erosion, which it said was effectively a 900-foot-long mudslide, along with internal communications that it says show Plum Creek's logging contractor was warned to stop working in the area until after the ground froze.
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Plum Creek violates erosion regulations; NRCM calls on LURC to impose fines
February 11, 2009 by Natural Resources Council of Maine
February 11, 2009 by Natural Resources Council of Maine
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Environmental groups critical of Plum Creek and Maine regulators
February 10, 2009 by Susan Sharon in Maine Public Broadcasting Network
February 10, 2009 by Susan Sharon in Maine Public Broadcasting Network
This time the focus is Kibby Mountain in western Maine where Transcanada is in the process of developing a wind power project, and where related logging operations by Plum Creek and a sub-contractor have been linked to serious land use violations. Pictures taken at the site by an independent engineering firm and provided to the Land Use Regulation Commission in late October show a logging road so damaged by rain, logging activity and erosion that it created a mudslide described as nearly 900 feet long.
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