BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is deleting the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, located in Kittery, Maine, from the National Priorities List (NPL), commonly referred to as Superfund. While EPA has determined that site cleanup work at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard site is complete, with no further site remediation activity required, ongoing operation and maintenance, lan  more

CONCORD, Massachusetts, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New England District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received a permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the Town of Temple for proposed work in Henry Mitchell Brook off Mitchell Brook Road at Temple, Maine. The proposed work involves the placement of fill below the ordinary high-water line of Henry Mitchell Brook off Mitchell Brook Road in  more

BANGOR, Maine, Feb. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: A Waterville-area man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for possessing fentanyl and cocaine with the intent to distribute. U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Victor Soto Sanchez, 39, to 210 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. Soto Sanchez had been found guilty on October 18, 2023, following a two-day fed  more