Maine Board of Environmental Protection takes over Dragon's waste license decision.
Online Audio Recordings of the October 6, 2005 meeting where this decision was made.
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AUGUSTA. On October 6, 2005, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection took over jurisdiction of Dragon Cement Products' pollution license for its cement kiln dust and clinker waste piles. The BEP was responding to a request by Thomaston area group Neighbors for Safe Dragon (NSD) A public hearing will be held in Thomaston or Rockland in early 2006.

Introduction to meeting. Click Here

NSD Attorney Peggy McGehee urges the BEP to take over jurisdiction Click Here

NSD attorney Hope Jacobsen urges the BEP to take over jurisdiction Click Here

Dragon attorney Tom Doyle urges the BEP NOT to take over jurisdiction Click Here

BEP members deliberate, then vote to take over jurisdiction. Click Here

Online audio courtesy Maine Indymedia.

About the Board of Environmental Protection
Purpose of the Board
Members of the Board

About Dragon Cement's pollution problems: Click Here

First released October 7, 2005
Contact Neighbors for a Safe Dragon 207-594-5717