NRCM news release
On February 25, 2015, the Environment and Natural Resources Committee held a public hearing on mining rules (LD 146) which demonstrated that Maine people from all parts of the state oppose weak mining rules. Twenty-four people from Aroostook County testified in person or submitted comments in opposition to the rules. Not a single citizen from Aroostook County testified or submitted comments in support of the rules. Individuals from 64 Maine communities spoke at the hearing or submitted comments in opposition, with the highest number of opposition comments from any one town coming from Presque Isle. Only eight individuals total testified or submitted comments in support of the rules, and they were all lobbyists, represented Aroostook Timberlands, or represented consulting firms that would benefit from mining in Maine.
See updated figures from both public hearings here.
OPPOSITION TO LD 146 MINING RULES
- Citizens Testifying in Opposition: 51
- Citizens Testifying from Aroostook County: 8
- Citizens Testifying from Aroostook County: 8
- Citizen Written Comments in Opposition:* 63
- Written Comments from Aroostook County:* 16
- Written Comments from Aroostook County:* 16
- Total Number of Towns for Citizen Testimony and Written Comments: 64
- Maine Legislators Testifying in Opposition: 5
- Organizations Testifying in Opposition: 7
- Organization Written Comments in Opposition: 3
- Total Testimony/Comments in Opposition: 129
SUPPORT FOR LD 146 MINING RULES
- Citizen Testimony in Support: NONE
- Citizens Testifying from Aroostook County: NONE
- Citizens Testifying from Aroostook County: NONE
- Citizen Written Comments in Support: NONE
- Written Comments from Aroostook County: NONE
- Written Comments from Aroostook County: NONE
- Total Number of Towns for Citizen Testimony and Written Comments: NONE
- Maine Legislators Testifying in Support: NONE
- Consultant Testimony in Support: 3
- Organization Testimony in Support: 3 (including Aroostook Timberlands)
- Consultant Written Comments in Support: 2
- Total Testimony/Comments in Support: 8* The written and oral testimony comments are non-overlapping.
| CITIZEN TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION TO LD 146 (51) | |||
| Fname | Lname | Town | AROOSTOOK CO. |
| Don | Abbott | Camden | |
| Harry | Ackerman | Harmony | |
| Randel | Agrella | Fort Fairfield | A |
| Betsy | Bishop Terrell | Carr Pond | A |
| Alice | Bolstridge | Presque Isle | A |
| Carol | Boothrogd | Dover-Foxcroft | |
| Doug | Bowen | Porter | |
| Liam | Burnell | Whitefield | |
| Brownie | Carson | Harpswell | |
| Dennis | Chinois | Bangor | |
| Alan | Clements | Charleston | |
| Peter | Crockett | Argyle Township | |
| Christine | Daglieri | Greene | |
| Roger | David | Dresden | |
| Sam | Day | Hallowell | |
| Jane | Edwards | Winslow | |
| Charles | Fitzgerald | Dover-Foxcroft | |
| Neil | Gallagher | Bunswick | |
| Peter | Garrett | Winslow | |
| Carl | Gerecky | Orneville | |
| Jim | Gerritson | Township D Range 2 | A |
| Ian | Glass | Portland | |
| Nany | Hathaway | Surry | |
| Steven | Heinz | Cumberland | |
| Jim | Hynson | Pittston | |
| Peter | Kallin** | Rome | |
| Elery | Keene | Winslow | |
| Lew | Kingsbury | Pittston | |
| Bob | Klotz | South Portland | |
| Sarah | LaChance | Cape Porpois | |
| Hillary | Lister | Athens | |
| Susan | MacKenzie | Waterville | |
| Gale | Maynard | Woodland | A |
| John | McIntyre | Easton | A |
| Regine | McIntyre | Easton | A |
| Diane | Messer | Liberty | |
| David | Miller | Portland | |
| Sidney | Mitchell | Dover-Foxcroft | |
| Roger | Morrison | Charleston | |
| Shelly | Mountain | Mapleton | A |
| Tony | Owens | Cape Elizabeth | |
| Sidney | Quarrier | Appleton | |
| Lucy | Quimby | Bangor | |
| Bill | Richards | Augusta | |
| Peggy | Schuller | Edgecomb | |
| Christoper | Sewell | Phippsburg | |
| George | Smith | Mount Vernon | |
| David | Sokowitz | Portland | |
| Shri | Verrill | Portland | |
| Michael | Verville | Brunswick | |
| David | Wood | Hallowell | |
| LEGISLATOR TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION TO LD 146 (5) | |||
| Rep. Henry | Bear | ||
| Rep. Ralph | Chapman | ||
| Rep. Janice | Cooper | ||
| Sen. Geoff | Gratwick | ||
| Sen. Chris | Johnson | ||
| CITIZEN WRITTEN COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION TO LD 146 (63) | |||
| Darrell and Lorette | Adams | Mars Hill | A |
| Krisanne | Baker | Woldoboro | |
| Lawrence | Bastian | New Gloucester | |
| Siri | Beckman | Stonington | |
| Gary | Boone | Presque Isle | A |
| Lindsey | Newland Bowker | Stonington | |
| Anne | Burt | Edgecomb | |
| Andy | Cadot | Portland | |
| Janet | Carpenter | Penobscot | |
| Brenda | Commander | Chief, Houlton Maliseet Indians | A |
| Geraldine | Cross | Bangor | |
| Larry | Dansinger | Monroe | |
| Shirley | Davis | Orono | |
| Mary Beth | DiMarco | Houlton | A |
| Mary-Therese | Duffy | ||
| Julianne | Forbes | North Bridgton | |
| David | Foster | ||
| Michelle | Fournier | North Yarmouth | |
| Ward | Gero | Presque Isle | A |
| Marcia | Girouard | Orono | |
| Martha | Goodale | Westbrook | |
| Carol | Gorecki | Orneville TWP | |
| John | Graves | Presque Isle | A |
| Leda Beth | Gray | Blue Hill | |
| John | Greenman | Orland | |
| Julie | Hamilton | Monroe | |
| Daniel | Harris | Winthrop | |
| Sarah | Harvey | ||
| Sandra | Hayes | Maliseet Indians | A |
| Brian | Hirst | Harpswell | |
| Don | Holmes | Sedgewick | |
| Nancy | Hoop | Kittery | |
| Sigrid | Houltette | Westmanland (Aroostook) | A |
| Pauline | Hunneman | Freeport | |
| Fred | Kircheis | ||
| Stephen | Martin | ||
| Ulli | Matheson | Westmanland (Aroostook) | A |
| Michael | Maynard | ||
| Gary | McGrane | Jay | |
| McPherson | Beth | Damariscotta | |
| Jim | Melloh | South Portland | |
| Stephen | Miller | Westmanland (Aroostook) | A |
| Abi | Morrison | Charleston (Penobscot) | |
| Jon | Olsen | Jefferson | |
| Parker | Beedy | Camden | |
| Arla | Patch | Bryant Pond | |
| Darlene | Perle | ||
| Sr. Patricia | Pora | ||
| Bonnie | Preston | Blue Hill | |
| Linda | Raymond | Maliseet Indian Tribal Council | A |
| Howard | Reben | Portland | |
| Kathy | Scott | Mercer | |
| Alice | Shephard | Presque Isle | A |
| Pauline | Sheridan | Northport | |
| Tony | Sousa | Hallowell | |
| Rebecca | Stanley | Monmouth | |
| Matthew | Streeter | Ocean Park | |
| Wayne | Sweetser | Presque Isle | A |
| Richard | Thomas | Waterville | |
| M.S. | Tupper | ||
| Francine | Wickes | ||
| Bonnie | Wood | Presque Isle | A |
| Stephen | Wood | Presque Isle | A |
| Sandra | Wright | Mt. Vernon | |
| ORGANIZATION TESTIMONY IN OPPOSITION TO LD 146 (7) | |||
| Tom | Abello | The Nature Conservancy | |
| Nick | Bennett | NRCM | |
| Landis | Hudson | Maine Rivers | |
| Kaitlyn | Bernard | Maine AMC | |
| Jeff | Reardon | Trout Unlimited | |
| Chris | Buchanan | Defending Water for Life | |
| Beth | Ahearn | Environmental Priorities Coalition | |
| ORGANIZATION WRITTEN COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION TO LD 146 (3) | |||
| Glen | Brand | Sierra Club | |
| Chief Brenda | Commander | Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians | A |
| Jym | St. Pierre | RESTORE: The North Woods | |
| Opposition Comment Towns (65) | Number of Comments from Town |
| Appleton | 1 |
| Argyle Township | 1 |
| Athens | 1 |
| Augusta | 1 |
| Bangor | 3 |
| Blue Hill | 2 |
| Brunswick | 2 |
| Bryant Pond | 1 |
| Camden | 2 |
| Cape Elizabeth | 1 |
| Cape Porpois | 1 |
| Carr Pond (Aroostook) | 1 |
| Charleston | 3 |
| Cumberland | 1 |
| Damariscotta | 1 |
| Dover-Foxcroft | 3 |
| Dresden | 1 |
| Easton (Aroostook) | 2 |
| Edgecomb | 2 |
| Fort Fairfield (Aroostook) | 1 |
| Freeport | 1 |
| Greene | 1 |
| Hallowell | 3 |
| Harmony | 1 |
| Harpswell | 2 |
| Houlton (Aroostook) | 2 |
| Jay | 1 |
| Jefferson | 1 |
| Kittery | 1 |
| Liberty | 1 |
| Mapleton (Aroostook) | 1 |
| Mars Hill (Aroostook) | 2 |
| Mercer | 1 |
| Monmouth | 1 |
| Monroe | 2 |
| Mt. Vernon | 2 |
| New Gloucester | 1 |
| North Bridgton | 1 |
| North Yarmouth | 1 |
| Northport | 1 |
| Ocean Park | 1 |
| Orland | 1 |
| Orneville TWP | 2 |
| Orono | 2 |
| Penobscot | 1 |
| Phippsburg | 1 |
| Pittston | 2 |
| Porter | 1 |
| Portland | 6 |
| Presque Isle (Aroostook) | 8 |
| Rome | 1 |
| Sedgewick | 1 |
| South Portland | 2 |
| Stonington | 2 |
| Surry | 1 |
| Township D Range 2 (Aroostook) | 1 |
| Waldoboro | 1 |
| Waterville | 2 |
| Westbrook | 1 |
| Westmanland (Aroostook) | 3 |
| Whitefield | 1 |
| Winslow | 3 |
| Winthrop | 1 |
| Woodland (Aroostook) | 1 |
| CITIZEN TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF LD 146 | ||
| NONE | ||
| LEGISLATOR TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF LD 146 | ||
| NONE | ||
| CITIZEN WRITTEN COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF LD 146 | ||
| NONE | ||
| CONSULTANT TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF LD 146 (3) | ||
| Larry | Fitzgerald | Stantec |
| Steve | Pinette | Pinetterra Consulting LLC |
| Matt | Muzzy | Sevee & Mahar Engineers, Inc. |
| CONSULTANT WRITTEN COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF LD 146 (2) | ||
| Jim | Butler | Aroostook Resources |
| Jake | Mitchell | Mitchell Tardy (Aroostook Resources) |
| ORGANIZATION TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF LD 146 (4) | ||
| Ben | Gilman | Maine State Chamber of Commerce |
| Anthony | Hourihan | Aroostook Resources |
| Jim | Mitchell | Mitchell Tardy (Aroostook Resources) |
| Patrick | Strauch | Maine Forest Products Council |
