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Owners of Former Orrington Chemical Plant Call State Violation Notice ‘Disappointing’

Maine DEP demands Mallinckrodt submit a cleanup plan within 30 days after 25 years of contamination from mercury and chloropicrin remain on the former HoltraChem site.

Summary by Bangor Daily News
ORRINGTON, Maine — The owners of a former chemical manufacturing plant in Orrington say a recent violation notice from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection is “disappointing.” In October, the department issued a second violation notice to Mallinckrodt U.S. LLC/Medtronic regarding mercury and other contamination at the site that occurred between 1967 and 2000, citing a lack of meaningful progress on cleanup. Last week, the owners told…

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Owners of former Orrington chemical plant call state violation notice ‘disappointing’

ORRINGTON, Maine — The owners of a former chemical manufacturing plant in Orrington say a recent violation notice from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection is “disappointing.” In October, the department issued a second violation notice to Mallinckrodt U.S. LLC/Medtronic regarding mercury and other contamination at the site that occurred between 1967 and 2000, citing a lack of meaningful progress on cleanup. Last week, the owners told…

·Bangor, United States
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Maine DEP issues second violation notice to owners of defunct Orrington chemical plant

The former HoltraChem site has been under remediation for over 20 years, but state officials say soil contaminated by hazardous chemicals like mercury still remains.

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WCSH broke the news in Portland, United States on Monday, November 3, 2025.
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