Calls to Remove Ellsworth Dam Grow After State Issues 2nd Water Quality Denial

Calls to remove Ellsworth dam grow after state issues 2nd water quality denial

Calls to remove an Ellsworth dam are mounting after the state signaled it would deny a water quality permit for the second time, renewing questions about the future of the Union River dams. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has issued a draft denial to Black Bear Hydro Partners — a subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable that owns the Union River dam and the upstream Graham Lake dam — for its second water quality certification applicat…

MDEP issues draft order denying certification for dams

ELLSWORTH — The Maine Department of Environmental Protection issued a draft order May 4, denying Black Bear Hydro Partners LLC’s latest water quality certification application for the Ellsworth Hydroelectric Project, concluding that the dams failed to meet standards for fish…