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Bar Harbor Awarded $510,000 EPA Grant to Clean Up YMCA Brownfield Site
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Bar Harbor Awarded $510,000 EPA Grant to Clean Up YMCA Brownfield Site

Carrie Jones May 16, 2025 Share BAR HARBOR—Bar Harbor has been awarded a $510,000 Brownfield Cleanup Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remediate contaminated soils on a portion of the Mount Desert Island YMCA Park Street campus, the town announced May 16. Coal ash. Arsenic. Lead. Cancer-causing chemicals. It all lurks in the top three feet of soil at the MDI YMCA’s 21 … Continue reading Bar Harbor Awarded $510,000 EPA Grant to Clean Up YMCA Brownfield Site

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Town Will Apply for EPA Grant to Clean Up Brownfield at MDI YMCA

Carrie Jones Oct 16, 2024 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. BAR HARBOR—The Town Council held a public hearing on a grant application for an EPA cleanup at 21 Park Street, the town-owned property that houses the MDI YMCA. Coal ash. Arsenic. Lead. Cancer-causing chemicals. It all lurks in the top three feet of soil at the MDI … Continue reading Town Will Apply for EPA Grant to Clean Up Brownfield at MDI YMCA

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Coal Ash, Lead, and Arsenic in YMCA Soil

Town-owned Brownfield Site Could Cost $300k to Fix CARRIE JONES OCT 4, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—Coal ash. Arsenic. Lead. Cancer-causing chemicals. It all lurks in the top three feet of soil at the MDI YMCA’s Park Street campus, a lot that’s owned by the Town of Bar Harbor. In 1998, before the Y was constructed, an investigation of footprint of the building found some unsuitable … Continue reading Coal Ash, Lead, and Arsenic in YMCA Soil

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Town Will Hold Public Hearing About Toxic Soil at YMCA

Upcoming Public Hearings and Bar Harbor Couple Make Big Stonington Purchase, Plus Other Real Estate News CARRIE JONES  AND  SHAUN FARRAR SEP 22, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—The town has called a public hearing about the soil contamination at the YMCA lot on Park Street, releasing two reports about the toxic contaminations in the area. The Bar Harbor Story last wrote about the issue with full … Continue reading Town Will Hold Public Hearing About Toxic Soil at YMCA

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When Is a Site a Brownfield?

Fill at MDI YMCA Would Most Likely Have to Be Replaced To Develop Further SHAUN FARRAR APR 25, 2023 BAR HARBOR—Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pesticides, herbicides, and certain metals are all among the pollutants being tested for at the town owned parcel of land at 21 Park Street where the Mount Desert Island YMCA resides. Maine Department of … Continue reading When Is a Site a Brownfield?

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