Former Miller’s Department Store
230 Penobscot Avenue

Our Katahdin received an EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant to remediate environmental contamination identified in the building of the Former Miller’s Department Store located at 230 Penobscot Avenue in Millinocket (the Site). As a requirement of the EPA Cleanup Grant, Our Katahdin is providing this notification of the availability of the Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA) for the cleanup planned for the 230 Penobscot Avenue property. 

As part of the EPA Cleanup Grant, the ABCA is available for public review and comment. The ABCA and previously prepared environmental assessment reports for the Site, can be downloaded and reviewed at Our Katahdin’s website www.ourkatahdin.com/230penobscot, or reviewed in person at Our Katahdin’s office located at 245 Aroostook Avenue, Millinocket, ME Monday – Friday 9am-4pm. 

This notice also provides notice that comments on the ABCA and on the proposed cleanup and remediation of the 230 Penobscot Avenue Site can be submitted in writing to TRC Environmental, Inc. 6 Ashley Drive, Scarborough, Maine 04074; Attention Charlie Springer, (207) 274-2615 or cspringer@trcsolutions.com. The public comment period for this document will begin on August 1, 2018 and end on August 30, 2018. 

A Public Meeting to discuss the remediation and cleanup will be held on Wednesday August 1, 2018 at the Millinocket Memorial Library, 5 Maine Avenue, Millinocket, Maine. Public comments on the ABCA and the remediation/cleanup will also be accepted at the meeting.