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August 23, 2007

HoltraChem cleanup continues

Seven buildings and 20 tanks will be removed from the former HoltraChem Manufacturing site in the fifth phase of a multimillion-dollar chemical cleanup.

A nitromethane building, a well pump station, three river well pump houses, a filtered brine pump house and the paint shop will be removed over six-and-a-half months from the 235-acre Orrington site, according to the Bangor Daily News. HoltraChem produced chemicals and pesticides from the mid-1960s to 2000, when it went bankrupt, according to the paper. The cleanup began in March 2003.

During a press conference held yesterday, Gov. John Baldacci said the former plant is "the environmental contamination site with the highest priority" for his administration.

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