Poland Spring has failed in its latest attempt to force the town of Fryeburg to grant a permit for a water trucking facility there.
Nestlé Waters North America, owner of Poland Spring, first applied in 2005 for a permit to build a facility on Route 302 that would fill a maximum of 50 trucks each day with water from a Denmark aquifer, according to the Sun Journal in Lewiston. But a lengthy battle ensued that resulted in a Superior Court justice returning the matter to the planning board.
The planning board denied the permit last November, saying the facility would increase traffic, pollution and noise in a rural part of Fryeburg.
Nestlé’s appeal to the town’s Board of Appeals was denied Monday in a 3-1 vote that said the planning board was not in error when it decided the facility did not constitute “low-impact use.” Mark Dubois, natural resource manager for Nestle, told the Sun Journal he expects Nestlé will appeal in Superior Court “within the next few weeks.”
