U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The plan comes a decade after it was named a Superfund site. Remediation, to come after the mill is demolished, is expected to return the property “to a productive future.”

The two companies will pay penalties under agreements with the Environmental Protection Agency, which accused both of violating rules around the use of a refrigerant at their plants.

Nearly a decade after federal regulators launched an environmental review of a Windham Superfund site, a clean-up proposal is ready for public review.

Turning brownfields into assets helps communities promote revitalization. Priorities include former mills and an abandoned solvents manufacturing facility.

The company pays a $16,636 fine to the EPA for allegedly violating a rule about lead paint repair and renovations designed to shield children from the health risks of exposure to lead paint. In the settlement reached between the two parties, the company neither confirms nor denies the allegations.

Kennebec Property Services LLC, of Manchester, has agreed to pay a $16,500 penalty to resolve alleged violations of the EPA Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule.