Mercury Closure Meeting tonight 6pm Buckspolrt Middle school
Ron Huber
TONIGHT. DMR holds a public hearing on its plan to make permanent a no-lobstering zone in the mercury contaminated lower Penobscot River/upper Penobscot Bay mercury closure .
The meeting is at 6 PM at the Bucksport Middle School located at 100 Miles Ln, Bucksport, ME See attached map
See comments on closure (pdf) by
1. Friends of Penobscot Bay http://tinyurl.com/fopb-merc-081216
Excerpt "...We ask that you do NOT make this closure permanent in DMR rule via the 'emergency
route. Rather, standard non-emergency rulemaking will be better for this complicated issue that
should have far more thorough examination by the affected communities than the comparatively
brief time allowed under emergency rule making...."
and by
2. Maine Lobstering Union http://tinyurl.com/mlu-merc-081216
Excerpt: " DMR’s proposal to close an additional 5.5 square miles to all lobstering and crabbing has unjustifiably damaged the reputation for wholesomeness of all Maine lobsters – especially Penobscot Bay lobsters – including those from the Cape Jellison and Turner Point areas. This closure amendment is proposed in the absence of sound scientific support or legal authority under Maine law".
DMR:
Excerpt "The Commissioner proposes this rulemaking in order to protect public health due to the risk of mercury contamination in lobsters and crabs found in the mouth of the Penobscot River north of a line starting at the westernmost point of Perkins Point in the Town of Castine continuing in a northwesterly direction to the southern most point on Squaw Point (also known as Rocky Point) on Cape Jellison in the Town of Stockton Springs."
Love your bay? Come tonight be sure DMR does this right.
