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Superfund Sites to Beneficial Use

REGION 1
Success Story
Eastland Woolen

Mill:
i^orinna,
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Eastland Woolen Mill site prior to remediation
Source: Ken Dow, Cattail Press
Through close collaboration with the Town of Corinna, the Maine
Department of Environmental Protection, and several other state
agencies and stakeholder groups, EPA has supported redevelopment at
the Eastland Woolen Mill site in Corinna, Maine. In 2001, EPA's
Superfund Redevelopment Initiative (SRI) provided Corinna with a
grant to develop a reuse plan for the site and surrounding area.
The 21-acre site was the location of the former Eastland Woolen Mill,
which operated as a textile mill from 1909 until 1996. Mill operations
such as wool dyeing processes contaminated soils, ground water,
surface water, and sediment associated with the East Branch of the
Sebasticook River. The site was added to the Superfund National
Priorities List in 1999. Cleanup activities included connections to
municipal water lines, removal of all site infrastructure, soil excavation
and treatment, and a ground water pump-and-treat system.
The former mill site dominated the heart of downtown Corinna and was
a sad reminder of the economic hardships brought on by the closing of
the mill and the associated losses in local jobs and revenues. Citizens of
Corinna were determined to take back their community and completed
the Reuse Plan for Corinna Village Center in 2002. EPA made it a
priority to work with stakeholders to achieve cleanup objectives in a
manner that supported this future vision of the community. Today, a
20-unit senior housing facility is located on a portion of the site.
Additionally, EPA, the Town of Corinna, and the State of Maine
worked to relocate the historic Odd Fellows Building within the site,
and it is now enjoyed as a country store and restaurant. A plan for
village-style subdivision and greenspace along the river was approved
in 2006, and in 2008 a public bandstand was built in the greenspace.
The transformed site is a testament to the success of close partnerships
and the critical role that reuse planning and planning grants can have on
the revitalization of a community.
Mew senior housing facility on the Eastland Woolen Mills site.
Source: EPA
"The EPA made every effort to work
with the Town in the planning and
implementation stages of both the
cleanup and redevelopment of Corinna.
The opening of the Corundel Commons
housing facility is a prime example of
what can be accomplished when
agencies share the same goals. Our
citizens will be forever grateful to the
EPA staff that gave their all to put our
Town and our lives together again." -
Dalton MuHis, Corinna Town Manager
"The Eastland Woolen Mill site is a
textbook example of how the reuse
planning process and cleanup can play
out. The town did a great job with the
reuse planning process and both the
EPA case team and the state worked
really closely with them to integrate the
plan into the cleanup." - John
Podgurski, Region 1 SRI Coordinator
and Remedial Project Manager
For more information, please contact
Melissa Friedland at
friedland.melissa@epa.gov or
(703) 603-8864 or Frank Avvisation at
avvisato.frank@epa.gov or (703) 603-
8949.
Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation
Superfund Redevelopment Initiative

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