TIMES RECORD • July 9, 2020
Brunswick officials are one step closer to closing the Graham Road Landfill after agreeing to pay $10,000 in fines to the Maine DEP, stemming from years worth of wastewater discharge violations. The system was built in 1984, nearly 20 years before the EPA tightened restrictions for wastewater coming from landfills. Now, the limits are significantly stricter, even though other local facilities that drain into the river allow for higher levels of ammonia. The ammonia’s impact on water quality in the Androscoggin River was negligible. The violations, in part, led to the decision in 2016 to close the landfill, which is now slated for completion in April. Once the Brunswick landfill closes, Casella will take garbage to the Pine Tree Waste transfer station in West Bath.