PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 17, 2021
Maietta Construction Inc. will pay $25,000 in fines and perform wetland restoration projects costing about $850,000 as part of a settlement with the federal government for discharges into approximately 10 acres of wetlands and stream in Scarborough. The wetland restoration and mitigation is “to restore and replace the lost ecological functions and services of the alleged filled and disturbed wetlands.” Deborah Szaro, the EPA’s New England acting regional administrator, said, “Protecting wetlands is important because these ecological areas provide valuable functions such as protecting and improving water quality, and helping to buffer floods and major storm events. When we lose wetlands, our communities lose resources that feed the rivers, lakes and streams we depend on to provide sources of food, transportation and recreational opportunities.”