TIMES RECORD • October 29, 2024
The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority is asking Gov. Janet Mills’ office for funding to help clean up toxic chemicals in its hangars in the wake of a disastrous firefighting foam spill in August. In a budget request letter dated Oct. 28, the Authority said that it wants to pursue an emergency project that will cost about $21.9 million to remove and replace its fire suppression systems and substances that contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at Brunswick Executive Airport. The Authority said the funding would be used to design, demolish, permit, bid and construct new fire suppression systems, as well as dispose of hazardous PFAS chemicals in Hangars 4, 5 and 6.