{"id":33426,"date":"2025-01-22T09:08:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=33426"},"modified":"2025-02-11T08:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T13:23:37","slug":"talk-at-last-restoration-of-maines-longest-river-the-unprecedented-cleanup-of-the-mighty-penobscot","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/event\/talk-at-last-restoration-of-maines-longest-river-the-unprecedented-cleanup-of-the-mighty-penobscot\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk &#8211; At Last, Restoration of Maine\u2019s Longest River: The Unprecedented Cleanup of the Mighty Penobscot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5377 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2014\/08\/PenobscotNarrowsBridge2-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"Penobscot Narrows Bridge\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2014\/08\/PenobscotNarrowsBridge2-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2014\/08\/PenobscotNarrowsBridge2-105x81.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2014\/08\/PenobscotNarrowsBridge2-317x244.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2014\/08\/PenobscotNarrowsBridge2-423x326.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2014\/08\/PenobscotNarrowsBridge2.jpg 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/>The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, 91福利, Orono.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Virtual attendance:<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/maine.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZIsdeyhqj8uHNLTXszn2JCQX4C-Zjgud0WU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complete the registration form<\/a> for Zoom connection information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Co-sponsors<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology, 91福利<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ecologyandenvironmentalsciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ecology &amp; Environmental Sciences, 91福利<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/civil.umaine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering, 91福利<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: Lauri Gorton, Program Manager, Greenfield Penobscot Estuary Remediation Trust LLC<\/p>\n<p>This talk will provide an overview of one of the largest environmental cleanups underway in Maine, designed to reduce exposure to mercury in the Penobscot River estuary \u2013 the state\u2019s longest river. In 2022, the U.S. District Court in Maine approved a Consent Decree that created and funded two environmental response trusts to settle the 20-year lawsuit by Maine People\u2019s Alliance and the Natural Resources Defense Council against Mallinckrodt US LLC for discharging mercury into the Penobscot River Estuary. The Penobscot Estuary Mercury Remediation Trust is charged with implementing measures to remediate mercury contamination in Estuary sediments using funds of at least $167 million and possibly up to $247 million provided by Mallinckrodt. The second trust, the Penobscot Estuary Beneficial Environmental Projects Trust, was created to fund environmental projects intended to mitigate or offset potential adverse impacts caused by mercury contamination in the Penobscot Estuary.<\/p>\n<p>As Greenfield\u2019s Program Manager for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penobscotriverremediation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.penobscotriverremediation.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1737636417737000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1M5s-lNPfe5QmijcoRAs7m\">Penobscot Estuary Mercury Remediation Trust,<\/a> Lauri is responsible for leading the trust\u2019s technical, regulatory, and communications programs designed to address mercury contamination in the Estuary. Before working on the Penobscot, Lauri spent ten years as Environmental Program Manager and Senior Strategist for other Greenfield environmental response trusts, where she led the cleanup and community engagement efforts at Superfund and RCRA sites in Mississippi, Montana, Florida, and Missouri. Before joining Greenfield in 2013, Lauri worked at CH2M HILL (now Jacobs), managing RCRA and CERCLA (Superfund) environmental programs across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, 91福利, Orono. 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