VIDEO - 500 Jobs in Downeast Maine: This morning I spoke on the House Floor to advocate for a solution to the costly & unnecessary regulations that are unfairly being imposed on a small dam on the St. Croix River
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After decades of operating under sensible & important regulation without issue, the Forest City Dam in Washington County had recently been forced to adhere to new & potentially devastating licensing requirements from a federal regulator in Washington, DC known as FERC
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Due to the costly new regs, the dam owners—Woodland Pulp mill that employs approximately 500 Mainers—worked w/ state & local government to allow the State of Maine to assume ownership of the dam
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However, FERC is preventing this transfer from happening, meaning Woodland may have to remove the dam, which would result in devastating consequences for the entire region by drastically changing river & lake levels & displacing local wildlife, residents & jobs
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I’m working toward a commonsense solution to protect the environment, local wildlife, the local community residents & small businesses, & these hundreds of jobs in Washington County
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Read more about the issue via @OnlineSentinel here:
https://www.centralmaine.com/2017/06/22/poliquin-seeking-regulatory-exemptions-for-eastern-maine-dam/ …
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