Maine Land Use Planning Commission
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2024
State panel rejects proposed mine near Baxter State Park
The Land Use Planning Commission voted 5-2 Wednesday to deny the rezoning bid from Wolfden LLC.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2024
Staff urges land-use planning board to reject Pickett Mountain mine rezoning
The proposal calls for rezoning 374 acres of land about 20 miles east of Katahdin to create a metallic mineral mine at Pickett Mountain.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2020
Regulators begin reviewing plan for metal mine in northern Maine
Wolfden Resources' proposal for a mine just south of Patten will likely be the first test of a state law that opened the door for metal mining in the state.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2020
Company seeks to rezone northern Maine land for large metallic mine
Wolfden Resources says that Pickett Mountain, located north of Patten, contains high-grade deposits of zinc, lead, copper, silver and gold.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2019
Mills administration names new head of Land Use Planning Commission
The commission acts as the permitting and regulatory agency for roughly half of Maine's total acreage.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2019
Regulators decide to consider revised route for CMP power line
Central Maine Power Co. wants to adjust the course of its 145-mile transmission line to avoid a remote pond, and state regulators have agreed to reopen the case.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2019
Revised route for CMP transmission corridor provides new point of contention
Environmental regulators are considering a request from Central Maine Power to reroute 1 mile of its proposed corridor to avoid Beattie Pond, stirring up more questions about the controversial project.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2019
CMP submits last-minute change to power line plan to avoid protected pond
The company now wants to build the transmission line farther from remote Beattie Pond, which was a sticking point for land-use regulators last week.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2019
Stalemate over remote pond holds up state panel’s decision on CMP power line
Members of the Land Use Planning Commission disagree on the 145-mile project's impact on 27-acre Beattie Pond.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2019
CMP transmission line faces critical vote by state land-use panel
The Land Use Planning Commission is set to discuss and possibly vote on whether the $1 billion project meets state zoning standards.