Watershed Workshop WORKSHOPSEPTEMBER 20 20216:00 p.m. Hosted by the: Ogunquit Planning Board,with the Conservation Commission, and Sustainability Committee. AN INITIAL WORKSHOP ON THE WATERSHED RELATING TO WATER TESTING, DEVELOPMENT, SEWER AND SEPTIC, AND ORDINANCE COVERAGE. This meeting will be held in person in the Dunaway Center Main Auditorium.Members of the public may attend in person or […]
Picture credit: Jim Dollar at Creative Commons For an expanded description of the MSZ go to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection The Mandatory Shoreland Zoning Act (MSZA) requires municipalities to adopt, administer, and enforce local ordinances that regulate land use activities in the shoreland zone. The shoreland zone is comprised of all land areas […]
Picture credit Mikael Seegen at Unsplash As described in “Environmental Health News” PFAS stands for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which contain a strong carbon-fluorine bond that allows them to accumulate over time in the environment and in the bodies of animals and people, posing health risks. PFAS chemicals might also be thought of as “everywhere chemicals,” […]
