MAINE PUBLIC • May 11, 2020
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Land Use Planning Commission signed off today on vital land use permits Central Maine Power needs for its proposed 151-mile power line through western Maine. The permits include dozens of conditions the agencies say will mitigate damage to forest values. Several environmental groups, including Trout Unlimited and the Natural Resources Council of Maine, are not satisfied with the permit conditions. But the Nature Conservancy and the Conservation Law Foundation are supportive of the permit.