MORNING SENTINEL • October 13, 2022
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection issued a denial without prejudice for the water quality certificate, stating that the owner of Shawmut Dam, Brookfield Renewable, did not provide finalized information about fish passages at the dam. At the same time, Brookfield has been working with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a new operating license for the Shawmut Dam and the National Marine Fisheries Service has been investigating the effects of the dam on Atlantic Salmon migration.