DEP again gives initial approval for Juniper Ridge Landfill expansion

By: Kaitlyn Budion

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: March 23, 2026

Words: 360

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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For the second time, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection has found that expanding the Juniper Ridge Landfill would benefit the public.

The department issued a second positive public benefit determination Monday after a judge struck down the first determination earlier this year.

“The court couldn’t have been clearer: look at the full picture – the pollution, the history, the cumulative harm,” Nora Bosworth, a staff attorney at Conservation Law Foundation, said in …

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