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Property Details for Gordan's Wharf


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111519
11 Wharf Road Sullivan, ME 04634
1.6
Tax Map 18, as Lot 18
44.5792762 / -68.2621003
2
Peterson, Alan
Peterson.Alan@epa.gov
617-918-1022


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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Hancock County Planning CommissionBF97188301MEAssessment2008


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$3,000.0006/23/200910/05/2009Hancock County Planning CommissionYFY11


Is Cleanup Necessary? No
EPA Assessment Funding: $3,000.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $3,000.00


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Contaminants and Media


Unknown


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 1.6
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Institutional and Engineering Controls

No
No
No
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

Start DateLeveraged FundingCACompletion Date
04/20/2010$55,000.00Hancock County Planning Commission
04/20/2010$327,740.00Hancock County Planning Commission
04/20/2010$44,000.00Hancock County Planning Commission


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Additional Property Attributes

Sullivan was able to leverage over 400,000 of public and private funding to purchase and redevelop the property. This former vacant property currently houses two environmental non-profit groups, Maine Coast Heritage Trust and Friends of Taunton Bay, an environmental educational group that can also use the basement as a laboratory. The formerly abandoned commercial wharf is currently being used to support local lobstermen and a muscle farming operation. Additional redevelopment activities, including the construction of a boat ramp, are being funded through a grant from the Federal Highway By-way Funds.

Former Use: Hancock County Planning Commission HCPC conducted a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment of the Gordon�s Wharf property, located at 11 Wharf Road, in Sullivan, Maine, hereafter, referred to as the Subject Property. The purpose of this Phase I ESA was to identify existing and or potential environmental conditions at the Subject Property, including impacts and or potential impacts to the Subject Property from off-site sources. The Subject Property is located in a residential area approximately 500 feet to the north of U.S. Route 1 and the Hancock-Sullivan Bridge. A single family dwelling is currently located at the northeast corner of the Subject Property and the southern portion of the lot is comprised of a large granite wharf which extends into the Taunton River. The Stimson Granite company is believed to have originally developed the Subject Property in the late 1800s. The Stimson granite quarry is located on the Track Road, to the north of Taunton Drive, and granite blocks were historically transported from the quarry to the Subject Property to be loaded onto sailing ships for distribution. Oxen were originally used to transport granite blocks, however, railroad tracks were installed in the early 1900s, and a gravity assisted cable car was used to lower granite from the quarry to the wharf. The Subject Property appears to have been used sporadically for granite loading operations until the early 1940s. Since that time, land use at the Subject Property has been primarily residential, however the wharf has been lightly used by commercial lobsterman. Additionally, the Subject Property was used by Atlantic Aquafoods Inc. to assemble and store salmon pens in the 1990s. Historical land use to the east and west of the Subject Property included gold and sliver mining operations.
Greenspace (1.6)
Hazardous


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