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Article: Red Shield shutting boiler to work on soot collection Debris won't be burned until issue resolved
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- March 13, 2007
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OLD TOWN - Red Shield Environmental said Monday it would shut down
its biomass boiler at the former Georgia-Pacific Corp. mill until
Thursday to make repairs to its soot collection system.
Soot from the facility fell onto homes and yards in neighboring
Bradley on two occasions in the past two weeks, according to Red
Shield and state environmental officials.
Bradley is directly across the Penobscot River from the mill.
Red Shield planned to shut the boiler at 6 p.m. Monday, and it is
expected to be down until Thursday night.
Employees and subcontracted workers will use the time not only to
repair the ash collection system, but also to make other repairs and
do maintenance. "We're going to ...