PENOBSCOT BAY Exactly one year after two large bales of compact trash from Ireland spilled and dispersed into the waters of Penobscot Bay at Searsport, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection will consider a $17,800 fine be imposed on Sprague.
PENOBSCOT BAY On December 2, 2020, two large bales of compacted trash from Ireland dropped into Penobscot Bay waters while being unloaded from a ocean freighter at Mack Point in Searsport, dispersing fragments of plastic on the tide and currents.