The Land Use Planning Commission voted 5-2 Wednesday to deny the rezoning bid from Wolfden LLC.
Maine Land Use Planning Commission
Staff urges land-use planning board to reject Pickett Mountain mine rezoning
The proposal calls for rezoning 374 acres of land about 20 miles east of Katahdin to create a metallic mineral mine at Pickett Mountain.
Regulators begin reviewing plan for metal mine in northern Maine
Wolfden Resources’ proposal for a mine just south of Patten will likely be the first test of a state law that opened the door for metal mining in the state.
Company seeks to rezone northern Maine land for large metallic mine
Wolfden Resources says that Pickett Mountain, located north of Patten, contains high-grade deposits of zinc, lead, copper, silver and gold.
Mills administration names new head of Land Use Planning Commission
The commission acts as the permitting and regulatory agency for roughly half of Maine’s total acreage.
Regulators decide to consider revised route for CMP power line
Central Maine Power Co. wants to adjust the course of its 145-mile transmission line to avoid a remote pond, and state regulators have agreed to reopen the case.
Revised route for CMP transmission corridor provides new point of contention
Environmental regulators are considering a request from Central Maine Power to reroute 1 mile of its proposed corridor to avoid Beattie Pond, stirring up more questions about the controversial project.
CMP submits last-minute change to power line plan to avoid protected pond
The company now wants to build the transmission line farther from remote Beattie Pond, which was a sticking point for land-use regulators last week.
Stalemate over remote pond holds up state panel’s decision on CMP power line
Members of the Land Use Planning Commission disagree on the 145-mile project’s impact on 27-acre Beattie Pond.
CMP transmission line faces critical vote by state land-use panel
The Land Use Planning Commission is set to discuss and possibly vote on whether the $1 billion project meets state zoning standards.