Officials in the town of in East Millinocket, Maine, are reportedly concerned that the owner of the former Great Northern Paper Co. LLC site is demolishing assets without permission.
According to a report in the Bangor Daily News, the appearance of heavy demolition equipment at the site could signify larger demolition plans than what has been approved by Maine Department of Environmental Protection. The concerns come from Board of Selectmen Chairman Mark Scally. According to Scally, the demolition permit is only for demolishing one wall on the property. He called the large equipment at the site “suspicious.”
He added in the article that town officials have reviewed the situation with the town’s attorneys, and they are monitoring it closely.
Hackman Capital Partners bought the mill’s assets at bankruptcy auction for $5.4 million on Dec. 5, 2014. Hackman had reportedly planned to find a buyer interested in restarting the mill, but abandoned those plans in March 2015.
Hackman reportedly doesn’t own the site’s buildings or the land beneath them. The town has a lien against the site because North American owes the town about $112,000 in unpaid property taxes, notes Scally in the article. The lien also means the town must sign off on any demolition work done at the site. If anything of value is removed from the site, he says it could impair the town’s ability to be paid taxes it is owed.
According to a report in the Bangor Daily News, the appearance of heavy demolition equipment at the site could signify larger demolition plans than what has been approved by Maine Department of Environmental Protection. The concerns come from Board of Selectmen Chairman Mark Scally. According to Scally, the demolition permit is only for demolishing one wall on the property. He called the large equipment at the site “suspicious.”
He added in the article that town officials have reviewed the situation with the town’s attorneys, and they are monitoring it closely.
Hackman Capital Partners bought the mill’s assets at bankruptcy auction for $5.4 million on Dec. 5, 2014. Hackman had reportedly planned to find a buyer interested in restarting the mill, but abandoned those plans in March 2015.
Hackman reportedly doesn’t own the site’s buildings or the land beneath them. The town has a lien against the site because North American owes the town about $112,000 in unpaid property taxes, notes Scally in the article. The lien also means the town must sign off on any demolition work done at the site. If anything of value is removed from the site, he says it could impair the town’s ability to be paid taxes it is owed.
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