U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION 1

5 POST OFFICE SQUARE, SUITE 100

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109-3912 

EASTLAND WOOLEN MILL SUPERFUND SITE PARTIAL DELETION 

DATE: September 18, 2012 

TO: Site File

FROM: Ed Hathaway

 Remedial Project Manager

 

RE: Eastland Woolen Mill Superfund Site, Corinna, Maine 

Purpose: 

This memorandum to the Site file documents EPA’s determination that the one letter of comment 

received with respect to the proposed partial deletion action for the Eastland Woolen Mill 

Superfund does not constitute an “adverse comment”. The comment period for the proposed 

rule began on August 2, 2012 and the comment period ended on September 4, 2012. Since no 

adverse comments were received, the partial deletion will become effective on October 1, 2012 

as presented in the direct final rule for partial deletion that was published on August 2, 2012. 

The basis for the determination that the comments provided were not adverse is presented in this 

memorandum. 

Background: 

The proposed rule presenting the intent for a partial deletion at the Eastland Woolen Mill 

Superfund Site (40 CFR Part 300 [EPA–HQ–SFUND–1999–0010–; FRL–9704– 3]) was 

published in the Federal Register, Vol. 77, No. 149 on Thursday, August 2, 2012 under Proposed 

Rules on pages 46009 – 46010. The direct final rule for partial deletion of the Eastland Woolen 

Mill (40 CFR Part 300 [EPA–HQ–SFUND–1999–0010; FRL 9704–4] was published the 

Federal Register, Vol. 77, No. 149 on Thursday, August 2, 2012 under Rules and Regulations 

on pages 45968 - 45978. 

Evaluation of Comments Submitted Regarding Partial Deletion of Eastland Woolen Mill 

Superfund Site:

EPA received a letter from an individual stating several objections to the partial deletion action 

at the Eastland Woolen Mill Superfund Site. After careful consideration of the comments and a 

conversation with the author of the comments, EPA believes that the comments are not adverse 

comments. The actual intent of the author of the comments was to seek the removal of the 

Winchester park property from the boundary of the Eastland Woolen Mill Superfund Site, 

although by a different mechanism than the proposed partial deletion. Since the intent of the 

comment was to remove the property from the Site boundaries, as was the intent of the proposed 
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partial deletion, the comment is not an adverse comment to the proposed partial deletion. In 

addition, the commentor submitted a letter clarifying his position in support of the partial 

deletion. 

The commentor was also seeking changes to the Site documents to clarify what he felt were 

inaccuracies in the support documentation for the partial deletion. The individual comments are 

presented below along with a response:

Comments relating to the partial deletion:

1. Comment: I object to Winchester Park being listed within the boundaries of the EWM 

Superfund Site: Figure 10, Institutional Control Zone Layout, Tax Map 18 Lot 53; Figure 

11, Areas to be Deleted and Remaining Boundary of the Site; Figure 12, Site Deletion 

and Site Boundary with NTCRA and Groundwater Information.

a. This comment was clarified based on a telephone conversation between the EPA 

RPM and the author of the comments on September 6, 2012. The comment

objected to the partial deletion action on the basis that the property known as 

Winchester Park should not require deletion because it should never have been 

considered within the boundaries of the Eastland Woolen Mill Superfund. The 

commentor clarified that he supports the removal of the Winchester Park from the 

Site as proposed in the deletion and has no objection to the partial deletion action 

for the other properties. The intent of the objective was to request that EPA go 

back and remove all references in text and maps that show Winchester Park 

within the boundaries of the Site. If that was done, there would be no need to 

include Winchester Park in the partial deletion.1

Response: Winchester Park is a small parcel at the edge of the properties that were formally the 

Eastland Woolen Mill. The Town of Corinna acquired the Eastland Woolen Mill properties as 

part of a tax lien action. In 2004, the Town of Corinna created a subdivision plan for the former 

Eastland Woolen Mill and included Winchester Park on the plan. Winchester Park was 

identified as a property that would require land use restrictions, which have been finalized, to 

prevent installation of a groundwater well that could impact the nearby groundwater 

contamination. A portion of Winchester Park was also disturbed and restored as part of the EPA 

Non-Time-Critical Action (“NTCRA”) due to its close proximity to the contaminated soil 

excavation. The Winchester Park property had been generally included in some of the Site 

definition maps and boundary descriptions creating some ambiguity as to whether Winchester 

Park was part of the Site. 

To remove any ambiguity, EPA included the Winchester Park property within the area identified 

for the partial deletion. The partial deletion is the appropriate administrative mechanism to 

remove a property from a Site boundary. While the commentor would have preferred that EPA 

go back and remove any reference that infers that Winchester Park is within the Site boundaries, 

 

1 Subsequent to receiving this comment and the September 6 telephone conversation with the commenter to clarify 

the comment, EPA received a second letter from the commenter dated September 10, a copy of which is attached to 

this memorandum.
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the only effective way to formally remove Winchester Park from the Site boundaries, is the 

partial deletion process. 

Since the intent of the comment is to remove Winchester Park from the boundary of the Site, the 

comment is not an “adverse comment” but rather a preference that the mechanism to remove the 

property from the Site boundary should have been to revise all of the previous documents. The 

commentor’s objection was that he did not want to acknowledge that Winchester Park was ever 

within the boundaries of the Site even if that acknowledgement was accompanied by the 

deletion. As stated above, because response costs were incurred on a portion of the Park as part 

of the NTCRA, the partial deletion process being administered by EPA is the appropriate 

mechanism to accomplish the removal of Winchester Park from the EWM Site boundary. 

2. Object to Figure 10, 11 and 12: Tax Map 18 Lot 52. At first glance it would be nearly 

impossible to determine Lot 52 Tax Map 18 was included in the EWM Site when the mill 

closed on October 13, 1997. The lot appears to only have an innocent connection to the 

Superfund Site as indicated in Figure 10, “IC (Institutional Control) area where 

properties outside of the Eastland Woolen Mill Site are being restricted to permit prevent 

expansion of the groundwater plume.” In an attempt to partially recover a $2.5 million 

load to Eastland Woolen Mill, the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME) acting in its 

capacity as creditor held an auction. The so-called Emery/Hutchins house, buildings and 

lot were sold by FAME to David and Jeanne Carcieri on May 5, 1997. I object to Lot 52 

Tax Map 18 being excluded from the partial delisting boundary of the EWM Superfund 

Site. Lot 52 experienced a level of EPA cleanup activity at least equivalent with parcels 

to the south, east and north on the EWM Site. Figure B shows “2,200 Gal. Aqua Amonia 

ASTS” storage tanks on Lot 52. Although having become a private lot separate from 

EWM, the lot – particularly the easterly open space-was subject to low level 

contamination soil cleanup at the mill Site. Lot 52 extended to the southwest corner of 

the EWM building and mill yard. 

Response: The comment questions why Figures 10, 11 and 12 and the proposed partial deletion 

boundary do not include Tax Map 18 Lot 52 as being included in the Site boundary and then 

subject to the deletion – as is the case for Winchester Park. Tax Map 18 Lot 52, similar to 

Winchester Park, is adjacent to the former Eastland Woolen Mill. In addition, no soil or 

groundwater contamination was found on Tax Map 18 Lot 52. The property is required to have a 

land use restrictions that will prevent the installation of a water supply well that could influence 

the movement of the groundwater contamination. The Eastland Woolen Mill had encroached on 

this property, which was owned by the mill owners. The back portion of Tax map 18 Lot 52 was 

used by the mill as a road, parking, and also included several storage tanks. The tanks were 

removed as part of the Non-Time Critical Removal Action but no contamination was found on 

the property. Figure 3, not Figure B shows the former ammonia tanks. The portion of the Tax 

Map 18 Lot 52 property that was within the former Eastland Woolen Mill footprint was also used 

during the cleanup action and, similar to Winchester Park, the disturbed areas were restored. 

Similar to Winchester Park, portions of Tax Map 18 Lot 52 have been described as being within 

the boundaries of the EWM Site. 
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The land use restriction for Tax Map 18 Lot 52 is not finalized so the property could not have 

been included in the partial deletion as one of the properties to be deleted. Once the land use 

restriction is in place, EPA will evaluate whether to include that portion of Tax Map 18 Lot 52 

in a future deletion notice. The one main difference between Winchester Park and the property 

at Tax Map 18 Lot 52 is that Winchester Park is one of the Town owned properties that is shown 

on the subdivision plan and the Town-owned properties on that plan were, at times, generally

depicted as being within the boundary of the Site. It seemed appropriate to include Winchester 

Park in the partial deletion to provide clarity that will no longer be included in the boundary of 

the EWM site. Tax Map 18 Lot 52 is an owner occupied residential property that is not Town 

owned and a portion of the property was subject to response actions as part of the NTCRA. 

Other Comments: 

1. I object to Winchester Park being included in the Subdivision Plan for the Town of 

Corinna, Plan File 2004, No. 167, Penobscot Registry of Deeds, October 19, 2004. 

Response: This is not a comment relevant to the EPA activities. EPA suggests that the 

commentor address this issue with the Town of Corinna. 

2. I object to the configuration of Winchester Park as represented in the Survey Plan 

Showing Properties In Corinna Subject To Proposed Environmental Controls; Maine 

Department of Environmental Protection, September 20, 2011; the Plan as filed in 

Penobscot County Registry of Deeds, Plan File 2012, No. 20, dated March 29, 2012, also 

showing the 2004 Town of Corinna Tax Map Subdivision Plan. 

Response: This plan was developed by Maine DEP and reviewed by the Town of Corinna. 

EPA suggests that the commentor address this issue with the Town of Corinna and the Maine 

DEP. EPA does agree, based on the telephone conversation between the RPM and author of 

the comments, that any future map used for land use restrictions should clearly identify 

Winchester Park as a parcel separate from the subdivision lots.

3. By recording Winchester park as a part of the EWM Superfund Site, the Town of Corinna 

and the EPA are ignoring provisions of the 1913 deeded covenant that prevent combining 

the park with adjacent tax-acquired EWM property. Tax-acquired property can be sold 

by the Town of Corinna. The legislative body at annual town meeting voted “to 

authorize the Board of Selectmen, on behalf of the town, to sell and dispose of any real 

estate acquired by the town for nonpayment of taxes, thereon and on such terms as they 

deem advisable, based upon the fair value of said property and determine to be most 

beneficial to the town and its inhabitants and to execute quitclaim deeds to such 

property.” Town of Corinna Annual Report 2011, Article 9, p.60, March 2012. The 

town voted “ to authorize the Board of Selectmen to dispose of any town owned real 

estate on such terms as they deem advisable ” Town of Corinna Annual Report, Article 

10, p.60, March 10, 2012. Winchester Park is a town owner Civil War park. The park 

was donated to the inhabitants of the town of Corinna by the Elizabeth Winchester family 

in 1913, Penbscot Registry of Deeds, book 835, Page 391. 
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Response: The federal action at the EWM Superfund Site does not alter any of the legal property 

boundaries of description. The Site boundary is not a property boundary but rather the limits of 

the area where contamination has come to be located or where cleanup action is needed. Neither 

the cleanup action, including the land use restrictions, nor the partial deletion have changed the 

Winchester Park property boundary nor have the EPA actions attempted to legally combine 

Winchester Park into other property. EPA identified Winchester Park as a separate property in 

the partial deletion and in the development of the land use restrictions. Figures which show a 

general “Site” boundary that is inclusive of Winchester Park and the other Town properties are 

not legal property descriptions but rather are generic Site depictions. Any issues relating to the 

Town of Corinna management of the property should be addressed to the Town of Corinna. 

4. Winchester Park was never owned by Eastland Woolen Mill. The park was never subject 

to EPA Non-Time Critical Removal Action. Benzene contaminated soil was never 

excavated and removed from Winchester Park. The soil and groundwater in Winchester 

Park were never treated with in-situ chemical oxidation. Historic boundary lines of the 

park were surveyed and marked during the EPA cleanup activities at the EWM Superfund 

Site. In autumn 2003 the EPA graded the easterly boundary of Winchester Park to 

restore as close as possible the historic slope of the Site within the context of the westerly 

properties abutting the EWM Site. Town of Corinna officials and EPA engineers verbally 

agreed to return the granite boundary line markers once the easterly line of Winchester 

Park had been graded. Absence of the granite boundary line marker smooths the way for 

the free plunder of Winchester Park.

Response: EPA has not stated the Winchester Park was part of the former Eastland Woolen Mill 

property. The boundary of the Eastland Woolen Mill Site is not limited to the former property 

of the Eastland Woolen Mill. The Site is the term EPA uses to describe where cleanup actions 

are necessary and where contamination has come to be located. EPA did document that 

Winchester Park was not contaminated in federal register notice. The federal register notice for 

the partial deletion states that “The properties proposed for deletion that are identified in the 

Town of Corinna subdivision plan as Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10, portions of Lot 54 on Tax 

Map 18, the property identified as Lot 53 on Tax Map 18 and the property owned by Central 

Maine Power were not within the areas where substantial contamination was located. These 

properties contained open space, the dry processing portions of the former Eastland Woolen 

Mill, and office space.” The federal register notice later states “ In summary, the Town of 

Corinna subdivision lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10, the portion of Subdivision Lot 1 north of the 

Central Maine Power property, a portion of Lot 54 on Tax Map 18, the property identified at 

Map 18 Lot 53 (Winchester Park) and the property owned by Central Maine Power have been 

evaluated during the RI and NTCRA activities. The RI documented that the area was not a 

substantial threat to groundwater. The NTCRA sampling further documented that these 

properties do not contain soil contamination above the Site specific cleanup levels.” 

If the property boundary marker for the easterly line of Winchester Park has not restored, EPA 

will address this issue to correct the omission. Any concerns regarding the management of the 

Town owned properties should be addressed to the Town of Corinna. 
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5. Response to Figure 10, and companion Figures 11 and 12, Odd Fellows Building: I 

object to the Odd Fellows Building listed as a “Demolished Building”. A federally 

funded Historic Inventory and Survey determined the significantly historic building 

eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. In autumn 2000 the EPA 

moved the Odd Fellows Building from Main Street to Stetson Road, Tax Map 18 Lot 118. 

The move was a cooperative effort between the Odd Fellows, Town of Corinna, and the 

EPA. A state advocate and oversight organization for the Odd Fellows Building is the 

Maine Historic Preservation Commission. The Odd Fellows Building is located on town 

owned tax-acquired property, a former parking lot used by EWM. The lot was subject to 

no small amount of EPA activity involving the determination of land ownership, 

foundation construction, moving and preparation for building use. The Old Fellows 

Buildings is now owned by Parian Ladge of Masons. A deeded land-lease agreement is 

contingent on a 20 year continuous owner occupancy. The cost of moving the Odd 

Fellows Building by the EPA was reportedly $500,000. 

Response: Figure 8 does incorrectly show the Odd Fellows building as one of the buildings 

subject to demolition rather than as the one building that was relocated. EPA will make this 

correction if a similar figure is developed in the future. Figures 10, 11 and 12 correctly show the 

location of the Odd Fellows building as an existing structure and make no reference to 

demolition.

6. Comments on Site Operational History, page 2, Delisting Memorandum: “The original 

woolen mill structure was built in the late 1800’s” and “The property was a woolen 

mill” I have found information showing textile activity on the Eastland Woolen Mill site 

dating back to the 1800’s. In 1875 Burill and Ireland owned a wool carting mill in 

Corinna village. The carding mill was east of the river and bounded by mill pond, 

railroad line and Main Street. Corinna Manufacturing Company, the predecessor of 

what was later renamed Eastland Woolen Mill was built in 1912. 

Response: EPA appreciates the clarification with respect to the Site history.

7. Eastland Woolen Mill Site Deletion, Operable Unit 1 town owner subdivision lots, 

institutional controls and covenants including: soil excavation restrictions?; soil removal 

restrictions?; off-site disposal restrictions?; short and long term financial, and 

engineered design capacity of the Corinna Water District; Short and long term financial, 

and engineered design capacity of Corinna Sewer District; Total cost of upgrading the 

Corinna Water District infrastructure during the EPA Superfund project. 

Response: It is difficult to determine the intent of the comments as they do not relate to the 

partial deletion. The questions regarding the Corinna Water District and Corinna Sewer District 

should be addressed to those entities. The cost and funding questions also do not relate to the 

deletion and this information is not readily available at this time. The institutional controls for 

the town lots are separated into two basic documents. One is for the properties no longer 

included within the Site and the other is for the property remaining within the Site. 

The property restrictions for the town property that will be deleted are listed below: 
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Activity and Use Limitations. The following covenants, conditions, and restrictions 

apply to the use of the Property, shall run with the land, and shall be binding on the 

Grantor, its successors and assigns in perpetuity: 

a. Groundwater underlying the Property shall not be extracted, consumed, exposed 

or utilized in any way, except for the limited purpose of extracting, treating and/or 

monitoring groundwater contamination levels in accordance with plans approved 

by the Holder and the EPA. Groundwater supply wells shall not be installed or 

utilized on any part of the Property, nor shall the hydrology of such groundwater 

be altered in any way.

b. Any surface or subsurface materials displaced as a result of filling, drilling, or 

excavation shall remain on the Property or, if removed from the Property, shall be 

relocated to the Village Cemetery on Stetson Road in Corinna, Maine, or any 

other site approved by both the Holder and EPA. 

c. No septic system shall be constructed or installed on the Property; any 

improvements on the Property shall be connected to municipal water delivery and 

sewer collection systems.

d. Any building constructed on the Property shall be equipped with a sub-slab vapor 

system or its equivalent designed to prevent migration of soil vapors into the 

interior of the building. 

The property restrictions for the town owner property to remain within the Site are:

Activity and Use Limitations. The following covenants, conditions, and restrictions 

apply to the use of the Property, shall run with the land, and shall be binding on the 

Grantor, its successors and assigns in perpetuity: 

a. Groundwater underlying the Property shall not be extracted, consumed, exposed 

or utilized in any way, except for the limited purpose of extracting, treating and/or 

monitoring groundwater contamination levels in accordance with plans approved 

by the Holder and the EPA. Groundwater supply wells shall not be installed or 

utilized on any part of the Property, nor shall the hydrology of such groundwater 

be altered in any way.

b. No use or activity shall be permitted on the Property, unless otherwise provided 

herein, which may impede the construction or implementation of the remedial 

action or which will disturb any of the remedial measures implemented as the first 

operable unit or damage any of the equipment or machinery installed at the 

Property in connection therewith. Such remedial measures include, without 

limitation, the injection of chemical reagents or other substances to treat soil and 

groundwater, collection, treatment, and discharge of groundwater; the excavation, 

de-watering, storage, consolidation, treatment and disposal of soils; and the 

monitoring of air, groundwater, surface waters, soil, sediment and biota. 
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c. Any surface or subsurface materials displaced as a result of filling, drilling, or 

excavation shall remain on the Property or, if removed from the Property, shall be 

relocated to the Village Cemetery on Stetson Road in Corinna, Maine, or any 

other site approved by both the Holder and EPA. 

d. No septic system shall be constructed or installed on the Property; any 

improvements on the Property shall be connected to municipal water delivery and 

sewer collection systems.

e. Any building constructed on the Property shall be equipped with a sub-slab vapor 

system or its equivalent that is designed to prevent migration of soil vapors into 

the interior of the building. 

8. Objections to Maps/Road Names: It would be accommodating to present and future 

generations, for the sake of clarity, to indicate the road names in Corinna village within 

the context of the town ordinance approved road names representing Corinna in 2012. 

Conflicting surveys, maps and deed registrations contribute to an accumulation of 

revisionist Corinna history that has begun working its way into the permanent record. 

 

a. Figure 8: Location of Major NTCRA Activities 

i. “Center Street” is Dexter Road

ii. “Spring Street” is Stetson Road 

iii. “Route 43” is St. Albans Road 

iv. “Palmyra Spur Road” is Renewal Street 

v. “New Main Street Bridge” is correct. Corinna has two new Main Street 

highways: Route 7/43 at intersection of St. Albans Road to Route 222 

Stetson Road (2002); Main Street in EWM Subdivision to Route 43/St. 

Albans Road (2003). 

b. Figure 10: Institutional Control Zone Layout 

i. Nokomis Road” is St. Albans Road (Route 43between Route 7 intersection 

and Nokomis Road/St. Albans Road “V” intersection. 

c. Figure B:

i. “Pleasant Street” is St. Albans Road. 

ii. “Palmyra Road” is Nokomis Road. 

iii. “School Street” is Renewal Street. 

iv. “Nokomis Road (on Route 43) is St. Albans Road. 

v. “School Street” is Stetson Road 

vi. “East Main Street: is Exeter Road. 

vii. “New Route 7” is Newport Road south of St. Albans/Route 7 intersection, 

and becomes Main Street north of the Route 7/43 intersection to the 

Stetson Road/Route 222 intersection. 

Response: EPA appreciates the identification of the updated road names and will make every 

effort to use the correct road names on future maps. 
Ed Hathaway 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1 

5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 

Boston, Massachusetts 02109-3912 

Subject: EPA Proposed Deletion of Portions of Eastland Woolen Mill Site, Corinna, Maine. 

Response: Eastland Woolen Mill Partial Deletion Technical Memorandum, June 29, 2012. 

Notwithstanding the lack of a viable EPA Technical Assistance Grant Committee in Corinna, 

a critical response is directed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Town of 

Corinna concerning the Eastland Woolen Mill Superfund Partial Deletion Memorandum. 

I object to Winchester Park being listed within the boundaries of the EWM Superfund Site: 

Figure 10, Institutional Control Zone Layout, Tax Map 18 Lot 53; Figure 11, Areas To Be 

Deleted And Remaining Boundary of Site; Figure 12, Site Deletion And Site Boundary With 

NTCRA And Groundwater Information. 

I object to Winchester Park being included in the Subdivision Plan for the Town of Corinna, 

Plan File 2004, No. 167, Penobscot County Registry of Deeds, October 19, 2004. 

I object to the configuration of Winchester Park as represented in the Survey Plan Showing 

Properties In Corinna Subject To Proposed Environmental Controls; Maine Department of 

Environmental Protection, September 20, 2011; the Plan as filed in Penobscot County 

Registry of Deeds, Plan File 2012, No. 20, dated March 29, 2012, also showing the 2004 

Town of Corinna Tax Map Subdivision Plan. 

By recording Winchester Park as a part of the EWM Superfund Site, the Town of Corinna 

and the EPA are ignoring provisions of a 1913 deeded covenant that prevents combining 

the park with adjacent tax-acquired EWM property. 

Tax-acquired property can be sold by the Town of Corinna. 

The legislative body at annual town meeting voted "to authorize the Board of Selectmen, on 

behalf of the town, to sell and dispose of any real estate acquired by the town for 

nonpayment of taxes, thereon and on such terms as they deem advisable, based upon the 

fair value of said property and determined to be most beneficial to the town and its 

inhabitants and to execute quitclaim deeds to such property." Town of Corinna Annual 

Report 2011, Article 9, p. 60. March 10, 2012. 

The town voted "to authorize the Board of Selectmen to dispose of any town owned real 

estate on such terms as they deem advisable." Town of Corinna Annual Report, Article 10, 

p. 60, March 10, 2012. 
Winchester Park is a town owned Civil War park. The park was donated to the .inhabitants 

of the town of Corinna by the Elizabeth Winchester family in 1913; Penobscot County 

Registry of Deeds, Book 835, Page 391. 

Winchester Park was never owned by Eastland Woolen Mill. The park was never subject to 

EPA Non-Time Critical Removal Action. Benzene contaminated soil was never excavated 

and removed from Winchester Park. The soil and groundwater in Winchester Park were 

never treated with in-situ chemical oxidation. 

Historic boundary lines of the park were surveyed and marked during the EPA cleanup 

activities at the EWM Superfund Site. 

In autumn 2003 the EPA graded the easterly boundary of Winchester Park to restore as 

close as possible the historic slope of the Site within the context of westerly properties 

abutting the EWM Site. 

Town of Corinna officials and EPA engineers verbally agreed to return the granite 

boundary line markers once the easterly line of Winchester Park had been graded. 

Absence of granite boundary line markers smooths the way for the free plunder of 

Winchester Park. 

Objection to Figure 10, 11 and 12: Tax Map 18 Lot 52 

At first glance it would be nearly impossible to determine Lot 52 Tax Map 18 was included 

in the EWM Site when the mill closed on October 13, 1997. The lot appears to only have an 

innocent connection to the Superfund Site as indicated in Figure 10, "IC (Institutional 

Control) area where properties outside of the Eastland Woolen Mill Site are being 

restricted to permit prevent expansion of the groundwater plume." 

In an attempt to partially recover a $2.5 million loan to Eastland Woolen Mill, the Finance 

Authority of Maine (FAME) acting in its capacity as creditor held an auction. 

The so-called Emery/Hutchins house, buildings and lot were sold by FAME to David and 

Jeanne Carcieri on May 5, 1997. 

I object to Lot 52 Tax Map 18 being excluded from the partial delisting boundary of the 

EWM Superfund Site. Lot 52 experienced a level of EPA cleanup activity at least equivalent 

with parcels to the south, east and north on the EWM Site. Figure B shows "2,200 

Gal. Aqua Amonia ASTS"storage tanks on Lot 52. 

Although having become a private lot separate from EWM, the lot- particularly its easterly 

open space -was subject to low level contaminated soil cleanup at the the mill Site. Lot 52 

extended to the southwest corner of the EWM building and mill yard. 

Response to Figure t O, and companion Figures 11 and 12, Odd Fellows Building: 
I object to the Odd Fellows Building being listed as a "DEMOLISHED BUILDING." 

A federally funded Historic Inventory and Survey determined the significantly historic 

building eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. 

In autumn 2000 the EPA moved the Odd Fellows Building from Main Street to the Stetson 

Road, Tax Map 18 Lot 118. The move was a cooperative effort between the Odd Fellows, 

Town of Corinna and the EPA. A state advocate and oversight organization for the Odd 

Fellows Building is the Maine Historic Preservation Commission. 

The Odd Fellows Building is located on town owned tax-acquired property, a former 

parking lot used by EWM. The lot was subject to no small amount of EPA activity involving 

the determination of land ownership, foundation construction, moving and preparation for 

building use. 

The Odd Fellows Building is now owned by Parian Lodge of Masons. A deeded land-lease 

agreement is contingent on a 20 year continuous owner occupancy. 

The cost of moving the Odd Fellows Building by the EPA was reportedly $500,000. 

Comments on Site Operational History, page 2, Delisting Memorandum: 

"The original woolen mill structure was built in the late 1800's" and "The property was a 

woolen mill." 

I have found information showing textile activity on the Eastland Woolen Mill site dating to 

the 1800's. In 1875 Burrill and Ireland owned a wool carding mill in Corinna village. The 

carding mill was east of the river and bounded by the mill pond, railroad line and Main 

Street 

Corinna Manufacturing Company, the predecessor of what later was renamed Eastland 

Woolen Mill was built in 1912. 

Eastland Woolen Mill Site Deletion, Operable Unit 1 town owned subdivision lots, 

institutional controls and covenants including: 

1. Soil excavation restrictions? 

2. Soil removal restrictions? 

3. Off-Site soil disposal restrictions? 

4. Short and long term financial, and engineered design capacity of the Corinna Water 

District? 
5. Short and long term financial, and engineered design capacity of the 

Corinna Sewer District? 

6. Total cost of upgrading the Corinna Water District infrastructure during the EPA 

Superfund project? 

7. Total cost of upgrading the Corinna Water District infrastructure during the EPA 

Superfund project? 

Objections to Maps/Road Names: 

It would be accommodating to present and future generations, for the sake of clarity, to 

indicate the road names in Corinna village within the context of the town ordinance 

approved road names representing Corinna in 2012. 

Figure 8: Location of Major NTCRA Activities 

1. "Center Street" is Dexter Road. 

2. "Spring Street is Stetson road. 

3. "Route 43" is St. Albans Road. 

4. "Palmyra Spur Road" is Renewal Street. 

5. "New Main Street Bridge" is correct. Corinna has two new Main Street highways. 

1) Route 7/43 at intersection of St. Albans Road to Route 222 Stetson Road (2002). 

2) Main Street in EWM Subdivision to Route 43/St. Albans Road (2003). 

Figure 10: Institutional Control Zone Layout 

1. "Nokomis Road" is St. Albans Road (Route 43 between Route 7 intersection and 

Nokomis Road/St. Albans Road "V" intersection. 

Figure B: 

1. "Pleasant Street" is St. Albans Road. 

2. "Palmyra Road" is Nokomis Road. 

3. "School Street" is Renewal Street. 

4. "Nokomis Road" (on Route 43) is St. Albans Road. 

5. "School Street'' is Stetson Road. 

6. "East Main Street'' is Exeter road. 

7. "New Route,7" is Newport Road south of St. Albans Road/Route 7 intersection, and 

becomes Main Street north of the Route 7 f 43 intersection to the Stetson 

Road/Route 222 intersection. 

Conflicting surveys, maps and deed registrations contribute to an accumulation of 

revisionist Corinna history that has begun working its way into the permanent record. 
A good Technical Assistance Grant Committee is hard to find. 

Yours in citizenship, 

Everett E. Simpson 

88 Pleasant Vale Road 

Corinna, Maine 04928 

August 29, 2012 
Edward Hathaway 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1 

5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 

Boston, Massachusetts 02109-3912 

Subject: EPA Proposed Deletion of Portions of Eastland Woolen Mill Site, Corinna, Maine. 

Amended Response: Eastland Woolen Mill Partial Deletion Technical Memorandum, June 

29,2012. 

In honor of the many who made possible the Eastland Woolen Mill Site cleanup, I support 

the proposed 2012 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency partial delisting of the EWM 

Superfund Site in Corinna, Maine. 

I further support the EPA partial Site delisting from the National Priorities List with special 

emphasis on the 2012 removal of historic Winchester Park from the EWM Superfund Site 

boundaries; Town of Corinna Tax Map 18 Lot 53, Penobscot County Registry of Deeds, 

1913. 

When creating future EPA reports and maps concerning the EWM Superfund Site in 

Corinna, please consider the information now in the public domain via my delisting 

response letter to the EPA dated August 29, 2012. 

Thank you kindly, 

Everett E. Simpson 

88 Pleasant Vale Road 

Corinna, Maine 04928 

September 10, 2012