Back to Penobscot Bay Watch Telemarketer dumping contaminated dredge spoils into Rockland landfill. More than 2,500 cubic yards of contaminated waste dredged from the mucky harbor floor next to MBNA's heavily contaminated shorefront property in downtown Rockland have been dumped into the Rockland landfill - a quarry along Old County Road. Sources say that MBNA plans to dump more than 10,000 cubic yards of dredge spoils pulled from the bottom next to their site into the Rockland landfill, which is not designed to handle contaminated waste. Examined at the landfish site, the material smells strongly of petroleum and other industrial chemicals.
Regulations typically forbid dumping of petroleum-contaminated waste into a landfill.
Calls to Maine Dept of Environmental Protection officials to find out why contaminated waste was being dumped into a sanitary landfill were not returned ccclose of business Friday. Last year, MBNA Corporation escaped prosecution for owning contaminated industrial land by agreeing to voluntarily remove some of the toxic waste from its newly acquired shorefront property, and agreeing to cap the remainder to seal off the waste from the telemarketers and public who will visit the area once construction of MBNA's waterfront telemarketing complex is completed.