Project Description
To address the impacts to marine communities of the unrecovered oil spilled into Portland Harbor, the Julie N Oil Spill Natural Resource Trustees awarded a $350,000 grant to the City of Portland, Maine for a Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Abatement Project in December 2000. The objective of this project was to reduce the levels of PAHs being transmitted to the harbor through Portland's storm drain system by targeted cleaning of Portland's streets and parking lots. PAHs are transported to Portland Harbor and other parts of Casco Bay in urban storm water runoff. By providing a new vacuum truck and rehabilitating an existing truck, as well as other equipment, this project has given the City of Portland highly effective tools to help reduce the discharge of PAH contaminants to the receiving waters. The equipment purchased with this grant was on display at the dedication ceremony for the Fore River Trail on the fifth anniversary of the Julie N oil spill, September 27, 2001.
DOI Project Representatives
Fish and Wildlife Service