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Brownfield sites in Knox County, Maine
EPA lists 31 brownfield sites in Knox County. Grant recipients report them. 8 carry EPA's ready-for-reuse flag.
Zoning: Check zoning with the city.
The sites
Each row is a site name and city, as EPA holds them. Where several sites share a name, the count shows how many.
| Site | City | Sites | EPA flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Tannery | Camden | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, Cleanup, Targeted assessment, State or tribal program |
| Beggar's Wharf | Rockland | 1 | Assessment |
| Fish Plant Property | Vinalhaven | 1 | Ready for reuse, State or tribal program |
| Former Bicknell Manufacturing Company | Rockland | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Crowe Rope Industries, LLC | Warren | 1 | Targeted assessment, State or tribal program |
| Former Gilford Butler School | South Thomaston | 1 | Assessment |
| Friendship Plumbing and Heating | Friendship | 1 | Ready for reuse, State or tribal program |
| Garden Island Cleaners | Rockland | 1 | Assessment |
| Isle Au Haut Electric Power Company | Isle Au Haut | 1 | Assessment |
| James Street Residence | Rockland | 1 | Assessment |
| McDougal School | Rockland | 1 | State or tribal program |
| McLain School | Rockland | 1 | Assessment |
| Navigator Motor Inn | Rockland | 1 | Assessment |
| Net Factory | Vinalhaven | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Redlon & Johnson Distribution Facility | Rockland | 1 | Assessment |
| Rockland Antique Marketplace | Rockland | 1 | Assessment |
| Rockland City Hall | Rockland | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Rockland Public Works | Rockland | 1 | Assessment |
| Rockland Waterfront | Rockland | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, State or tribal program |
| Shafter's Junkyard | Rockland | 1 | Assessment, Cleanup |
| Smith Farm | Rockland | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Steamship Navigation | Warren | 1 | Cleanup, State or tribal program |
| Stetson Saab Sales | Warren | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Thompson Community Center | Union | 1 | Assessment |
| Water Street & Pine Street Properties | Thomaston | 1 | State or tribal program |
6 more sites have an address or parcel number as the EPA name. We count them but don't show the name.
To see each site in Knox County on a map, use the Cleanups in My Community map, on EPA's site.
EPA flags
| EPA flag | Sites |
|---|---|
| Ready for reuse | 8 |
| Assessment | 23 |
| Cleanup | 3 |
| Targeted assessment | 2 |
| State or tribal program | 10 |
| Multipurpose grant | 0 |
| Area-wide planning | 0 |
A site can carry more than one flag. The grant flags show which kinds of EPA brownfield funding a site is listed under.
What this data holds
- Acreage isn't in EPA's national data, so we don't show site sizes.
- We hold no flood data for these sites.
- We show the city and county, not street addresses.
- Grant recipients report these sites to EPA. A flag is EPA's record, not a site visit.
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US EPA data, as of 18 Oct 2026, reported by grant recipients. Not endorsed by EPA. Not legal or environmental advice; confirm with the state or EPA region.