Maine DEP considers next step to address ‘nuisance odor’ coming from composting business in Arundel

Rick Dubois, owner of Dubois Livestock & Excavating Inc., uses a loader to stack compost-blended topsoil at the company's Arundel farm on Thursday. The odor produced by a recent spreading of compost on some of their fields caused complaints from people in the area.  

 

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A putrid stench that has permeated parts of York County since Tuesday is coming from a farm and composting business in Arundel that is operating in violation of local and state rules, officials said.

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