To the Editor:

It’s a hope that legislation will not be dilatory concerning lithium mining– a process that is required through the stewardship of Maine’s congress. We are hoping that legislation will take into account neighbors, neighborhoods, and communities adjacent. One land owner who is not adjacent has said people should be able to do what they want with their property. This does not take into account what neighbors desire—want—for their own homes, property, and communities. Such property rights should not be denied either.

I’m thinking about the threat of continual all-day noise of mining machinery, the off-scouring of particle pollutants affecting streams and wildlife, and the financial deterioration of property values affected by this venture, which will be profitable for some but harmful to others.

Susan Dorman

Bethel