Maine CDC Rulemaking This message provides notice of rulemaking by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention for 10-144 CMR Ch. 241, Maine Subsurface Wastewater Disposal Rules.         You can access the complete proposed rule and related rulemaking… Continue reading

The Corps is seeking comment on the next iteration of the Maine General Permit.  The Public Notice and draft Maine General Permit can be found at the following address and can be accessed by clicking the link above. https://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/PublicNotices.aspx Continue reading

Fact Sheet from the University of Minnesota Continue reading

The MASE 2020 Annual Meeting will be held at Jeff’s Catering in Brewer, Me on February 25, 2020. Please mark your calendars now and the final agenda and registration information will be out soon. Happy Holidays! Continue reading

Motorcycle Ride – Lunch & Learn with Celebrity Guest – Brent Lawson! July 25 @ 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Continue reading

Please mark your calendars today, MASE will be holding our annual fall field day September 26th, 2019. Details on registration and location to follow. Continue reading

Friday, June 14th at the Meadows in Litchfield Continue reading

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Oakson is presenting a free Perc-Rite® Drip Dispersal seminar, in Lewiston, Maine on March 28, 2019 Continue reading

Tired of simply enjoying all of the benefits being a MASE member has provided you all these years? How about increasing your commitment and joining the board! MASE is seeking full members with an interest in service to step up… Continue reading

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The MASE annual meeting will be held at Jeffs Catering in Brewer in 2019. Agenda and registration information to come soon. Mark your calendars and see you there! Continue reading

MASE2018Fieldday Greeting MASE Members. The meeting registration info is attached (click the link above) for the 2018 to be held at Bond Brook in Augusta September 28th. See you there!!     Continue reading

Thanks in part to the support of MASE the Spruce Mountain Envirothon team was able to represent Maine at the Pocatello, Idaho competition. The group was gone for the week of competition and returned the last weekend of July. Included… Continue reading

Please Save the Date for our Annual Field Day. More information to come, but mark your calendar today! Event will be held in central Maine. Continue reading

Last summer a group of septic professionals from Maine made the scenic ride to the Presby Environmental manufacturing facility in Whitefield, New Hampshire.  Septic Systems of Maine has been asked to help coordinate another event this summer so mark your calendar for Thursday,… Continue reading

The Maine Rural Water Association Presents: Privy Protocol: Don’t Squat With Your Spurs On! Registration: 8:00 am – 8:30 am Class: 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Class Fee: $ 80 MRWA members $105 Non-members Instructors: Brent Lawson, Maine Subsurface Wastewater… Continue reading

The position of Maine State Site Evaluator has been posted and applications are being accepted. The deadline for applying is July 17th. The position requires a current license as a Site Evaluator. If you are interested please visit: https://mainebhr.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk01z66/ Questions can… Continue reading

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 Brewer Public Works 21 Green Point Road Brewer, Maine   Pre-Registration Fee: $20.00 per person (Lunch included)   Register early/Space is limited (Capacity: 40) 8:00 am Registration 8:30 am-Noon Internal Plumbing   What to look for during an… Continue reading

The Maine Building Officials & Inspectors Association will be hosting its 9th Annual Maine Code Conference (Co-sponsored by Maine Fire Chiefs’ Association) at Point Lookout Resort & Conference Center, Northport, Maine on May 21-22, 2018. MASE will be represented at… Continue reading

Friday, June 15, 2018 The Meadows Golf Club Huntington Hill Road, Litchfield Tee-off is 9:00AM sharp, so please be there by 8:30!!! GREENS FEES:  $30.00 per person, which includes use of a cart, please drive safely.  Use of a cart… Continue reading

Greetings MASE Members, for those interested, I was informed of a training session being held by Oakson in Freeport on March, 6. Perc-Rite® Drip Dispersal Training Seminar – No fee to attend Hilton Garden Inn 5 Park Street Freeport, ME 04032… Continue reading

LAST CALL – You must register by 9am tomorrow, Thursday February 22nd, in order to be guaranteed a seat and a meal. Please join us on February 27th at Le Club Calumet in Augusta for the 38th Annual MASE Conference… Continue reading

Greetings fellow MASE members. During our board meeting last week the current Maine State Site Evaluator let us know that his last day with the department will be January 31st. Glenn has been very active in his role at the… Continue reading

MASE President Tim Wade got some good press for all his efforts and the associations work on the recent Habitat for Humanity system installation in Warren. Onsite Installer Magazine interviewed Tim and published an article on the efforts he led… Continue reading

KEYNOTE ANNOUNCED! The keynote speaker has been announced for #E2TechExpo2017 and will be Stephen Cowell, President of E4TheFuture! Steve has dedicated his career to achieving a strong and prosperous U.S. clean energy economy. He is an entrepreneur who has founded and directed several… Continue reading

Corps of Engineers, New England District, Maine Project Office moves to new location in Augusta  CONCORD, Mass. – On Sept. 25, 2017, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, Maine Project Office is relocating to new office space… Continue reading

Greetings fellow MASE members. For those of you who were somehow not aware of our project in Warren, MASE just put in a septic system. The project was undertaken to support the Midcoast Maine Habitat for Humanity’s most recent project.… Continue reading

Good morning everyone. I wanted to thank all our members who came out and participated in the field day in Wayne last Friday. We had a fantastic turn out and after a chilly start it turned out to be a… Continue reading

We have our final location! Join us Friday, 09/29/2017 for our Annual Field Day at the Stevenson Farm in Wayne. The starting point will be at Stevenson’s Strawberries on Tucker Road. Here is a link to the location on a Google… Continue reading

At the February Business Meeting, the MASE membership approved a proposal by the board to post and hire an independent contractor to serve as the Executive Director (ED).  In early August, the Board selected past President Dale Knapp after interviewing… Continue reading

The local high school team did very well in the 2017 National Conservation Foundation Envirothon recently.  You can read the article inFranklin Coutny’s Daily Dog: http://www.dailybulldog.com/db/features/local-envirothon-team-sets-new-high-score-at-national-competition/ Continue reading

The MASE Field Day is a great chance for folks who love dirt to spend a day reviewing multiple test pits with their peers.  A group of “experts” draft an answer key and much debate and conversation follows.  This event… Continue reading

To MAPSS Members and others: On Wednesday September 6, 2017 from 9 am to 2 pm (rain or shine) MAPSS will be conducting a workshop at Over The Hill Farm in Searsmont. This workshop will be a very important training session for soil scientists… Continue reading

The 1st Dick Sweet Memorial “150” 27th ANNUAL MASE GOLF TOURNAMENT Friday, June 23, 2017 (RAIN DATE JUNE 30TH) LOCATION:      The Meadows Golf Club     Huntington Hill Road, Litchfield In Honor and Memory of Dick Sweet Dick was a staple at… Continue reading

Dick passed away this past Thursday, May 25th, unexpectedly.   His passing leaves MASE with a heavy heart again as another legend is now gone, but will not be forgotten.  Dick was a staple at the MASE Golf Tournament’s for… Continue reading

The Maine Association of Site Evaluators (MASE) is accepting letters of interest accompanied by professional resumes of individuals interested in performing contract service as the Executive Director of our organization.  Preference will be given to current MASE members.   Attachment… Continue reading

DATE:                Friday, June 23, 2017 (Rain Date June 30th) LOCATION:      The Meadows Golf Club                             Huntington Hill Road, Litchfield TIME:                 Tee-off is 9:00AM sharp, so please be there by 8:30!!! GREENS FEES:  $30.00 per person, which… Continue reading

New state policy is requiring all MeCDC online rules be located in one place now, and all MeCDC websites redirect their rules links to that site.  To that end Jim Jacobsen has updated the Subsurface Wastewater Team (SWT) website.  The links to… Continue reading

The 27th!! Annual MASE Golf Tournament has been scheduled for Friday, June 23rd at the Meadows Golf Course in Litchfield.  In order to register you must be able to answer yes to at least two of the following:  likes dirt,… Continue reading

I’ve spoke with many friends and colleagues who have already had close encounters with the dangerous hitchhikers, and the season is only just beginning.  Fellow member Dave Rocque passed along a link to an informative video on lyme diease that was… Continue reading

Another original has left us, Dana passed away in mid-March of this year. I did not know Dana, but enjoyed reading of his life’s accomplishments. A truly interesting guy. According to fellow MASE member Albert Frick: Dana was a Maine… Continue reading

Click on link for MAWS newsletter: MAWS_OBL_2017MAWS Click on link for MAWS meeting registration: _2017_Annual_Meeting_Agenda_Registration Continue reading

Maine Septic & Pumping has teamed up with Presby Environmental Inc. to bring you two live training classes for ENVIROFIN® coming up on Tuesday, April 4th  in Brewer & Wednesday, April 5th in Saco both classes have registration at 8:30am… Continue reading

We offer our hearts and prayers to our friend and longtime member George McDonald.  George’s wife passed on February 20th, after battling breast cancer.  She was 55. Bangor Daily News Obituary    Continue reading

Licenses expire on February 28th.  Use the link: https://www1.maine.gov/online/dhhs/dwp/index.html (Remember that your license number now begins with SE00)   to register online, or fill out the form that you should have received in the mail and return, along with a check… Continue reading

Our friends at the Maine Association of Professional Soils Scientists also have a newsletter fresh off the presses.  You can find it here:MAPSS 2017 Winter Newsletter 2-10-2017 Continue reading

The 2017 Newsletter is now available at our website! Thank you to Richard Green and everyone who contributed.  In the Newsletter you will find the Agenda for the upcoming Annual Meeting.  If at this time you plan to attend, but… Continue reading