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MINUTES January 26, 1995 5 BOARD OF HEALTH Mr. Doherty questioned, "Isn't that Weston & Sampson's responsibility?" Mr. McQuaid responded, "Yes, they are aware of it." "Weston & Sampson and John DiGorgio from Town Counsel's office will attend the meeting." Acknowledged. *****NEW BUSINESS***** Landfill Capping Grant Program- Worcester Mr. McQuaid relayed, "We were notified at the meeting in Worcester that we will be definitely receiving $350,000.00 to help defray the costs of capping the landfill." "If we agree to accept the grant under the present circumstances they will want us to start closure construction of our landfill within 1 year of signing the agreement to accept the grant." "Weston & Sampson and I are working on applying for that grant to reimburse what we have already spent on capping the existing portion of the landfill so that we don't have to sign on a one year beginning date." "I think we will succeed in that so then we can live with the timetable of 1997." Mr. Ball questioned whether we spend over the $50,000.00. Mr. Doherty responded, "Yes, additionally we spoke with Executive Secretary who is agreeable to setting up a special account so that funds remains available for capping the landfill." Mr. Doherty questioned whether Weston & Sampson have any liability if they fail to adhere to the monitoring schedule. Mr. McQuaid responded, "They are under contract with us to provide the necessary services to comply with the D.E.P. requirements as far as landfill monitoring goes however, if does become a little muddy if you consider the fact that the Barnstable County Health Department agreed to perform some of the sampling and some of the analysis at no expense to the town." "That took some of responsibility away from Weston & Sampson so it is unclear where the responsibility lies." "In my opinion the monitoring and sampling of the groundwater monitoring wells has been adequate over the past six or seven years." "We may not have done it twice a year every year but we have been close to that and the trend shows that the groundwater contamination has steadily been going down to the point where now we feel the slug has passed." "The last set of sampling for 24 wells only showed one hit."