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MINUTES January 29, 1998 4 BOARD OF HEALTH *****OLD BUSINESS***** Boa contamination Mr. McQuaid relayed, "I received a call from Mike Minior this afternoon." "They have been trying to define the source of the contamination to the cranberry bog." "They have gone upward trying to find the source area of that plume." "Two individuals have bought lots on Ashumet Road and Mike Minior's crew from Jacobs Engineering had gone off base into Mashpee property to try and delineate the width of the plume." "They have now come up as far as Ashumet Road." "Jacobs Engineering encountered one well that had been drilled for one of those two lots." "Mr. Minior indicated that we should be concerned about this because there may possibly be pollution under those properties on Ashumet Road." Mr. Ball relayed, "I think it would be a good idea to test the wells at Oak Hollow Condominiums." "If anything is found it would probably be in those wells also." Mr. McQuaid commented, "That's no necessarily true, those wells are located further down." "Mr. Minior had no suggestions,-he was just informing us that he has tested that far." "My suggestions to the Board is that we notify the one property owner who has already drilled a well that there is a potential problem and that he should wait further construction until Jacob's report is released." "Well testing started on the 25a' of February and will be completed on March I la'." "The report is due in July." "The well sample came up fine because it is a shallow well." "If there is contamination it's probably deeper unless it is the source area then it would be shallow." Mr. Ball stated, "I agree with Mr. McQuaid's suggestion to notify the property of P a potential problem." Mr. McQuaid relayed, "We could also request him to do a V.O.C. test on his well water and sign a waiver of responsibility from the town as we used to do in Bnarw ood." Mr. Ball motioned to direct the agent to notify the property owner that there is a threat of possible groundwater contamination in or around his lot and will be required to have a volatile organic compound analysis from his on-site well with satisfactory results prior to the issuance of any building permits, Mr. Doherty seconded. Mr. Doherty questioned, "When the last round of v.o.c tests done at Oak Hollow Condominium?"