4/23/1980 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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-to- Dorothy: Not if a denial has been issued. Mr. Hennigan: The denial was issued subsequent to a request for a continuance based on DEQE's request to move the system from where it was originally. This is the plan. Be- cause it was near that lot line -- 10 feet. And I still think you can do it. Pauline: No. The denial was because the septic system was here and was within 40 feet of the marsh area. Mr. Hennigan: To begin with, it was not 40 feet. I am not going to argue that point. What you had from the Shellfish Warden saying that the location was not that important. It would have no affect on shellfish life if it was installed properly. There is an ex- isting system there that is even closer to the marsh land and has been there for some time -- twenty-five years. Pauline: That was prior to Conservation. Mr. Benway: Your whole purpose is to protect the shellfish. They could continue to use that, fix up the house and use the crumby septic system. Pauline: We are working in the State under Chapter 131, Section 40. Dick: The last time the Sanchez's came in, they ask us to help them personally. Pauline: Right. We did. We told them to file. Atty. Boyd: No, you didn't tell them to file again. I was here. Pauline: They agreed to file. Atty. Boyd: They said they would do anything you requested of them. At that point in time you said this is where we want this, this is where we want that, and we went out and did that. Now was it you, Mrs. Delory, that went up and looked at the stakes? Pauline: Pardon me first, Mr. Boyd. Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez came here and they agreed to file. They said whatever we advised they would do. Att , Bo d: Yes, but there was no advise to file again at that point. They said that they agreed to do anything you said to do. And I was here and I will say that. Mr. Henni an: The serious thing is to avoid additional expense to the young couple that ant to build. And we all know how high the cost of living is. Mr. Boyd brought that point out very well. I think there is a way to prevent this additional cost. And I still hink that you have the authority to issue an Order of Conditions. I request most sincerely hat you do it. en: I think that we can reasonably do it. I went down there and looked. The septic tank here it is is not 40 feet. I don't think the way it was originally laid out was good. The ay we laid it out on the map, although we are not engineers, might look good. And if we an give the guy a permit to build from the way it was laid out like that and the way you ave seen it, which is the best alternative he has; we should be obligated to help him. Hannigan: That was very generous, and very sincere.