7/7/1982 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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C',oriservation commiission ft i Utes of July7, 198- 2 .0 4 - . -1 For s e: Commented, that it..would be different because there are springs all through any area.. - Mr.. Benw Asked i priLn wa- a- - - - - -� � .tr� tay: Mr. Smith-! . Stated thatr_. a spring_ was _.. ributat i iad-dso the f 1.ow. : - of water,.- Mr, ater.Mr. Benwa Stated that. 'he dig - not. think you. could say that as a s'prin is a reflection f the watet table Mr. Smith., Commented ,that:,the 'river rises. from- springs-., way..j Asked Atty. Reardon to tell. everyone what' is a tributary and what isn' t a tributary. Atty. Reardon:'- Stated th-at_ we did not have. enough evidence 'to indicate whether it i s.- a tributary . r not,,,. . -A question was asked-as-as to .what the dott line on the planis supposed t indi a t eW.6 M . ami " that, i -{ was r� t �r neo o the a ii all � man made._ He- stated that. M .- ' . .den was down. from DEQE and saw no problem with what 'he was. doing.. i Mr. ohnen er er' : _-, Stated that} � ." - i �eras-. twisting ��r,, ilden' s statement p -as he pointed' out. ..area: Win.. vas -i.on-, i -,_ At y* Turco: Commented that. there: ,L s a. map -which indicates' where the iver ` lows through: - He. sted, a i : nota � ee:�. that � was a fair prep esen- .. t'- ,s. tation for th � purpos' using.. the map that' the areas in- l e are a toma- ti call r .r d .c ing that is pa t o ,._the.. river.' e felt that what was e�- in r discussed, was a tech jL.cal -question. off;' whether r not there i a river - going through--- w ich there s, The.. next 'fact . is the fact that man-made cranberry bogs were dug and- t o entleman6 who. did it for gears is here. Now we are ge tting to the uestion of what _is ' a tributary and what isn't a tributaryv e, 'stated- that-. a ma.n�made ditch- is. not a tributary. Attyv Reardon., Stated. that' hCG 'did not think that the issue had to be. ad- dressed, d- re se , He stated that i. we' presume for.. the time being that this is the plan which- wa:s presented to--''the _ r��, . j.on_,. .'hiss particular plan showsret- an fill ar.e s. to e illed,,. Tek. 15ohnenbe Pointed out that � Chris Tilden from D'EQE asked- the Con- servation Commissi n to have' 'a meeting to decides whether or not hose creeds were tributaries, 5 Atty,, Reardon:. Stated that when' the.. plan,'. cane in back in 1974, the issue should have been examined at that time, He commented that if the Conserva. tion Commission permitted. the area shown on the plan to be filled, then those areas may be filled, I 'any other acre-aa have been filled outside the t'green area k# then there is a violation.