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<br /> - - that have been
<br /> Dzy-0Ke- foot seerals ,.l areal
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<br /> and that fur then investigation would have to be done to d t 'miti rye w at,, has been
<br /> filled o that part i e u ar'a.rea.
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<br /> Arlene Vil a.r' environ:mental planner for BSS �..-f .eerin ,, addressed. the oa `d,
<br /> She commented that she as- Preserva-
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<br /> here tonight on behalf of the Association of reser a#
<br /> tion. of pe Cod as 'that. organi at1 n i.s. quite- concerned about the project as
<br /> `.whole and the wetlands-. filling. that has gone on there recently. It appears that
<br /> f�'there a. be several violations on the- o iii �a order of Conditions. There were
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<br /> rep its that were -required by the CorrLmission orig na ll which were to.-be ro id d
<br /> by 'a qualified biolo lst. The-_ entire area in which fill' has been paced is eer--
<br /> ta. l sub, e t to tie_ la s a. t- She commented .that it could be argued that all
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<br /> the,, wetlands are i {act, 'tibu.ar* s to the 'Quash et River t this location. they
<br /> Tare certainly prov"ding. base flow.oar. t the r Iver' nc . s they are destroyed, that base
<br /> flow is also destroyed 1eadin _ to a. situation- where there would be Less flow to the
<br /> river in times of dry- weather,. axed' in the su rer, erl�ap s none, to support the f ish-
<br /> ery that is they nowl'. In times of flood-, there would- be much greater incidents of
<br /> flood damage of, incroased peak8 down'.. stream as a result of lack of flood s t o rage.
<br /> She commented that she was not aware if the flood storage question was ever addressed
<br /> and'. it is somethln that is required and has -been required by in situations like
<br /> this- that there'b6 10'0 percent compensatory flood storage provided in a situation
<br /> where wetlands ar`e- going, to- be filled. 'The. filling that goes on here can also have
<br /> some other---eft ' oma`' portions of- the sire -m such aschanges -in velocity d sec?i en--
<br /> tation patte ns'. Al1,'Of_ which can, have very serious adverse impacts on both the.�ale-
<br /> lfe fishery: -n , trout. fisher ,, We would, hope. that you would. take all -of these things
<br /> into cons ideration�
<br /> Mr-,Umina' com' Mented that there was. a biologist who- ins- ected the property' in 1981. who.
<br /> was a member of hie- oard... Keri c i,
<br /> Fran- Smith .asked'- what Board was 'he a member. of"
<br />- '• =Pa, line's t*a.te - tot e' was a:.r m r o ` ,he 'Conservation om i s .on at orae- time. -
<br />--Y y thl point, she rea,d.;.t report; o e ecc1 dated June 23,' 10into the minutes.
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<br /> riene iison asked how:
<br /> -long- fir, eccz had been off the Board when he wrote the letter.
<br /> Paul ins stated t a.t' sheen-wasn' -Y re, and ,would check T h.e records''.
<br /> Arlene. Y ils stat -,-,tha.t'she dick not think that the report should be accepted as it
<br /> . -eras a, conflict ofd ,_ihteresto `
<br /> _. r. Umina stated, that:} he did not 'f eel•. that the flow of the water-had been stopped- re-
<br /> gard?ess of the fact that, he pu-t.f ilY,,. In" the ditch,. `
<br /> +" r. Lopez asked why the ditches were not f louring then .after ter h.e.filled them two feet
<br /> Pauline commented that., she, did not know.,
<br /> r ohnez Berger commentd- that. the letter from Mr. Howarth addressed that Question.
<br /> He made ref erenoP to the ward. "evapot a s ira ion" used *n Dr. Howarth's letter as
<br /> meaning that the water is going to evaporate through the sand and the sand will absorb
<br /> so much of it that by the .time i t reaches the river,- there won't be any water there.
<br /> Also, the filling of the roots, the grass and the ,round will rot and produce methane
<br /> gas which will leech into the rivet-4' -
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