4/13/1983 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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tela shpee. ons `'f at io Commission' :I' t p .. iI F, {- Page. - IT a�r.iLng M _SIT ,�_I,• �•�••� .. tliar1�.e a ed- ��•th � oo a�-i # w u��.c , .. id -�r l a �r��- . -'�=� k��r; . commented x w u : ' out n o tai" � ; :'f± -Terry = n ed:.that r, ,., i:t :w a :d = h .' ign t can- t impa r No further -questions -were asked by the commis s iono- c ai.rper on-, Studley commented that "'"the- Comm 1 s s i on-., woulc . iss-u � . n Ord6r.,. of Conditions, o-r. the' ' pro 3 e ct.,O. - �. ," e nest or Determination re: 't heaiFng equipment �P/il��'+1�r5i.i.�+tarrri.�ia ��1��T - uss Mo11ica and Dan Gafe- o the antherm.i corporation, met with --the. Commission to request a determination o - f ili g'.under the. Wetlands Act-A mr#, '1,diollica explained that they are qi-iot'ti g heating equipment on the -condominium project for the DS&B Realt-Y, orpo `a'tio . Mr, Gaffney toad the Board that they .would be using- a-' si g- a-,heat. p rep.• imi Saar to. that of a re- frigerator rigerator and that a series of piping- .would be placed in th.P ground,, which i s a continuous olyethel i ... -:p which is f i t led with po.lypropel ene glycol which is non-toxic). in order`". t extract heat from the ground. He ' said that - it is pure solar and will 'not- do any. damage to the ground.., - He .said that the wetter the ground., i-s., i 'the better it.. is - for the performance of the equipment and that in a bog situation les 's piping %4ould be required. He stressed that it is- totally on-polluta t and'.that It does nP environ- mental n ron- e tal damage -whatsoever,, Chairperson Studley -asked ghat effect it would, have on the growth of crap-_ berries in that- particular g - Mr. Gaffney replied that.- it woad do- nothing to the bog that nature doesn' t normally do Chairperson Studley asked what portion of.-.the bog' would have to, be exca- vated to put the "grid" in Mr, Gaffney explained -that they are putting 11 " pipe and all that they would be using would e a trenching machine to cut the gr u el, Charlie, asked how deep they would put the pipe. Mr. Gaffney replied approximately three - feet. Dave Terry asked what the life expentancy - of the pipe waso = Mr, Gaffney replies that the manufacturer tells them that with the so. ion that they are putting through it , it would start to degrade. after 50 years. Normally, they expect a life span of approxi a.t l ' years. - ha.i.rperscn Studley askerl how. close together the girls- would ld e 'x a er'y plie approximately feet. Pauline asked -iit were o e coati mous pipe-l- 4 Mr. Gaffney replied '"�yes i' . have asked how long they would e ;