9/30/1986 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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Informational Meeting September 30, 1986 Page 10. Q. If we do not have the cards, the hearing is going to be continued . A. It does not say return receipt requested. Certified mail is not the same. ' G.M G. L. Behrman: I think we would need return receipts to protect the applicant, as well . .McG: 1f it said Return Receipt Requested, or Certified Mail , or Mand Delivered, the applicant would have a better way of demonstrating what the date was. However, if you wrote at the end of Notice & Hearings that the applicant files a n a f l=a a i t of notice, that would handle the green card problem. What world You think of that for Notice to the Boards also? You wi l l end up with one affa.dav i.t dealing with notice to abutters and notice to the boards. J. lavinsky: That would be good. Q. E. Iia r tern: ' . . (F) . 'Does that mean if ray roof blew off 1 would Faire to come here before I repair t A. Only if you are in a resource area. I f you don' t a] ter a resource area in whatever you- do, you. are not subject to the act. You. can do your work in and near wetlands without alteririg them. Re the question of repairs or a*Iterations, the handling of limited projects not substantially disturbing the resource area might be autom t- ically approved. This could be in the regulations. Q. P'. Fanto € : Under J and' K, is it the intent of the Commission to include the presumption of Title V Board of Health regulations as it concerns Septic systems? If the Board of Health gives a permit for a system under Title V, will the Commission presume they have taken care of the concerns of pollution to groundwater or is the Commission going to have its own standards separate from the Beard of Health. A. L. Behrman: There are other activities which do not necessarily come under the Board of Health purview which don' t come under the jurisdiction of Title \6. The problems with some .package sewage treatment plants -which under Title v return "drinkable quality water's to the ground and frequently this grater i s treated with chlorine. Chlorinated water going into a trout stream' ill raise havoc with the eco system. G. McG: When the town has- its own septic system regu l a t i ons from the Board of Health supplementing Title V, then the Board would defer to the numbers in the local code if tighter then Title V, which could not be presumed to be enough to protect these values. DEQE has ruled, in a case, that Title v is not what is called an irrebuttable presump ion. . P. Fanto is I Application of pesticides , in dealing with ."Lawn Companies", do I take this to mean that in any resource area as defined in the State statute or by this regulation, that if I am a property owner and contract with a lawn company and am in a resource area I am then responsible to do a filing with the Commission? G. cG: The Lawn company could file a notice in the name of the owner-. E. 1a rters: Placing of obs truc.t i ons in the water, does this mean moor i ngs and would they have to go through the Conservation procedure? G. cG: Conservation can regulate all objects in the water. If you want to subtract