8/20/1998 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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i 20 August 1998 Page 14. I Hill: A deck was put in, then filed for. It was denied and ordered removed. � Enforcement Order to be signed. The Agent felt the builder should be fined. i VOTE: Motion made and'seconded to the builder the maximum passible fine for the violation at the Hid property. Unanimous Vote. Quashnet Bogs Update: A meeting has been requested on IO September, ; morning into the afternoon, to review a new scheme by AFCEE. The new idea is to go into the upland, dig a 2-3 acre pond to give us a tout pend with the theory that the peat in the bog is suppressing the EDB so it does not came up fast; that is why it is collecting. It will come up into the new trout pond more easily but there will be more volume of water so the dilution of water will be so great it won't be a problem. Mr. Sherman asked if they were sure this change would not upset the hydrology of the river system wit the bog and wetlands and they thought so. He told them the Commission would listen to them. He felt they do not want to pay long-term money. Mr. Sherman has not hear whether or not they are under CIRCLA, the ground rules for cleaning up toxic waste sites. If under CIRC LA, they do not have to get local and state permits. It is still the Commission's land; they would .still have to form some kind of lease agreement. They will have to prove that this will mot create the same land of problem the be creates,. or different problems. The Chair asked the Agent to have them send the Commission an executive summary that could be discussed next meeting. A copy to be given to Mr. Whritenour and the contact on the Board of Selectmen. Mr. Sherman stated if they are coming to us with a scheme like this, the Commission should insist upon an independent review at their expense on i any assertions they make regarding hydrology. i Mr. Rosenberg asked if Ocean Spray should be part of this meeting? Mr. Sherman did not know. He has a call is to Joel Lerner to find out if it can be done at all. Boch Center: There is a public hearing on 26. August 1998 at 7:00 p.m. There is nothing proposed within wetland boundaries. There may be drainage questions. The Agent will try to be there. He has not seen the plan.