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<br /> Mr. O'Neill: trequested this Public Hearing because me more than anyone else,
<br /> has dealt with this problem, more than my Father and as a background also l think
<br /> it's important, because of the natures cC tb -a,problem, to tell you, first of all
<br /> that 'ext an environmentalist,,ist, and I have worked in South America, studying the
<br /> pesticides a.sl,.vell as biological controls financially granted by the National
<br /> Scientific Foundation."
<br /> had.
<br /> "In late JU1Y of 1983 l called the to see if they record of plans for our
<br /> house or septic system,, i td been told by Harold Collins that this 'is Twhere the
<br /> records were kept, T was told that no records were kept for homes which were
<br /> nine years old or older, our house had been built in 1972, 1 called Harold
<br /> Collins and asked for the name of the builder, previously I had obtained the
<br /> name of the builder from the , and had spoken with him, but then lost the
<br /> number. Mr. Collins was now telling me that the builder was Charles Zalkind,
<br /> he said that since Mr. Zalkind had d.idd, there was no way to contact him. l
<br /> knew Mr. Zal king was not the name that I was previously given, Mr. Collins told
<br /> me to contact Nor. Labute and he would take care of .it. It seemed, strange to me
<br /> that a Building Inspector would recommend a private contractor. I contacted Mr.
<br /> Labute and he sent his son to look at the problems, his advice was to pump it,so
<br /> e did on Sep. 9, 1.983 a little more than a geek later we noticed some grey
<br /> water on the surface., we contacted Mr. Labute again and he came to our house,
<br /> he explained to me that we needed a new cesspool as well as some flow diffusors,
<br /> since that is what he had been using in areas around there, since he felt we
<br /> were in the area of a high water table. Enter, the Board of Health,, around
<br /> the 2 Mrd of September, Mrs, .Anderson flashed herr badge at my sister as my sis-
<br /> ter returned from work, my sister told her she was not the owner of the house,
<br /> and she was dumbfounded because of our septic system we could be evicted within
<br /> 48 hours; when my parents arrived home after another thirteen 13 hour clay, my
<br /> father and mother.er were 'thr t erred with eviction, my fa.therre plained that we were {
<br /> already working on the problem and were starching for more in-Cor.anon, we wanted
<br /> our house records, to see what kink of system we had, etc. we received a letter
<br /> the next day stating that we had no records on the house, which we received from
<br /> Mrs. Anderson in our mailbox, she suggested that we get Mr. Labute's proposal for
<br /> a new system to her imed .ately. As a side-note a year later when we were using
<br /> Ir. R. G. Sweeney, as our lawyer on this case, he called the Town Miall and the
<br /> builders name was, Mr. Chagall of East Falmouthl the dates our septic permits was
<br /> issued and other information was there that we had been seeking, his call wa. re-...
<br /> turned within a five minute period, This information had been denied to us as all
<br /> personal. reports. Mr. Labute arrived with the proposal for Four Flaw diffusors, the
<br /> _ proposal amounted to almost two thousand dollars, we were in a state of di s-belief
<br /> that after only eleven gears, a new home would have to sustain much major work and
<br /> changes. we had no way to absorb such major costs, my parents had suffered heavy
<br /> financiAl lasses due to businees partners refusal to interject -aeed.ed capital as
<br /> was his responsibility,sty, y parents had to sustain the entire business cost alone.
<br /> My Father wrote- a, letter to Mrs. Anderson saying that he had received the Labute
<br /> proposal and it came as a shock and he would meed time to raise money for such a
<br /> large expense. He thea contacted Mrl Lapp. , from whom we had bought our home to
<br /> find out why we were having a. problem and to have Mrs. Lynch the former owner
<br /> who had worked for Mr. L pio Yo ask her if she had a l aproblem. My father tier
<br /> called Fars. Lynch, she advised him to call Mr. Moniz, whoa she always used in that
<br /> seven years, in checking his records he said he had indeed serviced the home.
<br /> He felt that since he was not an installer,, he did not have a lot to gain From
<br /> new intallatin, be serviced-this system for seven years, we called him. Nay father
<br /> and Mr. Bap.io were observers, he serviced our system on l 8 they found a
<br /> great cl s.. of sludge in the tank, m 'f Cher attested to the fact that the tank was
<br /> very clean atthe end of the hosing down and cleaning operation. He told my father
<br /> that with proper maintenance and ah, it should fwi tin properly. After receiving
<br /> a call from Mrs. Anderson asking him what he had clone to the system, his answer was
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