6/22/1987 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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4 TOWN OF MASHPEE, BOARD OF, HEALTH, MINUTES, MEETING,,, JUNE 22s 1987 (Page two THAT FOUR OF THESE LOTS SHOW CLAY AND THAT THIS SHOULD BE, OR MUST BE EXCA- VATED AND CLAY REMOVED AND BROUGHT TO THE TOWN LANDFILL. 15. Request of Nancy Bradford for -transfer of percolation test extension at Lot 19 Horseshoe Bend Way. MOTION BY MR. GO TA TO TRANSFER 'EXTENSION GIVEN TO PHIL LAROUCHE, 87 STERLING ROAD, HYANNIS FOR 19 HORSESHOE BEND WAY, SECOND R. WILSON, UNANIMOUS. 16. 'Copy of letter from DEE addressed to Baxter & Nye, re: Quashnet Valley Condos East,, Unit 86, Bldg. 20. THE AGENT ADVISED THE MEMBERS THAT THIS OF- FICE HAS NOT BEEN IN RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION FROM ENGINEER,, BAXTER & NYE. NOTED 17. Copy Of letter from Weston Sampson to Exec Sec : Mashpee Facility Plan Grant Amendment. 4 NOTED 1 . Town Planner, Fud l a, appeared before Board at their request to discuss Treatment Plants and BOH Regulations with regard to same, and the. numbers rs Of plants that there will b . THE CHAIR ADVISED FUDALA THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CLEAR IN BOTH SETS OF MINDS JUST THAT THE BOARD IS LOOKING FOR. FUDALA STATED THAT HE- DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE BOARD HAD REGULATIONS,, HE THOUGHT IT WAS STRICTLY A DEQE DEAL, SO THAT HE WAS HERE TO BE EDUCATED, THE CHAIR ADVISED THAT IT ALL REVERTS BACK TO THE ACRE ZONING, THE BASIS FOR ACRE ZONING WAS ACCORDING TO THE FIGURES OF CCP&EDC HAD DEVELOPED, A SEPTIC SYSTEM FOR A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE ON AN ACRE WOULD NOT GENERATE AN INCREASE IN THE NITRATE LOAD GOING BACK INTO THE GROUNDWATER, THEM IT WAS EXTENDED TO HOW MUCH FERTIL- IZER COULD BE USED ON 100SQUARE FEET OF LAWN IN ORDER TO KEEP THE NIITRATE LEVEL LOW AND WITH. THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PACKAGE PLANTS WE CAME IN WITH THE FACT THAT WE WORLD NOT ALLOW SEPTIC SYSTEMS TO BE USED IN FLOWS OF MORE THAN 15,000 Opd AND THAT A TREATMENT PLANT SHOULD BE USED AND CAPABLE OF POTABLE MATER DISCHARGE OF CLASS ONE. THE FORMULA As USED BY CCP&EDC FROM KEEPING THE NITRATE LOADING FROM REACHING MORE THAN 1/2 OF -WHAT THE CLEAN WATER REQUIREMENTS ARE, WHICH COMES DOWN TO EITHER TEN PARTS PER BILLION OR FIVE PARTS PER MILLION. HE ALSO WENT ON TO SAY THAT IN ALL THE PLANTS THAT 'WE' VE' DONE, 'WE' HAVE IN- FORMED THE ENGINEERS WHEN THEM COME IN WITH A PRELIMINARY AND WHEN THEM START WORKING WITH DEQ E DIRECTLY THAT OUR REGULATIONS SHOULD BE REVIEWED. MR. COSTA REITERATED WHAT HE HAD BROUGHT UP AT LAST WEEKS' MEETING THEREIN A PLAIT HAS- FIGURED ITS' DAILY FLOW TO THE POINT OF NO RETURN, THE FLOW HAD BEEN FIGURED WITHOUT A MARGIN FOR ERROR: GRC FELT IT WAS TO OUR ADVANTAGE (WHEREAS THE TOiW MAY TAKE OVER THE OPERATIONS OF THESE PLANTS) TO HAVE FLOWS FIGURED T A GREATER AMOIIT TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY ERRORS OCCUR. THE AGENT EXPLAINED TO NIR. COSTA THAT NORMALLY THE PLAN IS PRESENTED TO THIS BOARD, BUT, THAT TINS'BOARD HAD NOT SEEN PLANS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. FUDALA QUESTIONED WHETHER, OR NOT, IT WAS WRITTEN INTO THE STATES RULING THAT AN APPLICANT 'HAD TO FILE WITH THE TOWN FIRST. THE AGENT ADVISED HIM THAT ANYONE WANTING TO DO ANYTHING IN THE TOWN WILL CALL THIS OFFICE FIRST FOR ADVICE BUT, THAT IN THE CASE OF TREATMENT PLANTS THE ARE BEING ADVISED BY FUDALA WHAT PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW. ' THE AGENT REFERRED TO THE FIELDS POINT TREATMENT PLANT AND THE FACT THAT THEY ONLY MET THE NATE STANDARDS AND- RIOT THE TOWN, WH'EN THEY FIRST PRESENTED THE PROJECT THEY WERE ADVISED BY THIS BOARD OF THE REGS THEY WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW, WHEN QUESTIONED WHY THEY WERE NOT MET (TOWN REGS) THE STATEMENT WAS MADE THAT DOUG STORRS AND TOM FUDALA WORKED TOGETHER ON THE PROJECT. FUDALA ANSWERED THAT THIS PLANT DID NOT GO THROUGH, ANY BOARD INCLUDING THE PLANNING BOARD OT- HER THAN THE BUILDING. INSPECTOR, ALSO THAT IT FIELDS, POINT PLANT DID NOT GET A SPECIAL PERMIT FROM THE PLANNING BOARD {AOR THE BOARD OF APPEALS.