8/10/1989 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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ti MINUTES August 10, 1989 GOAD of HEALTH Mr* Costa suggested Mr. Miller and DiMeo present the Board with a proposed system which would enable this Board to discuss and forward recommendations. 49 - Mr. Miller stated due to circumstances prevailing w-i th .regards to' -the land purchase we a-re requesting verba i assurances from this Board that if all procedures are followed and recommendations are met we will be permitted to construct the car wash. 4 Mr.- Gree l i sh responded if the system can be a well maintained flow -th ru sytem-where any harry to -the ground water i s e 1 i m i hated then th i s Board would look favorably upon its -operation. Mr. Miller commented the entire lot would be graded. APPOINTMENT: Tom Fudala - water Monitoring program Mr. Fudala was in attendance for this scheduled appointment. Mr. Gr%eelih stated .when water quality standards are derived there is a particular outline for those quality standards,, in other words there application. Mr. Gree1ish commented he got- the. general impression the specifications were essentially lifted from the standards and applied to Mr. Fuda l a`s document without regard to how they apply to the project. Mr. Greeiish explained to Mr, Fudala that the standards requirement are considered to be excessive, and in alot of cases , not applicable. } ` F d. F Mr. -Fudala sated most of -thes were drawn from D.E. .E. zoned ground water and surface water standards and from E.P.A. standards for dr-inking water -which were applied as ground water standards since thats their drinking water. -Mr. Fud l a commented they have had' er r i ou s citations on what a health 4risk le e'l is, -,the-memo reflects, this and intentional ly chose the conventional standard. Mr. Gree i i sh stated r f i ve laboratories would b required to perform the -tests and .,research ouid be necessary to locate laboratories that could reach some levels that are low. Mr. Fudala stated most of these tests could be performed at the county lab. , most are simple tests for nitrogen and common tests for bacteria, 'the rest D.E. .E. would apply. Mr. Fudala explained .o. . is would be performed by the County lab for $100.00 however tests for viruses are. omppicated and expensive and would be eli-minated from the list. M . Greeiish stated this was one of his concerns and commented it would be technically impossible to enforce. A lengthy discussion took place between Board members and Mr. Fudala regarding various methods to be used for surface water sampling. Mr. McQuaid stated if these standards were instituted -to the town's recreational waters, the standards could not be ret.