09/14/1989 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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MINUTES September 14, 1989 3 BOARD of HEALTH Mr. Hall informed the Board due to budget reductions they must institute a fee schedule for long term projects, Ms. Brock peen-ted to the Board a summary run-down of work Weston Sampson have performed since 1986, a copy of which was forwarded to the- State, however as of yet no action has been taken, the contents of the report are still under dispute'. Ms. Brock explained there is a problem on a State 'level with the Division of Solid Waste about the findings of Weston & Sampson, a far as,, hydrogeology and the geochemistry of the landfill . Mr. Greelish commented, as he understands it, one of the key disputes is that it is suspected that many of those constituents did not originate within the landfill . 1s. Brock agreed.- At greed:At this time Ms. Brock gave a slide presentation and summarized the Weston & Sampso-n- report highlighting seasonal variations in ground water flow and Weston & Sampson's contention that the contamination impacting Summerwood is not eminating from the l andf i l i . 8101 and .W.12 w l i s , which are upgradfent of the lagoons, were not found tombe holding large- amounts of contaminents. Mr. Gree l i sh commented subsequent to the- cuts made in the landfill adja- cent -t "the l-a ions, twenty-f i ve- feet deep, no evidence of i each i-ng was found not even t 10 feet ,b i owe the lagoon � ' F i PA Ms. Brock explained that Keston & Sampson based their contention on the basis that chlorinated solvents were found in the summerwood area however no chlorinated solvents were founds i1n#wells at the landfill area. 1r. reel ish -questioned as to whether any effort was rade to take soil . samples, to work back, assuming that these substances would probably have trace metals near the dumping site. Ms. Brock responded Weston & Sampson did make those recommendations how- ever no sample' s were taken. Ms, Brock commented in speaking with a representa- tive from Weston & Sampson he relayed that at the time of the report they were informed that the area of the landfill , which is the present location of the Transfer station,. was never used for dumping however when construction began,, ,.. dumping, historic in nature, was uncovered which could be the origin of the plume. 1r. -Brock stated. she .ways also informed the town owns land outside the i .ndf i l i which is a potential site and commented from all evidence gathered $. it appears to be a one time release.- Ms. Brock informed the Board TCEA was found, in trace levels, at one of the monitoring wells, (shown to the Board) . Ms. Brock explained the County performed seeps up rad i ent of the B4 well - an -obvious ell - an .obvious seep of discharge of contaminated effluent with a high precipitated ferrous-oxide was foundalong the fringe of the river. Ms. Brock reviewed Weston & Sampson ' s recommendations as stated in the summary are as follows: Portable water should be provided to the residents of Summerwood - this practice is currently in effect, monitoring frequently 40