1/2/2008 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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f and going into the leaching system. The long terra testing requirement was to occur at the site of the monitoring well. i Glenn Santos made a motion that the BOH continue studying the interpretation and intent of i the regulation as it was written, and to defer decision on the fines to the net BOH meeting n January 23, 2008. Lucy Burton seconded the motion. All approved. 7:45 PILI — Carl Cavossa— Refuse Regulation n — Notice of Non-Compliance Carl Cva and his attorney, Augustus F. (Gus) Wagner, Jr., introduced themselves to the Board. Glen Harrington stated that in a letter from the BOH to Mr. Cava dated 12/14/07, Mr. Cavoa had been informed that Catherine Laurent had informed the BOH that Mr. Cava was disposing of Mashpee commercial refuse at other waste facilities not approved by the Board. The letter stated further that this is in direct violation of the BOH Refuse Regulation which states that all haulers licensed by the BOH in Ma hpee must transport their refuse loads to the Upper Cape Regional Transfer Station UC TS) or other facility approved by the BOH. On 12/05/07, the BOH voted that Cava was ordered to dispose of all refuse at the UC TS, and that failure to comply would result in non-issuance of Cavossa's 2008 Refuse Haulers permit. Carl Cavoa stated that he does not understand the BOH regulation, stating that he has been dumping at the SEMASS facility for years, along with every other waste hauler in Mashpee. Mr. Cavossa said he skips the UC TS and hauls garbage directly to the SEMASS waste-to-energy facility in Rochester because doing so is more efficient, saves hires money, and saves the added step of switching the trash from trucks to a train. By saving himself money, Mr. Cavossa said he can charge his customers less and save them money, too. Gus Wagner shoved the Board photographs of two other haulers, Waste Management and TRT, dumping garbage at commercial facilities. Both haulers do not dump any commercial garbage, which proves that Mr. Cava is not the only hauler breaking the rules. Nor. Wagner also stated that Section XV of the Refuse Regulation states that there is an alternative dumping facility, SEMASS, approved by the BOH. Mr. Cavo a, from his interpretation of the regulations, felt that he had every right to dump directly at SEMASS. Glenn Santos made a motion to close the discussion to the public. Luer Burton seconded the motion. All approved. Glenn Santos made a motion to indefinitely postpone this discussion until research i conducted regarding the full intent of the BOH regulation. Notice e f noncompliance issued to Carl Cavossa on 12114107 will be rescinded pending further investigation. Lucy Burton seconded the motion. All approved. NEW BUSINESS 1. Sign Warrants. The Board members signed the warrants. 2. Approve Public session Minutes of 12/05/07, and Executive session Minutes of 10/08/03, 2/26104, and 3/11104. The following corrections were made to the 12105107 Public Session minutes: 3