4/11/2012 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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w •:'.+ ownMa-shpee ti C�f x r r VIP ? � .. 16 Great Neck Road North Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 BOARD of HEALTH - PUBLIC SESSION Minutes of the Fleeting of April 11, 201 Board Members Present: Mem er'Absent: Also Present:. Lucy Burton, Chairman Burton Kaplan, Co-Chairman Glen Harrington, Health Agent Kalliope Eglff, Clerk Chairman Lucy Burton called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM. APPOINTMENTS 7:15 PM Thomas smith — Non-Compliance with Title V and Local BOH Regulations — 266 Ilnoosooy fat. Thomas Smith introduced himself to the Board. Glen Harrington stated that on November 15, 2001, the Board of Health approved the Title V design plan for. the new construction of a three bedroom dwelling at 266 Monomooy Road for Thomas smith. An Operations and Maintenance Contract was provided to the Board of Health for the purposes of obtaining occupancy on December 31,,2002. on September 30, 2010, Clivus New England, the company that sells and services the Clivus Multrum composting toilets notified the BOH that Nor. smith failed to maintain an M contract for the composting toilet. This property was built prior to the County maintaining the Carmody database so no notices were sent to the BOH for violations of lack of 0 & M contracts. since 2010, Mr. smith has been-to the office several times and was told on many occasions to obtain someone to perform the o & M. His response was always the same. Mr. Smith told Mr. Harrington that he takes care of it because it is easy-to maintain. Title V requires annual inspections due to the General Use Approval for composting toilets. No sampling is required for composting toilets, but there is a 30 -gallon liquid waste tank that needs to be pumped out occasionally. There is nothing on file stating that a licensed waste hauler has been servicing the system. The local BOH regulations require an annual inspection by a septic inspector with a report to be submitted to the Board of Health. No reports have been provided to date. Mr. Harrington spoke with Clivus New England, and the only service event performed was in 2004. Mr. Smith stated that he had Clivus New England do the maintenance on the system for a number of years, but because of the cost he took over the maintenance. Torn Smith commented that it is a simple system. It is sawdust in a pla§tic container that needs to be raked out, wet down, and then adds more sawdust. H adds worms and other treatments purchased from Clivus New England. Mr. smith took over the maintenance of the system for financial reasons. Mr. Smith stated that Clivus New England taught him the maintenance of the system not realizing-that th6 maintenance could only be performed by the company. Mr. Smith has the septic tank pumped every two years.