1/24/1991 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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♦ Y AGREEMENT BETWEEN NEW SEABURY COMPANY, LP. AND THE CAPE COD COMMISSION RE: SEWAGE TREATMENT AT NEW SEABURY New Seabury Company L.P. hereby enters into an agreement with the Cape Cod Commission to restrict the disposal of effluent from waste water treatment facilities to the geographical locations as defined by the following criteria: 1. Disposal areas shall include those parts of the New Seabury golf courses and land located in the Special Permit Area and shall be sited so that the effluent will not have a detrimental impact on natural bodies of water or domestic public water supplies. Furthermore, no wastewater disposal area shall be located within the perimeters of the Waquoit Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern. 2. New Seabury agrees that both Treatment Plants 1 and 2 shall be subject to independent review by Weston and Sampson Engineers in accordance with the regulations of the Mashpee Board of Health. 3. The groundwater down gradient from the effluent disposal fields shall be monitored by annual testing for determining the presence of any pathogens which have the potential for poising a health hazard to swimmers in Nantucket Sound. If potentially harmful levels of pathogens are found in the groundwater, the effluent from the treatment plant shall be treated by UV, Chlorine dosing, Ozone or other appropriate method to reduce the pathogens to acceptable levels. 4. Prior to the operation of a Treatment Plant, provisions shall be made for the disposal of the sludge material generated by the plant through one of the following methods: a) Removal to a composting site, b) removal to a sludge treatment facility, or if none of these options are reasonably available, c) removal to a sanitary land fill or any other disposal method as permitted by local, state and federal regulations. S. It is agreed that no fees shall be due the Cape Cod Commission from New Seabury for the duration of this agreement on any sewage treatment issues within the area covered by the New Seabury Special Permit. 6. Any waste water disposal in Sections 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, and 23 shall be deemed to have no detrimental impact and shall not require denitrification. In consideration of the above the Cape Cod Commission shall have no further jurisdiction with respect to sewerage treatment in any of the New Seabury sections subject to the special permit. Both parties indicate their agreement to the terms as stated above by the signature of authorized representatives: For the For the CAPE COD COMMISSION: NEW SEABURY COMPANY, LP.: Date: Date: 126.ccc