2/27/1997 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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i Mr. Doherty motioned to reinstate the 1997 hauler"s license issued to Five Star Enterprises with the stipulation$1641.33 is paid to the town by certified check at the end NflNUTES February 27, 1997 8 BOARD OF HEALTH of each month beginning March 31, 1997 for a period ofsix months, all additional tonnage fees incurred during this time period shall he paid in full 30 days from the slate f invoice, Mr. Ball seconded, all agreed. . Copy of petition for Public Involvement Flan for A - Acknowledged. 6. Cppy of Public Health program - Board members directed the agent t follow-up on the matter. 7. Innovative septic s; stem, 16 P pp n sset Island Road - Mr. McQuaid relayed, "This is a `Ruck" system that is proposed for Mr. Kraft's west house." t Mr. Ball motioned to approve the installation of the innovative "Duck" system at 16 P pp n sset Island Road, Mr. Doherty seconded, all agreed. . Water, luali , ,_.3 4.Ca ck Road - 1 Ir. McQuaid relayed, "Jacobs engineering arbitrarily picked private homes surrounding John's Pond to test their private well water." "Their analysis carne u with 21 and 2� .b. f 1 I.B.T.E. which is.a line additive." � p pp g "My immediate response to this was to draw and rsample and have it analyzed at the Barnstable County lab." "The results were faxed this afternoon." "They carne up with 16 p.p.b. M.B.T.E..' "The M.C.L. on this is 70 p.p.b. which is well below that." "I have been in touch with I . .P." "They are anxious t -get my retest results and try to find the source of the 1I.B.T.E.." "In nay opinion, it is not coming from the military base SB plume which we know is partially discharging from John's Pond.' "SB5 is a solvent plume, M.B.T.E. is not a solvent." "If half of SB5, in spite of what I just said, is up over the pond and the other half is under the pond, by the time it reaches this section of llshpee it would be far sleeper than this well depth which is 30' below ground - it would be 60+' belowground." "1 I.B.T.E. was only started in 1986, it would have taken longer than 11 gears for it to xli from the base boundary to this portion of ,lhpee." "I will be in Much with the I .E.P. tomorrow, give them the results and with the help of the lashpee water District will provide nye with a. list of names and addresses of homeowner's in this general area who are on private wells and offer to test their wells at no charge for M.B.T.E.." "I did clear that with Barnstable County." Board members directed the agent to proceed with the testing.