6/6/1996 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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MINUTES June 6, 1996 4 BOARD of HEALTH Mr. Pakkard stated, "Monday afternoon we received two reports."" "one of those reports documented the work that was done at the o'Gara home, the fact that they sampled the hone, the provision of bottled water, the installation of a treatment system and testing that was done to ensure it was working properly." `The other report was more general and a broader scope." "That report details the work that is going to be done." "we are going to determine a little better the exact extent ofthis groundwater contamination problem and also to further assess some ofthe private wells in the area on a periodic basis if they seem like they might be in an area that might be threatened." `'we will be reviewing the report over the next several days." "Probably within a week or so we'll be issuing an approval letter that may have some conditions in it and may have some further details in the areas where the plan isn't specific." "From . .P.'s perspective this company has done everything we have asked them to do, as far as, testing goes."' 'b`when we said to then there is an additional piece of work that needs to be done they have been pretty cooperative." Attorney wilansky stated, "We would like to periodically report to the community publicly here as this matter goes along.'' Nir. Frigon gave a nide presentation ofthe Augat property and stated he wiU follow up with a list of action items for the near future. Tering the presentation Mr. Frigon stated, "'The initial study was to hire a firm to come in, Award Environmental, to install three monitoring wells." "During the first round of samplings we found low levels of T.C.E. at the AW3 well." "Based on the findings ofthat D.E.P. was notified i anu .SI' "what we are required by D.E.P. is to follow-up with what our action plan is ofoing any further, which we did." "'the second action item we did was we started g down our property line putting some wells in to deterne ghat is going on with the site.# "In the process ofdoing that we ended up with AW7 at high levels than 80 p.p.b. and as we got closer to Sampson's NM Road levels got higher." "we took arra we put some wells along Sampson son's Mill Road." `€we got two negatives and one positive."" `That sequence triggered us to start testing some of the residences in the area." "Based on our research we fm l now that there was a dump site over by Quaker Run River." "Back in 1988 there was some TCE found and some material dumped there and the water was actually found contain nated." "There was also some dumping done on the Commonwealth Electric easement." "Our plans are basically, to ontrn e installing some monitoring ells-off'the site!,' `ewe have received permission to install monitoring wells on the willowbend property." Mr. Crain questioned, `what was the amount of T.C.E. found at the AW 13 well.# i