12/13/2012 ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Minutes

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V t Mashpee Environmental oversight Committee Minutes of Meeting December 13,2012 at 7:00 p,mo Mashpee Town tel, Selectmen's Meeting Room Present: Chairman George Petersen, Selectman John Cahalane, Rick York, Peter White Absent: Ted Theis CALL To ORDER The meeting was opened by Chair-man Petersen at 7:04 p.m_ APP OVAL of MEETING MINUTES September 13, 2012 & October 11, 2012 Chairman Cahalane made a notion to approve the minutes of September 13th, 2012 and October 11 '2012, 1r. White seconded the motion. All noted unanimously. COMMUNICATIONS Where was no public comment. NEW BUSINESS 2013 Meeting Schedule There was unanimous consent from the Committee to continue meeting on the second Thursday of the month. ACTION ITEMS UPDATE Estuary estorationShellfh Propagation , Chairman Petersen stated that an article recently appeared in the Mashpee Enterprise regarding Mr. York's Estuary Restoration/Shellfish Propagation program. Mr. York reported that he recently presented a proposed draft Shellfish Component to the Comprehensive wastewater Management Plan(Cwt)to the Sewer Conunxssion. Mr, York referenced a recent development offered by the EPA and Massachusetts IEP allowing the inclusion of shellfish t the CWMP and as past of the cleanup for estuaries, with the condition that a Plan B was in place for backup. Between Popponesset Bay and wa uon'l ay,Mr. York belie-ved that 0%of the cleanup could occur with the shellfish, based on a low risk, reliable plan that could be reasonably implemented. Expansion would occur with the Town-s oyster project in Mashpee River with propagation producing 1 million oysters for family Dishing and the Tribe increasing their farm production to million oysters at the mouth of the ricer. 1n wauoit Bary, quahogs would be used due to the higher salinity. Mr. York was recently asked about the cost and risk analysis ofh*is proposed plan in Mashpee and he was able to show that oysters were below because the amount of frsh;pater inMbited disease and predation and reliable.production had occurred since 2004_ o sters Nvould be less successful in Wa uoit Bay, due to the lack of freshwater, so quahogs were expected to be successful with a 1 ieh seed. The recently released vauoit Bay Esftiary eort recumrnen ed that most nitrogen be removed from sub-estuafiesl whichincluded Hamblin- on . e u Pond, Little fiver and Great River areas n Masl pe . 1 has been, s est khat . te. se erina of the area would std not meet the TVDL bpecalww of the accumulated 1trogell IeVeIqz, ` s additional s�:-�-ate es were needed n�ng shellfish a gable option- 1n order to o e 6 tons f }