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Lucy Burton started her concern that if all the towns take their trash to the Bourne Landfill, space will run <br /> out quickly. <br /> Glen Harrington commented that the state enforces the waste ban, not the Board of Health. If the Board <br /> were to adopt the state regulation on waste ban, then it could be treated just like any other Board of <br /> Health regulation. <br /> Kalli pe Egl ff questioned the fact that the Board of Health only regulates the solid waste through a trash <br /> hauler, and the Department of Public Works regulates the transfer station. There are two different waste <br /> streams that are monitored by two different departments in the Tern of Mai hpee. <br /> Glen Harrington stated that commercial haulers are net allowed to use the transfer station. Increasing the <br /> tonnage of recyclables for commercial haulers so that they cern use the transfer station for recycling was <br /> never accepted. The smaller trash haulers were allowed into the transfer station, but they only entered <br /> one time. <br /> Mr. Harrington commented that mandatory recycling was only applicable to the trash haulers and not the <br /> transfer station. A town by-law for recycling would affect the entire town and would have to be adopted at <br /> Tern Meeting in May or October. <br /> . A her's Path Landfill Monitoring Report—'Burton Kaplan commented that Green Seal <br /> Environmental is recommending a voluntary continuation of quarterly m9nitoring of the soil-gas well <br /> probes and gas gents on the perimeter of the landfill. <br /> Glen Harrington stated that it is mandatory and net voluntary. <br /> Mr. Caplan stated that Green Seal Environmental reported that dissolved arsenic exceeded the <br /> recommended levels. Arsenic is naturally occurring, and rust be monitored'according to the Department <br /> f Environmental Protection. Similarly, iron and manganese exceeded their levels. This is all for the <br /> same reason. <br /> Karlli pe Egleff feels the most disturbing item on the report is copper. Copper that'is found in water <br /> bodies where there is aquatic life is super tonic. Copper is responsible for fish kills in the Mhpee River, <br /> which is also a herring run. M . Eglff would like to share this information, Page 5 of the Asher's Path <br /> Landfill Environmental Monitoring Report: January 2013, with the Herring Warden and or the <br /> Conservation Commission. <br /> Burton Kaplan would like to give a copy of this same report, specifically Page 7, to Catherine Laurent of <br /> the Mahpee Department of Public Works because of the woodchuck problems and a vent that needs <br /> repair. <br /> NEXT MEETING <br /> The net meeting of the Board of Health Is scheduled for Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at 7:00 PM. A <br /> there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:55 PM. <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> Frances Boulos <br /> Administrative Assistant <br /> Mhpee Board of Health <br /> attachments <br /> 5 <br />