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►t�".""' �' Town D Mash ee Office o (Selectmen <br /> . - - 16 Great Xeck I(oad Sorth <br /> Mashpee,, Massachusetts 02649 <br /> Telephone- (508) 539-1490 <br /> max- (568) 539-1403 <br /> May 5, 1997 <br /> 'F <br /> j. <br /> •S <br /> :i• <br /> Ms. Carol M. Browner <br /> Administrator <br /> Environmental Protection Agency <br /> r, Washington,DC 20460 <br /> .aa <br /> == Dear Ms.Browner: <br /> The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Mashpee would like to go on record in support of <br /> Regional Administrator John P. DeVillars' Region One order which has been taken to protect <br /> public health and the environment until the military can demonstrate that its training activities are <br /> safe. <br /> Mashpee is a town abutting the MMR. We are acutely aware of the contamination <br /> emanating from the MMR. and of the negative impacts it has had on our drinking water making it <br /> necessary to develop a townwide public water system; our values of our homes which has caused <br /> personal losses and a decrease to the overall value of our town; our neighborhoods which have <br /> been stigmatized by the contamination found under our homes; our beautiful ponds which are now <br /> suspect for both human use and natural habitat; and perhaps even our health which could have been <br /> damaged due to the contamination in our private wells and the indiscriminate practice of propellant <br /> bag burning. <br /> The base sits atop a single source aquifer which supplies water to the Cape towns. It is of <br /> critical importance to protect this water source from any further damage and to immediately address <br /> the problem of cleaning up the recently found contamination within this area. <br /> All efforts must be made to ensure the residents living in Mashpee that they will have pure <br /> and ample drinking water for the future. <br /> We again wish to state our full support for the actions taken by Mr.DeVillars. <br /> :S <br /> MASB PEE BOARD OF SELECTMEN <br /> George R. Costa, Chairman Curtis W.Frye <br /> 45 <br /> Kenneth E. Marsters Nancy J. Caffyn <br /> Peter A.Dan"zio <br />