05/02/2019 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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Town of Mashpee y s b �.f 16 Great Neck Road North i;a Mashpee, Massacharsetts 02649 c°'� BOARD OF HEALTH - PUBLIC SESSION Mashpee Town Hall — Ockway Meeting Room Minutes of the Meeting of May 2, 2019 Board Members Present: Member Absent: Also Present: Brian Baumgaertel, Chair Mallory Langler, Clerk Glen Harrington, Health Agent Laurel Almquist, Co-Chair Chair Brian Baumgaertel called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM. APPOINTMENTS 7:15—Appeal of Board Decision—31 Evergreen Circle Glen Harrington commented that,at the last meeting,questions arose regarding the design flow, resulting in the hearing being continued. DEP was to be contacted for an opinion on the design flow for kennels. Tim Santos, of Holmes & McGrath, sent a letter with the basis of the design and Brian Dudley from DEP was contacted. Brian Dudley stated that discharging the dog waste into the septic system was prohibited but offered no regulatory basis other than "it was vague". Mr. Harrington subsequently researched Title V and -" the Standard Industrial Classification Codes, and the definitions of blackwater and greywater, and found no basis to deny the discharging of the waste into the septic system. The design engineer had previously stated that it was acceptable to put the dog waste into the proposed septic system, and a local engineer with first- hand knowledge of a local system supported the idea at the last public meeting. Since that meeting, Mr. Harrington heard from Mike McGrath who indicated that the proponents wanted to change the technology to a FAST system. Mike McGrath introduced himself for the record, stating that he had previously come before the board with a proposed RUCK system and variance request. Since that time, DEP had advised the construction manager that processing the piloting approval could take up to 70 days. Mr. McGrath subsequently met with FAST, who have a provisional approval for the proposed system, and who agreed to design a robust system that could handle very high strength wastewater. In this case,the amount of dog waste is anticipated to not be significant. The proposed system is less expensive,and there will be no delays waiting for piloting approval. Chair Baumgaertel asked if Mr. Harrington would like time to review the new plans, and he answered in the affirmative. Mr. Harrington stated that the previous plan had the reserve area built out, but the plan before them did not. It has been a requirement of the board since the mid-80s. Mr. McGrath agreed to provide revised plans showing the reserve area built out. Mr. Harrington stated he also wants to look at what DEP is requiring for sampling. After reviewing the accelerated hydrogen peroxide information, Mr. Harrington commented that the sanitizer would be acceptable. He indicated that the monitoring of the septic system is essential to check the 1