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PF MINUTES January 2, 1992 3 BOARD OF HEALTH and the destination of all materials from the Bluff Cottages shall be kept and rade available to the Commission upon re- quest. "- e- guest. "- "This is and was a private landfill unauthorized by the State and by the Board of I ealth* f1 "It is my contention this site must be r mediate back to its natural state, in conjunction with the regulations the Conservation Commission wants to set on that activity," `There are areas, in this immediate vicinity, that know have been used for illegal dumping, based on the fact that when the last round of tests its for the "Mews Villas Phase IV" were dug Mr., Evans wit- nessed the uncovering of illegal dumping below ground. " "The extent to which we would require remediation should be a decision made jointly by the Board of Health and Conservation Commission* "I would recommend Board members personally in- spect the site to determine the extent of the dumping area, 1' i fir# Gree is commented, he is concerned with what is buried. fir# Sherman stated, this is a violation of the order of Conditions" s not only were records to be' kept but categori- cally stated that none of the materials were to be disposed j of in a resource area, ' Soil maps from -,Barnstable County show the area as inappropriate for a landfill. " " he remediation must be completed through the 'wetlands Act's un- der a "Notice of Intent" . " " here are some indicators the area was once a wetlands." "Some materials in there are ma- terials from the catch. basins. 1! "The Peninsula Council t r or ,� r. # 1 ia.. one time did allow -ithef -to dump there but had no idea � what the volume of teials1 would be Mr. Grots a stated, it is our hope the volume of mate- 0 vial there is just construction ebris. ' 'here seems to Abe - some other things conduit, etc, on top of it. a hope that, in our point of Griew, to just remove the superficial material, A determine that ,the other material is not detrimen- tal, then Just 'sod or seed. ' "It's been there a long time, .i the site used to be an old mill Site. " Mr. McQuaid reiterated his earlier comments recommending Board members visit the site, decide whether or not superfi- cial cleaning and removal is sufficient or whether test pits should be dug to determine what was buried and b c f U led. "It may b6 necessary to contact the State depending on what's excavated." "I am concerned that asbestos and lead .piping from the "Bluff Cottages" was buried there, "' Mr.. Grotsl a stated the cottages themselves were disposed of elsewhere.