10/14/2021 BOARD OF HEALTH Executive Session

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Town Of Mashpee y� z _ _ _ 16 Great Neck Road North Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 BOARD OF HEALTH - EXECUTIVE SESSION Mashpee Town Hall - OCKWAY MEETING ROOM Minutes of the Meeting of October 14, 2021 Board Members Present: Member Absent: Also Present: Brian Baumgaertel, Chair Glen Harrington, Health Agent Ernest Virgilio, Vice -Chair Christine Willander, Asst. Health Agent Kripani Patel, Clerk Chair Brian Baumgaertel called the Executive session Board of Health meeting to order at 7:20 PM. EXECUTIVE SESSION 1. Board of Health appeal of DEP Title V Approval Mr. Harrington commented that the Town Counsel contacted him to get an idea of any solutions to the problem at 100 Great Neck Road North. Town Counsel explained that there will be a pre - hearing conference where mediation will be offered. It will be at that time when other solutions will be needed for a satisfactory resolution as part of the mediation. Mr. Harrington explained to council that the board would have to discuss in executive session. The first solution is to provide denitrification on the three systems proposed now to upgrade the on -site systems. Obviously, the owner did not want to do that or he would have put the systems in as the preliminary designs with denitrification prepared by BSC. The question is, "is there an acceptable design without denitrification that the board would allow?" The designs now have soil absorption systems with pressure distribution but that technology does little to remove nitrogen. Mr. Harrington commented that while the flow is above 10,000 gallons the property falls under DEP jurisdiction. They decided to get rid of the restaurant and the laundry and that significantly lowered the gallons but still under DEP. DEP will not force a denitrification system. He went on to explain that when title 5 came out the nitrogen sensitive areas where easy to identify, zone 2 areas and properties with wells. It has to be proven to DEP that an area is nitrogen sensitive for them to change to require denitrification. Mr. Harrington recommended as the first option would be to require denitrification on each system. Compost toilets are not really an option as only a few of the buildings have basements or the buildings have too many units to make the compost toilets feasible. A system with a blower and a recirculation line may be a good middle ground. That way no specific technology is used. It would entail adding another tank and a couple of pumps but we will see if the owner is willing to give up something or go through a lengthy hearing process.