09/17/1998 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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3 TOWN OF MASHPEE BOARD OF HEALTH September 17, 1998 Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. Members present: Robert F. Cram, Sr., Steven R. Ball and John T. Doherty THE TAPE IS NOT PART OF THE MEETING IT IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSCRIPTION ONLY. Mr. Robert F. Cram, Chairman 1.) Warrants signed. 2.) Mr. Ball motioned to accept the minutes of August 27, 1998,Mr. Cram seconded. The minutes of September 10, 1998 were not prepared in time for this meeting. 3.) Letter from Barnstable B.O.H. re: Waters Ede Subdivision - Mr. McQuaid relayed, `Waters Edge received draft approval back in 1988." "There hasn't been any activity to my knowledge since then." "The proposal must be resubmitted to D.E.P. for their approval." Acknowledged. 4.) Latest V.O.C. pond test results - Mr. McQuaid stated, "This is my most recent round of sampling." "The results are similar to what they have been all summer." "There has been detection of M.T.B.E. which we know is below 10 p.p.m. and the drinking water standards is 70 p.P.m.." "We attribute that to recreational boating." "There was also one hit of xylene at .09 where the maximum contaminant level is 10,000 p.p.m.." "Xylene is attributable to plastics which may be attributed to the vial cap that I used or a lab error." ".09 when the maximum contaminant level is 10,000 is absolutely insignificant." "At our last plume adhoc meeting Selectmen Caffyn suggested I prepare a report for a news release indicating that the military is paying for this and that we have had non-detects all summer long." "I decided not to do that because I can't in all good conscience say that it's been absolutely non-detect all summer long." "I would have to say that we have had hits of M.T.B.E. and xylenes at very low levels." "I think that would scare people and I don't want to be dishonest but for the general public to understand the levels, the magnitude of the hits would cause more of a concern then is necessary." I