12/10/1998 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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MINUTES December 10, 1998 3 BOARD OF HEALTH "Most directly, we are just opening up an area in Shoestring Bay and we were forced to put in public water." "We found contaminants there at 700' outside of the defined plume." "Also, what has changed is the Water District's policy that you cannot use public water for irrigation so the presumption that no one is using the water beneath the Willowbend property is no longer valid." "In my opinion, Augat is looking at this Board to validate its no action plan." "There is a public hearing coming up on this proposed remedy which we believe will be a proposal for no further action." "I think it would be helpful for this Board to write a letter to D.E.P. stating that you're not accepting responsibility for ensuring that residents are not drinking the water." "And the Board does not have the resources nor the technical expertise, that is D.E.P.'s job." Mr_ McQuaid stated, "Something that baffles me is for Augat to use this Board as the reason for not doing more remediation than they are doing." "We have never publicly or privately stated that Augat can let the Iower half of the plume dissipate into Shoestring Bay and that we were never concerned about it." "They may be under the impression that because there are no private drinking water wells down stream from the site beyond Simons Road that we're not concerned." "We are concerned." "There are other exposure paths such as inhalation, dermal, etc." "You don't want to irrigate a golf course or private lawn." "In my opinion, the Board should send a very strong letter to Gerard Martin at the D.E.P. that Augat's defense of their limited remedial action is not supported by this Board and we don't want to be held responsible to investigate the alternatives." "We're relying on the D.E.P. to safeguard the health of our residents." Mr. Cram stated, "I want to emphasize that this Board will not be placed as the responsible entity for the remediation agreements that were set." Mr. Ball stated, "I would recommend the Agent draft a letter to the D.E.P." Mr. Cram motioned to direct the agent to draft a letter to the D.E.P. expressing the Boards disapproval of the limited remedial action and to inform them it is not this Board's responsibility to police the remediation process for conditions setforth by the D.E.P., Mr. Doherty seconded, all agreed. *****NEW BUSINESS***** Town Meeting article for Swap-Shop Mr. Ball stated, "I recommend this Board prepare an article for the upcoming annual town meeting to request funds to construct a swap-shop."