07/15/1999 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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MINUTES July 15, 1999 1 BOARD OF HEALTH TOWN OF MASHPEE BOARD OF HEALTH Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. Members present: Steven R. Ball, John T. Doherty, Robert F. Cram, Sr., Elias A. McQuaid and Veronica A. Mayer THE TAPE IS NOT PART OF THE MEETING; IT IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSCRIPTION ONLY. Mr. Steven R. Ball, Chairman 1. Sign warrants. Warrants signed. APPOINTMENT FS 1 Plume Update Mr. Mike Minior of AFCEE and Mr. Paul Marchessauit of the EPA were in attendance for this scheduled appointment. Mr. Minior stated, "FS 1 is what discharges into the cranberry bogs at Quashnet. We've had the public comment period on our proposed remedy for how we're going to deal with the plume, which is basically to put in a string of wells at the access of the plume to collapse it in, pump the water out, treat it and put it back. But there is an issue that we deal with as we formalize our decision, which is part of the remedy. That goes back to a moratorium that you passed back in April of 1998 regarding how you are going to handle new well installations in areas of known or anticipated contamination. We just wanted to come tonight to understand clearly if that does apply in the area of concern for FS 1 because we want to be able to put the appropriate wording in our decision document. We want to be able to show that we have the support of the Town to help us keep people from potentially being exposed. I know that the EPA has some concerns and questions they would like to have clarified regarding the moratorium." "The Board put out a very general town-wide moratorium on groundwater wells. We'd definitely delineate the plume. The way we handle water hook up conversions has a 500'buffer zone on each side of the known area of the plume and what is considered two years travel time down-gradient from the leading edge. That could impact the Saddleback neighborhood. That could impact a portion of Ashumet Road." Mr. Ball asked, "If it does impact it and you put these people in there, will you be treating it like you did the Briarwood area where you hooked them up to Town Water?" Mr. Minor responded, "Yes. But what we are looking for is between the authority that you have and the regulations that you have in place that we can work together to ensure that somebody doesn't put a well in there and potentially be exposed to something that's out there." Mr. Doherty stated, "I don't have a problem with this. As soon as you give us the area, we'll just add it to the list."