07/23/1998 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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i MINUTES July 23, 1998 5 BOARD OF HEALTH Mr. Herbst stated, "Then what I would ask is, Mr. Doherty said it is not possible for him to remove items from the landfill and take them home, can you assure me that that in fact will happen?" Mr. Doherty responded, "No, I can't." "Mr. Dominie will be spoken to and will be informed that removing anything from the landfill without authorization is stealing from the town." `But I am not going out there to watch him." "That is the responsibility of the contractor to ensure that his employees are not violating any provisions of the contract." Mr. Herbst questioned Mr_ McQuaid, `Do you think the town landfill is the source of the material." Mr. McQuaid responded, "Yes, no question." APPOINTMENT: Cape& Islands/Sullivan- 122 Whippoorwill Circle Mr. John Slavinsky representing the engineering firm of Cape and Islands Engineering was in attendance as well as Mr. & Mrs. Sullivan. Mr. Slavinsky stated, "I have designed a repair system which involves some wetlands." "At the previous meeting the Board decided that it would be a good idea if we put in a denitrification system." Mr. Doherty informed Mr. Slavinsky, `In asking for the variance you'-g'e asking to reduce the linear distance required by regulation." "In essence, you're-not offering anything to mitigate the effects of the effluent." Mr. Slavinsky stated, "We are because the existing leaching facility is in the front area of tfie house which is much closer to private wells than we are with the leaching facility in the back of the house." "The bordering vegetated wetlands is full of poison ivy." "The real marsh is probably 800' to the ocean." "The Conservation Commission started this idea about denitrification." "All denitrification units remove only the nitrates nothing else." "The purpose of it was to stop plant growth in the water." "We are 800'." "Our groundwater flow is away from the lot and away from all the private wells." "We are almost at the mouth of the river." "This particular salt marsh, without an effect on _-` anyone's well, will eat the nitrates." "Poison ivy is a transition plant_" "If you went out to T the site you would see that is not the edge of the salt marsh." Mr. Doherty stated, "In you professional opinion you are saying that the majority of the nitrates will be taken up by plants prior to it entering the bay."