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CANOE RIVER AQUIFER ADVISORAj COMM EI� ' 1( :,.
Minutes of the meeting held by the Canoe River Aquitieil 66r iited, �'hpTsday,
December 6, 2001 beginning at 1:00 p.m, at the Norton Public Library.
Members present: Wayne P. Southworth, Easton; Joan Sozio,',I ,1, ;iIC onard F.
Flynn, Mansfield; Philip Barske, Easton; Robert Boette, Foxboro; Dave Masciarelli,
Sharon; Fred Watson, Norton; Susan Mims, Norton; Leo R. Potter, Foxboro; Ed Tartufo,
Mansfield; Bill Hardin, Easton; Suzanne Erikson, Norton.
Others present: Jack Marsh, Easton; Taryn LaScola, Dept. of Food & Agriculture;
Duane M. Knapp, Norton; Jennifer Carlino, Norton.
I. CALL TO ORDER —Meeting called to order at 1:00 p.m.
11. MINUTES of November 1, 2001 accepted. Motion made by Bill Hardin and
seconded by Dave Masciarelli. Unanimously voted.
III. Pat Rogers gave an update of the Horsley & Witten, Inc. study. He said that they
will be conducting water quality testing during January. He requested that each
water department take water temperatures at each well and the surface water in
the Canoe River, Neil Price will be determining where the water quality samples
will be taken. The samples will be taken once a week for 6 months. Pat Rogers
requested that John Fresh, Jr. of the Easton Water Division assist Horsley &
Witten select the River sampling locations. Pat also distributed maps of the
Aquifer, prepared by Horsley & Witten, and discussed the limits of the Canoe
River Aquifer. Joan Sozio questioned their Zone II concept.
Horsley & Witten, Inc. will attend the February CRAAC meeting.
IV. Taryn LaScola gave the Committee an update of her education program for the
Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture Pesticide Bureau. She
discussed the fact sheets to educate the public to the potential impacts of
pesticides and fertilizers on our municipal water supplies.
Taryn offered to give out information at each of the communities Household
Hazardous Waste collection days. She is preparing for a mass mailing to the five
communities and discussed the cost and method.
V. Leonard Flynn discussed a meeting he attended in Amherst regarding the
protection of greenbelts in the State.
Jeri Carlin and Leonard Flynn reported that the Division of Wildlife and
Fisheries will receive a Care & Custody Agreement for approximately 134 acres
from the State DPW.