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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCanoe River Comm 03/03/1994Sharon Canoe River Aquifer Mansfield � Easton .GT.M Canoe River Aquifer Advisory Committee 417 Bay Street South Easton MA 02375 (508) 238-3641 AGENDA Thursday, March 3, 1994 1:00 pm Norton Public Library Rt. 123 I. Call to Order II. Review minutes of February 3 III. Discuss Road Salt Use - Mass. Highways Guest: Sam Pollick Mass. DPW -Boston IV. Update on Video V. Discuss Spring Awareness Day VI. Discuss Long -Range Planning Sub -Committee VII. Old Business VIII. New Business Minutes of the Canoe River Aquifer Advisory Committee Minutes of the meeting held by the Canoe River Aquifer Advisory Committee on February 5, 1994, at the Foxborough Town Hall, 40 South Street, Foxborough, MA 02035. Members in attendance: Easton - Wayne P. Southworth (Chairman), John E. Grant; Mansfield - Ed Tartufo (Vice Chairman), Leonard F. Flynn; Foxborough - Daniel Iagatta III, Joan Sozio, Barbara Hyland (State Representative); Norton - Kathy Romero (Secretary), Suzanne Erickson, Suzan Mimm; Sharon - Gregory Meister, Shirley S. Davenport, David Masciarelli. 1. Call to Order Wayne Southworth called the meeting to order at 1:05P.M. 2. Approval of Minutes Dan Iagatta moved that the minutes be accepted and was seconded by Leonard Flynn. The minutes were approved as written. 3. Update on Video Tim Higgins was not present to give an update. Tim had mentioned to Joan Sozio that the work involved was too much for him to handle. Leonard Flynn said that he would be glad to help provided that there was a subcommittee to assist on the project. Wayne and Jim Fresh could help. The committee will wait for Tim to provide an update. 4. Report on ACEC Meeting Approximately 150 people attended the conference. Everyone was impressed by the attendance. Senator Keating's address seem to tie everything together. Leslie Luconok, Department of Environmental Management, sent a letter of thanks. Leslie emphasized the importance of working together to achieve common goals. Since there are so many different resources within the ACEC's, it was suggested that we invite some of these groups to one of CRAAC's meetings. Wayne handed out a press release and asked members to distribute it to local newspapers. Susan Erickson made a video of the conference. It was suggested that some of the footage be used in the Foxborough Cable project. 5. Long -Range Planning Sub -Committee Bill Napolitano has offered to work with CRAAC, possibly some task that may qualify for grant monies. 6. Update on Road Salt Letter Joan and Wayne wrote to Bernard McCourt, District Highway Engineer. A reply letter was received from Mr. McCourt which discussed the highway department's work with various options to deicing chemicals. Mr. McCourt recommended contacting Leo Stevens from the Highway Department's Research and Materials Section. Sam Pollick called who was the hydrogeologist from the Research Division in the Boston Office. He has been invited to attend CRAAC's next meeting in Norton. Wayne will contact i Page 2 Minutes, February 3, 1994 the water superintendents in the member towns to attend. Members were asked to bring documentation on salt to this meeting. 7. Spring Awareness Day Dave Masciarelli had inquired about borrowing a tent from the Sharon Fire Department. The cost to use the tent was $300, but we may be able to get it for less. Since we do not have money to rent a tent, other members will see if they could get someone to donated one. The committee decided to hold the Awareness Day on May 14, 1994, at the Red Mill Road location. John Grant will look into stocking fish at this location. It would also be good to get some video footage of the event. 8. Old Business Representative Barbara Hyland and Ed Tartufo commented on the Mill Pond Dam situation in Mansfield. Representative Hyland and Senator Keating had obtained $26,000 from the State to fix the dam. The $26,000 figure came from the state's department on dams. However, it was not enough. An additional $29,000 will be needed. Representative Hyland and Senator Keating will try to obtain the additional funding. Wayne has sent in an application for the EPA Merit Award. 9. New Business A Public Comment Response Report on Low Level Radiation Waste Management was sent to CRAAC via Joan Sozio. The State is looking to either siting a low level radiation waste facility in the state, shipping such waste out of state, or having generators store the waste until a long term solution is found. Joan mentioned since the Canoe River Aquifer was designated as an ACEC and Sole Source Aquifer, it's not likely that this area would be considered for such as facility. Shirley Davenport mentioned that a Mr. Feinstein had left $75,000 to the Sharon schools for community action programs. It was decided to use the money for grades 1-4 and grade 12 for water quality projects. Shirley was looking for some ideas. Members suggested contacting the Natural Resources Trust of Easton and the Massachusetts Water Works Association. Wayne had information on two conferences: Free New England Water Works training course on public education and a free Hydrant Maintenance and Training Session held at the Easton Water Department. Kathy mentioned that VOC's were being detected at the Newland Street well in Norton. The source of the VOC's is the Low Temps Site. Meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m. Next meeting will be held in Norton on March 3, 1994.