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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBrd of Health 04/06/2000 r- BOARD OF HEALTH APRIL 6, 2000 MINUTES Members Present: Phil Giangarra, Chairman (arrived 7:10PM), Ray Martin, Clerk, Jim Leonard (arrived 7:05PM), Dave Jones and Michelle Madan Also Present: Health Agent, Scott Leite 1. CALL TO ORDER at 7:00 PM by Clerk Martin, Town Hall, 2nd floor. 2. CONSENT AGENDA a. Approval of Minutes of March 2, 2000 b. Approval of Hauler's Permit: Franklin Sanitation Services, Inc. MOTION: To approve Consent Agenda. Madan/Jones. 3-0 PASSED 3. COMMUNICA nONS (' 1. Request from John W. Lippolis for a refund for a perc test that never occurred. Refund for $150. Vote required. MOTION: To refund the $150.00. Jones/Madan. 3-0 PASSED 2. Standard Contract Amendment Form for the Tobacco Control Program, for an additional $41,932.20, Signed by both Commonwealth and Town Manger. Start date 10-1-97, termination date 6-30-00. Karen Doucette, TC Coordinator, hired an enforcement officer and part-time secretory. 3. IT Corporation, March 1, 2000, January 2000 NPDES Permit exclusion monthly discharge monitoring report for the former Gorham Silver Co. Site, 340 S. Main St. 4. IT Corporation, March 29, 2000, February 2000 NPDES Permit exclusion monthly discharge monitoring report for the former Gorham Silver Co. Site, 340 S. Main St. 5. Copy letter from DEP to Kurt Gaffney, Water Operations Mgr., Mansfield, March 15, 2000, re: Noncompliance Public Water Supply & Return to Compliance, MCL Violation Total Coliform Bacteria. Failure to Notify. For a system which collects fewer than 40 routine samples/month, if no more than one sample collected is total coliform positive, the system is in compliance. r . .1.- ~ IT Page 2, Board of Health Minutes, April 6, 2000 6. Copy of letter from DEP to Michael Trowbridge. Hutchins-Trowbridge: Associates. Feb. 29. 2000. re: proposed septic system in Plainville within 200' of Lake Mirimichi. 7. Copy letter from DEP to Lee: Azinheiro. DPW Director. March 2. 2000. re: Permit Approval with conditions for corrective action design perimeter landfill control system. 8. Letter from Kim L. Dudek. Foxboro. MA. to Editor of Foxboro Reporter. cc: Stop & Shop. Mansfield BOH and Foxboro BOH. March 6. 2000. re: deli counter employee. Agent contacted IfJQIK1gef' at Stop & Shop. &xzrd expressed disappointment that Mrs. Dudek did not notify Mansfield Health Agent, but, in fact, the newspaper. 9. HealthCare Options, Inc., February 2000 services rendered 10. Copies of letters to Shell Tune-Up Center. Chauncy St.. and Mascot Petroleum. Silver Spring. PA (Sunoco. Copeland Dr.) April 4. 2000. failure of compliance: checks. A warning was sent to Mascot Petroleum. a second offense: letter to Shell Tune-Up. Member Le:onord asked if Mrs. Doucette: inspected SunotxJ for the: use af an ashtrrJy behind the counter. Agent says she did and found nothing. 11. Letter from phe:onix Environmental Group. N. Pembroke. Forrest Emery. Principol. March 29. 2000. re: Pool Water splash and Carry-Out Issue: pertaining to the proposed Great Waves Aquatic Recreation Facility. r-- ,"-" 4. VISITORS Mr. Girard. 15 Surrey Dr.. asked for a variance: from the Well Regulation since: he has one: distance from the proposed well to his septic system that does not meet the 100' setback. It is 75'. Agent recom....",ds that the same: procedure be: held for Mr. Girord as the one: for Mr. Pizura. Black Pond Rd.. where the applicant must file a deed restriction that says the shallow well will be: used only for watering the lawn and landscaping. Once a copy of the deed restriction is submitted to the BOH. Agent will issue: well permit. MOllON: To grant the variance with deed restriction. Madan/Leonard. 5-0 PASSED 5. HEALTH AGENT'S REPORT a. Stearns Hill Hercules Powder Co. Landfill: An RFP was sent out for a licensed site professional. Town Manager asked for Age:nt's recommendation. The: two he recommended were IT Group, Norwood, and Penney Engineering, Mansfield. b. Troy. 171 Ware St.: system is progressing. Slight change: in desi!Jn. One tank waS moved to the front. Agent has been inspecting. r r Page 3, Board of Health Minutes, April 6, 2000 c. Household Hazardous Waste Collection: April 8th, 8:30AM-1:00PM. Mr. Wade, Branch St. offered to collect the batteries. Agent said "no thank you", with a concern that they would be stored on his property on Branch St. Board agreed. d. Embargoed Food at Mansfield Public Schools: A warehouse for the Dept. of Agriculture, supplier of food for public school, was rodent infested. All the food was embargoed and later destroyed and shipped to a landfill. e. 444 Pratt St. House was sold and new owners wants to connect to town sewer, but cannot at this time, since the new sewerline is not operable due to the newly discovered contamination at the lift station and highway garage. Agent will allow buyer to temporarily hook into cesspool until sewer is ready for the connection, and the money for the betterment and hookup will be held in escrow. f.Phoenbc Environmental-Great Waves: Forrest Emery, principal, sent a letter to The Taunton River Watershed Alliance, Inc., (non-profit alliance of concerned individuals, businesses, etc.), for their opinion on the pool water splash and carry-out contamination issues. A letter from Mr. Emery was sent to the BOH with a copy of the Alliance's response. Agent commented that there are other methods of disinfection, ozone, bromine or chlorine. Also, the chlorinated water can be held in an r area long enough for the chlorine to dissipate. The Agent and Board will deal with this when the pool permits are filed with plans of the pools. g. 258-260 Ware St. Variance: Older duplex. Needs variance from Septic Reg because their setback from wetlands is 61'. They need 75' according to BOH reg, State reg is 50'. Agent recommends. MOTION: To grant variance. Leonard/Martin. 5-0 PASSED h. Rubbish Regulation?: Since there have been complaints from residents re: neighbors junk-filled yards, which in some cases, is just aesthetic, Agent asked if the Board feels that a rubbish reg is in order. Does the Board again want to enforce? Removal junk vehicles? How discretionary can the Board actually be? Wood piles, tires, boats, trailers, for example, are they really health hazards? This could open a big can of worms and would require lots of brainstorming and thought. Is it really the responsibility of town departments to order people to clean up their yards and maintain them to a certain standard? It is also a value judgment, what is dear to one, may not be to another. Member Martin suggested getting other town's regs that deal with junk residential yards. Chair thought this could be a town bylaw, rather than a health reg, since many of these items are not health related. It was agreed that the Health Dept. should be adopting regulations that protect the community from health threats. nil. Page 4, Board of Health Minutes, April 6, 2000 As far as storage of chemicals, it is not against a law to store them. It is a violation, if they are leaking. Member Martin suggested a regulation that requires them to report to the Board what chemicals they are storing. Board will discusS again. ) ." i. Wells in Vicinity of 340 S. Main St.: Agent contacted Nancy'Nevins at the IT Group to discuss his concern with proposed irrigation wells on S. Main St. in the vicinity of the Textron site. IT Group sent conditions of issuance of a permit to drill a well that may be imposed on all wells in that area. The conditions are for the resident or owner of the property and are as follows: 1. Agrees to use the well for irrigation purposes only. 2. Agrees to allow Textron, Inc. (or their agent) to sample the well prior to use and on a future periodic basis. 3. No cost will be incurred for this sampling. 4. Must provide to the Health Department information regarding construction of the well in the form of a Dept. of Environmental Management/Office of Water Resources Well Completion Report. 5. Agrees to notify the BOH as soon as the well is in operation. ~ 6. OLD BUSINESS Member Martin asked who will be going to Town Meeting to speak on the article for the air conditioner? Chair said that he will speak. Chair will also attend a Selectmen's meeting to give the Board's points to support the article and Health Agent will write a chronology of events re: the noise nuisance. Board discussed a number of points, such as noise disturbance to neighbors, residential area, lack of a/ c in Town Hall causeS carpets to buckle, affects computers, personnel health issues. 7. NEW BUSINESS Member Madan asked about the lack of bathroom facilities at events on the South Common, Memorial Park and Tweeter Center. She asked if the Board has regulations to enforce port-a- jons? Board will discuss at a later date. (Member Martin left at 8:25PM). Chairman Giangarra asked if the recycling park could take motor oil on Saturdays, since the majority of residents are not at home on Mondays. Agent suggested that the household hazardous waste account fund one person, the first Saturday of each month to (' - r Page 5, Board of Health Minutes, April 6, 2000 work at the recycling park. Board thought it was a great idea and Agent will talk with DPW Director. (Member Leonard left at 8:27PM). Member Jones asked about the certification of a septic installer and how the Agent is handling that portion of the Title V law. Agent responded that he had a stamp made to be used on all as-built plans. The installer must sign on the line to certify that the system was installed correctly. The stamp reads, HI certify that the system has been constructed in compliance with 310 CMR 15.000, the approved design plans and all local requirements, and that any changes to the design plans have been reflected on as-built plans which have been submitted to the approving authority by the designer. H Both Members Madan and Martin will be absent from the May meeting. 8. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: To adjourn at 8:45PM. Madan/Jones. 3-0 PASSED r Respectfully submitted, Dianne Royle Recording Secretary NEXT MEETING THURSDAY, MAY 4,2000 2nd FLOOR, 7:00 P.M. ~>M~5' Clerk L-./' 'r!/(.:~ Date - .. ..1_