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Resident urges MassDEP review after alleged leachate releases at sludge landfill
Summary
A public commenter told the Gardner City Conservation Commission the city lacks needed leachate test data after a March 6, 2025 incident and urged a formal MassDEP review; commissioners discussed drafting email and certified mail to the landfill operator but recorded no formal vote.
A resident told the Gardner City Conservation Commission during public comment that the commission has not received adequate water or soil test results from outfall pipe 2 at the city’s sludge landfill since the March 6, 2025 incident and urged the commission to request a formal review by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
The comment said the Department of Public Works director, Dan Arnold, “did not have complete answers,” that the landfill operator…
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