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Nantucket Board of Health adopts temporary moratorium on nitrogen-loading variances
Summary
At its June 12 meeting the Board of Health voted to pause consideration of variance applications that would allow additional bedrooms based on IA septic systems, citing new research and the need for further review; the moratorium runs until the board’s Sept. 18 meeting and excludes replacements with no increase in flow.
The Nantucket Board of Health on June 12 voted to adopt a temporary moratorium on new variance applications that would allow additional bedrooms by relying on innovative/alternative (IA) septic systems, setting the moratorium to expire at the board’s Sept. 18 meeting.
Board member Malcolm moved the moratorium, saying the pause would let the board review recent developments in IA system technology and new scientific research and hear presentations from outside experts, including staff from Barnstable County. "I therefore move that the board vote to adopt a temporary moratorium ... to September…
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