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Commission authorizes short-term enforcement order to allow delivery of sand from 64 Baxter Road to Hooke’s Hollow geotube site
Summary
The commission issued a time-limited enforcement order allowing delivery and placement of compatible sand from an on-site excavation (64 Baxter Road) to cover geotubes and rebuild a ramp at Hooke’s Hollow; the order includes sampling, photo-monitoring and delivery-log conditions.
The Nantucket Conservation Commission issued a time-limited enforcement order authorizing the delivery and placement of compatible sand from an excavation at 64 Baxter Road to the Hooke’s Hollow geotube project. The action was requested by the Sankaty Beach Preservation Fund (SBPF) and town staff, who told the commission the material would otherwise be removed from the island.
SBPF representatives and counsel described the sand as medium-to-coarse material from the same general bluff area; counsel said sieves, grain-size analysis and Munsell soil-color data support compatibility with the parent beach and bank sediments. “We believe that we have compatible sand,” counsel said, and the SBPF agreed to provide Munsell color data and additional documentation to staff. Town Natural Resources staff and a…
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