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Templeton conservation commission raises concern about Gardiner sludge‑landfill DEIR, urges protection of local wetlands
Summary
Select Board member Terry Griffiths presented a draft comment letter on the Gardiner Sludge Landfill draft environmental impact report; the Conservation Commission voted to express concern that the Gardiner project could affect Templeton wetlands and to prioritize protection of local wetlands.
On Monday evening the Templeton Conservation Commission reviewed a draft comment letter from Select Board member Terry Griffiths on the draft environmental impact report (DEIR) for the Gardiner Sludge Landfill expansion and voted to express concern that the Gardiner project may affect wetlands in Templeton.
The commission meeting convened April 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall. Griffiths said the DEIR and the existing enforcement order against the Gardiner landfill left unanswered questions about groundwater and air monitoring, notification protocols and whether the city of Gardiner would finance corrective actions if contamination reached Templeton. "We wish to keep our residents safe and informed of potential threats to their drinking water, wetlands, and air," Griffiths said in the packet letter she read aloud.
The commission’s vote was not a wholesale endorsement of Griffiths’s…
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