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Residents and health officials press Gardiner sludge landfill project as MEPA public comment period nears
Summary
Templeton residents, Board of Health members and conservation officials urged careful review of the City of Gardner’s draft environmental impact report for an 8.75‑acre sludge landfill expansion, citing groundwater monitoring exceedances and erosion problems at a nearby closed solid‑waste site.
Templeton residents and local health and conservation officials urged close scrutiny of the City of Gardner’s draft environmental impact report (DEIR) for a proposed sludge landfill expansion, saying the site is near town wellheads and that monitoring shows existing contamination concerns.
The board heard from Terry Griffiths of Templeton Community Against Toxic Waste and from Alan Russo, a Gardner Board of Health member and nearby…
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