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Board questions ongoing landfill testing after 30 years, seeks DEP meeting and budget path
Summary
Board members revisited the closed landfill monitoring schedule, noted repeated negative results and the $5,865 estimated testing cost for the coming fiscal year, and agreed to seek a MassDEP representative and to request a timing and funding change so sampling occurs in FY2026 rather than FY2025.
The Board of Health discussed the town’s post-closure monitoring of a landfill closed roughly 30 years ago and pressed state oversight (MassDEP) for a clearer end to the testing schedule.
Mark Popham (contract lead on the landfill monitoring update, referenced in the packet) requested two shallow probe locations be re-dug in spring sampling; the board noted the sampling cannot be invoiced until after the town’s fiscal-year funds are available on July 1, 2025. The contract estimate in the board packet listed an anticipated fee of $5,865 for the testing, and the board…
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