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Conservation commission continues enforcement order for sludge landfill after watershed council raises contamination concerns
Summary
The Gardner Conservation Commission left an enforcement order open after the Mills River Watershed Council urged continued oversight, citing ponding, failed mitigation measures and lack of inspection logs at the sludge landfill.
At a recent Gardner Conservation Commission meeting, members left an enforcement order concerning the city’s sludge landfill open and continued consideration of the matter to the 24th.
The move followed public comments submitted by Ivan Musak, director of the Mills River Watershed Council, who urged the commission to keep the enforcement order active until erosion, siltation and leachate issues are fully mitigated. Musak said ponding of liquid continues atop the landfill, an earthen dam installed to check the ponding has failed, and liquid from…
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