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Board schedules Nov. 20 public hearing on draft Hammock Pond and Wellhead Protection regulations
Summary
The Board of Health voted to open a public hearing Nov. 20 on updated regulations for the Hammock Pond Watershed and the town's wellhead protection district. Staff and board members discussed clarifying nitrogen-reduction language, design definitions and the need for town-council legal review before adoption.
The Nantucket Board of Health voted Oct. 16 to schedule a public hearing Nov. 20 on updated regulations for the Hammock Pond Watershed District and the Wellhead Protection District, moving the draft forward for public comment and legal review.
Board members said the revisions are intended to standardize rules across multiple protection districts and to tighten provisions on nitrogen-loading, system setbacks and what qualifies as an "enhanced nitrogen-reducing system." Carrie (board member) said she had added a clearer definition stating an enhanced system must be "capable of reducing nitrogen in wastewater to a minimum of 19 milligrams per liter…
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