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Residents and advocates press MassDEP and city over proposed waste transfer site at 100 Duchesne Boulevard
Summary
Community advocates urged the New Bedford City Council committee on June 17 to press state regulators to deny site assignment for a proposed waste transfer operation at 100 Duchesne Boulevard, citing a recent two‑alarm fire and weeks of rat reports at a comparable facility and continuing complaints about illegal dumping at the proposed site.
Community advocates urged the City Council committee on June 17 to oppose site assignment for a proposed waste transfer operation at 100 Duchesne Boulevard, telling the committee that recent fires and rodent problems at a comparable transfer station illustrate the project’s risks.
Wendy Morrill of South Coast Neighbors United and Tracy Wallace, a neighborhood organizer, updated the committee on their effort to persuade the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) to deny site assignment for South Coast Renewables (formerly Parallel Products). Morrill recounted a May 14 two‑alarm fire at the E.L. Harvey transfer station on Shawano Avenue, said the sprinkler system proved ineffective, and described subsequent rat sightings and infestations reported for weeks in neighborhoods adjacent…
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