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Commission approves Order of Conditions for septic repair at 35 Leland Drive with conditions
Summary
The Town of Charlton Conservation Commission closed the public hearing and issued an Order of Conditions for a septic repair and replacement at 35 Leland Drive, approving a design that uses an Elgin treatment unit and requiring construction sequencing, marked limits of work and sediment controls.
The Town of Charlton Conservation Commission closed the public hearing and issued an Order of Conditions for a septic system repair and replacement at 35 Leland Drive, after the applicant’s engineer presented site constraints and plans for a smaller-footprint treatment system.
Chris McCormick of McCormick Engineering spoke for the applicant and described a failing septic/leaching area and limited site footprint. McCormick said soil testing showed the site could accommodate a replacement system and that the applicant proposes an Elgin treatment unit to reduce the required leach field footprint. McCormick told the commission the design is intended to provide improved effluent treatment and reduce the environmental footprint compared with the failed system.
Staff and the state reviewer (as read into the record) requested additional details: a construction-sequencing plan to minimize disturbance, walkable and marked limits of work, and sedimentation/erosion controls extended to separate anticipated disturbance from downgradient resource areas. A reviewer also recommended that the applicant identify an alternate location to which an existing shed will be moved so the shed is not placed nearer a resource area.
McCormick said the applicant may request a Board of Health waiver of the 50-foot septic setback requirement if the proposed system is demonstrably not a substantial increase over the prior system and if the house remains a three-bedroom design. The commission indicated these Board of Health matters and any formal setback waivers will be handled by the Board of Health separate from the conservation filing; the conservation Order of Conditions focuses on resource protection measures and construction sequencing.
The commission closed the public hearing by motion and voted to issue the Order of Conditions with the requirement that the applicant submit a construction sequencing plan and clearly mark the limit of work and erosion controls before field mobilization. The motion to close and approve the Order of Conditions passed unanimously.
