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Council committee agrees to yearlong odor monitoring by plant operators for South End, tables petition
Summary
Councilors agreed that operators of the South Rodney French Boulevard sewage treatment facility will install four odor monitors covering one year; the committee tabled the petition and asked to revisit when data are available.
Councilors on New Bedford's Committee on Appointments and Briefings on May 20 heard an update on a long-standing petition from South End residents about odors from the sewage-treatment facility on South Rodney French Boulevard and agreed to accept a yearlong monitoring plan paid for by the plant operators.
Councilor Perera (sponsoring the petition with Councilor Gomes) told the committee that, after meetings with the Department of Public Infrastructure (DPI) and the city Office of Environmental Stewardship, the sewage-treatment plant operators agreed to install four odor monitors at locations in the…
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