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Planning Board presses IWS over stormwater contamination and EPA consent decree during expansion review
Summary
The Planning Board reviewed a scoping document for an IWS facility expansion and repeatedly urged the company to address an EPA consent decree and longstanding stormwater runoff that board members say is contaminating adjacent property and surface water; members also asked for independent testing and clear plans for excavated soils.
The Goshen Planning Board spent substantial time reviewing a draft scoping document for a proposed expansion at an IWS waste-handling facility and repeatedly flagged an existing environmental compliance problem flagged by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Board members said they understood the EPA had issued a notice and reached a consent agreement requiring IWS to address contaminated stormwater leaving the site. Members told the applicant the consent-decree obligations should be documented and addressed as part of any town-level approvals for new construction or increased municipal solid waste throughput.
Planning participants emphasized two separate but related…
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