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Council to request documents, invite plant and seek bids to address ongoing noise complaints
Summary
After residents raised repeated noise complaints about a nearby plant, council members directed staff to request public records, invite the plant’s contractor to the next meeting, and seek estimates from sound‑testing companies to determine the most cost-effective means of compliance or enforcement.
Council members discussed recurring noise complaints related to a local plant that had reported passing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) waste testing except for one area and that had installed noise dampeners across the plant, according to staff notes. Council members said the town’s existing enforcement tools would require equipment or outside testing and that purchasing the equipment would cost about $8,000 if the town performed tests in-house.
Given that cost, staff were…
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