Hubbardston board to gather data, visit site after finding an untested well in landfill review

The Town of Hubbardston Board of Health discussed longstanding landfill monitoring at its Oct. 28 meeting and flagged a gap in the data: at least one monitoring well has not been tested recently, which could complicate a submission to state authorities.

Gael Moncur, vice chair, said she will review the data before the board drafts a letter to the state noting that the town has completed 30 years of landfill testing. Members said the untested well will need to be repaired or re-sampled so the full dataset can be provided to the state and properly scrutinized.

The board agreed to convene a site visit to identify which test hole is the issue and to invite Mark (role not specified in the transcript) to the next meeting to support technical questions. Members discussed pulling together the full historical record so the state review will include all relevant years of data.

No formal vote was recorded on remediation steps; the item is continued pending the site visit, additional documentation and coordination with the town and consultants.