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Select Board pauses fire-station hearing after presentation alleges residual contamination and $1M in soil-removal costs
Summary
A board member's 26-slide presentation said technical reports show residual petroleum contamination at the planned 61—65 West Main Street fire station and that the town has spent about $1,054,030 on soil removal, prompting the fire chief and deputy to request more time to respond; the Select Board voted 4—1 to continue the matter to a future meeting.
Mr. Jones, identified in the transcript as the complainant, presented a 26-slide PowerPoint to the Town of Northborough Select Board asserting that site reports and follow-up testing show residual petroleum-contaminated soils remain at the 6165 West Main Street site where the town plans to build a new fire station. "There were 39 post-excavation soil samples; three of those samples contained petroleum hydrocarbons above the applicable M1RC standards," Mr. Jones said, reading from the seller's August 2022 report.
He cited a geotechnical email dated April 1, 2024 that noted an "apparent by-odor petroleum product" encountered during exploratory borings, and a May 28, 2024 letter from the town's licensed site professional (LSP) warning that "residual…
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