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Select Board authorizes chair to sign MassDEP consent order to remove a Town Hall well to meet Title 5 limits
Summary
The Hampden Select Board agreed to declare one Town Hall well out of potable service and authorized the chair to sign an administrative consent order with MassDEP that will keep the building's septic flow under Title 5 thresholds, preserving Board of Health jurisdiction while allowing limited nonpotable future uses.
The Town of Hampden Select Board on March 23 reviewed an administrative consent order (ACO) negotiated with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection that would take one well at the Town Hall offline to meet Title 5 wastewater flow limits.
Town administrator (speaker 1) told the board the ACO requires disconnecting a well from potable water, keeping estimated discharge from the building under 10,000 gallons so the Board of Health—rather than…
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