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Gardner City commission keeps sludge landfill enforcement order open, asks DPW for plan and inspections
Summary
After a public comment raised concerns about a recent washout and omissions in a McClure Engineering report, the Gardner City Conservation Commission voted to continue its enforcement order review until April 13 and requested that DPW provide updated inspection reports and a written repair and maintenance plan.
At a Gardner City Conservation Commission meeting, public commenter Alan Russo urged the commission to keep an open enforcement order for the city’s sludge landfill and to require more thorough inspections and reporting from the Department of Public Works.
Russo, who gave his address as 211 Spring Road, said Mayor Nicholson had directed city DPW and engineering staff to stop pursuing any expansion of the existing sludge landfill and to review only the alternatives in reports from the MEPA office and "mass D." He told the commission the McClure Engineering 2025 operations report he reviewed lacked any…
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