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Select Board authorizes chair to sign Grace Cottage indirect discharge permit renewal

Townshend Select Board · July 17, 2026
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Summary

The board authorized the chair to sign on the town's behalf for Grace Cottage's indirect discharge permit renewal, confirming the town and school share septic infrastructure and that the sign-off is administrative.

The board authorized the chair to sign a renewal application for an indirect discharge permit for Grace Cottage, a longstanding permit tied to shared septic infrastructure between the hospital and the local school. Chair explained the permit has been renewed every five years since the 1990s and that Grace Cottage requested a board sign-off because the town and school own land and share septic facilities.

A motion authorizing the chair to sign on behalf of the select board passed without opposition. The action was described as an administrative sign-off confirming no objection to the application rather than an approval of new operations.