Select Board votes to stop burning wood at transfer station after state warning
After a neighbor complaint and DEC guidance limiting burning to Londonderry‑sourced wood, the Select Board voted to stop burning at the town transfer station and directed staff to explore alternatives (Act 244 sites, commercial disposal, chipping, or limited permitted burns).
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Transfer station staff told the board that state DEC guidance requires that wood burned at Londonderry’s Act 244 site be sourced from Londonderry and that additional complaints could prompt DEC to visit the site and potentially order a shutdown. The DEC official’s stance was described in the meeting as: "if he has to if he gets another complaint, he's going to come down to the transfer station and... he's going to shut us down from burning there. Period."
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