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Home My Public Portal AboutWater Quality Review Committee -- 2022-06-24 Minutes,��0�0�� W 3 �'��iir 04�f��f�4�� 9 �� • FLI4i _. ;i�� !ii.�'r iii �� t..:,� . / "'y'�Ta�'t<Y fl" 0 FF$ R P8 R� B� � � . vii = Date Approved: 12/23/22 Vote: 4-0-1 TOWN OF BREWSTER Water Quality Review Committee 2198 Main Street Brewster, Massachusetts 02631-1898 (508) 896-3701 x1121 FAX (5081 896-8089 TOWN OF BREWSTER MINUTES of WATER QUALITY REVIEW COMMITTEE Friday, June 24, 2022 at 9:00 AM VIRTUAL MEETING �.: � l.[� i`. Attending Committee Members: Chair Cyndi Baran convened the Water Quality Review Committee meeting at 9:02AM with members Vice Chair Amy von Hone, Bruce Evans, Kimberley Crocker Pearson, Davis Walters and deemed there to be a quorum. Members Absent: Ned Chatelain, Chris Miller Guests; Jay Merchant and John Tadema-Wielandt, Cape Sand &Recycling €� Item 1: AEH Custom Builders, M41 L23 —1 Bog Hill Road —:hearing for Certificate. Renewal Approval Amy said she doesn't have anything indicating any changes on site and she has not received any complaints or comments in general since the last certificate renewal. MOTION to approve the certificate renewal to AEH Custom Builders. MOVED by Vice Chair �4my von Hone. Seconded by Kimberley Pearson. Roll Call Vote: Vice Chair Amy von Hone —yes, Bruce Evans —yes, Kimberley Pearson —yes, Davis Walters —yes, Chair Cyndi Baran -yes VOTE: 5 -yes 0 -no 'Item 2: Cape Cod Covenant Church, M37 L3&4 —11 Satucket Road —hearing for Certificate Renewal Approval i Amy said no changes since the last certificate renewal. In fact, this is probably one of those sites that hasn't had much use over the last couple of years due to covid restrictions. Her office hasn't received any comments or complaints since the last application. MOTION to approve the certificate renewal for Cape Cod Covenant Church. MOVED by Vice Chair Amy von Hone. Seconded by Kimberley Pearson. Roll Call Vote: Vice Chair Amy von Hone —yes, Bruce Evans —yes, Kimberley Pearson —yes, Davis Walters —yes, Chair Cyndi Baran -yes WQRC Meeting Minutes •� 6-24-2022 ' 1 VOTE: 5 -yes 0 -no a Item 3: Cape Sand & Recycling, M45 L33-1, 34, 35-1, 71, 72, 80 — 2 Cape Sand Way/Freemans Way- hearing for Certificate Renewal Approval MOTION to bump this up to the first agenda item discussed. MOVED by Amy von Hone. Seconded by Kimberley Pearson. Roll Call Vote: Vice Chair Amy von Hone — yes, Bruce Evans — yes, Kimberley Pearson — yes, Davis Walters — yes, Chair Cyndi Baran — yes VOTE: 5 -yes 0 -no Cyndi said she saw some site plans that came in for review and asked Amy if there were any other plans we Were waiting for or any summaries. Amy said she didn't have any additional information with regards to the operation. We haven't seen any complaints in this office. She did get an email from Kim after our site visit as it relates to some of the high arsenic and manganese data the property has been receiving over the last couple years. Kim said her question was looking at the alkalinization trends and how we are seeing an increasing alkalinity in a couple of the test w6lls. She did a little bit of background research and found that in a couple of places, they track the pH of their stormwater puddles. It's not in any regs in MA, but it would be interesting to track where the alkalinity is coming from — it isn't in MA but is in 22 other states. John Tadema-Wielandt asked how she would suggest we do that, using pH strips? Kim answered, absolutely. If there is ponding after a significant storm, just literally testing the pH of it. It would be nice to know what it is related to as this is not a one-time thing; this has been going on for some time.11f that is the case, you might have a much easier explanation of why you are seeing the iron xchange regarding the arsenic and manganese because that is going to happen if you are having acute alkaline flow into your ground water there. John Tadema- Wielandt said he would be willing to do the testing to check. Amy said Jay Merchant bas been doing a lot of testing on the site since he took over the property. She thinks he"s made great progress on the property. now expensive will this additional testing be? Were the prior owners of the property also doing concrete crushing and stockpiling? What would be the difference between then and now? Kim said the only reason it would be different then the septic tanks that are put in the ground, is that when you crush concrete, you may inadvertently expose some uncured calcium oxide which is where the alkalinity would come in John Tadema-Wielandt answered that as far as costs go, it would be a nominal cost, maybe $5,0. Jay Merchant answered that they took over the property in 2007 and had been doing business with them for 25 years. As long as he could remember, they always took concrete and did tkeir own crushing. John Tadema-Wielandt said the trends they are seeing started semi -recently, but the operations on site have remained constant. It's kind of a mystery. Amy followed up by asking if there were any mitigating actions seen in other states that do have regulations around this? Kim said it differs from place to place. It's a tricky process to manage. Sometimes it can't be mitigated, and the operation has to go someplace else. John Tadema-Wielandt said A makes sense to see some hits in the 3A Well because as that material is removed, when there 4Js a rain event, that can wash some organic material into the aquifer, which could create a re, ucing environment. Kim said when she thinks of a reducing environment, she would'think the pH would be more acidic. John Tadema-Wielandt said the trend is confusing. He is unsure as to why it is happening. Cyndi said it might be worth looking at other areas on the Cape to see what we see for trends. John Tadema-Wielandt said they could also look at Pleasant Bay because his company works at that property as well. Jay Merchant said the pH testing was fine with him and he would talk with John Tadema-Wielandt WQRC Meeting Minutes 2 &24-2022 about it. Cyndi asked when the next testing round would be, John Tadema-Wielandt said we received the May results a week ago and will be preparing the monitoring report shortly. The next round will be in November. �; MOTION to approve th'e certificate of renewal for Cape Sand &Recycling. MOVED by Kimberly Pearson. Seconded by Davis Walters. Roll Call Vote: Vice Chair Amy von Hone —yes, Bruce Evans —yes, Kimberley Pearson —yes, Davis Walters —yes, Chair Cyndi Baran —yes VOTE: 5 -yes 0 -no Item 4: SBA Infrastructure, M46'L41-10 Freemans Way —hearing for Certificate Renewal Approval - Cyndi asked what this vu�as exactly. Amy said she doesn't know a lot of the history of the properties down in the industrial park. Davis said he was unsure as well. He said this is a communications company and this is a cell tower affiliate. They chose to put in a generator and an above ground propane tank to fuel that generator in the event of power loss. He doesn't think there's anything out of the ordinary here as it is common for generators to be placed at the base of cell towers. It was all done to code with permitting, etc. This would be a relatively minor concern in terms of compromising water quality. It would mostly be the internal lubricating parts in the generator itself, but very low volume. MOTION to approve thie certificate renewal to SBA Infrastructure. MOVED by Davis Walters. Seconded by Vice Chair Amy von Hone. Roll Call Vote: Vice Chair Amy von Hone —yes, Bruce Evans —yes, Kimberley Pearson —yes, Davis Walters —yes, Chair Cyndi Baran -yes VOTE: 5 -yes 0 -no ,i Item 5: Discuss meeting format based on Select Board decision Amy said the state has the remote participation for public forums and public hearings sunsetting on July 15t". There has �een language included in the state budget to extend the remote format. We have not received any final word that it has been approved. If it does not go through, July 15t" is the final deadlineifor remote meetings. The Select Board has been adapting their format as things have been changing. The most recent change in policy by the Select Board, we are still doing all remote as i:ar as public participation. All committees have the option of doing the remote meetings, Therq� are a couple of boards where they have the option to meet in person or remote, There is no res�'riction of who or how many can be there in person. As of now, our next meeting will be end of July and we should have a final decision then. The question is going to be if the state does extend the remote meetings, is that how we want to continue? Cyndi is happy to meet remotely unless: there is a reason such as a site visit or a large application, she doesn't see this board to be any less .or more effective meeting in person. Kim would defer to town staff and their schedules. She has no issue with it. Amy said she would agree that the majority of our items can be easily discussed remotely, but if there is a larger project coming through, it could be beneficial to be in person at that time. Davis agrees as well. Bruce said he thinks the ability to call in from afar is nice. Cyndi said she thinks, if possible, we could stay remote with this committee. Amy said at�this point it makes sense to stay remote unless we hear differently. Item 6: Minutes from 4,/22/22 and; 5/27/22 _ WQRC Meeting Minutes 6-24-2022 , 3 MOTION to approve the 4/22/22 and 5/27/22 Meeting Minutes as written. MOVED by Kimberley Pearson. Seconded by Davis Walters. Roll Call Vote. Vice Cl air Amy von Hone — yes, Bruce Evans — abstain, yes, Davis Walters — yes, Chair Cyndi Baran — yes VOTE: 4 -yes 0 -no 1 -abstain item 7. Informational Items none Kimberley Pearson — Next Meeting: July 22, X022 MOTION to adjourn th meeting at 9:39AM. MOVED by Kimberley Pearson. Seconded by Davis Walters. Roll Call Vote: Vice Chair Amy von Hone — yes, Bruce Evans — yes, Kimberley Pearson — yes, Davis Walters — yes, Chair Cyndi Baran - yes VOTE: 5 -yes 0 -no Respectfully Submitted by: Beth Devine Action items: k Amy to keep committee updated on meeting format before the next WQRC meeting Packet of additional documents available on the website for review f i WQRC Meeting Minutes 6-24-2022 4