Casella Organics and Green Acres - A Right to Farm Community!
So wrong in so many ways...
Here is the recorded meeting of the Planning Board from May 28, 2019.
Starts around 35 minutes- Bond Construction earth removal Casella Organics for reclamation.
90 pages.
So why is Town of Erving looking to "farm" in Templeton?
Paper mill sludge contains heavy metals and PCBs.
Does Templeton want more PCBs? From Erving?
Who will be responsible for this sludge landfill?
BOH meeting November 4th
7 pm
In my opinion Erving sure stuck it to the town to the tune of 30 Million dollars concerning the WWTP contract this was my estimate as Chairman of the Sewer Commission, it may have been more. That was in 1996 dollars. Casella is a large waste firm and when things go wrong with large companies and small communities with few resources it is seldom the large company who feels the pain. The sludge reclamation sight is less than one half mile from Gilman Waite and the heavily populated Back Bay section of Baldwinville with westerly winds bringing in the odor that may certainly be a factor. The odor sheet is the last page of the document so if you start getting overwhelmed with the facts and figures in the application don't forget the last page concerning odor complaints and storage of sludge at the Erving Farm on Gavin Road.
ReplyDeleteFor methylmercury, the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) has estimated a safe daily intake level of 0.1 µg/kg body weight per day.[1]
ReplyDeleteThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that exposures to mercury metal be limited to an average of 0.05 mg/m3 over a 10-hour workday in addition to a ceiling limit of 0.1 mg/m3. The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) recommends that metallic mercury exposures be limited to an average of 0.025 mg/m3 over an 8-hour workday.[18]