Special Town Meeting TONIGHT - 6 PM

Special Town Meeting TONIGHT - 6 PM

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Voter Guide

Signature sheets will be available to call for another Special Town Meeting to add a bylaw on Solid Waste :

To see if the town will vote to adopt the following bylaw:

Solid Waste Management

1.     “For the benefit of the community and in the best interest of the health and welfare of the people of Templeton, the Sanitary Landfill on Route 202, Templeton, shall be used only by residents, commercial business and industries located within the geographical limits of the Town of Templeton. Passed 5-10-1975, Approved by A/G 9-2-75.

2.     Not withstanding said limitations, individuals, and/or businesses, upon application and issuance of a waiver by the Templeton Board of Health, may use the Sanitary Landfill for garbage and/or refuse of residents, commercial businesses and industries located within the geographical limits of the Town of Templeton.

3.     Excluded shall be the transportation of garbage and refuse from out of town areas to the Templeton Landfill and/or any other properties in the Town of Templeton”.

Amended 9/28/82, Amended 6/18/02, Amended 02/19/04

4.     The RCRA* states that “solid waste” means any garbage or refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility  and other discarded material, resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities. Nearly everything we do leaves behind some kind of waste. The terms “garbage” and “refuse” shall include but not be limited to: waste, waste water sludge, medical waste, hazardous waste, nuclear waste, trash, biomix, polymers, industrial waste.

5.     Furthermore, paper sludge in any form including but not limited to Bio Mixes with biosolids shall not be a means of reclamation for erosion control or any other purpose in any gravel pits or sites in Templeton in need of reclamation.

*RCRA – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act