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BOH Minutes

Meeting date: 
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Wellfleet Board of Health

Wellfleet Senior Center, 715 Old King’s Hwy

December 13, 2017, 7:00 PM

Present: Chair Kenneth Granlund; Janet Drohan; Gary Locke; Moe Barocas; Nick Picariello

Others present: Health Agent, Hillary Greenberg-Lemos; Matt Farrell of JM O’Reilly & Associates

The meeting was called to order by Chair Granlund at 7:05 P.M.

Farm Animal Permits-No farm permits to report

Variances-

  • Capuano-35 Holbrook Avenue Map 20/Parcel 138 (To be continued at the January 10th meeting)

 

  • Rowe-105 Rockwell Avenue Map 26/Parcel 160

JM O’Reilly & Associates, Inc., (Matt Farrell) explained the variance, as requested in the letter of November 30, 2017, for JM O’Reilly & Associates, Inc Plan #4109, dated November 30, 2017, (5) five variances for a septic upgrade for an existing dwelling/office building owned by Leslie V. Rowe and Theodore E. Diffenbacher at 105 Rockwell Avenue, Assessors Map #24, Parcel #160:

  1. SAS not 100’ from the well on Parcel 11/9’ variance requested
  2. SAS not 100’ from well on Parcel 160/47’ variance requested
  3. SAS not 20’ from cellar wall/6’ variance requested
  4. SAS not 10’ from east property line/5’ variance requested
  5. SAS not 10’ from south property line/5’ variance requested

Gary Locke moved to approve the (5) five variances, as requested in the letter of November 30, 2017, for JM O’Reilly Associates, Inc., Plan #4109, for the upgrade or (construction) of a septic system to serve a three-bedroom structure, a grandfathered, non-conforming building (with respect to the nitrogen loading limitation)* (For I/A Technology using Fast-Micro-Fast .5 Denitrification Technology under the General Use . (For new construction) with floor plans to be reviewed by the health agent with the following conditions:

  1. Design flow is to be limited to 330 GPD, to serve three (3) bedrooms,

1.a) A variance has been granted to allow a reduction in the size of the leach area provided to (172 gpd). Any functional or hydraulic failure will necessitate upgrade to Title 5 Code LTAR soil absorptions system calculated to at least 75% of the design flow.

2.   No increase in habitable area without Board of Health review,

  1. There is to be no conversion of use without Board of Health review, 
  2. The well water shall be tested and found potable, with results copied to the Health Department, prior to issuance of the Disposal Works Permit. Testing will be conducted two times per year: October 2018 & April 2019.
  3. Any restriction in design flow and all conditions shall be recorded against the deed for the property at the Registry in Barnstable, and proof of deed recording shall be submitted to the Health Department prior to the issuance of the Disposal Works Permit.
  4. A copy of a 3-year operation and maintenance contract with a certified wastewater operator shall be submitted to the Health Department prior to issuance of the Disposal Works Permit. The system is to be equipped with a modem and auto dialer programmed to automatically call the maintenance company if alarm conditions occur. Monitoring shall be quarterly for effluent for the following parameters: temperature, pH, nitrate, ammonia, BOD, TSS, Total Nitrogen and TKN. The influent shall be sampled for these parameters biannually. The schedule for monitoring shall be quarterly for the first 2 years of operation, semi-annually for the next 2 years, and 1 sample annually from then on. If sampling data results exceed maximum effluent discharge limits, a system modification will be required. The Board of Health will evaluate limits that are exceeded twice in a year’s time. Upon transfer of deed this schedule shall be restarted. All results copied to the Health Department and the Barnstable County Department of Health and the Environment, with data provided in what format is acceptable to those agents. Any other sampling per DEP approval.
  5. 3. d) Bi-annual pump out of the existing 1000-gallon septic tank is required, with log of septage disposal copied to the Health Department.

Seconded by Drohan. The motion carried 5-0.

  • Donald Walters, Trustee-15 Ring Road Map 41/103 (To be continued at the January 10th meeting)

Correspondence-None to note

Licenses-Licenses were signed by the Board

Minutes-

The minutes of October 11, 2017 approved as amended by Granlund.

Seconded by Locke, and the motion carried 4-0.

The motion carried 4-0

The minutes of November 8, 2017 approved as amended by Barocas.

Seconded by Locke, and the motion carried 4-0.

The meeting was adjourned by consensus at 7:45 P.M.

Public Record: All variances are on file with the Health and Conservation Office