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14_ -3- Mr. Archer: I guess I do loose my temper. Mr. McQuillan: The work at the dump is done by Public Works. The Board of Health has no work crew to send out so we can only recommend what should be done, the actual work is up the Public Works. Mr. Archer, we granted Mr. O'Leary permission to come in and talk to us about the fill project and here you have come in and taken over this meeting as you did the one with Mr. Cataldo regarding the fill and actually you are not now complaining about the fill as much as you are complaining about the dump for the past five years. Now will you Please let Mr. O'Leary talk to us so we understand this problem. Mr. O'Leary: I would like to have them stop dumping entirely, and an air pollution test made of the dust. I feelthat is definitely a Health menace that should be looked into. "lr. McQuillan: I, myself, will go up there tomorrow morning and see what is happening. Mr. O'Leary: From the time they start in the morning until about 10 o'clock it is not bad but by afternoon it is awful. The dust increases as each car goes by. The dust is blowing into our yards, houses and then it gets into your eyes and nostrils. It seems to me that possibly if the front part of the entrance was surfaced with asphalt it would help. Tonight they are spreading chlorine to settle the dust. Mr. McQuillan: Bo you think the mud they are bringing in is causing this. Mr. O'Leary: It is not the mud, No - that is wet but when they dump the load the tires of the truck pick up the water that is coming from the wet muck and then as they crive out of the dump the tires pick up the dirt and when the trucks hit the pavement this mud falls off and dries, that is what is causing the dust. They do wash out the trucks after they dump the loads. Mr. West: This is sovething we would have to look into before we could give any opinion or take any action. Mr. McQuillan to Mr. Heustis: Would an Air Pollution Test show anything? Mr. Heustis: Not in a condition of this type. It would not be injurious to health unless it was a chemical or a person had a respiratory problem. Mr. McQuillan: The solution and work is still up to the Public Works.