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BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING MAY 5, 1980 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, May 5, 1980 in Room G-15 of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Dr. William L. Cosgrove, Chairman; Mr. James W. Lambie, Dr. Michael S. Erdos and Mr. George A. Smith, Director of Public Health. Minutes of the last meeting were approved as read. Mr. Smith reported to the Board that during the past several weeks or months we have had a number of oil spills reported, and while these spills are re- OIL quired to be directly reported to the Department of Environmental Quality SPILLS Engineering by the perpetrator, the Board of Health receives complaints from residents and often the Board of Health becomes involved in the clean-up effort. Mr. Smith reported that we have had oil/gas spills at Oxbow Trans- portation (Arlex Oil), Bedford Street, Lexington Gardens, Wilson Farm, a gas spill at the B.P. Station in East Lexington and oil spills of several residences. DEQE was notified in each case. Along thse same lines, Mr. Smith also indicated he was thinking more seriously about doing a town -wide survey of businesses and industries (including gas stations) to see if some type of determination could be made as to how they were disposing of chemical or hazardous waste, etc. Having enough time to accomplish this objective is a real problem, Mr. Smith said. On idea I had was to contact the M.D.C. on some advice relative to the type of information we should try to collect. Coincidentally the M.D.C. is presently in the process of conducting onsite inspections of all industrial establish- ments in Lexington to determine what, if any, hazardous or corrosive wastes are being discharged into the sanitary sewer. Overall they want the discharges, if found to be illegal, stopped or if treatable before discharge, they want to have the materials treated. The Board of Health is to receive a copy of each of the inspection reports. Mr. Smith indicated he would wait until the M.D.C. completed their inspections before doing any further work on the survey he was contemplating. Mr. Smith further stated that the M.D.C. survey could take up to 6 months to be completed. He said he spoke with John Keating from the Sanitary Engineer- ing Section of the M.D.C. and Mr. Robert Dunn, Jr. a consulting engineer to the M.D.C. Mr. Smith reported to the Board that he had received an analyses report of sodium in the Lexington water and that at the present time, it is 9.5. Twenty is the beginning of the high -count area. Anything over twenty is potentially injurious to people with heart conditions. Mr. Smith reported that during the past month, the Wild Acre Inn had a problem with the pump ejector for their sgptic system. Someone had cut wire off of the alarm. The problem has been solved. Mr. Smith said he will be going over there this coming week for the monthly inspection. Mr. Smith told the Board that the plan to install a septic system has been completed and approved for Marrett St. He is now waiting for it to be sub- mitted by the owner of the property. Mr. Francois Morel of 37 Maple Street came before the Board at 7:30 p.m. to discuss his malfunctioning cesspool on his property. SODIUM COUNT WILD ACRE INN MARRETT STREET 37 Maple STREET