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1 409 3oard of Health Meeting February 13, 1984 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, February 13, 1984 at 7:15 p.m. in Room G-1 (Recreation Office) of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Mr. Ja,es W.Lambie, Chairman; Michael S. Erdos,M.D., Linda Roemer, Ph.D. and George A. Smith, Jr., R.S., Director of Public Health. Minutes of the January 11, 1984 meeting were accepted as read. RIDGE Mr. Smith told the Board that over in the Ridge Estates area someone had RIDGE • ESTATES boticed and brought to his attention a discharge and odor in the brook that looks ESTATES like sewage. 1 1 Mr. Smith said last week he had a machine dig and he found a pipe inground around 18 feet long. He doesn't really know what it is because there is no cess- pool or septic system in that area - pipe doen not Lead into the brook. Mr. Smith said D.E.O.E. would not do water samples for him. Dr. Roemer said perhaps it should be tested. Mr. Smith said he thaught he would do that. Mr. Smith told Mr. Lambie he would like him to go over there with him and take a look at it. This lot has been sold and someone will be building on it. Everything• 152 Old will stay the same. They will collapse the old system and build a new septic Spring, system. Lot 16st Map 18 There has been a recall on many items that has EDB (Ethylene Dibromide) in them. EDB RECALI The state proceeded with the recall of these items and Mr,.Smith and Mrs. Iialko, Sanitarian, checked out the markets and convenience stores. There were no items on the shelves with those particular codes. Most items had been removed. Mr. Smith had received a call from the State on Friday, February 10th saying "to hold" on banning of the products. It was going to court and a decision should be made on Tuesday, February 14th. The Board of Appeals has turned down the owner of the lot on Piper Road to build a four bedroom house. The owner, Mr. Erickson, is trying to buy some land there from the State. PIPER Mr. Smith said he doesn't know why Mr. Erickson wants to build there -he owns two ROAD or three lots across the street he could build on. Raytheon has not set aside a section for non-smokers and seem to be aspirated with the whole idea. They had their Cooporate attorneys looking at the whole RAYTHEON situation. NO SMOKING AREAS Mr. Smith said they claim smoking is down and that they have taken out three or four of their cigarette machines. They have never conducted a survey to see how many employees could use a non- smoking area.