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1 549 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING SEPTEMBER 8, 1987 The monthly meeting of the Board of Health was held on Tuesday, September 13, 1987 at 7:30 p.m. in Room G-15 of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Dr. Linda Roemer, Chairperson; Dr. Donald Goldmann, Dr. Stan Finkelstein, Barbara O'Donnell, Sanitarian, and Mr. George Smith, Jr., Director of Public Health. The minutes of July 14, 1987 were accepted as read. Dr. Roemer opened the meeting by introducing the new Board of Health Sani- tarian, Barbara O'Donnell. She wished her well and hoped she would be with us a long time. The first order of business on the Agenda was to review the Board of Health functions. The items for these functions were based on the Guidebook for Massachusetts Boards of Health. Dr. Roemer opened her discussion with her subject of Sewage Disposal stating the general point of the sewage disposal is the maintenance of good water Sewage supply and preventing the occurrence of nuisances. Generally, the Board of Disposal Health has control over what they call (ISDA) Individual Sewage Disposal Systems. DEQE and Division of Water Pollution has control over larger and industrial flows. Subdivision also comes under the heading of Sewage Disposal. In a subdivision each individual lot has to be considered separately; therefore, it has an individual sewage disposal system and not a larger one which would come under the State. Reviewing the plans of applicants for subdivision is the responsi- bility of the Board who is also responsible for considering applications for construction, repair, installation or alteration of septic systems and ISDS's. We also have the authority to require the installation of flow monitoring devices. We are supposed to ensure proper handling of septage. We can issue orders of compliance, including violations found by DEQE and DWPC. Protocol for ISDS includes that our representative must perform a site examina- tion on every individual site; witness deep hole observation and perk tests that are performed by a representative of the individual applicant. A plan must be submitted to us. The person who designed the system or representative of the Board has to inspect the system for certificate of compliance with the plan. Violations include penalties of $10 to $50/day and there can be a hearing. On Solid Waste the general responsibility of the Board of Health is to pro- Solid tect the health of the community from conditions beyond the control of the Waste individual citizen. One major responsibility of the Board of Health is to protect the health of the community from conditions beyond the control of the individual citizen. The strategy suggested for dealing with the issue of solid waste is to protect the community from old landfills and dumps and to assess current disposal arrangements and future needs. Specific responsi- bilities we would be involved in would be considering applications for salvaging or recycling material at disposal transfer sites. Also, adopting rules and regulations for removal and transportation of garbage, etc.