Page 2 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, March 6, 2020 BOARD OF HEALTH | from page 1 Saugus Department of Public Works not to engage in this practice • Elevated levels of ammonia being discharged into the Lynn Water and Sewer system After citing the three issues, We Now Offer For Your Eating Pleasure “UBER EATS” Convenient Delivery Service Bianchi’s Pizza and Renzo’s Full Menu To Go ~ Renzo’s Entertainment Schedule ~ Wednesday: DJ George * Thursday: Bill Pezzulo * Friday: Smokin Joe Saturday: Tommy Bahama * Sunday, 3:30 p.m. : DJ George Entertainment Wed. Thru Sat. 7:30 p.m. 381 Revere Beach Blvd., Revere Facebook.com/ 781-284-5600 advocate.news.ma Heff ernan allowed citizens attending the meeting to comment on Wheelabrator’s alleged actions. Board Member Shawn Ayube then made the motion “that these actions pose a threat to the public health, safety and the environment and at this time to proceed with a formal complaint to Wheelabrator to initiate remedies. Heff ernan explained that the board would direct Attorney George Hailer, special counsel to the Town of Saugus on Environmental Affairs, to draft the complaint. “This board has voted that there’s an imminent threat with these three issues that we detailed out,” Heffernan said, “so the next steps – we are going to address these issues with possible remedies through a formal complaint through our attorney – set a date for an evidentiary hearing 45 days after the order is issued,” he said. 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Like any energy-generating facility, Wheelabrator Saugus periodically undergoes scheduled and occasionally unscheduled maintenance and repairs. In every case, we prioritize minimizing community impacts through a variety of means, such as use of advanced noise-reduction equipment and expediting the retention of experts and acquisition of new parts to keep the repair period as short as possible.” As possible remedies, which the board has been discussing, Heff ernan said members would require noise monitoring, environmental assessment work into the ammonia releases and correction, ground water and sediment sampling around the unlined landfi ll and for Wheelabrator to comply with the water provisions within the town. Heff ernan said the latest incidents are a continuation of past problems at the Wheelabrator plant. “What this board had been doing in executive session over the last two to three months is detailing out the issues that we’ve seen with Wheelabrator,” Heffernan said. “No one sitting up here would tell you that there aren’t any. We know there are. And we certainly can’t ignore it. Specifi cally, several occurrences at the Wheelabrator facility would be a threat to public health, safety or the environment.” Much of the public comment involved discussion about a special committee that the Board of Health agreed to create as a means of dealing with Wheelabrator on several related issues, including the date for closing the ash landfi ll. One of the citizens who addressed the board at Monday night’s hearing was State Representative RoseLee Vincent (D-Revere), whose district includes Precincts 3 and 10 in Saugus. The Wheelabrator trash-to-energy plant is BOARD OF HEALTH | SEE PAGE 6
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