SAUGUS Vol. 24, No. 46 -FREEThe Advocate will publish next Wednesday for Thanksgiving! DOCA HAPPY www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday An end date for ash landfi ll? DEP Commissioner says his agency won’t allow future expansion at Saugus site By Mark E. Vogler S tate Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) Commissioner Martin Suuberg says WIN Waste Innovations won’t be able to expand the ash landfi ll near its trash-to-energy incinerator in Saugus under current regulations. In a letter this week to state Rep. Jeffrey Turco (D-Winthrop), Commissioner Suuberg noted that his agency’s opposition to future expansion of the landfi ll is based on its location within an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC). “While an applicant is free to propose a site assignment modifi cation, and MassDEP will review the information submitted, based upon the information presently before MassDEP, the facility fails to meet the necessary site suitability criteria to allow for expansion within the ACEC and therefore would not receive a positive site suitability determination,” Suuberg wrote Turco in a letter dated Nov. 16. “Without a positive site suitability determination from MassDEP, a proposal to amend the facility’s site assignment to allow for vertical expansion would not advance to the Saugus Board of Health for consideration,” the commissioner said. WIN Waste Innovations Vice President of Environmental AfQUESTIONING THE FUTURE OF ASH LANDFILL: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) Commissioner Martin Suuberg says in a letter he wrote this week that his agency would not allow expansion of the ash landfi ll in Saugus. (Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate) fairs James Connolly issued a brief statement when contacted yesterday. “The DEP’s letter concerns procedural steps that any proposal involving expansion would need to follow, including a lengthy review by both the town and state,” Connolly said. “We have no such proposal and are currently focused on working with the landfi ll committee to explore ways in which we can continue providing environmental and economic benefi ts to the town,” he said. Suuberg stressed that his letter as requested by Turco “represents MassDEP’s position on any potential future expansion of the ash landfi ll.” MassDEP issued a solid waste major modifi cation permit to WIN Waste Innovations (forLANDFILL | SEE PAGE 2 781-233-4446 O T CTE Friday, November 19, 2021 A Fall Centerpiece THE VIEW FROM THE SOUTH IS STUNNING with bright color in Saugus Center as burning bush (Euonymus alatus) and Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) in the rotary and red maple (Acer rubrum) beside the library are at their peak of color. Please see inside for more photos and this week’s “Saugus gardens in the fall.” (Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate by Laura Eisener) A subcommittee’s mission: Negotiating what town should get for being a host community for a trash-to-energy plant By Mark E. Vogler night’s subcommittee meeting. “We’re not going to get anyM embers of the Board of Health’s WIN (Wheelabrator) Subcommittee want WIN Waste Innovations to present them with a written proposal of what they are willing to include in a potential host agreement between the town and the operators of the trash-to-energy plant on Route 107. “Once we get them here, we need to fi re away,” Board of Selectmen Chair Anthony Cogliano said at Wednesday (Nov. 17) thing unless we ask for it,” Cogliano told members. Cogliano and Board of Health Chair William Heffernan cochair the subcommittee, which has been meeting this year and discussing issues of mutual interest between WIN and the town. A major objective of the subcommittee is to develop a host agreement for the town, which is home to the trash-to-energy plant. MISSION | SEE PAGE 11 ANGELO’S FULL SERVICE Regular Unleaded $3.259 Mid Unleaded $3.299 Super $3.419 Diesel Fuel $3.399 "43 Years of Excellence!" 1978-2021 KERO $4.81 DEF $3.49 9 Diesel $3.099 9 HEATING OIL 24-Hour Burner Service Call for Current Price! (125—gallon minimum) DEF Available by Pump! Open an account and order online at: www.angelosoil.com (781) 231-3500 (781) 231-3003 367 LINCOLN AVE • SAUGUS • OPEN 7 DAYS Prices subject to change Fill Up & Save! Fall is Coming! FLEET
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