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Tails
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Posted - 03/10/2009 : 3:46:07 PM
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What a JOKE! That is what you call a Thibeault agreement. This agreement does nothing to help the residents of Everett.
Nothing about shipping anywhere else but the Newburyport landfill. (We were told by the Mayor just a couple of weeks ago there are other areas in the state, per the DEP)
Nothing about the DEP along with the City monitor the site. We saw what happened at the public meeting when Newburyport said not to trust their monitoring. New Ventures monitoring said everything was okay at the landfill and the State’s said differently. I believe the State.
No definitive dates for enclosures, removals.
No violations or fine amounts.
ONCE AGAIN.....We blame Newburyport! Why! This agreement is going to help him BIG TIME in April with his court case. Has this administration totally lost their minds! Bunch of the most incompetent boobs I have ever seen in my life!
And most important NOTHING about a cease and desist. Why am I not surprised.......
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Tails
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Posted - 03/10/2009 : 3:59:43 PM
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| What does this lame consent agreement do to the Zoning violation that was just sent out that gave him 30 days to remove the piles? Which one oversees the other or has more pull in court? I would assume it's the Zoning VIOLATION. |
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massdee
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Posted - 03/10/2009 : 5:21:04 PM
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The whole agreement is pathetic and a slap in the face to the residents of Everett and Newburyport.
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tetris
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Posted - 03/10/2009 : 9:09:47 PM
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Hard to believe that none of the changes that were suggested by the BOA, except for some minor editorial modifications, made it into the agreement, even the ones that the Mayor said he supported.
Do not be surprised that the piles heights are being reduced in this agreement. The piles were always going to leaving this site, as long as they could sent to Newburyport. As I type this, we're still not sure what's happening in Newburyport; but, it's reasonable to assume that the silence speaks volumes. The timing of all of this is not a coincidence.
The agreement ends once the pile heights are reduced and plans are submitted to the DEP? What assures that the facility ever gets built or that the piles don't start to accumulate again? The current zoning violation letter says that they can't have any piles but who knows where that stands.
Too many questions and very few answers...again! Not much more to say than the usual. We'll have to wait and see what happens; what else can we do? |
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massdee
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Posted - 03/11/2009 : 1:24:54 PM
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Published: March 11, 2009 03:56 am
New deal on table for landfill Mayor says agreement best for the city, but councilor disagrees
By Katie Farrell
Staff writer
NEWBURYPORT — Mayor John Moak unveiled a deal yesterday meant to finally cap the troubled Crow Lane landfill, but a provision that opens the door to more dumping is drawing some criticism.
Moak has notified the City Council that he will have Health Director Jack Morris issue an administrative order to New Ventures to cap the Crow Lane landfill — an agreement that also states that New Ventures won't sue the city for liability. The City Council has no power over the decision; however, Moak has told councilors he would advise them of the agreement.
The landfill off Low Street has been a source of problems for five years. Under state orders, the landfill is being capped with an enormous pile of construction debris, but the rotten egg-like smell has caused health problems for neighbors. New Ventures, the firm that is doing the work, has been cited numerous times for breaking the capping agreement it signed with the city more than five years ago.
Capping has ceased while the city and New Ventures wrangle in court and hash out a new agreement.
The order would instruct New Ventures to cap the landfill according to the regulations set by state Department of Environmental Protection. New Ventures would have to maintain a site that meets the city's "noisome trade agreement" and the regulations of a previous injunction meant to minimize smells and nuisances. New Ventures would also have to provide funding for monitoring the site and would give up its right to sue the city.
"It should be made clear that the city is not giving up its enforcement authority in exchange for the covenant not to sue," Moak wrote.
Moak said yesterday the city has not yet finished the administrative order and the covenant is not finalized, meaning things could still change if either party doesn't like what is offered.
"There are a lot of scenarios that could happen," Moak said.
While the order does not state that more fill will be brought in, Moak said it does say to cap the landfill according to DEP regulations, acknowledging that will probably mean more fill will come in.
At-large Councilor Tom Jones, who lives closest to the landfill among the 11 city councilors, questioned allowing New Ventures to bring in more fill in exchange for not suing, with someone "whose word hasn't proven to be very good."
"The mayor has picked a course. I don't agree with it, but we're going to have to wait and see how it plays out," Jones said. "I don't feel that what we're trading is going to get us what he thinks it's going to get us."
In his letter to councilors, Moak said he has considered every possible alternative, and it was an "emotionally difficult decision" to make.
"I am aware that there are many who would prefer to fight New Ventures in court for as long as it takes to win or lose. I understand this preference in principle, but cannot support it in practice," Moak wrote. "The city has already spent nearly $100,000 in legal fees" relating to the landfill, he said, and any future fights would "far exceed what we are able to afford."
New Ventures owner William Thibeault is also the owner of Wood Waste in Everett. While Newburyport has stopped Thibeault from shipping any more waste to the city due to violations Newburyport says Thibeault has committed at the landfill, the piles of debris at the wood waste plant in Everett have continued to grow.
Officials in Everett have said that they believe the current situation at Wood Waste could be alleviated if materials from Wood Waste could be brought to Newburyport to cap the Crow Lane landfill.
Matt Laidlaw, the director of communications in Everett, said yesterday a consent agreement between Wood Waste and Everett was signed on Monday.
"The general scope of it is that Wood Waste agrees to move a minimum of 50 tons of debris per week," Laidlaw said. Negotiations for the agreement began in December, Laidlaw said. The agreement does not specify where the debris will move to, he said.
Moak said yesterday he did notify Thibeault he would be making a decision on the administrative order this week, and Thibeault could have told Everett that was occurring.
Moak said yesterday he has had no knowledge of what is happening in Everett and has had only one conversation with the Everett mayor on the issue. Newburyport's decision is totally independent of Everett's, Moak said.
"It sounds pretty coincidental, though," Moak said. "It's very coincidental that happened."
Mayor meets with state
Moak had been contemplating the move for weeks. In his notice to councilors, the mayor said he met with the attorney general's office and the DEP last week before making a decision.
"I presented my two primary goals, which are to close the landfill in the most effective and expeditious manner possible, and to minimize the city's legal liability under 21E," Moak wrote. The attorney general's office "made it clear" they would not favor an administrative order filing by the city, Moak said, because the state did not want "to put its own litigation on hold."
"The AG is very concerned with the litigation process, and its ability to enforce its own agreement with New Ventures in court," he wrote. "At the same time, however, the AG stated it believes we are likely to lose a lengthy court battle with New Ventures over the Host Community Agreement."
If the city does pursue a court battle and loses, Moak wrote, "we have also lost the opportunity to minimize our 21E liability."
"We would certainly be in a far worse position than we are today," the mayor wrote.
By using an administrative order, Moak said, the city can minimize its liability under 21E, a state law that classified the landfill as a hazardous material site. Because the city has dumped waste there in the past, it is responsible under state law for contributing costs toward its cleanup or could be open to possible contamination lawsuits.
New Ventures has agreed to provide the city with a covenant not to sue under 21E if the city files the administrative order, allowing New Ventures to cap the landfill.
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Tails
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Posted - 03/11/2009 : 2:03:37 PM
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The key here is the Department of Environmental Protection.
I don't think the city can allow additional trucking coming in per DEP guidelines. What DeMaria and Thibeault are doing is just one step short of obstruction of justice. In essence, they are trying to influence the outcome of a case yet to be heard (April) but putting conflicting legal instruments into the equation.
Richard.Chalpin@state.ma.us, John.Carrigan@state.ma.us, Mike.Dingle@state.ma.us, Andy.Goldberg@state.ma.us
Attached is a consent agreement signed by the Board of Health in Everett and Wood Waste of Boston. I must say this agreement is not worth the paper it’s written on.
What needs to be really focused on is line five.
5) Wood Waste and the City agree that at the conclusion of eight weeks, the parties will meet to discuss if fifty (50) tons per week will be increased. At no time will the minimum tonnage fall below fifty (50) tons per week.
How can the city increase the amount of waste to a site that is regulated by the DEP?
There are some pretty important pieces left out, the imposition of fines when a violation occurs. How much time he has to correct his violations.
All this does is say “Newburyport landfill” and is laying blame on Newburyport. This agreement serves no purpose other than to help William Thibeault with his up coming court case April 23rd and April 24th.
This agreement says, nothing…. about shipping anywhere else but the Newburyport landfill. We were told by Mayor Carlo DeMaria just a couple of weeks ago there are other areas in the state, per the DEP.
Nothing about the DEP is in this agreement to monitor the site along with the cities Board of Health. The Board of health in Everett does not have this type of training or any machines to monitor. Are they supposed to just go down and smell the facility and make their determination then if it's a health hazard?
We had a public meeting with Newburyport and Everett in October 2008 and learned there not to trust New Ventures/ Wood Waste’s monitoring. New Ventures monitoring said everything was okay at the landfill and the State’s DEP said differently. I believe the State.
This agreement has- No definitive dates for enclosures.
No violations or fine amounts.
ONCE AGAIN.....This agreement puts blame on Newburyport!
And most important NOTHING about a cease and desist.
What does this lame consent agreement do to the Zoning violation that was just sent out that gave him 30 days to remove the piles? Which one oversees the other or has more pull in court? I would assume it's the Zoning VIOLATION.
The whole agreement is pathetic and a slap in the face to the residents of Everett and Newburyport that have been suffering for years over New Ventures/Crow lane landfill and Wood Waste of Boston in Everett. The shear fact alone that he’s been allowed to get away with this for so long is just criminal.
The history of Mr. Thibeault and the environmental risk associated with a Wood Waste facility is a lethal combination. Mr. Thibeault has proven himself to be arrogant, above the law, and defiant to the end against various court and agency orders to provide corrective actions or cease and desist as the case may be.
Before we the residents of Everett are further harmed by the actions of Mr. Thibeault and his many faces, please let it be said that we are providing you notice of a potential liability and also requesting your assistance as advocate.
Below is the Everett Zoning Dept. Violation that he was just served with:
City Of Everett
Building Department
2-24-09
Wood Waste
85-87 Boston St.
Everett, Ma. 02149
Attn: William Thibeault
Regular & Certified Mail 7002 0510 0004 3670 4588
Hand Delivered
Re: Outdoor Storage of Good at 85-87 Boston St
Map K-4, Lots 6-29 & 33-40
Dear Mr. Thibeault;
This office conducted an inspection of your property and you are in violation of the City of Everett Zoning Ordinance Section 21 Industrial Limited District (a) Uses. Section 5. “Storage of goods in containers where all storage is contained within the building, not including storage of any raw or natural materials”.
You are hereby ordered to remove all outdoor storage within 30 days.
Failure to do so will result in daily fines for all violations per City of Everett Zoning Ordinance Section 13 Violations and Penalties. “Whoever shall violate any provision of this ordinance shall, for each offense, and for each and every day that such offense continues, shall be subject to a fine of not more than twenty dollars ($20.00)
James Sheehan
Inspector of Buildings
Cc: Mayor’s Office, B.O.H., City Solicitor, Code Enforcement, Police Department, and Fire Prevention
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tetris
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Posted - 03/12/2009 : 9:55:05 PM
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From this week's Advocate:
Mayor DeMaria, board of health sign consent agreement with Wood Waste
Mayor Carlo DeMaria Jr. is happy to announce a finalization of a consent agreement between the Everett Board of Health, and Wood Waste of Boston, Inc. The agreement, reached this past Monday begins immediately. "This is a great start," stated Mayor DeMaria, "we've reached an agreement to start decreasing the size of the piles which is vitally important to everyone involved." Wood Waste of Boston has agreed to reduce the pile heights and remove no less than 50 tons of material per week.
The consent agreement highlights the Mayor's concerns, including spraying the debris for dust control, disperse odor controlling agents for the site and maintain personnel at the Boston Street site between 7:00 AM and 9:00 PM. The Mayor will revisit the agreement in eight weeks to evaluate progress and discuss increases in removal of debris.
The Mayor hopes that this is the beginning of a positive relief process, "the residents have been through enough," says Mayor DeMaria, "again this is a positive step, there's a lot more work to be done by Wood Waste and by our Board of Health to bring closure to this issue".
I hate to disagree with the Advocate (well, not really) but their headline is inaccurate. The mayor did not sign the consent agreement. The actual city sign-off came from the Board of Health only. |
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tetris
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Posted - 03/13/2009 : 12:04:13 PM
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From today's Newburyport Curret. I've posted it in this thread because it give a description of what 50 tons represents.
Moak set to reopen landfill
By Gillian Swart
Fri Mar 13, 2009
Mayor John Moak will ask the Board of Health to issue an administrative order that would allow trucks hauling construction waste to start dumping again at the Crow Lane landfill.
In a letter to the City Council dated March 9, Moak says that, in exchange for allowing the site to reopen, landfill owner New Ventures is offering not to sue Newburyport under the state#146;s hazardous waste laws, commonly referred to as 21E.
Back in the early '80s, the city had an agreement to dump municipal sewer sludge at the Crow Lane site when it was operating as a private dump. That piece of history became a huge bargaining chip for New Ventures in 2007, when the state Department of Environmental Protection moved in to try to force that company to control hydrogen sulfide emissions. That substance has been blamed for nauseating odors that have pervaded the surrounding neighborhoods for years.
In the process, DEP slapped the site with a hazardous waste site designation. Ironically, that move opened the door for New Ventures to claim Newburyport was responsible for the pollution and, therefore, responsible for the cost of the cleanup
"If we act now," Moak wrote, "the city has an opportunity to minimize its 21E liability. New Ventures has offered to provide the city with a covenant not to sue if the city issues an administrative order allowing it to close the landfill."
"The covenant not to sue would release the city from 21E liability after the capping is completed. However, it should be made clear that the city is not giving up its enforcement authority in exchange for the covenant not to sue," the mayor wrote.
Moak made the decision over objections from the state Attorney General#146;s office, which has a contempt complaint against New Venture for failing to maintain the site and control odors.
That case is scheduled to be heard in Suffolk Superior Court April 23. The state AG#146;s office, the Department of Environmental Protection and New Ventures also are negotiating a deal to close the landfill.
New Ventures has filed its own lawsuit to set aside the Host Community Agreement, the company's original accord with the city that applied a cap of 460,000 cubic yards on the volume of waste at the site. Several years after that agreement was signed, the DEP, which oversees landfill-closing projects, approved New Ventures' request to raise that amount by 100,000 cubic yards of waste. The company said the additional volume is needed to shape and grade the landfill prior to its closure.
Moak's administrative order through the Health Department trumps the Host Community Agreement, and it requires New Ventures to close the site under DEP guidelines, which already allows the company to more than double the amount of waste it originally said it intended to dump at the site.
The administrative order would not affect the city#146;s authority under the state#146;s noisome trade statute. A cease and desist order issued in 2005 under that statute was upheld in a court challenge by New Ventures.
Everett dumps its problem on Newburyport
The city of Everett, which has waste problems that parallel those in Newburyport, has taken its own steps to get rid of mounting piles of debris in that community. The Everett-based company, Wood Waste, which like New Ventures is owned by Lynnfield resident William Thibeault, has been storing debris that could come to Crow Lane the moment the Board of Health issues the order.
In a consent order signed March 9 in Everett, Wood Waste agrees to cart 50 tons of construction and demolition debris per week, starting immediately.
Fifty tons is the equivalent of about one truckload. At that rate, said At-Large City Councilor Tom Jones, it would take a lifetime to clear the piles of debris from the Wood Waste construction and demolition recycling facility.
After eight weeks, Everett and Wood Waste will meet again to increase that amount, if necessary.
And Jones is sure it will be necessary, since New Ventures wants that extra 100,000 cubic yards of material for the landfill. Each cubic yard equals 1.5 tons, said Jones.
Moak said the order is just the beginning stages of a process that he hopes will lead to the successful closing of the landfill. He said New Ventures has not seen the order, and he has not seen an agreement with a covenant "not to sue right now under 21E."
The devil is in the details, and this detail could give Moak time to get the administrative order in place while Thibeault buys some eight weeks of time with Everett.
"I have no idea what#146;s going on down in Everett," Moak said. "If I'd made this decision last week, there would be no question. Well, they'd still question my decision, but they wouldn't question whether I was in cahoots with anyone in Everett." |
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massdee
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Posted - 03/18/2009 : 07:29:33 AM
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Board of Health and Wood Waste sign agreement
By Keith Spencer
After months of debate and hours of negotiating, Mayor Carlo DeMaria recently announced the signing of a much anticipated consent agreement between the Everett Board of Health and Wood Waste of Boston, Inc. The agreement was signed on Monday, March 9 and was put into effect immediately according to the Mayor.
“I think we have worked out an agreement that will start to bring a real resolution to what many residents feel is a nuisance,” said Mayor DeMaria in an interview earlier this week.
According to the Mayor and members of his administration, Wood Waste has complied with the agreement since its issuance more than a week ago. According to receipts and documents provided by DeMaria’s office, Wood Waste owner William Thibeault has initiated a number of initiatives at his Boston Street facility, including the removal of C&D fines and residuals from the controversial debris piles.
The agreement includes provisions to properly maintain debris piles located at the company’s Boston Street facility. The height of the piles, which has been at the heart of the debate, is addressed with Wood Waste agreeing to remove at least 50 tons of material per week. The agreement also includes methods of deodorizing, dust control techniques, and parameters for air quality testing. It also requires that Wood Waste maintain personnel at the facility to monitor odors from 7AM to 9PM.
DeMaria indicated his approval of the agreement during the interview, noting that “other administrations had gotten nowhere” in dealing with Wood Waste. While disappointed with the load size agreed upon, DeMaria has assured that his administration will continue to monitor the situation. According to the document, the Mayor and Wood Waste will revisit the agreement eight weeks following its endorsement to evaluate the company’s progress. Both parties involved will then discuss a potential increase to the removal of debris.
“The agreement has provisions to make it possible to evaluate the conditions in the future to determine if any changes are necessary,” said DeMaria.
According to receipts provided to the Board of Health, Wood Waste made some effort in the first week to begin removing debris from the piles. On March 13th, the company removed two truckloads of “fines”, weighing in at 28.42 and 27.87 tons respectively. While the company met the amount required by the consent agreement, 50 tons minimum per week, DeMaria estimates there could be as much as “80,000 tons” of materials at the facility.
“We are going to make sure that these receipts indicate that the materials being trucked out are actually taken from the piles,” said DeMaria. “While we know that 50 tons is a little, we do believe it is a start.”
Wood Waste also submitted their initial plans to build a permanent, enclosed facility for their company’s activities at their Boston Street facility. The business was first ordered in 1995 to build a permanent, enclosed structure for its recycling operations just off Revere Beach Parkway. The company submitted the plans as part of a larger agreement between Wood Waste and the Everett Board of Health to bring the business into compliance with local and state regulations.
The plans were submitted on Friday, March 13th as required by the recently signed agreement. The Health Department, the Building Inspector, and other city departments before being returned to Wood Waste are now analyzing the plans. According to the agreement, the company will have ten days to submit all applications and documents to the Health Department and state regulators.
DeMaria also noted that current movement by Mayor Joan Moak to resolve similar issues in Newburyport might offer a potential “light at the end of the tunnel”. Thibeault may be able to begin trucking materials from his Everett facility to the Crow Lane landfill in Newburyport, which he owns and operates through his company New Ventures. Debris piles began to build up in Everett when the City of Newburyport issued a cease and desist order against New Ventures’ capping of the landfill.
“The resolution of their issues in Newburyport could provide some relief for us here in Everett,” added Mayor DeMaria. “The owners of Wood Waste will appear in court in April, our initial eight week period will end around the same time, and we will certainly be evaluating the amount of debris being removed at that point.”
Last week, Mayor Moak informed members of his city council that he would soon issue an administrative order through Board of Health Director Jack Morris to cap the landfill according to regulations set by the Department of Environmental Protection. By issuing an administrative order, Mayor Moak will able to take action without the approval of the city council.
New Ventures will be required to maintain the site in a way that meets the city’s noisome trade agreement” in addition to capping the landfill. It would also require the company to comply with a previous injunction aimed at minimizing the smells and nuisances long associated with the Crow Lane landfill. DeMaria also expects that the result of an April hearing in Suffolk Superior Court could ultimately determine the fate of Thibeault’s landfill in Newburyport and his materials on site at Wood Waste in Everett.
“If things don’t go well for him [Wood Waste owner William Thibeault] in April, we may be looking to ask him to remove anywhere from 200 to 400 tons of materials per week,” the Mayor added.
DeMaria’s statements during the interview reiterated the views expressed in a prepared statement that was released on Monday as well. The Mayor called the agreement “the beginning of a positive relief process” noting that “residents have been through enough”. DeMaria also acknowledged, “that there’s a lot of work still to be done, by Wood Waste and by our Board of Health to bring closure to this issue.”
When asked about the continuing inspections of the facility, Mayor DeMaria wanted to assure residents that the Everett Board of Health is going to be making daily trips to the Boston Street facility as well as collecting receipts and information about Wood Waste’s compliance with the new agreement. According to the Mayor, an inspector must check the Jerome Meter reading in person because the device does not print a receipt recording the results of the air quality testing.
“It is our intention that monitoring will be done on a daily basis by the Board of Health,” added DeMaria. “We will have someone down there to visually confirm the readings of the Jerome meter seeing as there is no print out to keep record.”
The city solicitor and the Mayor both agreed that while the specific language is not included in the agreement, a cease and desist order would ultimately be pursued if the company fails to comply with the agreement at any point. According to the terms of the agreement, Wood Waste would have seven days to rectify any violation of the agreement before the city would “ exercise its enforcement discretion and seek penalties in Middlesex Superior Court up to the fullest extent of the law”.
DeMaria once again defended his approach to the Wood Waste issue, by working with the company’s owner and various city departments to get the business into compliance with all local and state regulations. The Mayor acknowledged it will take “continued effort on his part” to assure the city has the teeth to resolve this situation no matter what the outcome is during the next eight weeks.
“I am sure we will have some reaction from members of the city council,” said DeMaria at the close of the interview. “Many of the local critics will probably not be happy with the agreement. They wanted an immediate cease and desist order and nothing else. I hope to continue working with the 98% of the city council that has been willing to open up a dialogue and get the movement we are seeing now.”
“In these financial times, we really do not have the funds to go into litigation,” said DeMaria. “I didn’t want to draw the line in the sand with the property owner, and get no movement in the end. Nothing has ever been done with this facility in past administrations. At least we are now seeing movement.”
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tetris
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Posted - 03/18/2009 : 09:55:40 AM
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"While disappointed with the load size agreed upon, DeMaria..."? If he was disappointed with the load size, why do we have a signed agreement? Just to say that we have one? It's not like he wasn't part of the negotiation.
I don't think anyone can deny that it's a start but, using the Mayor's number of 80,000 tons, just realize how long this will take to complete at the various levels being discussed.
80,000 tons / 50 tons a week / 52 weeks a year = 30.77 years
80,000 tons / 200 tons a week / 52 weeks a year = 7.69 years
80,000 tons / 400 tons a week / 52 weeks a year = 3.77 years
"“If things don’t go well for him [Wood Waste owner William Thibeault] in April, we may be looking to ask him to remove anywhere from 200 to 400 tons of materials per week,” the Mayor added." You can ask Mr. Mayor but, the way that the agreement reads, to me anyways, I don't see how you can force Mr. Thibeault to remove more than 50 tons a week if he doesn't want to.
The jerome meter that they will be using can't provide a print out. So I hope that, even though it is not covered in the consent agreement, that they have a formal process by which they can agree on what the numbers are so that they can't be called into question if they ever have to go to court.
Let's see. 100%. 25 members of the city council. Who's the half a member of the city council that won't work with the mayor on this? |
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Tails
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 Posted - 03/18/2009 : 10:37:47 AM
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That article cracks me up. It's not the writer, it's what was told to him.
First off, it was not months of debate, it's been a year since the people of Everett and the council has been asking for something to be done. That fell on deaf ears for so long.
The agreement is not worth the paper it's written on, and everyone knows it, and knows why.
DeMaria states; "Thibeault has initiated a number of incentives at his Boston Street facility, including the removal of C&D fines ans residues.
The landfill is still closed, where is this stuff going............
DeMaria states; "The agreement includes provisions to properly maintain debris piles located at the company’s Boston Street facility. The height of the piles, which has been at the heart of the debate, is addressed with Wood Waste agreeing to remove at least 50 tons of material per week".
I thought NO PILES are allowed outdoors? It's supposed to be an INDOOR TRANSFER STATION and he's going to "maintain" the piles. Yea OK.....and 50 tons a WEEK gets put into that agreement. That's ONE truck load. BIG DEAL. Trucks are flying in and out of Wood Waste everyday and he only has to remove ONE truckload a WEEK per that crap agreement!
DeMaria states; Wood Waste also submitted their initial plans to build a permanent, enclosed facility for their company’s activities at their Boston Street facility.
He has 10 days from March 13, 2009 so Monday night everything should be in black and white and the they should be well prepared for this.
DeMaria states; “If things don’t go well for him [Wood Waste owner William Thibeault] in April, we may be looking to ask him to remove anywhere from 200 to 400 tons of materials per week,” the Mayor added.
How on earth does he expect that to happen, when it was DeMaria himself that approved the agreement that Thibeault only had to remove one truckload per week. Also, even if the landfill opens, DeMaria cant just go and authorize additional removal of waste to the landfill. What are they going to do, sneak the trucks into Crow lane? Does he think people are really that dumb, or is he a complete idiot?
DeMaria states; When asked about the continuing inspections of the facility, Mayor DeMaria wanted to assure residents that the Everett Board of Health is going to be making daily trips to the Boston Street facility as well as collecting receipts and information about Wood Waste’s compliance with the new agreement. According to the Mayor, an inspector must check the Jerome Meter reading in person because the device does not print a receipt recording the results of the air quality testing.
Who's the inspector, the Everett Board of Health? Since when did we have a Jerome Meter. That was Newburyport's idea, and that was $20,000.00. That is the responsibility of the DEP. Why is the DEP not even mentioned? They are the ones that have to monitor the site also, they cant leave it up to the city. The city is not qualified for this.
What I would like to know is..........what happened with the Building Inspectors Violation that Wood Waste had 30 days to remove the piles?
If the City Solicitor agreed that that a cease and desist would ultimately be perused, why not put it into the agreement. THAT would have more TEETH, as they like to say. It's a line of bull, that's why. I would bet Thibeault would not sign it. Who's in charge here?
DeMaria also cries that 98% of the council works with him. It's more like all but 5 are either bought off with favors or jobs, jobs for family members, etc........and the 5 are trying to do what right, and don't have dollar signs in their eyes and listen to their constituents.
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Consent Order
