TLA-Holbrook hopes residents will take comfort in the fact that its proposed regional trash transfer station will have to undergo extensive state and town review. Well how much faith should we have in the town of Holbrook and the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)? Consider this story from Bridgewater where the town failed to permit its transfer station 15 years ago and the DEP is just catching the problem. The story notes that all this was discovered by a resident who took the time to review the transfer station's finances.
A similar problem could develop at the proposed transfer station. The Bridgewater site went through all the town and state review and the DEP even ordered an operating permit when it visited the site just after it opened. It all fell through the cracks and nothing was done. The former health agent who oversaw the site is now chairman of the board of selectmen and says the lack of a permit is nothing to be concerned about. “It needs an operational permit, it is not a big thing,” he told The Enterprise.
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Just an update on the health agent situation in Holbrook. He is leaving Holbrook for a new job that starts in September so Holbrook does not have a health agent and the permitting process for the TLA-Holbrook transfer station is beginning.
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