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Annual Town Meeting 2018
A MOTHER’S DAY HERO Christine Saia, of Saugus, with her 8-yearold son Nicholas, 8, following a recent interview. Besides raising two of her own children, Saia has been a foster mother for 14 children during the past seven years. The state Department of Children & Families (DCF) recruited Saia to work part-time as a Foster Parent/Recruitment Ambassador in an effort to attract more foster parents to the area. May is National Foster Care Month. Read Saia’s story in this week’s The Advocate Asks on page 3. (Saugus Advocate Photo by Mark E. Vogler)
Friday, May 11, 2018
Members approve new by-law to crack down on illegal stormwater discharges and bring town into compliance with EPA By Mark E. Vogler
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omeowners and businesses could be paying criminal fines of up to $300 per violation each time they are cited for illegal discharges under a new stormwater By-law adopted unanimously Monday night during the opening session of this year’s Annual Town Meeting. As an alternative to criminal prosecution or civil action, the town could also pursue noncriminal dispositions against violators -- ranging from $100 for the first violation up to $300 for the third violation.
Those are some of the monetary consequences of Article 15 -- which provides for the regulation of discharges to the municipal storm drainage system, with the town’s Department of Public Works designated as the official agency authorized to enforce the new law. “The purpose of this By-law is to improve and protect water quality, reduce erosion and sedimentation, promote environmentally sensitive site design practices, and insure longterm maintenance of stormwater controls,” noted the 11-page document.
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Did state violate its own regulations?
Environmentalists claim it did in lawsuit to appeal DEP’s ruling to allow expansion of Wheelabrator’s Ash landfill By Mark E. Vogler
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he state Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) violated a longtime law that requires local review of Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc.’s plans to expand its ash landfill, a regional environmen-
tal group claimed in a lawsuit this week. “MassDEP approved the expansion of the Landfill despite the fact that Wheelabrator does not have a valid site assignment for the Landfill,” the Conservation Law Foundation Inc. (CLF), alleged in its complaint filed Wednesday in Suf-
folk Superior Court. “MassDEP’s Final Decision was based on an error of law, in excess of the statutory authority or jurisdiction of the agency, made upon unlawful procedure, unsupported by sub-
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