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State of Maine s3

<p> 1 1 STATE OF MAINE 2 BOARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 3 PINE TREE WASTE, INC. ) WESTBROOK, CUMBERLAND CO. ) TESTIMONY OF HAROLD CLOUGH TRANSFER STATION ) STATE REPRESENATIVE #S-022074-WH-A-N ) FOR INTERVENORS</p><p>4 5</p><p>6 My name is Harold Clough. I reside at 5 Ottawa Woods Road in Scarborough, </p><p>7Cumberland County, and Maine. I am a member of the Maine House of Representatives, </p><p>8representing District 22, which includes part of the Town of Scarborough and part of the Town </p><p>9of Gorham. I am here today to testify on behalf of my constituents and voice their concerns </p><p>10regarding Pine Tree Waste, Inc.’s application for a solid waste transfer facility permit. </p><p>11</p><p>12Traffic and Nature of Facility</p><p>13 As a representative of residents in two of the Towns affected by the traffic problems </p><p>14already existing in this area I feel I must voice my opinion that the undisputed impact this 1000 </p><p>15ton-per-day facility will have on the town’s traffic infrastructure should not be taken lightly. It is </p><p>16vital that any planned improvements to the impacted roads be at the very least funded before the </p><p>17facility is operational. Additionally, the obvious additional congestion stemming from the </p><p>18construction itself in these already overloaded roadways should mandate that the improvements, </p><p>19if they are funded, should occur prior to the operation of the facility.</p><p>20 As a legislator I know the hurdles facing funding and completion of any project by the </p><p>21state even where the project is worthy and all involved have every intention of getting the work </p><p>2 1Testimony of Harold Clough</p><p>1done quickly. The fact is that resources for improvements such as these are limited and priorities</p><p>2are always subject to change. I have not yet seen nor am I aware of any legislative matter that is </p><p>3pending which would assure that these improvements will be completed. </p><p>4</p><p>5Environmental Issues</p><p>6 I also have serious concerns regarding the impact this facility will have on the town’s </p><p>7ability to address contamination of its citizen’s property and drinking water. As a representative </p><p>8of the residents from the town of Scarborough near the proposed facility I must voice my opinion</p><p>9that the BEP should require extensive testing of the area including the subject parcel </p><p>10downgradient from the Larson-Chapman landfill. The testimony of Barry Timson and Thomas </p><p>11Fargo has illustrated that there are significant unmitigated plumes of dangerous contaminants </p><p>12flowing towards Scarborough residents’ wells. The fact that the extent of the contamination in </p><p>13the area is not clearly known is a strong reason to require more study and testing before the </p><p>14construction of the proposed facility. </p><p>15 I know that the applicant has sought and been granted liability protection stemming from </p><p>16any contamination that cannot be shown to be caused by the transfer station. This disturbs me </p><p>17because the as yet unknown volumes of existing contaminants means that in the future when the </p><p>18danger to residents becomes more obvious the applicant’s responsibility will almost certainly be </p><p>19difficult to determine and mitigation may be made more difficult due to the planned construction.</p><p>20</p><p>21</p><p>22</p><p>23</p><p>2 2 1Testimony of Harold Clough</p><p>1</p><p>2FURTHER, AFFIANT SAYETH NOT.</p><p>3 4 5 6 7 Dated this ____ day of January 2001. 8 9 ______10 Harold Clough, Representative for District 22 11 12STATE OF MAINE 13CUMBERLAND, ss. January ___, 2001 14 15 Personally appeared the above-named Harold Clough, and made oath that the foregoing 16Sworn Testimony is true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, and to the extent 17based on information and belief, he believes this information to be true and accurate. 18 Before me, 19 20 Notary Public/Attorney at Law</p><p>2 3</p>

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