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The committee voted 3-2 against endorsing the Draft Environmental Impact Report, with one abstention and one member absent. The report can now be sent to the Selectboard, which will decide whether to forward it to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for review.
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The committee did not endorse the proposal to discharge treated wastewater into rapid infiltration beds. Members raised concerns about ponding, private wells, potential effects on nearby water resources and businesses, monitoring, contamination, and the report's unanswered public comments. The committee said its work ended with the vote and would resume only if the Selectboard decides to proceed with the report.
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