Engineers told the Auburn Planning Board the 3,950 sq ft building would route water from three Church Street wells through granular activated carbon filters to remove PFAS; the board continued the site‑plan hearing to Nov. 10 after late peer‑review comments focusing on stormwater were delivered to staff.

The board authorized Sanborn Head to perform further PFAS testing near the Nashua Fire Training Center adjacent to 4 Hills Landfill and extended a telemetry/monitoring contract for the landfill gas flare system with SCS Engineers.

The Board approved a $400,143 contract with SCS Field Services to install infrastructure for a PFAS leachate removal and destruction pilot at the 4 Hills Landfill; staff said the work readies the site for testing next spring and noted landfill leachate currently contributes measurable PFAS loads to the wastewater plant.

City staff updated the council on long-running Superfund cleanup at the Coakley Landfill, reporting expanded monitoring after discovery of 1,4‑dioxane and PFAS and a $980,000 New Hampshire DES grant to fund a pilot treatment project to remove PFAS from surface and groundwater.

Community health boards must address residents' pollution concerns following fund distribution.

MassDEP federal grants staff said EPA approved an early removal action for highly PCB‑contaminated sediments in the Lower Neponset reach (estimated cost $78.5M). Separately, a former fireworks site in Hanover was presented to the Superfund listing panel and MassDEP reported a $2.1M NRD settlement for the SHVAC landfill.

Testimony highlights community backing for legislation holding polluters accountable for environmental damage.

Community raises concerns over arsenic and dioxin levels in Clark Fork River aquifer

The Baylands applicant’s remediation engineer described removal of contamination hot spots, import of approved clean fill, installation of an orange demarcation layer and five‑foot clean soil cap, soil‑vapor sampling, indoor air testing where needed, and weekly agency reporting uploaded to GeoTracker/EnviroStor.

Town staff reported that PFOA is being treated as an emerging contaminant, outlined planned state-led well testing across the town, and said the Bennington County Conservation District will offer soil and water testing; board encouraged outreach and public participation.

DES told the commission Saint‑Gobain’s remedial action plan is not sufficiently robust and expects a revised plan later this year; DES also reported 846 POET systems installed, ongoing soil and groundwater reviews, and delays in outreach sampling for previously unsampled properties.

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