On Monday, November 13, 2023, the Falmouth Town Meeting passed Article 3 which included two items: “$150,000 from Title V Fund for Outfall Data Collection” and “Outfall – Data Collection and Permitting Phase 1 WASTEWATER 850,000” (see Warrant pages 5 & 6). During the discussion of this Article, one Town Meeting Member proposed an amendment …
On November 7, 2023, FHMNA President Buzanoski received a response to his letter of October 23, 2023 to Michael Judge, Undersecretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs for the Commonwealth of MA, regarding our concerns about SouthCoast Wind’s Proposed Cables Through Falmouth Heights. Click here to read Undersecretary Judge’s response.Â
On October 23, 2023, FHMNA President Dave Buzanoski, with input from the Board of Directors, sent the following letter on FHMNA stationary to Michael Judge, Undersecretary of (MA) Energy and Environmental Affairs with copies to: • Maura Healey, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts • Susan Moran, Senator, Plymouth and Barnstable District • David Viera, …
The Falmouth in the Fall Road Race is Sunday, 11/5/23 beginning in Woods Hole at 11 AM with participants racing to the Finish Line at Falmouth Heights. There will be approximately 850-900 runners. The start area on Water St. will be closed for a very short time just before 11 until the three runner ‘pulses’ …
Plans for the outfall pipe project were presented to FHMNA at our Annual Meeting on August 5th and are moving forward at a rapid pace. “Why is an outfall better for Falmouth than groundwater discharge?”, was handed out at the Annual Meeting and was emailed to members on 10/21/23 entitled “Outfall Pipe vs. Goundwater Discharge”. …
At our 2023 Annual Meeting on August 5, our guest speaker Steve Rafferty, Chair of the Water Quality Management Committee (WQMC), handed out a 6-page letter answering the question, “Why is an outfall better for Falmouth than groundwater discharge?”. On September 25, 2023, FHMNA emailed to our members and posted on our website the article, …
On 10/11/23, FHMNA President Dave Buzanoski emailed the following to Doug Brown (Falmouth Select Board SouthCoast Liaison) with copies to the Falmouth Select Board Chair Nancy Taylor, Vice-Chair Scott Zylinski, the Town Manager and the rest of the Select Board. As you are no doubt aware there has been a flurry of activity lately with …
As expected, SouthCoast Wind has now officially followed suit with Commonwealth Wind / Avangrid (Osterville project) in terminating their Power Purchase Agreements (PPA’s) with Massachusetts energy providers. The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has now approved SouthCoast’s termination proposal as per the article below. The agreement to terminate the PPA contracts provides for penalties …
On 9/29/23, The Falmouth Enterprise printed an article “Falmouth’s Nitrogen Cleanup Plans Begin To Take Shape” by Gilda Geist on pages 1 & 12. Excerpts: The state Department of Environmental Protection passed regulations in June that require all Cape towns to start making progress toward cleaning up their impaired estuaries, which suffer from nitrogen pollution …
With reference to the recent local / public discussions regarding Falmouth Water Quality Management Committee’s (WQMC) proposal for a sewer effluent outfall pipe into Vineyard Sound, and more specifically with reference to WQMC chairman Steve Rafferty’s presentation at our August 5th annual meeting, please find below additional background information on this proposal and lastly a …