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Richard Medeiros YYYYYY UU
2481 NE Old Belfair Highway
Belfair, Washington 98528
RE: Your Letter to Commissioner Bolender dated May 7 , 1998;
Your FAX to Commissioner Bolender dated March 11, 1998
Dear Richard Medeiros,
in -response to issues you raised:
1) Removal of woodwaste from Belfair Sand & Gravel site.
Mason County has required BS&G to remove the woodwaste already
on site. Only removal of existing woodwaste material is
allowed; no further importation has been authorized or
permitted. As of October 1997 it was the opinion of MCDHS that
woodwaste had been removed from the site, within practical
limitations. Prior to s woodwaste,
BS&G must apply r and be issued an appropriate permit
2) Demolition waste (inert) materials brought to site and
' City of Bremerton 4th Street Project.
AC 173. 304 .461 states that permitting is not required for
�1 ) inert demolition waste amounts of two thousand (2 , 000) cubic
lcl•� W� yards or less. Mason County Department of Health Services can
require permits for disposal of lesser amounts of demolition
wastes, but would not do so when the material is used for
construction purposes (i.e. bank revetment et cetera) . In such
cases it is not landfilling and therefo�o permitting under
WAC 173 304 is recuired. A MCDHS Notice and Order dated July
7, 1995 spell f lcally prohibits "accepting all solid waste and
demolition waste which requires Health Department permits or
WAAk tAand
ls'. Mr. Dan Watts' letters to you dated April 2, 1996
ust 5, 1996 clarify the demolition waste and woodwaste
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3) Buried tires on mine site.
A review of the file for the site shows an inspection report
dated August 4, 1992 indicating "several hundred" tires on-
site; a document dated March 15, 1993 references a tire pile,
with no quantities specified. MCDHS document(s) dated July 9,
1993 reference existing on-site tire usage for retaining wall
Purposes, and that no tires shall be brought on-site without
prior, written MCDHS authorization. MCDHS has no evidence
indicating the existence of tire burial amounts as stated in
your FAX of March 11, 1998.
Sincerely,
Guy Grayson
Environmental Health Specialist
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