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Martha’s Vineyard Airport is working with environmental firm Tetra Tech to monitor and mitigate PFAS pollution caused by aircraft firefighting foams.
The Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission is continuing to work with consulting and engineering firm, Tetra Tech, to monitor private wells for per- and poly-fluoralalkyl substances (PFAS), and treat them with filtration systems if the compounds are found at higher concentrations above 20 parts per trillion (PPT).
Environmental engineer for Tetra Tech, Ron Myrick, said at Thursday’s commission meeting that for the past three years, his company has periodically tested private wells and sample wells dug specifically for monitoring PFAS as it spreads with groundwater flow. Activated charcoal filtration systems have also been installed at private wells with higher levels of PFAS.
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Oak Bluffs candidates address the issues
Three candidates are vying for two seats on the Oak Bluffs select board.
From left, Rich Michelson, Jason Balboni, and Emma Green-Beach vie for two open seats on the Oak Bluffs select board.
Incumbent Jason Balboni and newcomers Emma Green-Beach and Rich Michelson are the three candidates vying for two open seats on the Oak Bluffs select board, in the town’s only contested race.
Balboni, the current chair of the town’s executive board, is seeking a second term, having first been elected in 2018. Balboni ran Balboni Appliance Service in Oak Bluffs, and has served on the town’s finance and advisory committee and personnel board.
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FAA allows local jurisdiction for business park
Rosenbaum voted in again as chair of the airport commission.
Airport commissioner Geoff Wheeler announced to the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission Thursday afternoon that after nine months, the Federal Aviation Administration decided it would permit the commission to set rates for business park leases through a custom formula geared to be less burdensome to the tenants than fair market value. Wheeler said he doesn’t know of anywhere else the FAA has made such a concession, other than on Nantucket.
“I think that’s why they sent this thing down to Washington and they sat on it for a few months, trying to figure out what to do,” Wheeler said.
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Airport to issue RFP for deteriorating Duchess Hangar
Prospective lessee would renovate or replace dilapidated building now serving as storage.
The Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission approved a Request for Proposal to publicly bid the deteriorating Duchess Hangar, which is currently being used for storage. -Courtesy of Geoff Freeman
The Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission (MVAC) is issuing a request for proposals (RFP) for the derelict Duchess Hangar and the property it sits on.
In order to make the best use of the building, which is currently being used as ad hoc storage for equipment and materials, the airport is placing the approximately 19,190-square-foot property out to bid, although a prospective lessee has expressed interest.