Groveland planning board delays site‑plan review for proposed water treatment plant

The Groveland Planning Board voted August 4 to continue review of a proposed water treatment plant after TEC peer reviewers told the board the applicant had substantially addressed earlier comments but a few technical items remained. TEC civil engineer Bill Burnham said the applicant submitted detailed revised plans that resolved most of TEC's original 27 comments.

"We submitted our original comment letter with 27 original comments that had a range of things from lighting to truck turning to utility coordination," Bill Burnham said, noting the applicant provided added utility crossing inverts, moved the stormwater basin away from the estimated seasonal high groundwater and updated the hydrogeologic analysis. Burnham told the board he had no remaining standing concerns about the site design aside from ongoing electrical/lighting engineering coordination.

Board members said they appreciated the level of revision provided but agreed that final technical reports and outstanding coordination should be complete before the board takes substantive action. The board voted to continue the site plan review and the stormwater/land‑disturbance special permit to the next available meeting to allow staff and TEC to close out those remaining items.