The five remaining Board members that heard oral argument in this proceeding deliberated on this matter on May 4, 1994. On that date, the Board declared the record complete and adjourned the hearing. This matter is now ready for decision. The Petitioner's property is located to the southwest of Field 60F and is adjacent to the southwest corner of that field. Field 60H is north of Field 60F and is not adjacent to the Petitioner's property.
Fowler usually services six to seven hundred domestic septage systems per year.
This requires disposal of approximately six to eight hundred thousand gallons of septage annually. At the present time Fowler is disposing of all septage at the Essex Junction or Burlington wastewater treatment plants. Septage will either be applied to Fields 60F and 60H or it will be disposed of at the Essex Junction or South Burlington wastewater treatment plants. Land application is permitted for a seven-month period during late spring, summer and fall. Septage will be hauled to a wastewater treatment plant during the remaining five months and at any time when field conditions do not allow for land application.