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Notice of Public Meeting for Residents of Shaftsbury about PFAS

Posted: February 21, 2025

This Notice of a Public Meeting to discuss PFAS work (sampling, investigation) at the neighborhood on and near East Road in Shaftsbury. The meeting is to be held at Cole Hall, 61 Buck Hill Road, in Shaftsbury at 6 pm on Monday, April 14, 2025. The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Sites Management Section (SMS) has completed, through our contractors Tetratech and Clearwater Filtration, multiple rounds of sampling of water supplies at homes along East Road, Lower East Road, Furnace Brook Road, East Mountain Road, Red Clover Lane, and other roads in the neighborhoods around East Road just under a mile north of the Shaftsbury/Bennington town line. The SMS is inviting citizens in this area, citizens in Shaftsbury, and other interested parties to this meeting to review what work has been completed, proposed future work, and conclusions drawn by the SMS.

This meeting is for Shaftsbury residents. VT DEC is having a meeting in April at Cole Hall about PFAS in Shaftsbury.

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Posted/Author: The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

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