September 17, 2025, Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 52 bust out all this rock? THE WITNESS: Correct. THE PUBLIC: Okay. So I'm not going -- I'm not a chemist, I spent my whole life in the media and advertising business and I know nothing about this. But I know that crack flows downhill and my family drinks, and tens of thousands of other people are going to be drinking all this stuff. So my concern -- CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Sir, ask the question. You can raise concerns at public comment. Ask a question. THE PUBLIC: But this is to the point. CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Okay. Good. THE PUBLIC: Is from, and you're an environmental engineer with a masters from Stevens, if I have my notes correct here, how are we going to prevent all of this at the headwaters of the Canoe Brook from going into the Canoe Brook and going downstream into the water that we're drinking if we're using chemical expanders and other methods in addition to the other concerns of the blasting. I mean, it's one other concern. So how do we -- if we're, like what, I don't know, the aluminum and the other stuff, I don't have the time now, right, to hear this?