The reaction to Professor Bob Newton's video shows the public understands towns must look beyond their borders to ensure the protection of their community's drinking water.
A vote by the Effingham Planning Board to accept the application as complete means public debate will start on February 24.
Noted geoscientist says pumping gas at the site of a former gravel pit in Effingham could threaten the wells of dozens of Ossipee property owners.
Two days before Effingham's Planning Board is scheduled to conduct a site plan review of the proposal to convert Boyle's Market into a gas station, the ZBA will consider an appeal to reverse its approval of the project and re-hear the application.
On a 4-1 vote, the ZBA last week granted relief to a Conway businessman for his proposal to pump gas at Boyle's Market, which is in the Groundwater Protection District.
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