After 3 one hour calls with Casella today (11/18/2024) all concerns were provided to them in great detail.  They are now in contact with their remediation company (Datom) to understand where they (Datom) feel they are in the cleanup process.  Fully documented actions taken have been requested to be sent to the HoA.  There is a follow on call at 9:00 A.M. tomorrow (11/19/2024).  We will keep the community up to date on everything.  Thank you again for any information you have or will continue to provide to the BoD via the website. It is important that anything is documented there.

At 4:30PM on Friday a resident of Whitetail called the board about the road work being done on Whitetail.  The board was not aware of any work being done. A board member arrived on site to see what was going on.  They were told by the crew working there that on Friday morning a Casella Trash truck making rounds had broken a hydraulic line in the truck and had spread hydraulic fluid along Buck Run, Whitetail, Sugar Maple and parts of Ledgeway.  The driver wasn't aware of it till he had backed up on Buck Run and saw the spill.  The driver then reported it to Casella. 

Casella proceeded to then hire the environmental crew, that residents saw, to go onsite and begin the remediation process.  While the HoA is greatly appreciative Casella took that initiative to clean up the spill, their failure to contact the HoA's BOD is unacceptable. Unfortunately, by the time the BoD were made aware, Casella had closed its offices for the weekend.  The BoD will contact them first thing Monday morning regarding multiple aspects of this incident.  

The HoA is fortunate to have multiple members (both on and off the BoD) who have professional experience in these matters. Greg Palmer, Road Committee head, and Bill Freeland, BoD Member, are providing their expertise. Greg spoke directly with the team doing the work, on the request from the board, to ensure they were doing things correctly.  He confirmed they were using the correct barrier for the removed material and had them cover it to avoid any run off should it rain. Further inspections will occur today and early next week to also assess any road damage that might also have occurred. The BoD has already began that process Friday evening as well.

For now this is what the board knows until we speak with Casella on the phone, which, as stated, will happen first thing Monday morning.  The BoD does not take this situation lightly for all of the potential environmental reasons and will reach out to whichever authorities are needed to resolve this to our complete satisfaction and as it relates to the HoA from all the concerns we have stated here. The board will update the community when it knows more about this situation, and as a reminder, we do not directly address things posted on social media. Please reach out to us via the Contact form on the website or [email protected].  Lastly, the BoD wants to thank everyone who has provided information or taken direct actions to help the community.