Water Quality Management Committee - 5/27/26

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AGENDA 1. Reports of members including: a. Summary of recent environmental actions by other communities and agencies by Ed Jalowiec. b. Update on creation of a fairness committee by Steve Leighton. 2. Correspondence received – information no vote. a. Advancing Ready Act and 2023 Title V Regulatory Goals. Dbox nitrogen research & performance-based septic policy. 3. Presentation on current status of Outfall Planning and EIS status by Amy Lowell, Wastewater Superintendent. Discussion no vote. 4. Recommendation to the Select Board for the Town to request that the DEP engage in a discussion on the format and need for a responsible management entity plan. Discussion and vote. 5. Review of a recommendation to the Select Board for the Town of Falmouth to express the Town’s concern to the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs on the impact to Waquoit Bay of the Secretary’s decision on the Reserve at Quashnet Valley County Club. Vote on Recommendation - Stephen Rafferty 6. Presentation of draft Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s Water Quality Management mitigation regulations by Stephen Rafferty. Discussion no vote. 7. Discussion and vote to approve the minutes of May 13, 2026.