From:                                                       Daniel Bigda <Dan@m4cg.com>

Sent:                                                         Wednesday, July 24, 2019 9:49 AM

To:                                                            RPS, DOER (ENE)

Subject:                                                   Hazardous Chemicals in Solar Panels

Attachments:                                         Solar Bylaw AG support.pdf; 2018.06.03 Zoning Bylaw - Solar Energy Facilities .pdf; Solar Panel byline 3 doc.pdf

 

Dear John Wassam,

 

I am a Selectmen here in West Brookfield, MA.  With that, We, the town

voted in June 5ht, 2018, a very anti-solar bylaw of which has a pretty stringent decommissioning

section which states a Solar Company has to give the town US$100,000.00 per

megawatt in cash up front before the building inspector issues the building permit.

Now, other surrounding town have adopted the bylaw or parts there of. I also heard

we are the first in the nation to do this.. Which helps the town and the surrounding

towns.

 

Also, while co writing the bylaw, I also did research on the Chemicals used

in making the Solar Panel and came up with an extensive list.

 

Solar companies come into small towns like outs and they state, “when done, you

can just throw them in the local land fill, they are NON TOXIC.” Quite the contrary,

they are very toxic to the environment. Very.. I have attached that listing along

with our bylaw and AJ acceptance of the bylaw.

 

If any questions or need me to give a presentation on our findings, I would be

willing to come do that.

 

Thanks for your time,

Dan 

 

please respond with receipt of this email. 

 

 

 

 

Daniel M. Bigda

Senior Partner – Rail

M4 Capital Group 

508-637-1340

 

dan@m4cg.com

Pathfinders for Railcar Leasing across North America

 

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