Littleton Board of Health Approves Septic Variances for Two Residential Properties

LITTLETON — April 24, 2024 — Littleton Board of Health approves two septic variances and opens community planning for $96,000 in opioid settlement funds. The board voted unanimously Wednesday to approve an impervious poly barrier at 30 Mill Lane, where a Conservation Commission-driven house relocation had created grading conflicts with an already-installed septic field. At 9 Birch Road, the board voted 4-0 to approve a package of local variances and Title 5 local upgrade approvals for a steep-lot septic upgrade, backing a revised design that adds a poly barrier and riprap slope after two downhill abutters — Tess Deegan of 1 Birch Road and Stephen Foss of Cedar Road — raised concerns about existing flooding. Board of Health Director Francis Beagle presented a draft community survey and stakeholder list for spending the town's opioid settlement funds, currently at about $96,000 and projected to exceed $200,000 once the CVS settlement resolves; Beagle described the funds as usable for "any drugs of abuse" and criminal justice diversion programs, not solely opioids. A portable toilet regulation drafted in anticipation of Littleton's first carnival in roughly 60 years is expected to go to a public hearing at the May 8 meeting.