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April 11, 2007
 Volume 67 Issue 11
The Environmental Monitor
a publication of the
Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Deval L. Patrick, Governor
Ian A. Bowles, Secretary
The Environmental Monitor provides information on projects under review by the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) office, recent MEPA decisions of the Secretary of Environmental Affairs, and public notices from environmental agencies. Please note that the links on this page require the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader®, which is available free of charge at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html.

General Announcements Secretary's Certificates March 16 - 31, 2007

Projects Submitted March 16 - April 2, 2007

    Environmental Notification Forms

    Environmental Notification Forms

    Environmental Impact Reports

    Environmental Impact Reports

    Notices of Project Change

    Notices of Project Change

    Records of Decision
Other Projects Under Review Requests for Advisory Opinion

    Environmental Notification Forms

 Public Notices

    Environmental Impact Reports

   Submitting Public Notices

    Notices of Project Change

  

General Announcements

Notices of Project Change

Please note that the Environmental Monitor will now include scanned copies of Notices of Project Change (NPCs) in order to facilitate public review and comment. Although not specifically required by the MEPA regulations, we are now requesting that project proponents provide a separate copy of the NPC form (just as with the ENF) in order to facilitate scanning, as well as two copies of the full NPC submission.

Requests for Advisory Opinion

Please note that the Environmental Monitor will now include scanned copies of Requests for Advisory Opinion if the request concerns a determination that a project constitutes Routine Maintenance or a Replacement Project, in accordance with the MEPA regulations at 301 CMR 11.01(6)(c). Written comments on the request will be accepted for a period of twenty (20) days following publication of the Environmental Monitor, and the Secretary of Environmental Affairs will issue an Advisory Opinion within ten (10) days of the close of the coment period.

Projects Submitted March 16 - April 2, 2007

Environmental Notification Forms

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
13986R Proposed Access Path for Cross-Country Sewer Maintenance Mansfield 05-01-07 Michele Grenier (508) 261-7378 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13997 Proposed Retail/Restaurant Development Attleboro 05-11-07 Jeffrey Santacruce (603) 891-2213 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13998 Attleboro Intermodal Transportation Center Attleboro 05-11-07 Michael Milanoski (508) 222-4012 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13999 120 Kingston Street Boston 05-01-07 Mitchell Fischman (781) 884-2553 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
14000 Northwest Park Redevelopment Burlington 05-01-07 Lauren Gallagher (617) 924-1770 William Gage (617) 626-1025
14001 Culvert Replacements for Salt Marsh Restoration Mashpee 05-01-07 Jeffrey Oakes (508) 748-0937 William Gage (617) 626-1025
14002 True North Commerce Center Salisbury 05-11-07 James Dolansky (603) 642-8300 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
14003 Cumberland Farms Convenience Store and Gas Station Shrewsbury 05-11-07 Lori Shattuck (978) 474-8800 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
14004 Baystate Medical Center Expansion Springfield 05-01-07 William Noll (617) 924-1770 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029

      Environmental Impact Reports

EOEA No.
Project Name
Location
Document Type
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
06553 Area 5 Sewers/Wastewater Facilities Plan Barnstable FEIR 05-11-07 Mark Ellis or Nathan Weeks (508) 362-5680 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13269 Oceanside Village at Scituate Scituate DEIR 05-11-07 Marchionda and Associates (617) 438-6121 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
13927 Chelsea Peak Energy Facility Chelsea DEIR 05-11-07 Dammon Frecker (781) 489-1146 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023

     Notices of Project Change    

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Comments Due
 For Copies MEPA Analyst
03384 Bondi Island Landfill Agawam and West Springfield 05-01-07 Dana Huff (413) 572-3244 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13726 Chadwick Lead Mill Remediation Project Salem and Marblehead 05-01-07 Patricia Wenskevich (781) 251-0200 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029

    

Other Projects Under Review

      Environmental Notification Forms

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Comments Due
 For Copies MEPA Analyst
13994 Fay School Southborough WITHDRAWN David LaPointe (508) 366-0560 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024

      Environmental Impact Reports

EOEA No.
Project Name
Location
Document Type
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
13478 Hampshire Mall Expansion Hadley DEIR 04-20-07 Stephen Savaria (413) 452-0445 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13580 Wareham Road Mixed Use Development Wareham DEIR 04-13-07 Felipe Schwarz (617) 924-1770 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13830 Thomas A. Watson Generating Station Braintree DEIR 04-20-07 Corinne Snowdon (978) 897-7100 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13905 Berkshire Gateway at Lee Lee DEIR 05-01-07 Robert Fournier (413) 443-3537 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029

      Notices of Project Change

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Comments Due
 For Copies MEPA Analyst
           

 

Secretary's Certificates March 16 - 31, 2007

   Environmental Notification Forms

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
13933 Towle Riverwalk Condominiums Newburyport Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-22-07
13970 Section 97A Sewer Main Extension Boston (East Boston) and Revere Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-22-07
13971 Long Pond Wastewater Management Project Lakeville Requires an Environmental Impact Report 03-22-07
13972 Proposed Wellhead at Ferry Street Site #2 Marshfield Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-22-07
13973 Harvestwood Estates Middleborough Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-22-07
13974 7 67th Street Newburyport Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-22-07
13975 Cotuit Woods Rochester Requires an Environmental Impact Report 03-29-07
13977 Discharge Pipe Extensions Taunton Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-22-07
13978 Corner Stone Square Westford Requires an Environmental Impact Report 03-22-07
13979 South Shore Hospital Cancer Center and Parking Garage Weymouth Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-22-07
13980 Route 20 Wetland Restoration Worcester Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-22-07
13981 The Willows at Worcester Continuing Care Retirement Community Worcester Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-22-07
13982 Tidal Restriction Removal and Wooden Walking Bridge Construction Project at Bass Creek Yarmouth Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-22-07

Environmental Impact Reports  

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Document Type
Action
Date of Action

05484/08696

L.G. Hanscom Field Bedford Final ESPR (Roll-over of Draft ESPR) Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 03-29-07
12396

EMC Southborough/ Westborough Campus

Southborough and Westborough Supplemental FEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 03-29-07
12643

Cape Wind Energy Project

List of Comments

 Nantucket Sound FEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 03-29-07
12916 Hillside at 495 Center Northborough DEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 03-29-07
13493 Ames Run Cluster Subdivision/The Lodge at Ames Pond Tewksbury Single EIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 03-29-07
13608 Brookmeadow Village Grafton FEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 03-29-07
13865 Osborne Hills Salem FEIR (Roll-over of DEIR) Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 03-29-07

 Notices of Project Change     
          

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
10787 Blackstone National Golf Club Sutton Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-22-07
12776 Boston Water and Sewer Commission Materials Handling Facility Boston Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-22-07
13629 Sapphire Park Gardner Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-22-07

Records of Decision

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
Comments Due
12348/13708 Borgatti Property Northborough Secretary has granted a Phase I Waiver 03-22-07 N/A
12348/12916 Assabet River Consortium/ Hillside at 495 Center Northborough Secretary proposes to grant a Phase I Waiver 03-29-07 04-25-07
13897 Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan Taunton Secretary has granted a Phase I Waiver 03-22-07 N/A
13900 Q-169 Transmission Line Refurbishment Project Saugus, Revere and Lynn Secretary has granted a Full EIR Waiver 03-22-07 N/A

Special Review Procedures

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
         

Advisory Opinions

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
12109 Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Lowell, Chelmsford, Westford, Carlisle, Acton, Concord, Sudbury and Framingfham Projects require MEPA review 03-12-07

 

Requests for Advisory Opinion

Project Name Location
Comments Due
MEPA Analyst
       

Public Notices

Agency
 Notice Type Project/Location
City of Boston/EOEA Notice of Meeting Schedule for City/State Groundwater Working Group Boston
CZM Notice of Federal Consistency Review Harvard University and Marshfield/Norwell
DAR Notice of Public Hearing, re: Vegetation Management Plan Tennesse Gas Pipeline Company
DAR Notice of Receipt of Yearly Operational Plan Housatonic Railroad Company
DAR Notice of Receipt of Yearly Operational Plan Massachusetts Central Railroad Company
DAR Notice of Receipt of Yearly Operational Plan Pioneer Valley Railroad Company
DAR Notice of Receipt of Yearly Operational Plan Providence and Worcester Railroad Company
DAR Notice of Receipt of Yearly Operational Plan City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Department
DAR Notice of Receipt of Yearly Operational Plan City of Holyoke Department of Public Works
DEP Notice of Public Comment Period, re: Northeast Regional Mercury Total Maximum Daily Load Statewide
DEP Notice of Application for a Chapter 91 Waterways License Gloucester
DEP Notice of Application for a Chapter 91 Waterways License Gloucester
DEP Notice of Application for a Chapter 91 Waterways License Newburyport
DEP Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate Hopkinton
DEP Notice of a Remedy Implementation Plan Salisbury
Environmental Management Commission Notice of a Proposed Adjustment to the Massachusetts Military Reservation Environmental Performance Standards and Request for Public Comment Massachusetts Military Reservation


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Deval L. Patrick, Governor
Timothy P. Murray, Lt. Governor
Ian A. Bowles, Secretary
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