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April 23, 2008
 Volume 69 Issue 12
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 April 1-15, 2008

Projects Submitted April 1-15, 2008

    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

2008 Environmental Monitor Publication Schedule Released

The 2008 Schedule for the publication of the Environmental Monitor, comment period deadlines, and decision dates is now available.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Policy and Protocol

EEA has released the final version of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Policy & Protocol, which can be viewed here. The Policy will apply to ENFs and EENFs submitted after the October 31, 2007 submission deadline if the Project is subject to the Policy.

EEA has also issued a Response to Comments document for public comments that were received on the Draft GHG Policy and Protocol. This document can be viewed here: Draft GHG Policy and Protocol Response to Comments.

Archived MEPA Files

Please note that, with some exceptions, the files for all projects that have undergone MEPA review with an EEA# less than 10140 are now housed in the State Archives Building. If you wish to view any of these files, a request must be made in writing or via e-mail to Josie Wixon, Administrative Assistant, of the MEPA Office. Josie's e-mail address is josephine.wixon@state.ma.us. Because deliveries are made only periodically, please allow up to one month in order to retrieve any requested files.

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 April 1-15, 2008

Environmental Notification Forms

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
14226 Fall River State Pier South Basin Improvements Fall River 5-13-08 Karl Hammond (508) 543-1755 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
14227 Lagoon and Brook Sediment Removal Framingham 5-13-08 Fred Taylor (860) 747-1800 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
14228 Ron Bouchard's Auto Center Development Lancaster 5-13-08 Anthony Cleaves (978) 537-5296 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
14229 Essex Woods Estates Middleton 5-13-08 Richard Williams (781) 246-2800 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
14230 Nobadeer Farm Road Recreation Area Nantucket 5-13-08 Kelly Durfee Cardoza (508) 880-2905 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
14231 Massachusetts Correctional Institution Wastewater Expansion Plymouth 5-13-08 Joseph Longo (508) 833-6600 William Gage (617) 626-1025
14232 Fisherman's Wharf Provincetown 5-13-08 Beth Hays (508) 495-6240 William Gage (617) 626-1025
14233 BJ's Wholesale Club Quincy 5-23-08 Scott Thornton (978) 474-8800 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
14234 Salem Port Expansion Salem 5-13-08 Susan St. Pierre (978) 465-1428 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
14235 Brayton Point Station Cooling Tower Project Somerset 5-13-08 Meredith Simas (508) 646-5338 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
14236 Electrical Utility Expansion South Hadley 5-23-08 Frank Postma (401) 738-3887 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
14237 Onset Boardwalk Wareham 5-13-08 Jeffrey Oakes (508) 748-0937 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044

      Environmental Impact Reports

EEA No.
Project Name
Location
Document Type
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
12958 Boston Harbor Deep Draft Navigation Improvement Project Boston DEIR 6-2-08 Jacki Wilkins (617) 568-3558 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
14096 Meadow Walk at Lynnfield Lynnfield FEIR 5-23-08 Felipe Schwarz (617) 924-1770 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044

     Notices of Project Change    

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies MEPA Analyst
12565 Circumferential Transit Improvements in the Urban Ring Corridor Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Medford and Somerville 5-13-08 click on link to the left Rick Bourré (617) 626-1130
13317 Bass Creek Drainage Improvement Project Marshfield 5-13-08 Christine Player (781) 749-2530 x202 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
14177 J&K Corner Holden 5-13-08 Julian Votruba (508) 829-7222 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024

    


Other Projects Under Review

      Environmental Notification Forms

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies MEPA Analyst
14186R K163 Groveland to West Amesbury 115kV Line Amesbury, Groveland, Merrimac and West Newbury 5-9-08 Matthew Devlin (508) 422-9495 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
14194 Bulfinch Triangle Project Boston 4-28-08 Corinne Snowdon (978) 897-7100 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
14196 Stage Harbor Channel Maintenance Dredging - Hardings Beach/Cockle Cove Chatham 4-29-08 Alyssa Richard (508) 533-6666 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
14206 Westfield-Barnes Airport 20-Year Master Plan Westfield 5-13-08 Armand Dufresne (603) 471-1887 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
14209 North Beverly Drainage Improvements Projects Beverly 4-29-08 Magdalena Lofstedt (617) 452-6000 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
14210 I-495/I-290/Route 85 Interchange Improvement Project Hudson and Marlborough 4-29-08 Catherine Rilla (617) 973-7882 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
14212 Reconstruction of Springfield Street and Bridge Street Intersection Palmer 4-29-08 Michael Furlong (617) 973-8067 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
14215 Mill-Keveney Bridge Rehabilitation Project Barnstable and Yarmouth 4-29-08 Gene Crouch (617) 924-1770 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
14216 Proposed Retail Development Charlton 4-29-08 Eric Bernardin (413) 450-0445 x4430 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
14217 Aprilla Farm Well Hopkinton 4-29-08 Paul Sirois (508) 366-5760 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
14218 Building Additions and Bottom-Anchored Float Hull 4-29-08 Joseph Freeman (781) 849-7070 x250 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
14219 Mathworks Campus Phase IIc Natick 4-29-08 Douglas Vigneau (617) 924-1770 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
14220 Eel River Headwaters Restoration Project Plymouth 5-9-08 Neal Price (508) 833-6600 William Gage (617) 626-1025
14221 Crop Circle Cranberry Plympton 5-27-08 Michael Russell (508) 967-0673 William Gage (617) 626-1025
14222 Lowe's of Quincy Quincy 5-9-08 Edward Hutchinson (508) 903-2078 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
14223

Bartolini Business Park

Southborough 4-29-08 Peter Bemis (508) 480-0225 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
14224 Woodland Meadows Southborough 5-13-08 Meaghan Mayo (508) 393-9727 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
14225 16 Woodland Street Building Addition West Boylston 4-29-08 Mark Blanchard (508) 847-2897 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044

      Environmental Impact Reports

EEA No.
Project Name
Location
Document Type
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
13249 Cold Spring Brook Place Sutton NPC/Supplemental DEIR 4-25-08 Briscoe Lang (401) 334-4100 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13755 Beacon at 495 Center Marlborough DEIR 5-9-08 Douglas Vigneau (617) 924-1770 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13914 The Shoppes at Bellingham Bellingham DEIR 4-25-08 David Albrecht (508) 903-2350 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
14028 Jefferson at Westford Westford DEIR 5-9-08 Corinne Snowdon (978) 897-7100 William Gage (617) 626-1025
14041 720-770 Broadway Saugus Supplemental DEIR 5-9-08 James Winn (603) 891-2213 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
14081 Sharon Commons Lifestyle Center Sharon FEIR (Rollover of DEIR) 4-25-08 Kenneth Caputo (781) 982-5412 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
14089 Palmer Motorsports Park Palmer DEIR 4-25-08 Thomas Speight (413) 731-9898 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
14125 Chicopee Crossing Chicopee Supplemental DEIR 5-9-08 Bridget Mitchell (413) 582-7000 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
14149 Dutra Residence Truro DEIR 4-25-08 David Lajoie (508) 255-8141 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044

      Notices of Project Change

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies MEPA Analyst
11511 Everett Avenue Urban Revitalization and Development Project Chelsea 4-29-08 Mary McCrann (508) 366-0560 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
12160 Town of Lunenburg Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan Lunenburg 4-29-08 Abigail Charest (978) 470-0666 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
11119 The Country Club at Indian Pond Estates Kingston WITHDRAWN Mark Flaherty (508) 747-2425 William Gage (617) 626-1025

 


Secretary's Certificates April 1-15, 2008

   Environmental Notification Forms

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
14188 Charlesview Redevelopment Boston (Allston) Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 4-11-08
14195 Boston National Historic Park Ferry Landing at Pier 1 Boston (Charlestown) Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 4-11-08
14199 1429 Main Street Holden Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 4-11-08
14201 Tremont Yard Lowell Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 4-11-08
14203 Medway Industrial Park Sewer Extension Medway Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 4-11-08
14204 Glen Ellen Country Club Senior Residential Community Millis and Holliston Requires an Environmental Impact Report 4-11-08
14207 Flagg Recreational Vehicle Center West Boylston Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 4-11-08

Environmental Impact Reports  

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Document Type
Action
Date of Action
13149 Route 1 Transportation Improvement Project Malden, Revere and Saugus DEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 4-11-08
14096 Meadow Walk at Lynnfield Lynnfield DEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 4-11-08

 Notices of Project Change     
          

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
10573 Ponkapoag Pond Dam Rehabilitation Canton Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 4-11-08
11085 Naval Air Station Redevelopment Project Abington, Rockland and Weymouth Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 4-11-08
13840 Cavossa Park Middleborough Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 4-11-08
14002 True North Commerce Center Salisbury Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 4-11-08

Records of Decision

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
Comments Due
10573 Ponkapoag Pond Dam Rehabilitation Canton Secretary proposes to grant a Phase 1 Waiver 4-11-08 5-7-08
14181 Boulderwood Subdivision Peabody and Lynn Secretary has granted a Full EIR Waiver 4-11-08 N/A
14182 Plymouth Inner Harbor Dredging Plymouth Secretary has granted a Full EIR Waiver 4-11-08 N/A
14202 Fitchburg Expansion Project Lunenburg Secretary proposes to grant a Phase 1 Waiver 4-18-08 5-7-08

Special Review Procedures

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
         

Public Benefits Determination

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
         

Advisory Opinions

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
         


Requests for Advisory Opinion

Project Name Location
Comments Due
MEPA Analyst
       


Public Notices

Agency
Notice Type Project/Location
CZM Notice of Federal Consistency Review Various Locations
DAR

Notice of Receipt of a Yearly Operational Plan

City of Holyoke
DAR

Notice of Receipt of a Yearly Operational Plan

DCR Division of Urban Parkways
DAR Notice of Receipt of a Yearly Operational Plan Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
DCR Notice of Acceptance of Nomination for the Three Mile River Watershed as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) Dighton, Norton and Taunton
DEP Notice of Application for Water Management Act Permit Buzzards Bay Watershed
DEP Notice of Application for Water Management Act Permit Concord River Basin
DEP Notice of Availability of Proposed Massachusetts Year 2008 Integrated List of Waters Statewide
EOT Notice of Semi-Annual Progress Report Circumferential Transportation Improvements in the Urban Ring Corrdor (EEA #12565)
MassPort and MHC

Notice of Public Comment Period for

Proposed Memorandum of Agreement

18 Neptune Road - East Boston



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Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Deval L. Patrick, Governor
Timothy P. Murray, Lt. Governor
Ian A. Bowles, Secretary
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900, Boston MA 02114
(617) 626-1020
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