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August 23, 2006
 Volume 66 Issue 8
The Environmental Monitor
a publication of the
Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

Mitt Romney, Governor
Robert W. Golledge, Jr., 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  

Projects Submitted August 1-15, 2006

Other Projects Under Review

    Environmental Notification Forms

    Environmental Notification Forms

    Environmental Impact Reports

    Environmental Impact Reports

    Notices of Project Change

    Notices of Project Change

Secretary's Certificates August 1-15, 2006 Public Notices

    Environmental Notification Forms

    Notices of Availability

    Environmental Impact Reports

    Department of Environmental Protection Notices

    Notices of Project Change

    Other Notices

    Records of Decision

    Submitting Public Notices

General Announcements

Westwood Station Expanded ENF (EOEA #13826)

Please note that the comment period for the Westwood Station Expanded Environmental Notification Form has been extended until September 22, 2006, and that the proponent has withdrawn its request for a Single Environmental Impact Report.

DEP Makes Changes to Regional Boundaries

Please note that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has reassigned 21 municipalities from one regional office to another. These changes in the coverage areas for each MassDEP regional office can be found at:

http://mass.gov/dep/regionalboundarychanges.htm

When circulating copies of environmental review documents, please make sure that copies are being sent to the correct MassDEP regional office.

Projects Submitted August 1-15, 2006

      Environmental Notification Forms

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
13861 Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston 09-12-06 Katherine Fuller (978) 897-7100 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13862 The Village at Lincoln Park Dartmouth 09-12-06

Richard Rheaume (508) 947-0050

Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13863 Beaver Pond Commons Milford 09-12-06 Robert Poxon (508) 473-6630 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13864 Wildcat Hill Definitive Subdivision Norwell 09-12-06 Bradley McKenzie (781) 792-3900 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13865 Osborne Hills Salem 09-12-06 Corinne Snowdon (978) 897-7100 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13866 Airport Vegetation Management GEIR Update Statewide 09-12-06 Denise Garcia (617) 973-8881 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13867 Afra Terrace West Boylston 09-12-06 Patrick Healy (508) 869-6151 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13868 Green River Sediment Remediation Project Greenfield 09-12-06 Ishwar Murarka (408) 892-3233 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029

      Environmental Impact Reports

EOEA No.
Project Name
Location
Document Type
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
11202 Massachusetts Highway Department Snow and Ice Control Program Statewide GEIR 09-22-06 Henry Barbaro (617) 973-7419 William Gage (617) 626-1025
12881 Timber Ridge Estates Ludlow SFEIR 09-22-06 Steven Riberdy (413) 525-3822 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13071 Green Street Development Waltham FEIR 09-22-06 Sam Park (617) 742-5589 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13405 Broad Meadow Marsh Restoration Quincy FEIR 09-22-06 Dre Desilets (978) 589-3000 ext. 3579 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13648 Mirimichi Estates Plainville DEIR 09-22-06 Elizabeth Wilson (978) 794-0336 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044

     Notices of Project Change    

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies MEPA Analyst
8850 Sam's Club Expansion Seekonk 09-12-06 Kelly Coates (401) 273-6800 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
11835 Pleasant Street Wellfield Hanson 09-12-06 Jeffrey Diercks (603) 222-8335 William Gage (617) 626-1025
12703 Westport Lakes Westport 09-12-06 Brian Levesque (508) 998-2125 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13650 Northgate Meadows Sterling 09-12-06 Nathaniel Mahonen (978) 534-1234 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044

     


Other Projects Under Review

      Environmental Notification Forms

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies MEPA Analyst
13826 Westwood Station Westwood 09-22-06 Carolyn Sweeney (508) 903-2378 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13840 Cavossa Park Middleborough 08-25-06 Richard Rheaume (508) 947-0050 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13842 The Residences at Martins Brook and Edgewood Office Park North Reading and Wilmington 08-25-06 Felipe Schwarz (617) 924-1770 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13845 Agawam Rotary Interchange Project Agawam 08-28-06 Grace Arthur (617) 973-8251 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
13846 Bridgewater Place Shopping Center Bridgewater 09-07-06 Robert Ingram (781) 982-5460 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13847 Congress Street Hotel Boston (South Boston) 09-15-06 Dave Hewitt (978) 897-7100 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
13848 Site Restoration Chelsea 08-28-06 Joseph Freeman (781) 849-7070 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13849 Walnut Grove Estates Hadley WITHDRAWN Michael Liu (413) 582-7000 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13850 Route 28 at Finlay Road and Pond Road Intersection Improvement Project Orleans 08-28-06 Lori MacDonald (617) 973-7764 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13851 Route 128 Mainline Ramp Interchange Safety Improvements Peabody and Danvers 08-28-06 Matthew DeSorbo (617) 973-7882 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13852 Berkshire School Master Plan Sheffield 09-22-06 Evelyn Friedrich (617) 951-1123 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13853 State Street Reconstruction Springfield 08-28-06 Grace Arthur (617) 973-8251 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
13854 Sutton Plaza Expansion Sutton 09-22-06 Lauren Gallagher (617) 924-1770 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13855 Somerset Avenue Roadway Improvements Project Taunton 08-28-06 Michael Furlong (617) 973-8067 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13856 T.G.I. Friday's Taunton 08-28-06 Jerome Carr (508) 651-7027 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13857 Perkins Development Trust Parcel/Berg Parcel Tewksbury 09-12-06 Daniel Vasconcelos (603) 382-3435 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13858 I-95 Resurfacing and Median Reconstruction Wellesley, Newton and Weston 08-28-06 Lori MacDonald (617) 973-7764 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13859 Westfield-Southwick Recreational Trail Project Westfield and Southwick 09-12-06 Michael Furlong (617) 973-8067 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13860 Proposed Retail Center Wilbraham 09-07-06 Darlene Wynne (617) 924-1770 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023

      Environmental Impact Reports

EOEA No.
Project Name
Location
Document Type
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
12612 Proposed Supermarket Barnstable (Hyannis) NPC/DEIR 09-07-06 Lauren Gallagher (617) 924-1770 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13126 Sterling Marine Terminal and CAD Cells Boston (East Boston) DEIR 09-07-06 Susan St. Pierre (978) 465-1428 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13294 Chelsea Commons (formerly known as Parkway Plaza Redevelopment) Chelsea DEIR 08-25-06 Doug Vigneau (508) 792-4500 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
13594 Hanscom Field Runway 5/23 Safety Area Improvements Bedford DEIR 10-11-06 Thomas Ennis (617) 568-3546 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13621 Recycle America Enterprises Recycling Facility Fitchburg FEIR (rollover of DEIR) 08-31-06 Arthur Bergeron (508) 481-0103 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13651 Westpark Westfield DEIR 09-07-06 William Noll (617) 924-1770 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13706 Prospect Hill (formerly known as Carriage Hill) Merrimac DEIR 09-07-06 Matthew Connors (978) 777-3050 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13731 Proposed Redevelopment Project Wilmington DEIR 09-07-06 Charles Katuska (508) 631-6789 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030

      Notices of Project Change

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies MEPA Analyst
8173 North Attleborough Square, Phase II North Attleborough 08-28-06 Robert Kraus (508) 747-4200 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
11525 Long-Term CSO Control Plan Springfield 10-02-06 Joseph Superneau (413) 787-6256 William Gage (617) 626-1025
12514 Admission to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Waterworks System Reading 09-07-06 Michael Cunningham (617) 498-4773 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030

 


Secretary's Certificates August 1-16, 2006

   Environmental Notification Forms

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
13812 South Coast Offshore Wind Project Buzzards Bay Requires an Environmental Impact Report 08-09-06
13815 Stewarts Creek Restoration Barnstable Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 08-16-06
13829 240 & 242 Elliot Street Beverly Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 08-09-06
13830 Thomas A. Watson Generating Station Braintree Requires an Environmental Impact Report 08-09-06
13831 Dun Fudgin Boat Ramp, Intertidal Habitat Restoration Gloucester Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 08-09-06
13832 Carpenter Estates Northbridge Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 08-09-06
13833 Little Namskaket Creek Salt Marsh Restoration Project Orleans Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 08-09-06
13834 Churchill Estates Residential Subdivision Pittsfield Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 08-09-06
13835 Avalon Sharon Sharon Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 08-09-06
13836 Stoneham Crossing Stoneham Requires an Environmental Impact Report 08-16-06
13837 High Rock Village Westwood Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 08-09-06

Environmental Impact Reports  

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Document Type
Action
Date of Action
3247 Boston-Logan International Airport Boston ESPR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 08-16-06
13405 Broad Meadows Marsh Restoration Project Quincy DEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 08-16-06
13468 Sconset Beach Nourishment Project Nantucket DEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 08-16-06
13602 Shoppes at Page Pointe Stoughton FEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 08-16-06
13656 Westboro Village Westborough FEIR (rollover of DEIR) Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 08-16-06
13677 Legacy Place Dedham FEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 08-16-06
13708 Borgatti Property Northborough DEIR Does not adequately and properly comply with MEPA 08-16-06
13780 Proposed BJ's Wholesale Club Haverhill Single EIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 08-16-06

 Notices of Project Change     
          

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
11519 The Pinehills Plymouth Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 08-09-06
12423 Roche Brothers Supermarket Easton Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 08-09-06
13092 Fruit Street Master Plan - Well Site H-2 Hopkinton Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 08-09-06
13092 Fruit Street Master Plan - Wastewater Treatment Facility Hopkinton Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 08-09-06
13183 Swansea Desalination Plant Swansea Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 08-09-06
13366 Spectacle Island Beach Nourishment Project Boston Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 08-09-06

Records of Decision

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
12348 Assabet River Consortium/Pinehaven Drive Sewer Expansion Project Westborough Secretary has granted a Phase I Waiver 08-09-06
13468 Sconset Beach Nourishment Project Nantucket Secretary proposes to grant a Phase I Waiver 08-16-06
13723 Farm Gate Dracut Secretary has granted a Phase I Waiver 08-09-06
13755 Beacon at 495 Center Marlborough Secretary has granted a Phase I Waiver 08-16-06

 

Public Notices

Agency
Notice Type Project/Location
CZM Notice of Comment Period for Draft Recommendations on Coastal Hazards Statewide
CZM Notice of Coastal Pollutant Remediation Program Grants Statewide
DEP Notice of Application for 401 Water Quality Certification Rowley
DEP Notice of Application for 401 Water Quality Certification West Boylston
DEP Notice of Application for Chapter 91 License Chelsea
DEP Notice of Application for Chapter 91 License Hull
DEP Notice of Application for Chapter 91 License Hull
DEP Notice of Application for Water Management Act Permit Bourne Water District
DEP Notice of a Phase IV Remedy Implementation Plan Wayland
DEP Notice of Public Meeting, re: Massachusetts Estuaries Project Pleasant Bay, Cape Cod
DEP Notice of Solid Waste Facility Review South Hadley
WRC Notice of Determination of Insignificance under the Interbasin Transfer Act Woodlands at Laurel Hill, Westford/Acton



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Mitt Romney, Governor
Kerry Healey, Lt. Governor
Robert W. Golledge, Jr., Secretary
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