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

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July 25, 2007
 Volume 68 Issue 6
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 July 3 - 18, 2007

Projects Submitted July 3 - 16, 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

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.

Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Policy Available for Comment

The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) announces a new policy on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions which requires that certain projects undergoing MEPA review quantify their greenhouse gas emissions and identify measures to avoid, minimize or mitigate these emissions. The Draft Policy is now available for public review and comment. The Policy will be published in draft form in the July 11, 2007 Environmental Monitor. Public comments shall be received until Friday, August 10, 2007. Comments may be submitted by mail to: MEPA Office, 100 Cambridge Street, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02114, via fax to 617-626-1181 or via email to briony.angus@state.ma.us. Please reference the EEA Greenhouse Gas Policy in the header of your comments. EEA will issue a final version of the Policy after the close of comments on the Draft. Once the final version is published, EEA will begin including GHG quantification in the scoping certificates for all Projects that are subject to the Policy whose ENFs are filed after the effective date of the publication of the final Policy.

Draft Desalination Policy and Desalination Siting and Monitoring Protocols Available for Comment

The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) announces a new policy on Desalination. The Draft Policy and the Draft Protocols are new documents and were developed in response to the recent development of desalination as a potential source of drinking water. The documents provide direction on when desalinized water may be appropriate in the Commonwealth. They also provide predictability of process and of potential requirements during the permitting process.

EEA staff will be accepting public comments postmarked by August 10, 2007. Please mail or e-mail all comments or address any questions to: Kathleen Baskin Director of Water Policy Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900 Boston, MA 02114 Email: Kathleen.Baskin@state.ma.us Fax: (617) 626-1181

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 July 3 - 16, 2007

Environmental Notification Forms

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
14060 Black Cow Restaurant Beverly 08-14-07 William Bergeron (781) 246-2800 William Gage (617) 626-1025
14061 Ministers Point Revetment Chatham 08-14-07 Robert Perry (508) 385-1445 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
14062 Proposed Route 79 Relocation Lakeville 08-14-07 Kenneth Motta (508) 758-2749 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
14063 Retail Plaza Redevelopment/Renovation Lowell 08-14-07 Shanker Sahai (781) 279-0180 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
14064 Test Cells No. 2 and 5 Modification Lynn 08-14-07 Amy Wong (781) 594-2382 William Gage (617) 626-1025
14065 Newburyport Harborwalk Boardwalk Connection Newburyport 08-14-07 David Smith (978) 465-1428 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
14066 Proposed Commercial Building North Andover 08-14-07 Dermot Kelly (978) 664-2205 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
14067 Kline Residence Truro 08-14-07 Brian Butler (978) 929-9058 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
14068 Honey Dew Donuts West Boylston 08-14-07 Paul McManus (508) 752-9666 x23 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029

      Environmental Impact Reports

EEA No.
Project Name
Location
Document Type
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
12229 Alden Woods Holden FEIR (Roll-over of DEIR) 08-24-07 Christopher Lucas (781) 792-5473 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13648 Mirimichi Estates Plainville FEIR 08-24-07 Matthew Long (508) 695-0642 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
13854 Sutton Plaza Expansion Sutton DEIR 08-24-07 Lauren Gallagher (617) 924-1770 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13943 Lowell Connector Park Redevelopment Lowell Single EIR 08-24-07 Doug Vigneau (617) 924-1770 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029

     Notices of Project Change    

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies MEPA Analyst
13946 Proposed Maintenance Dredging of Town Wharves and Creek Westport 08-14-07 Caesar Duarte (508) 748-0937 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035

    


Other Projects Under Review

      Environmental Notification Forms

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies MEPA Analyst
14050 Herring Brook Meadow Residential Community Scituate 08-14-07 Roderick Gaskell (781) 319-0100 William Gage (617) 626-1025
14052 Hyannis Terminal Slip Reconstruction Barnstable (Hyannis) 08-14-07 William Cloutier (508) 548-5011 x 276 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
14053 Sandy Neck Beach Facility Barnstable WITHDRAWN Mark Nelson (508) 833-6600 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
14054 IPA Blackstone Expansion Project Blackstone 07-31-07 Stephen Herzog (978) 692-9090 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
14055 Fairhaven Shipyard Fairhaven 07-31-07 Susan Nilson (508) 748-0937 William Gage (617) 626-1025
14056 Construction of Concrete Median Barrier, Paving and Roadway Widening Hopkinton and Westborough 07-31-07 Linda Smith (781) 431-5171 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
14057 Hillside Plastics Expansion Montague (Turners Falls) 07-31-07 Land Solutions (413) 665-4777 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
14058 Dever Wells Sale, Lease or Transfer of Rights Taunton 07-31-07 Jessica Beebe (401) 751-5360 William Gage (617) 626-1025
14059 Lake Quannapowittt Sediment Remediation Wakefield 07-31-07 Edward Zimmerman (978) 794-0336 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023

      Environmental Impact Reports

EEA No.
Project Name
Location
Document Type
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
01982 Payne's Crossing Freetown Supplemental FEIR WITHDRAWN Lawrence Silva (508) 697-3100 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13635 Russell Biomass Power Plant Russell NPC/DEIR 08-24-07 Tracy Adamski (413) 562-1600 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13830 Thomas A. Watson Generating Station Braintree FEIR 08-10-07 Corinne Snowdon (978) 897-7100 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13905 Berkshire Gateway at Lee Lee FEIR 08-10-07 Robert Fournier (413) 443-3537 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13919 Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan Westminster FEIR 08-10-07 Michael Cunningham (617) 498-4773 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13929 Proposed Retail Development Greenfield Single EIR 08-10-07 Lauren Gallagher (617) 924-1770 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029

      Notices of Project Change

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies MEPA Analyst
05834 Massachusetts National Guard Properties at the Massachusetts Military Reservation Bourne, Sandwich, Mashpee and Falmouth 07-31-07 Samuel Moffett (617) 542-4244 x3817 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
08173 North Attleborough Marketplace/Square North Attleborough 08-14-07 Robert Kraus (508) 747-4200 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
09116 Devens Wastewater Treatment Facility Ayer, Harvard, Lancaster and Shirley 07-31-07 Rosemary Blacquier (978) 371-4071 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
10955 Southbridge Environmental Industrial Park Southbridge 07-31-07 Thomas Yeransian (508) 339-3074 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
13862 The Village at Lincoln Park Dartmouth 08-10-07 Bradley McKenzie (781) 792-3900 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13921R Gates Road Princeton 08-14-07 Julian Votruba (508) 886-7888 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030

 


Secretary's Certificates July 3 - 18, 2007

   Environmental Notification Forms

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
13169R Brush Hill Estates Walpole Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 07-11-07
14038 Rand-Whitney Packaging Corporation Boylston Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 07-18-07
14039 Proposed Parking Structure Framingham and Southborough Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 07-11-07
14040 East Street/Chapin Street Intersection Improvements Ludlow Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 07-11-07
14041 720-770 Broadway Saugus Requires an Environmental Impact Report 07-18-07
14042 Woodbridge Crossing Stoughton Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 07-11-07
14043 National Standard Site Remediation Worcester Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 07-11-07
14044 Westminster Estates Westminster Requires an Environmental Impact Report 07-11-07

Environmental Impact Reports  

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Document Type
Action
Date of Action
11085R Naval Air Station Development Project Abigton, Rockland and Weymouth FEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 07-18-07
12229 Alden Woods Holden DEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA; to be rolled over for review as a FEIR 07-18-07
12348 Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan Hudson, Marlborough, Maynard, Northborough, Shrewsbury and Westborough DEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 07-18-07
13706 Prospect Ridge (formerly Carriage Hill) Merrimac SDEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 07-18-07
13789 Provincetown Municipal Airport Capital Improvements Plan Provincetown NPC/DEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 07-18-07
13889 Stony Brook Energy Center - Phase II Ludlow DEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 07-18-07

 Notices of Project Change     
          

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
07423 Residences at Lakeville Station Lakeville Project change is insignificant; does not require an Environmental Impact Report 07-11-07
12868 Colony Place (formerly Plymouth Gateway) Plymouth Requires an Environmental Impact Report 07-11-07
12918 The Reserve at Spring Hill Rehoboth Requires an Environmental Impact Report 07-11-07
13763 Kettle Brook Lofts Worcester Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 07-11-07

Records of Decision

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
Comments Due
14025 Plainville Commerce Park Plainville Secretary has granted a Full EIR Waiver 07-11-07 N/A
14038 Rand-Whitney Packaging Corporation Boylston Secretary proposes to grant a Full EIR Waiver 07-18-07 08-08-07

Special Review Procedures

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
12565 Circumferential Transit Improvements in the Urban Ring Corridor - Phase 2 Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Medford and Somerville Secretary has modified a Special Review Procedure 07-11-07

Advisory Opinions

EEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
N/A Concord-Carlisle High School Athletic Fields Concord Project is not subject to MEPA 07-03-07

 


Requests for Advisory Opinion

Project Name Location
Comments Due
MEPA Analyst
       


Public Notices

Agency
Notice Type Project/Location
CZM Notice of Federal Consistency Review Danvers
DAR Notice of Receipt of a Yearly Operational Plan TransCanada Hydro Northeast, Inc.
DEP Notice of Application for a Chapter 91 Waterways License Danvers
DEP Notice of Issuance of Draft Operating Permit Renewal Bellingham
DEP Notice of Issuance of Draft Operating Permit Dartmouth
DEP Notice of Request for Site Exam Haverhill
DEP Notice of Request for Site Exam Newburyport
EEA Notice of Availability of Draft Desalination Policy and Desalination Siting and Monitoring Protocols for Public Review and Comment Statewide
EEA Notice of Availability of Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Policy for Public Review and Comment Statewide



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Executive Office of Energy and 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
FAX (617) 626-1181