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July 10, 2006
 Volume 66 Issue 5
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 June 15-30, 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 June 15-30, 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

Dick Foster

The MEPA Office is saddened by the news of the loss of Richard "Dick" Foster who passed away on July 11, 2006 after a long illness. Dick retired from state service on June 29, 2002 after more than 22 years of service to the Commonwealth as a well-respected Acting MEPA Director, Environmental Analyst, State Geologist, and a Selectman for the Town of Westborough. Dick's insight, patience and brevity will be greatly missed by his friends and colleagues throughout the Commonwealth. Dick was a true Red Sox fan, and we will think of him fondly during baseball season. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Susan and his family.

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 June 15-30, 2006

      Environmental Notification Forms


EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
13828

Acton Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan (CWRMP)

Acton 8-15-06 Bob Rafferty (978) 557-8150 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13829 240 & 242 Elliot Street Beverly 7-31-06 Brian Timm (978) 299-0447 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13830 Thomas A. Watson Generating Station Braintree 7-31-06 Corinne Snowdon (978) 897-7100 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13831 Dun Fudgin Boat Ramp, Intertidal Habitat Restoration Gloucester 7-31-06 Nancy Ryder (978) 281-9781 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13832 Carpenter Estates Northbridge 7-31-06 Michael Dryden (508) 266-2066 ext. 109 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13833 Little Namskaket Creek Salt Marsh Restoration Project Orleans 7-31-06 William Hall, Jr., (508) 362-5680 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13834 Churchill Estates Residential Subdivision Pittsfield 7-31-06 Teresa Perry (413) 443-8011 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13835 Avalon Sharon Sharon 7-31-06 David Kelly (781) 843-4333 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13836 Stoneham Crossing Retail and Office Redevelopment Project Stoneham 8-09-06 Doug Vigneau (617)896-4519 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13837 High Rock Village Westwood 7-31-06 Evelyn Friedrich (617) 951-1123 William Gage (617) 626-1025

      Environmental Impact Reports

EOEA No.
Project Name
Location
Document Type
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
13405 Broad Meadow March Restoration Quincy DEIR 08-09-06 Dre Desilets (978) 589-3000 ext. 3579 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13602 Shoppes at Page Pointe Stoughton FEIR 08-09-06 Lauren Gallagher (617) 924-1770 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
13656 Westboro Village Westborough FEIR (rollover of DEIR) 08-09-06 Jeffrey Senterman (508) 366-6552 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13677 Legacy Place Dedham FEIR 08-09-06 Timothy Williams (781) 935-6889 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13708 Borgatti Property Northborough DEIR 08-09-06 Jeffrey Senterman (508) 366-6552 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
13780 Proposed BJ's Wholesale Club Haverhill Single EIR 08-09-06 F. Giles Ham (978)474-8800 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029

     Notices of Project Change    

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies MEPA Analyst
11519 The Pinehills Plymouth 7-31-06

John Judge (508) 209-9000

Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
12423 Roche Brothers Supermarket Easton 7-31-06 Robert Carter (617) 357-8145 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13092 Fruit Street Master Plan - Well Site H-2 Hopkinton 7-31-06 Rosemary Blaquier (978) 371-4071 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13092 Fruit Street Master Plan - Wastewater Treatment Facility Hopkinton 7-31-06 Rosemary Blaquier (978) 371-4071 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13183 Swansea Desalination Plant Swansea 7-31-06 Corinne Snowdon (978) 897-7100 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13366 Spectacle Island Beach Nourishment Project Boston 7-31-06 Samuel Moffett (617) 542-4244 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023

     


Other Projects Under Review

      Environmental Notification Forms

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies MEPA Analyst
13809 Whitcomb Ridge Boxborough/Harvard WITHDRAWN Seth Donohoe (978) 263-3666 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13812 South Coast Offshore Wind Project Buzzards Bay 07-31-06 Robert Cummings (508) 763-8800 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13814 Proposed Dune Stabilization and Beach Nourishment Harwich 07-31-06 Beth Hays (508) 255-6511 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13815 Stewart's Creek Restoration Barnstable 08-09-06 Martha Craig Rheinhardt (508) 743-0390 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13818 Swansea Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan Swansea 07-11-06 Susan Guswa (413) 562-1600 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13820 Thatcher Street Landfill Final Closure Brockton 07-11-06 Michael Quatromoni (781) 319-0100 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13821 South Street Reconstruction Project Dalton 07-11-06 Jessica Lavallee (617) 973-7442 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13822 Scotland Heights I & II Haverhill 07-21-06 Michael Seekamp (603) 642-8300 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13823 The Estates at North Attleborough North Attleborough 07-11-06 Glenn Ofcarcick (508) 699-4120 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13824 Main Street Roadway Improvements Project Reading 07-11-06 Matthew DeSorbo (617) 973-7882 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13825 Country Road Well #2 Westford 07-11-06 David Harwood (978) 692-1913 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13826 Westwood Station Westwood 08-25-06 Carolyn Sweeney (508) 903-2378 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13827 Maplewood Village Wrentham 07-11-06 Katie Lesser (978) 461-6207 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029

      Environmental Impact Reports

EOEA No.
Project Name
Location
Document Type
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
3247 Boston-Logan International Airport Boston ESPR 08-09-06 Jacki Wilkins (617) 568-3558 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
8844 Comprehensive Water Resource Management Plan Wilmington SFEIR 07-21-06 Michael Cunningham (617) 497-7800 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
11788 Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan Tyngsborough Phase II EIR 07-21-06 Thomas Parcee (978) 371-4000 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
13061 Weaver's Cover Energy LNG Project Fall River SFEIR 07-21-06 Katie Lesser (978) 897-7100 Rick Bourré (617) 626-1130
13468 Sconset Beach Nourishment Project Nantucket DEIR 07-21-06 Lester Smith (978) 897-7100 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13554 Foxborough State Hospital Redevelopment Foxborough FEIR 07-21-06

William Buckley, Jr. (508) 543-3939

Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13641 Neptune LNG Deepwater Port Massachusetts Bay DEIR 07-17-06 Roddy Bachman (202) 372-1451 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13681 Douglas Street Business Park Uxbridge Single EIR 07-21-06 Stephen O'Connell (508) 278-3897 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024

      Notices of Project Change

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies MEPA Analyst
11801 Hadley Estates/Julia Lane Extension/Beaver Creek Circle Pepperell 07-11-06 Craig Gugger (978) 692-3107 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
12348 Assabet River Consortium/Kings Brook Crossing Subdivision Shrewsbury 07-11-06 Protec Engineering (508) 393-9868 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
12916 Hillside at 495 Center Northborough 07-21-06 William Noll (617) 924-1770 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030

 


Secretary's Certificates June 15-30, 2006

   Environmental Notification Forms

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
13775 Kohler Place Ayer Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 06-23-06
13777 Storrow Drive Tunnel Reconstruction Project Boston Requires an Environmental Impact Report 06-23-06
13779 Gloucester Commons Gloucester Requires an Environmental Impact Report 06-16-06
13795 Highland Commons Hudson and Berlin Requires an Environmental Impact Report 06-16-06
13802 Childs Bridge Farm II Bridgewater Requires an Environmental Impact Report 06-30-06
13803 Avalon Cohasset Cohasset Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 06-23-06
13804 Urgent Repairs to Byron Weston Mill Dam #1 Dalton Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 06-30-06
13805 Bearse Farm Kingston Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 06-23-06
13806

Gas Station/ Convenience Store

North Andover Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 06-23-06
13807 Sterling Department of Public Works Sterling Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 06-23-06

Environmental Impact Reports  

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Document Type
Action
Date of Action
12144 Forest Ridge Retail Center and Industrial Park Rowley FEIR (rollover of DEIR) Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 06-16-06
13262 Redevelopment of Danvers State Hospital Danvers FEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 06-30-06
13587 Old English Square Holbrook FEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 06-30-06
13602 Shoppes at Page Pointe Stoughton Supplemental DEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 06-16-06
13608 Brookmeadow Village Grafton DEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 06-16-06
13621 Recycle America Enterprises Recycling Facility Fitchburg DEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 06-16-06
13694 MVP Sports Store Woburn FEIR (rollover of DEIR) Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 06-16-06

 Notices of Project Change     
          

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
11928 Upper Neponset Valley Relief Sewer Boston (West Roxbury) Project change is insignificant; does not require an Environmental Impact Report 06-16-06
11928 Upper Neponset Valley Relief Sewer Boston (West Roxbury) Project change is insignificant; does not require an Environmental Impact Report 06-16-06
12022 Residences at 371-401 D Street Boston (South Boston) Project change is insignificant; does not require an Environmental Impact Report 06-23-06
12172/12297 Canton Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan/Office Building at 35 Shawmut Road Canton Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 06-23-06
10620 South Hadley Landfill South Hadley Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 06-30-06
12037 Phase III - Patriot Place Mixed Use Development Foxborough Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 06-30-06
12341 Residences at Flint Pond and Associated Shopping Center Shrewsbury Requires an Environmental Impact Report 06-30-06
12348 Assabet River Consortium/Pinehaven Drive Area Northborough Does not require an Environmental Impact Report/Secretary proposes to grant a Phase I Waiver 06-30-06
12362 Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 06-30-06
13067 Filling of Existing Boat Slip New Bedford Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 06-30-06
13083 New England Recycling, Inc. Taunton Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 06-30-06

Records of Decision

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
11869 Comprehensive Wastewater Master Plan North Attleborough Secretary has granted a Phase I Waiver 06-23-06
12172 Canton Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan/The Village at Cedarcrest Canton Secretary has granted a Phase I Waiver 06-16-06
12172 Canton Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan/Evelyn Estates Canton Secretary has granted a Phase I Waiver 06-16-06
12172/12297 Canton Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan/Office Building at 35 Shawmut Road Canton Secretary proposes to grant a Phase I Waiver 06-23-06
13747 Redevelopment of Former Bradlee's Shopping Center Pittsfield Secretary has granted a Full EIR Waiver 06-16-06
13768 The Fields at Chestnut East Longmeadow Secretary has granted a Phase I Waiver 06-30-06
13779 Gloucester Commons Gloucester Secretary proposes to grant a Phase I Waiver 06-16-06
13804 Urgent Repairs to Byron Weston Mill Dam #1 Dalton Secretary proposes to grant a Full EIR Waiver 06-30-06

 

Public Notices

Agency
Notice Type Project/Location
DEP Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate Holbrook
DEP Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate Weymouth
DEP Notice of Issuance of Draft Operating Permit with Significant Modification Lawrence
DEP Notice Application for Provisional Use Approval of Innovative Technology EnviroChamber Pro Plastic Leaching Chamber System
DEP Notice Application for Provisional Use Approval of Innovative Technology SeptiTech Treatment System
DEP Notice of Application for a Water Management Act Permit Sutton
DEP Notice of Request for Site Exam Rockport
EOEA Notice of Availability of Office of Public Private Partnerships FY2007 Matching Funds Statewide
MBTA Notice of Availability of 2006 Transit Commitments Project Update Statewide

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