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March 21, 2007
 Volume 67 Issue 10
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 1 - 15, 2007

Projects Submitted March 1 - 15, 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

Cape Wind Energy Project - Final EIR

Please note that the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the Cape Wind Energy Project (EOEA #12653) is now available for review in both compact disc and hard copy format. A copy of the cover letter for the document is available by clicking on the link above. Additionally, the entire document has been posted on-line at www.CapeWind.org/FEIR.

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 1 - 15, 2007

Environmental Notification Forms

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
13990 10-12 Congress Street Beverly 04-10-07 Mary Rimmer (978) 463-9226 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13991 Paradise Pond Dredging Northampton
04-10-07
 Nathaniel Arai (413) 525-3822 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13992 Orleans Wind Energy Project Orleans 04-10-07 Paul Cleri (508) 935-1600 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13993 Ballard Street Marsh Gateway Improvement Project Saugus
04-10-07
 James Comeau (617) 626-1403 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13994 Fay School Southborough 04-10-07 David LaPointe (508) 366-0560 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13995 County Road Water Main Extension Project Wareham
04-10-07
 Amy Coppers-Costantino (617) 498-4747 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13996 West Newbury Active Adult Community West Newbury 04-10-07 Danielle Spicer (781) 237-4111 x21 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030

      Environmental Impact Reports

EOEA No.
Project Name
Location
Document Type
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
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 04-20-07 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
9096 Fall River Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Program Fall River
04-10-07
 Magdalena Lofstedt (617) 452-6597 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13049 Shining Sea Bikeway - Phase III Falmouth
04-10-07
 Gene Crouch (617) 924-1770 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044

    

Other Projects Under Review

      Environmental Notification Forms

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Comments Due
 For Copies MEPA Analyst
13975 Cotuit Woods Rochester 03-22-07 Richard Tabaczynski (508) 888-9282 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13976 56 Leonard Road Sandwich 03-27-07 Paul Wightman (508) 896-7852 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13983 Wheelock College Institutional Master Plan Boston (Fenway) WITHDRAWN Felipe Schwarz (617) 924-1770 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
13984 Sesuit Creek - Bridge Street Habitat Restoration Project Dennis 03-27-07 Craig Wood (781) 444-3330 x7475 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13985 Crescent Street and East Street Water Treatment Facilities East Bridgewater 03-27-07 Nicole Sanford (413) 584-4776 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13987 F.W. Webb Warehouse/Distribution Facility Methuen 03-27-07 James Spaulding (603) 228-1122 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13988 Nantucket Stormwater Improvements - Phase I Nantucket 03-27-07 Mary Ellen Radovanic (978) 371-4000 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13989 Assembly Square Mixed-Use Redevelopment Somerville 04-06-07 Felipe Schwarz (617) 924-1770 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044

      Environmental Impact Reports

EOEA No.
Project Name
Location
Document Type
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
01982 Payne's Crossing (formerly Fly Ash Landfill Redevelopment) Freetown Supplemental EIR 04-06-07 Lawrence Silva (508) 697-3100 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
05484/08696 L.G. Hanscom Field Bedford Final ESPR (Roll-over of Draft ESPR) 03-26-07 Thomas Ennis (617) 568-3546 William Gage (617) 626-1025
12396 EMC Southborough/ Westborough Campus Southborough and Westborough Supplemental FEIR 03-22-07 Kathleen Hervol (508) 366-0560 William Gage (617) 626-1025
12643 Cape Wind Energy Project Nantucket Sound FEIR 03-22-07 Terry Orr (781) 489-1148 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
12916 Hillside at 495 Center Northborough DEIR 03-22-07 William Noll (617) 924-1770 x1222 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13046 Aberjona River Flood Mitigation Program Winchester Supplemental DEIR 04-06-07 Michael Toohill (978) 589-3000 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
13249 Cold Spring Brook Place Sutton DEIR 04-06-07 David derrig (978) 371-4000 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13367 Waterside Place Boston (South Boston) NPC/Single EIR 04-06-07 Katherine Fuller (978) 897-7100 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13478 Hampshire Mall Expansion Hadley DEIR 04-06-07 Stephen Savaria (413) 452-0445 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13493 Ames Run Cluster Subdivision/The Lodge at Ames Pond Tewksbury Single EIR 03-22-07 Joseph Freeman (781) 884-2550 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13580 Wareham Road Mixed Use Development Wareham DEIR 04-13-07 Felipe Schwarz (617) 924-1770 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13608 Brookmeadow Village Grafton FEIR 03-22-07 David Derrig (978) 371-4000 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13826 Westwood Station Westwood DEIR 03-29-07 Carolyn Sweeney (508) William Gage (617) 626-1025
13965 Osborne Hills Salem FEIR (Roll-over of DEIR) 03-26-07 Corinne Snowden (978) 897-7100 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029

      Notices of Project Change

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Comments Due
 For Copies MEPA Analyst
10316 New Bedford Regional Airport Improvements Project New Bedford 03-27-07 Lisa Standley (617) 924-1770 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
11519 The Pinehills Plymouth 03-27-07 Deborah Sedares (508) 209-9000 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
11715 Tufts Regional Biosafety Laboratory Project/Grafton Science Park Grafton 03-27-07 David Hewett (978) 897-7100 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
12869 Meadowbrook Estates Amesbury 03-27-07 Fred Ford (978) 388-2157 William Gage (617) 626-1025

 

Secretary's Certificates March 1 - 15, 2007

   Environmental Notification Forms

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
13728R One North Shore Road Revere Requires an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13921R Gates Road Residential Subdivision Princeton Requires an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13939 The Village at Patriot Common Townsend Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13945 Upper Shawme Lake Dam Rehabilitation Project Sandwich Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13952 Prospect Point Waltham Requires an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13954 Mishawum Station Woburn Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-01-07
13955 Arboretum Residential Subdivision Worcester Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13957 Lakeview Estates Bellingham Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13958 Sawyer Hill Cohousing Berlin Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13959 Aquatic Habitat Restoration of Nashawannuck Pond Easthampton Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13960 Northgate Retail Plaza Haverhill Requires an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13961 Stagecoach Village Lakeville Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13962 Lawrence Hydroelectric Project Lawrence Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13963 Laurel Ridge Estates Leicester Requires an Environmental Impact Report 03-15-07
13964 Westover Distribution Center Site Remediation Ludlow Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13965 Blossom Street Waterfront Facility Lynn Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13966 Sylvan Springs Estates Mendon and Upton Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13967 Edgewood Apartments and Retail Shops Plainville Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13968 Maplewood Estates Rockland Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07
13969 Perry Residence Truro Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-08-07

Environmental Impact Reports  

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Document Type
Action
Date of Action
12341 Residences at Flint Pond and Associated Shopping Center Shrewsbury Single EIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 03-15-07
13399 The Reserve and Crossing at Olde Sibley Farm Spencer DEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 03-15-07
13594 L.G. Hanscom Field Runway 5/23 Safety Area Improvement Project Bedford FEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 03-15-07
13708 Borgatti Property Northborough FEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 03-01-07
13730 Turnpike Crossing Westborough DEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 03-15-07
13776 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston DEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 03-15-07
13802 Childs Bridge Farm II Bridgewater Single EIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 03-01-07

 Notices of Project Change     
          

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
13033 New Bourne Elementary School and Early Childhood Education Center Bourne Project change is insignificant; does not require an Environmental Impact Report 03-01-07

Records of Decision

EOEA No.
 Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
Comments Due
12348 Assabet River Consortium/ Marble Farm Condominiums Maynard Secretary has granted a Phase I Waiver 03-08-07 N/A
12348/13708 Borgatti Property Northborough Secretary proposes to grant a Phase I Waiver 03-01-07 03-21-07
13709 Christina Estates North Attleborough Secretary has granted a Phase I Waiver 03-01-07 N/A
13945 Upper Shawme Lake Dam Rehabilitation Project Sandwich Secretary proposes to grant a Full EIR Waiver 03-08-07 04-04-07

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
DAR Notice of Receipt of Yearly Operational Plan Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Division of Urban Parkways
DAR Notice of Receipt of Yearly Operational Plan Boston and Maine Corporation
DAR Notice of Receipt of Yearly Operational Plan Town of Scituate Department of Public Works
DAR Notice of Receipt of Yearly Operational Plan Town of Franklin Department of Public Works
DAR Notice of Receipt of Yearly Operational Plan Town of Wellesley
DAR Notice of Receipt of Yearly Operational Plan CSX Transportation, Inc.
DAR Notice of Receipt of Yearly Operational Plan New England Central Railroad Company
DAR Notice of Public Hearing, re: Vegetation Management Plan Town of Franklin
DCR Notice of Public Meeting and Review, re: Draft Resource Management Plan for Watatic Mountain Reservation Ashby and Ashburnham
DEP Notice of Application for a Chapter 91 Waterways License Danvers
DEP Notice of Application for a Chapter 91 Waterways License Westport
DEP Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate Holden
DEP Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate Mashpee
DEP Notice of Initial Site Investigfation and Waste Site Cleanup Permit Application Andover
DEP Notice of Public Meeting, re: Massachusetts Estuaries Project Falmouth
DFW

Notice of Public Meeting

 Fisheries and Wildlife Board
EOEA Notice of Great Marsh Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) Name Change Essex, Gloucester, Ipswich, Newbury and Rowley
EOT Notice of Public Comment Period for Draft Report Proposed Amendments to the Central Artery State Implementation Plan Transit Commitments
WRC Notice of Public Hearing, re: Interbasin Transfer Application Reading
WRC Notice of Public Hearing, re: Interbasin Transfer Application Sharon
WRC Notice of Public Hearing, re: Interbasin Transfer Application Wilmington


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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
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