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

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January 23, 2007
 Volume 67 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 January 2 - 16, 2007

Projects Submitted January 2 - 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

New Secretary of Environmental and Energy

Please note that all MEPA correspondence should now be addressed to Ian A. Bowles, Secretary of Environment and Energy.

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 January 2 - 16, 2007

Environmental Notification Forms

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
13947 Chebacco Woods Land Exchange Hamilton and Manchester-by-the-Sea 02-12-07 Lisa Press (978) 526-4397 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13948 509 Nantasket Avenue Hull 02-12-07 Giralamo Taverna (781) 424-1068 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13949 Rexhame Area Stream Restoration and Culvert Improvement Project Marshfield 02-12-07 Jeffrey Oakes (508) 748-0937 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13950 Hamblin Pond Access Rehabilitation Mashpee 02-12-07 Catherine Laurent (508) 539-1420 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13951 Salisbury New Source Well 8 Salisbury 02-12-07 Ray Talkington (603) 773-0075 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13952 Prospect Point Waltham 02-12-07 Corinne Snowden (978( 897-7100 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13953 Federal Channel Maintenance and Improvement Dredging and Beach Nourishment Westport 02-12-07 Carlos Pena (508) 748-0937 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13954 Mishawum Station Woburn 02-22-07 Mitchell Fischman (781) 949-7070 x253 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13955 Arboretum Residential Subdivision Worcester 02-26-07 Steven Gallo (508) 829-0676 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13956 Bulkhead Reconstruction, Revetment Repair, Float Realignment, and Site Improvements at 21 Cape Isle Drive Yarmouth 02-12-07 Norman Hayes (508) 778-8919 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023

      Environmental Impact Reports

EOEA No.
Project Name
Location
Document Type
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
13082 Childs Bridge Farm II Bridgewater Single EIR 02-22-07 Kathryn Barnicle (508) 888-3900 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
13708 Borgatti Property Northborough FEIR 02-22-07 Jeffrey Senterman (508) 366-6552 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
13826 Westwood Station Westwood DEIR 02-22-07 Carolyn Sweeney (508) William Gage (617) 626-1025

     Notices of Project Change    

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

    


Other Projects Under Review

      Environmental Notification Forms

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies MEPA Analyst
13900 Q-169 Transmission Line Refurbishment Project Saugus, Revere and Lynn 02-12-06 Paul Knapik William Gage (617) 626-1025
13926 Skinner, Inc. Bolton 01-29-07 Elizabeth Whitaker (978) 779-6091 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13929 Proposed Retail Development Greenfield 02-08-07 Lauren Gallagher (617) 924-1770 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13933 Towle Riverwalk Condominiums Newburyport 02-12-07 David Ouellette (978) 465-8594 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
13935 I-91 at Route 9 Interchange Improvement Project Northampton 01-29-07 Grace Arthur (617) 973-8251 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
13939 The Village at Patriot Common Townsend 02-12-07 Charles Strickland (978) 692-1313 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13941 Former FMC Facility Ayer 01-29-07 David Rivard-Lentz (860) 645-1084 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13942 536 Main Street Groton 01-29-07 Jude Gauvin (978) 772-1590 Aisling Eglington (617) 626-1024
13943 Lowell Connector Park Redevelopment Lowell 02-08-07 William Noll (617) 924-1770 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13944 J. Michael Ruane Judicial Center/Salem Trial Courts Salem 02-12-07 Doug Kelleher (978) 897-7100 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
13945 Upper Shawme Lake Dam Rehabilitation Project Sandwich 02-26-07 Kurt Staller (717) 691-5512 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13946 Proposed Bank Restoration Westport 01-29-07 Carlos Pena (508) 748-0937 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035

      Environmental Impact Reports

EOEA No.
Project Name
Location
Document Type
Comments Due
For Copies
MEPA Analyst
05484/08696 L.G. Hanscom Field Bedford Draft ESPR 02-08-07 Thomas Ennis (617) 568-3546 William Gage (617) 626-1025
03247 Boston-Logan International Airport Boston (East Boston) Environmental Data Report (EDR) 02-05-07 Jacki Wilkins (617) 568-3558 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
10275/13872 Central Cohasset Wastewater System Phase IV Collection System and Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Cohasset Single EIR 02-08-07 Daniel Coughlin (781) 832-1002 Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
12612R Proposed Supermarket Barnstable FEIR 02-08-07 Lauren Gallagher (617) 924-1770 William Gage (617) 626-1025
13126R Sterling Marine Terminal and CAD Cell Boston (East Boston) FEIR 02-08-07 Susan St. Pierre (978) 465-1428 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13429 Adams Farm I & II Shrewsbury Single EIR 02-08-07 James Tetreault (508) 869-6151 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13651 Westpark Westfield FEIR 02-08-07 William Noll (617) 924-1770 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13798 Tennessee Gas Pipeline Essex-Middlesex Project Saugus, Wakefield and Lynnfield FEIR 02-08-07 Kathleen Miller (207) 879-9496 x232 Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
13819 Westfield Pavilion Westfield DEIR 02-08-07 Corinne Snowden (978) 897-7100 Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
13860 Proposed Retail Center Wilbraham Single EIR 02-08-07 Darlener Wynne (617) 924-1770 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023

      Notices of Project Change

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Comments Due
For Copies MEPA Analyst
12348/13557 Assabet River Consortium/ Bartlett at 495 Center Marlborough and Northborough 02-12-07 Stacy Minihane (508) 366-0560 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
12348 Assabet River Consortium/ Marble Farm Condominiums Maynard 01-29-07 Donna Cisek (978) 266-9751 Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
13897 Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan Taunton 02-12-07 Stephen Casazza (781) 221-1183 Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023

 


Secretary's Certificates January 2 - 16, 2007

   Environmental Notification Forms

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
13909 20 Salem Turnpike Saugus Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 01-03-07
13922 Rosenfeld Well Site Uxbridge Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 01-03-07
13923 Onset Bay Marine Pier System Expansion Wareham Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 01-03-07

Environmental Impact Reports  

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Document Type
Action
Date of Action
12514 Admission to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Water System Reading SFEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 01-12-07
12928 Chestnut Hill Square Newton FEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 01-12-07
13844 Wayland Town Center Wayland DEIR Adequately and properly complies with MEPA 01-12-07

 Notices of Project Change     
          

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
10880 Yarmouth Sanitary Landfill Closure and Reuse Activities Yarmouth Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 01-03-07
12528 Court Square Urban Renewal Project Plan Amendment #9 Springfield Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 01-03-07
13093 Donny Brook Country Club 18-Hole Golf Course Lanesborough Requires an Environmental Impact Report 01-03-07
13098 University of Massachusetts Medical School Campus Modernization Program Worcester Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 01-03-07
13525 Cape Cod Community College Wind Energy Project Barnstable Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 01-12-07
13835 Avalon Sharon Sharon Does not require an Environmental Impact Report 01-12-07

Records of Decision

EOEA No.
Project Name Location
Action
Date of Action
Comments Due
03143 Expansion of 4400 Computer Drive Westborough Secretary has granted a Full EIR Waiver 01-12-07
N/A
04396 Westborough Office Park Westborough Secretary has granted a Full EIR Waiver 01-12-07
N/A
12172 Comprehensiver Water Resources Management Plan/36 Chapman Street Canton Secretary has granted a Phase I Waiver 01-12-07
N/A
12348/13429 Assabet River Consortium/ Adams Farm I & II Shrewsbury Secretary has granted a Phase I Waiver 01-12-07
N/A
12348/13656 Assabet River Consortium/ Westborough Village Westborough Secretary has granted a Phase I Waiver 01-12-07
N/A
12668 Nantasket Beach Coastal Storm Damage Protection Project Hull Secretary has granted a Phase I Waiver 01-12-07
N/A
13198 Ambulatory Care Center and Medical Office Building Danvers Secretary has granted a Full EIR Waiver 01-12-07
N/A
13835 Avalon Sharon Sharon Secretary proposes to grant a Phase I Waiver 01-12-07
02-06-07
13888 North Bedford Street Business Park East Bridgewater Secretary has granted a Phase I Waiver 01-12-07
N/A
13901 Jackson Square Boston Secretary has granted a Full EIR Waiver 01-12-07
N/A

 


Requests for Advisory Opinion

Project Name Location
Comments Due
MEPA Analyst
       

 


Public Notices

Agency
Notice Type Project/Location
Cape Cod Commission Notice of Public Hearing Proposed Supermarket - Barnstable (Hyannis) (EOEA #12612)
CZM Notice of Public Meeting, re: Office of CZM Program Review Boston
CZM Notice of Federal Consistency Review Weaver's Cove Energy LNG Import Terminal - Fall River (EOEA #13061)
CZM Notice of Submission of a Request for a Notice to Proceed for the Harbor Plan for Nantucket and Madaket Harbors Nantucket
DCR Notice of Public Meeting, re: Northern and Southern Berkshires and Western Connecticut Valley District Forest Resource Management Plans North Adams and Great Barrington
DEP Notice of a Chapter 91 License Application Chelsea
DEP Notice of a Chapter 91 License Application Dennis
DEP Notice of a Chapter 91 License Application 2 Adams Street - Milton (EOEA #12887)
DEP Notice of a Chapter 91 License Application 175 Granite Street - Rockport (EOEA #13508)
WRC Notice of Public Hearing, re: Interbasin Transfer Application for the Town of Wilmington Town of Wilmington
Westover Air Reserve Base Notice of Availability of Draft Vegetation Management Plan for Public Review and Comment Chicopee



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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