- Environmental Monitor – Berkshires – 2017
- Environmental Monitor – CT River Valley – 2018
- Environmental Monitor – Statewide – 2017
- Environmental Monitor – Archives
- How to submit comments to MEPA
- Environmental Monitor – On MEPA Website
CT River Valley Index:
- Amherst & Hadley – Notice of Application and Individual Reclaimed Water Permit (pdf) – posted 12/20/17
- Greenfield – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate (pdf) – replacement of the Nash’s Mill Road Bridge over the Green River – posted 12/6/17
- New Salem – New Salem West Street – ENF Certificate – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 12/8/17
Previous projects in 2017:
- Southampton – Glendale Road Improvement Project – Notice of Project Change from 2002 – this is so old we don’t have the original info in our files – NPC Certificate – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 11/22/17
- Colrain – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project East Branch of North River (pdf) – posted 11/22/17
- Greenfield – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certification Upper Leyden Glen Reservo (pdf) – posted 11/22/17
- Heath – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project (pdf) –
restore an undersized perched road-stream crossing in HO Cook State Forest – posted 11/22/17
- Chesterfield – Cormier Habitat Mgt. Project, Krug Sugarbush – ENF Certificate – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 11/9/17
- Worthington – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project at Carver Cotton Gin Dam (pdf) – posted 10/10/17
- Chicopee – Chicopee Hotel Redevelopment – FEIR Certificate – issued 10/27/17 – Adequately and Properly complies with MEPA
- Chester – Kinne Brook Culvert Replacement and Stream Restoration – ENF Certificate – issued 10/6/17 – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report
- Ludlow – Ludlow Mills Preservation and Redevelopment Project – FEIR – Adequately and Properly complies with MEPA – issued 9/15/17
- Montgomery – Tekoa Reservoir Dam Removal Project – Waiver granted – Issued 9/8/17
- Montgomery – Tekoa Reservoir Dam Removal Project – ENF – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report – Issued 8/18/17
- Chester – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project (pdf) –
Replace two undersized road-stream crossings on Kinnebrook Road – posted 8/23/2017 - Amherst – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project (pdf) – Habitat restoration at 252 Strong St – posted 8/23/2017
- Granville – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Aquatic Management Program for Cooley Lake (pdf) – posted 8/23/17
- Granville – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Aquatic Management Program for Mount Laurel Pond (pdf) – posted 8/23/17
- Heath – Notice of Intent for an Ecological Restoration Project (pdf) – West Branch North River – posted 8/9/17
- Holyoke – Holyoke Long Term CSO Control Plan/Environmental Impact Report – Record of Decision – Secretary Granted Phase 1 Waiver – comments due 8/14/17
- Holyoke – Holyoke Long Term CSO Control Plan/Environmental Impact Report – Record of Decision – Secretary Proposed to Grant Phase 1 Waiver – comments due 8/11/17
- Holyoke – Holyoke Long Term CSO Control Plan/Environmental Impact Report – Notice of Project Change – Certificate – Requires an Environmental Impact Report – Issued 7/14/17
- Greenfield – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate (pdf) – slip lining of a culvert (#G – 12 – 039) of an unnamed perennial stream under I-91 – posted 7/26/17
- Holland – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Aquatic Management Project (pdf) – Hamilton Reservoir – posted 7/26/17
- Shelburne Falls – Notice of Application and Draft Water Management Act Permit Renewal (pdf) – Shelburne Falls Fire District – posted 7/12/17
- Goshen – West Street Resurfacing & Related Work – ENF Certificate – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 7/21/17
- Westfield – Owen District Road Water Treatment Plant – ENF Certificate – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 7/21/17
- Chicopee – Chicopee Hotel Redevelopment – DEIR Certificate – Adequately and Properly Complies with MEPA – issued 7/14/17
- Ludlow, Wilbraham, Hampden – 3419 Road Building Project – ENF Certificate – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 6/23/17
- Shelburne – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate (pdf) –
Bardwell Ferry Road bridge over Dragon Brook – posted 6/21/17 - Chesterfield – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate (pdf) – Ireland Street over West Branch Bronson Brook – posted 6/21/17
- Montague – Notice of Issuance of a Section 61 Finding for Conservation and Management Plan for Montague Solar Array (pdf) – Will result in a take of state listed species, but can go ahead – posted 6/7/17
- Ludlow – Center Street Improvement Project – ENF – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 5/19/17
- Belchertown – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project (pdf) –Upper Bondsville Dam – posted 5/10/17
- Palmer – Notice of Intent for an Ecological Restoration Project (pdf) – Upper Bondsville Dam – posted 5/10/17
- Amherst,Belchertown,Erving,Leverett,Monson,Montaque,Palmer Northfield and Sunderland – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan (YOP) for New England Central Railroad Co. (pdf) – comments due 5/22/17
- Holyoke, West Springfield and Westfield – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan (YOP) for Pioneer Valley Railroad (pdf) – comments due 5/22/17
- Ludlow, Lanesborough and Hancock – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan(YOP) for Massachusetts Wholesale Electric Co. (pdf) – comments due 5/22/17
- Holyoke and South Hadley and Chicopee – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan (YOP) (pdf) Holyoke Gas & Electric – posted 4/19/17
- Belchertown – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project (pdf) – Herman Covey WMA by MassWildlife – posted 4/19/17
- Springfield – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Aquatic Management Program for Vender Salm Pond (pdf) – posted 4/19/17
- East Longmeadow & Longmeadow – Proposed Medical/Office Development – ENF Certificate – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 4/7/17
- Holyoke – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan (YOP) and Vegetation Managment Plan (pdf) – comments due 4/10/17
- Montague – Montague Solar Project – ENF Certificate – Issued 3/24/17 – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report
- Montague – Turners Falls Power Canal Left Bank Drainage Improvements – Notice of Project Change Certificate – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – Issued 3/10/17
- Hadley – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certification (pdf) – Bridge Repairs of Bay Road over the Fort River – posted 3/8/17
- Amherst – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certification (pdf) – Superstructure and Substructure Replacement, Mill Street over Mill River – posted 3/8/17
- Longmeadow – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project (pdf) – posted 2/22/17
- Palmer – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Aquatic Management Program (pdf) – posted 2/22/17
- Erving – Notice of Issuance of a Draft Operating Permit Renewal (pdf) – Erving Industries – comments due 2/24/17
- Colrain – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate (pdf) – Heath Road bridge over an Unnamed Tributary to the West Branch of the North River – posted 1/25/17
- Holyoke – Notice of Submission of a (YOP) Yearly Operational Plan (pdf) – City of Holyoke to apply herbicides along rights-of-way – posted 1/25/17
- Connecticut River Basin – Notice of Applications for Water Management Act Permit Renewals (pdf) – posted 1/11/17
- Chicopee – Chicopee Hotel Redevelopment – ENF Certificate – Requires an Environmental Impact Report – 1/27/17
- Notice of Receipt of (YOP) Yearly Operational Plan for Eversource Energy (pdf) – comments due 1/23/17
- Amherst – North Square at the Mill District – ENF Certificate – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 1/6/17
- Agawam – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certification (pdf) – Memorial Avenue Route 147 Bridge over the Westfield River – posted 12/21/16
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New Salem West Street – New Salem
EEA # 15776
Issued December 8, 2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted November 8, 2017
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due November 28, 2017
For copies: David Briand (508) 887-3720
MEPA Analyst: Page Czepiga (617) 626-1021
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Glendale Road Improvement Project – Southampton
EEA # 12768
Issued November 22, 2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted October 23, 2017
Notice of Project Change – original ENF was from April 24, 2002
Comments due November 13, 2017
For copies: Gene Crouch (617) 924-1770
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025
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Cormier Habitat Mgt. Project, Krug Sugarbush – Chesterfield
EEA # 15767
Issued November 9 2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted October 10, 2017
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due October 30, 2017
For copies contact: Denise Cormier (413) 296-4040
MEPA Analyst: Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035
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Kinne Brook Culvert Replacement and Stream Restoration – Chester
EEA # 15754
Issued October 6 2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted September 6, 2017
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due September 26, 2017
For copies contact: Erin Rodgers (603) 852-8110
MEPA Analyst: Erin Flaherty (617) 626-1128
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Ludlow Mills Preservation and Redevelopment Project – Ludlow
EEA# 14572
Issued September 15.2017
Secretary’s Certificate (FEIR)
Adequately and Properly complies with MEPA
Submitted August 9, 2017
Final Environmental Impact Report – note this is 5 years after the Draft EIR!
Comments due September 8, 2017 (comment date appears to have changed again?)
Issued March 27, 2012
Record of Decision (pdf)
Secretary Granted a Phase 1 Waiver
Issued March 2, 2012
Record of Decision (pdf) –
Secretary Proposes to Grant a Phase 1 Waiver
Comments due March 21, 2012
Issued March 2, 2012
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Adequately and properly complies with MEPA
Submitted January 25, 2012
Draft Environmental Impact Report
Comments due February 24, 2012
Issued May 7, 2010
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Requires an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted April 7, 2010
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due April 27, 2010
For copies: Briony Angus (413) 875-1302
MEPA Analyst: Erin Flaherty (617) 626-1128
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Tekoa Reservoir Dam Removal Project – Montgomery
EEA # 15732
Issued September 8, 2017
Record of Decision (pdf)
Waiver Granted *** something strange about this – there was never a proposal to grant a waiver that we saw in the Environmental Monitor
Issued August 18, 2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted July 12,2017
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due August 11, 2017
For copies: Melissa Coady (413) 572-3224
MEPA Analyst: : Erin Flaherty (617) 626-1128
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West Street Resurfacing & Related Work – Goshen
EEA # 15715
Issued July 21, 2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted June 21,2017
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due July 11, 2017
For copies: Michael Gagnon (413) 241-6920
MEPA Analyst: Purvi Patel (617) 626-1029
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Owen District Road Water Treatment Plant – Westfield
EEA # 15724
Issued July 21, 2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report
Site Visit – July 6, 11:00 am
Location: Project Site, Owen District Rd., (Turn in driveway of East Mountain Country Club) 1458 E.Mountain Rd. Follow road., Westfield
Submitted June 21,2017
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due July 11, 2017
For copies: Magdalena Lofstedt (617) 452-6597
MEPA Analyst: Page Czepiga (617) 626-1021
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Chicopee Hotel Redevelopment – Chicopee
EEA # 15625
Issued October 27 2017
Secretary’s Certificate FEIR (pdf)
Adequately and Properly Complies with MEPA
Submitted September 20, 2017
Final Environmental Impact Report
Comments due October 20, 2017
Issued July 14, 2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Adequately and Properly Complies with MEPA
Submitted June 7, 2017
Draft Environmental Notification Form
Comments due July 7, 2017
For copies: Stephanie Kruel (617) 607-2972
MEPA Analyst: Erin Flaherty (617) 626-1128
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Holyoke Long Term CSO Control Plan/Environmental Impact Report – Holyoke
EEA # 12012
Issued August 14,2017
Record of Decision (pdf)
Secretary Granted Waiver
Issued July 14.2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Requires an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted June 7, 2017
Notice of Project Change (pdf)
Comments due July 7, 2017
For copies: David Popielarczyk (413) 572-3233
MEPA Analyst: Purvi Patel (617) 626-1029
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3419 Road Building Project – Ludlow, Wilbraham, Hampden
EEA 15698
Issued June 23, 2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted May 24,2017
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due June 13, 2017
For copies: Paul Knapik (617) 896-4534
MEPA Analyst: Purvi Patel (617) 626-1029
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Center Street Improvement Project – Ludlow
EEA # 15682
Issued May 19, 2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted April 19, 2017
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due May 9, 2017
For copies: James Goodreau (413) 583-5625
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025
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Proposed Medical/Office Development – East Longmeadow & Longmeadow
EEA # 15650
Issued April 7, 2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted March 8, 2017
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due March 28, 2017
For copies: Robert Levesque (413) 568-0985
MEPA Analyst: Erin Flaherty (617) 626-1128
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Montague Solar Project – Montague
EEA # 15646
Issued March24, 2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted February 22, 2017
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due March 14, 2017
For copies: Anthony Zerilli (978) 977-0110 ext.2414
MEPA Analyst: Holly Johnson (617) 626-1023
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Turners Falls Power Canal Left Bank Drainage Improvements – Montague
EEA # 15385
Issued March 10, 2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted February 8, 2017
Notice of Project Change (pdf)
Comments due February 28, 2017
Issued July 24, 2015
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted June 24, 2015
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due July 14, 2015
For copies: Mickey Marcus (413) 256-0202
MEPA Analyst: Purvi Patel (617) 626-1029
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Chicopee Hotel Redevelopment – Chicopee
EEA # 15625
Issued January 27, 2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Requires an Environmental Impact Report
Site Visit January 9, 2017 at 1:00 pm
Meet at VHB Springfield Office – 1 Federal Street, Building 103-3N, Springfield
Submitted December 21, 2016
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due January 20, 2017
For copies: Stephanie Krul (617) 607-2972
MEPA Analyst: Erin Flaherty (617) 626-1128
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North Square at the Mill District – Amherst
EEA # 15616
Issued January 6, 2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted December 7, 2016
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due December 27, 2016
For copies: Ann Marton (781) 245-2500
MEPA Analyst: Purvi Patel (617) 626-1029
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Two Family Senior Residential Development – South Deerfield
EEA # 15607
Issued December 9, 2016
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
Site Visit – November 21, 2016 – 9:00 am
Meet at the site, 67 Sugarloaf Street, South Deerfield
Submitted November 9, 2016
Expanded Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due November 29, 2016
For copies: Anthony Wonseski (802) 257-0561
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025
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Secretary Matthew Beaton
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA)
Attn: MEPA Office
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