Environmental Monitor – CT River Valley – 2018

Previous projects in 2018

• New Salem – New Salem Broadband Fiber Installation Project – ENF Certificate – issued 11/21/18 – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report
• Tolland – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Aquatic Plant Management Program (pdf) – Cranberry Pond and Otter Pond – posted 11/7/18
• Springfield – Intersection Improvements at Bay Street and Berkshire Avenue – Certificate ENF – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 10/26/18
• Northampton – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate (pdf) –  Locust Street Depot removal of waste materials an restoration of wetlands and uplands – posted 10/23/18
• Northampton – Paradise Pond Sediment Management Protocol – Notice of Project change Certificate – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 10/5/18
• Northampton – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate (pdf) – Locust Street Depot – posted 9/26/18
• Charlemont – Notice of Application for Draft Water Management Act Permit and Comment Period (pdf) – Berkshire East – posted 9/26/18
• Springfield – Notice of Amended Section 61 Findings for MGM Springfield (pdf) – posted 9/5/18
• Springfield – Notice of Vote to Adopt Amended Section 61 Findings for MGM Springfield (pdf) – posted 9/5/18
• Monroe – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate (pdf) – Kingsley Hill Road Safety Improvements Project, which includes the replacement of an existing retaining wall and repair of a failed slope adjacent to Phelps Brook – posted 8/22/18
• Agawam – Tennessee Gas Pipeline 261 Upgrade Projects – EENF Certificate – Requires a Mandatory Environmental Impact Report – issued 8/17/18
• Sunderland – Notice of Application and Issuance of a Draft Groundwater Discharge Permit (pdf) – Sugarbush Meadows– posted 7/25/18
• Ludlow – Notice of Public Comment Period on the Draft Operating Permit Renewal for Stony Brook Energy Center (pdf) – comments due 7/6/18
• Holyoke, Westfield and West Springfield – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan for Pioneer Valley Railroad Company (pdf) – comments due 7/20/18
• Chicopee – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate (pdf) – slope protection improvements at the I-391 Bridge over the Connecticut River – posted 6/20/18
• Northampton – Damon Road Reconstruction Project – ENF Certificate – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 6/22/18
  
• Westborough – Del Webb Chauncy Lake – ENF Certificate – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 6/22/18
• Springfield – Notice of Public Comment Period for Draft Operating Permit Renewal for Solutia Inc. (pdf) – comments due 6/22/18
• Holyoke, Chicopee and South Hadley – Notice of Public Hearings (6/5/18) for a Vegetation Management Plan for Holyoke Gas and Electric (pdf) – Comments due 6/25/18
• Holyoke – Notice of Application for a Major Modification of an Existing Site Assignment for a Solid Waste Handling Facility (pdf) – Casella of Holyoke, Inc. – posted 6/6/18 (please note, they just received a certificate to increase daily tonnage)
• Heath – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certification (pdf) – Bridge over Mill Brook – posted 6/6/18
• Attleboro, Boston, Canton, Dedham, Foxborough, Longmeadow, Mansfield, Sharon, Springfield and Westwood – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan for AMTRAK (pdf) – comments due 6/11/18
• Springfield – Bay State Thread Dam Removal Project – Record of Decision – Secretary Grants Waiver – Issued 5/25/18
• Holyoke – Casella of Holyoke, Inc. – ENF Certificate (will increase daily tonnage from 750 to 1250) – issued 5/11/18 – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report
• Amherst, Belchertown, Erving, Leverett, Monson, Montaque, Northfield, Palmer and Sunderland – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan for the New England Central Railroad Company (pdf) – comments due 5/28/18
• Westfield – Westfield Turnpike Industrial Park – ENF Certificate – issued 5/11/18 – Requires a Mandatory Environmental Impact Report
• Westfield – Access Improvements to Western Avenue – Central Phase – ENF Certificate – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 4/27/18
• Springfield – Bay State Thread Dam Removal Project – ENF Certificate – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 4/27/18
• Westfield – Westfield Reliability Project – ENF Certificate – Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 4/20/18
• Springfield – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Aquatic Plant Management Program for Abby Brook (pdf) – includes culvert work – posted 4/11/18
• Holyoke – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Aquatic Plant Management Program at Mount Tom State Reservation (pdf) – posted 4/11/18
• Hampden – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Aquatic Plant Management Program for Greathorse Golf Course Ponds (pdf) – posted 3/13/18
• Holyoke – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate (pdf)  – Lyman St Bridge over First Level Canal – posted 2/21/18
• Chicopee – Notice of Issuance of a Section 61 Finding for Chicopee Hotel Redevelopment Project EEA 15625 – posted 2/7/18
• Western MA – Yearly Operational Plan for Eversource Energy (pdf) – posted 1/24/18
• Montgomery – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project (pdf) – 
  Tekoa Reservoir Dam Removal Project – submitted 1/10/18
• Amherst & Hadley – Notice of Application and Individual Reclaimed Water Permit (pdf) – posted 12/20/17
• Leyden – Maintenance Dredging of Upper Leyden Glen Reservoir – ENF Certificate – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 12/22/17
• 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

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Rockwell Pond Dredging – Hampden
EEA #15947

Site visit December 21, 2018, 11:00 am
Meet at the barn located at the project site: 61 Rock-A-Dundee Road, Hampden.  Please park on the grass next to the pond near the dam

Submitted December 5, 2018
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due December 26, 2018

For copies: Nathaniel Arai (413) 726-2100
MEPA Analyst: Erin Flaherty (617) 626-1128

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Applied Golf Photovoltaic Power System – Amherst
EEA # 15938

Issued December 21, 2018
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report

Site visit – Friday, November 30, 2018 at 1:00 PM.  We will meet at the Hickory Ridge Golf Club parking lot on West Pomeroy Lane, Amherst.

Submitted November 21, 2018
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due December 11, 2018

For copies: Alexander Patterson (401) 330-1233
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025

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Ferry Street Mill Redevelopment Project – Easthampton
EEA # 15942

Withdrawn by the proponent
December 20, 2018

Site visit – Friday, November 30, 2018, at 9:30 AM.  Meet at the site, 1 Ferry Street, Easthampton.

Submitted November 21, 2018
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due December 11, 2018

For copies: Robert Levesque (413) 568-0985
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025

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Reconstruction of Route 187 from 425 feet south of South Westfield Street to Route 57 – Agawam

Issued December 7, 2018
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report

Submitted November 7, 2018
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due November 27, 2018

For copies: Gene Crouch (617) 607-2783
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025

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Improvements & Related Work on Routes 202 & 21, from Turkey Hill Road to South Main Street (1.2Miles) (MassDOT Project #608412) – Belchertown

Issued December 7, 2018
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report

Submitted November 7, 2018
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due November 27, 2018

For copies: Gene Crouch (617) 607-2783
MEPA Analyst: Page Czepiga (617) 626-1021

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New Salem Broadband Fiber Installation Project– New Salem
EEA # 15927
Issued November 21, 2018
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report

Site visit: November 5, 2018,  10:00 am
Meet at New Salem Town Hall Annex, 24 South Main Street, New Salem

Submitted October 23, 2018
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due November 13, 2018

For copies: MaryEllen Kennedy (978) 821-2597
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025

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Intersection Improvements at Bay Street and Berkshire Avenue– Springfield
EEA # 15919
Issued October 26, 2018
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (pdf)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report

Submitted September 26, 2018
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due October 16, 2018

For copies: Mathew Sokop (413) 426-6114
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025

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Tennessee Gas Pipeline 261 Upgrade Projects – Agawam – BEAT is watching this project closely. This project has now filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). BEAT/No Fracked Gas in Mass has filed for intervener status in the FERC process. We believe the increase in greenhouse gas emissions that would result from this project would violate the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act statutory limits.  Please visit our NoFrackedGasInMass.com website for more information.
EEA # 15879

Issued August 17, 2018
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (pdf) – this includes BEAT’s comments on the EENF
Requires a Mandatory Environmental Impact Report

Site visit – July 27, 2018 – 10 am
Meet at Compressor Station 261, 1615 Suffield Street followed by Site Visit, Agawam

Submitted July 11, 2018
Expanded Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due August 10, 2018

For copies: Rebecca Weissman (413) 256-0202
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025

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Paradise Pond Sediment Management Protocol – Northampton
EEA # 15282

Issued October 5, 2018
Secretary’s Certificate on Notice of Project Change (pdf)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report

Posted September 5, 2018
Notice of Project Change (pdf)
Comments due September 25, 2018

Issued December 5, 2014
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report

Submitted November 5, 2014
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due November 25, 2014

For copies: Briscoe Lang (401) 334-4100
MEPA Analyst: Purvi Patel (617) 626-1029

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Damon Road Reconstruction Project – Northampton
EEA # 15869

Issued July 6, 2018
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report

Submitted June 6, 2018
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due June 26, 2018

For copies: Tory Fletcher (603) 637-1121
MEPA Analyst: Erin Flaherty (617) 626-1128

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Del Webb Chauncy Lake – Westborough
EEA # 15864

Issued June 22, 2018
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report

Submitted May 23, 2018
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due June 12, 2018

For copies: John Kucich (508) 480-9900
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025

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Cassella of Holyoke, Inc. – Holyoke
EEA # 15841

Issued May 11, 2018
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report

Site Visit – April 23, 2018
11:30 am – Meet on Site at 700 Main Street, Holyoke

Submitted April 11, 2018
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due May 1, 2018

For copies: Gregory Wirsen (508) 888-6034
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025

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Westfield Turnpike Industrial Park – Westfield
EEA # 15845

Submitted November 7, 2018
Draft Environmental Impact Report
Comments now due January 4, 2019

Issued May 11, 2018
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (pdf)
Requires a Mandatory Environmental Impact Report

Site Visit – April 23, 2018
5:30 pm – Meet at 70 Turnpike Industrial Road for Site Walk followed by 6:30 PM Consultation Session in Confrence room at 70 Turnpike Industrial Rd., Westfield

Submitted April 11, 2018
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due May 1, 2018

For copies: Kyle Greaves (617) 728-7777
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025

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Access Improvements to Western Avenue – Central Phase – Westfield
EEA # 15835

Issued April 27, 2018
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report

Submitted March 21, 2018
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments now due April 17, 2018

For copies: Michael Gagnon (413) 241-6920
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025

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Bay State Thread Dam Removal Project – Springfield
EEA # 15828

Posted May 9, 2018
Secretary Proposes to Grant Waiver (pdf)
Comments due May 23, 2018

Issued April 27, 2018
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report

Site Visit:  The consultation session for this project has been postponed to Monday March 26 at 10:00.  We will meet in the large conference room at the Springfield Department of Public Works at 70 Tapley Street then visit the site.

Submitted March 7, 2018
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments now due April 20, 2018

For copies: Melissa Coady (413) 572-3224
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025

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Westfield Reliability Project – Westfield
EEA # 15829

Issued April 20, 2018
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (pdf)
Does not Require an Environmental Impact Report

Submitted March 7, 2018
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments now due April 10, 2018

For copies: Paul Knapik (617) 896-4534
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025

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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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