Environmental Monitor – Pioneer Valley – 2014

• Springfield – MGM Springfield – FEIR – comments due 12/24/14
• Northampton – Paradise Pond Sediment Management Protocol – ENF Certificate – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – 12/5/14
• Springfield – Long-Term Combined Sewer Overflow Control Plan – Final EIR Certificaate 11/26/14 – Adequately and properly complies with MEPA
• Agawam, Sandisfield, Tyringham – Connecticut Expansion Project  – Draft EIR – Certificate 11/14/14 – Adequately and properly complies with MEPA –  *BEAT is following this project closely. This project filed with FERC 7/31/14.

Previous projects in 2014:

• Greenfield & Montague – Cabot Taps Separation Project – ENF – –  Requires an Environmental Impact Report – 9/5/14
• South Hadley – Notice of Public Comment (pdf) – Draft Operating Permit South Hadley Landfill – 9/24/14
• Shelburne – Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact and Notice of Intent to Request the Release of Funds (pdf) – This says comments due 9/4/14, but did not appear in the Env. Monitor until 9/10/14
• Ware & Belchertown – Chicopee Valley Aqueduct – Fish Hatchery Pipeline and Hydroelectric Project – ENF Certificate – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – 9/5/14
• Springfield – MASSPOWER – Notice of Draft Operating Permit Renewal (pdf) – comments due 9/26/14
• Pelham – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certification – Meetinghouse Rd over Harris Brook – 21 days to appeal – issued 8/6/14
• Pelham – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certification – Meetinghouse Rd over Amethyst Brook – 21 days to appeal – issued 8/6/14
• Westfield  – Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport – Notice of Issuance of a Conservation and Management Permit (pdf) – 21 days to appeal – issued 7/9/14
• Belchertown – Belchertown State School Redevelopment Project – Record of Decision –  Secretary has granted a Phase I waiver – 7/11/14
  City of Holyoke – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan (pdf) – submitted 5/28/14
• Belchertown – Belchertown State School Redevelopment Project – ENF – Certificate –  Requires an Environmental Impact Report – 6/13/14
• Goshen – Upper Highland Lake Dam Repairs- ENF – Comments due 6/6/14
• Holyoke, West Springfield and Westfield – Pioneer Valley Railroad Company – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan (pdf) – comments due 5/23/14
• multiple towns – MassDOT Highway Division District 2 – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan (pdf)  – comments due 6/6/14West Springfield – Notice of Draft Operating Permit Renewal (pdf) – Essential Power Massachusetts, LLC – comments due 4/11/14
• Hadley – Pride Refueling Station, Convenience Store and Retail Development – Certificate issued 3/28/14- Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
• Holyoke – Hadley Falls Station Downstream Fish Passage Project – Certificate issued 3/7/14 – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
  Westfield – Lozierville and Meadows Old Town Road Improvements – Certificate issued 3/7/14 – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
• Springfield – INEOS Melamines, LLC – Notice of Draft Operating Permit Renewal (pdf) – comments due 3/7/14
• Springfield – MGM Springfield – DEIR – Secretary’s Certificate 2/7/14 – Adequately and properly complies with MEPA
• Holyoke Gas and Electric Department – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan (pdf) – Comments due 2/21/14
• University of Massachusetts – Amherst – Notice of Draft Operating Permit Renewal (pdf) – Comments due 2/21/14
• Berkshire Power Company, LLC – Agawam – Notice of Draft Operating Permit Renewal (pdf) – Comments due 2/7/14
• Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project– Notice of Public Meeting, re: FY2015 Proposed Budget (pdf) – Comments due 1/8/14
• Erving and Northfield – 115-kV Electric Transmission Line and Associated Facilities – Secretary’s Certificate – 12/20/13 – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
• Northeast Utilities – Western Massachusetts Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan (pdf) – posted 12/18/13

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Paradise Pond Sediment Management Protocol – Northampton
EEA # 15282

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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Long-Term Combined Sewer Overflow Control Plan – Springfield
EEA # 11525

Issued November 26, 2014
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Adequately and properly complies with MEPA

Submitted October 20, 2014
Final Environmental Impact Report
Comments due November 19, 2014

For copies: Joshua Schimmel (413) 787-6256
MEPA Analyst: Dierdre Buckley (617) 626-1044

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