Environmental Monitor – Pioneer Valley – 2015

• Springfield – MGM Springfield – Notice of Project Change – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – posted 11/25/15
• Chicopee  – Chicopee Water Department Redundant Water Transmission Main – ENF – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – 11/18/15
• Northampton – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project (pdf)  – Upper Roberts Meadow Reservoir Dam – posted 11/9/15
• Westborough – Notice of Public Hearing, re: Proposed Disposition of Commonwealth Property (pdf) – Possible selling of corner of Milk & Oak Sts – Public Hearing 12/3/15
• Greenfield – Notice of Public Hearing, re: Proposed Disposition of Commonwealth Property (pdf) – Possible selling of 62 Newell Pond Rd – Public Hearing 12/2/15
• Belchertown – culvert crossing on Blue Meadow Road – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certification (pdf) – posted 9/9/15
• Goshen – Lower Highland Lake Dam Rehabilition – ENF Certificate – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – 9/11/15
• Northampton – Roberts Meadow Brook Channell Improvements – ENF Certificate – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – 9/11/15
• Westfield River Basin – Notice of Availability of Schedule for Preparation of Water Needs Forecasts for Public Water Suppliers with Water Management Act Permits – submitted 8/12/15

• Various locations -Energy Facilities Siting Board –  Notice of Public Hearings, re: Northeast Energy Direct Project (pdf) – posted 7/22/2015
• Hawley – Bridge Replacement on Savoy Road over the Chickley River – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certification (pdf) – posted 7/22/15
• Montague – Turners Falls Power Canal Left Bank Drainage Improvements – ENF Certificate – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – 7/24/15
• Springfield, Holyoke, Longmeadow – Former Springfield Gas Works/Connecticut River Remediation Project – Certificate ENF – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 7/10/15
• Greenfield & Montague – Cabot Taps Separation Project – Supplemental EIR – Certificate issued – 6/12/15 – Adequately and properly complies with MEPA
• Agawam – Notice of Draft Operating Permit Renewal (pdf) – Covanta Springfield, LLC – posed 6/10/15
• Holyoke, West Springfield and Westfield – Notice of receipt of (YOP) Yearly Operational Plan (pdf) – comments due 6/5/15
• Agawam, Sandisfield, Tyringham – Connecticut Expansion Project  – Certificate FEIR – Adequately and properly complies with MEPA (BEAT is very disappointed with this certificate) – and – Notice of Project Change including draft Article 97 legislation – comments due 5/26/15.  This project filed with FERC 7/31/14.
• Colrain – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certification (pdf) – Bridge Replacement North River at ST 112 Jacksonville Road over the North River – submitted 5/20/15
• Amherst – University of Massachusetts – Notice of Modification to an Individual Reclaimed Water Use Permit (pdf) – submitted 5/6/15
• Sunderland – Sugarbush Meadows (EEA #14183) – Notice of Issuance of a Section 61 Finding (pdf) – submitted 4/22/15
• Hadley – Five College Library Annex – ENF Certificate – 5/8/15 – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
• West Springfield – K&W Materials and Recycling Facility – ENF Certificate – 5/8/15 – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
• Fountain Plating Company – Springfield – Notice of Draft Operating Permit Renewal (pdf) – Comments Due 4/24/15
• Northampton – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certification (pdf) – Upper Roberts Meadow Reservoir Dam Breach & Ecological Restoration Project – submitted 4/8/15
• Stockbridge, West Stockbridge, Lee, Otis, Blanford and Russell – MassDOT Highway Division – Notice of Submisson of a Yearly Operational Plan (pdf) to spray herbicides along roads – comments due 4/10/15
• Deerfield River Basin – Water Withdrawal Permits for Berkshire East and Shelburne Falls Fire District (pdf) – posted 3/25/14
• Ludlow – Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company – Notice of receipt of (YOP) Yearly Operational Plan and procedures for public review (pdf) – to apply herbicides – comments due 3/27/15
• Holyoke – City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Department – Notice of Submission of a (YOP) Yearly Operational Plan (pdf) –  to apply herbicides – comments due 3/27/15
• Palmer – Proposed Rail Siding – ENF Certificate – Issued 3/6/15 – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
• Springfield – MGM Springfield – FEIR Certificate – Adequately and properly complies with MEPA – 12/31/14
• Northampton – Paradise Pond Sediment Management Protocol – ENF Certificate – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – 12/5/14
• Greenfield & Montague – Cabot Taps Separation Project – ENF – –  Requires an Environmental Impact Report – 9/5/14
• Belchertown – Belchertown State School Redevelopment Project – ENF – Certificate –  Requires an Environmental Impact Report – 6/13/14

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Definitive Subdivision/K-Pine Estates Phase 2 – Granby
EEA # 15440

Submitted November 23, 2015
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due December 14, 2015

For copies: Alan Kotowicz (413) 530-9292
MEPA Analyst: Page Czepiga (617) 626-1021

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Chicopee Water Department Redundant Water Transmission Main – Chicopee
EEA # 15427

Issued November 18, 2015
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report

Submitted October 19, 2015
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due November 9, 2015

For copies: David Partridge (413) 572-3267
MEPA Analyst: Page Czepiga (617) 626-1021

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 Lower Highland Lake Dam Rehabilition – Goshen
EEA # 15405

Issued September 11, 2015
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report

Submitted August 12, 2015
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due September 1, 2015

For copies: Allen R. Orsi (508) 543-1755
MEPA Analyst: Page Czepiga (617) 626-1021

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Notice of Availability of Schedule for Preparation of Water Needs Forecasts for Public Water Suppliers with Water Management Act Permits – Westfield River Basin

Submitted August 12, 2015
Notice of Availability of Schedule for Preparation of Water Needs Forecasts for Public Water Suppliers with Water Management Act Permits (pdf)

An informational workshop will be held for communities in the Westfield River Basin:
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Holyoke Heritage State Park Exhibit Hall
21 Appleton Street
Holyoke, MA 01040

At the workshop, MassDEP will introduce the WMA permitting process and new regulatory
requirements that may apply to permits, and DCR will review the process for developing a water needs
forecast. All public water systems and communities in the Westfield River Basin are encouraged to
attend this outreach workshop.
The target date for completion of draft water needs forecasts for public water suppliers in these basins
is September 4, 2015. Information that may be useful in developing a draft forecast should be provided
to DCR at the address in the announcement.

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EEA # 15384

Issued July 10, 2015
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report

Submitted June 10, 2015
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due June 30, 2015
For copies: Pamela Chan (978) 392-5309
MEPA Analyst:  Purvi Patel (617) 626-1029

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Cabot Taps Separation Project – Greenfield & Montague
EEA # 15212

Issued June 12, 2015
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Adequately and properly complies with MEPA

Submitted May 6, 2015
Single Environmental Impact Report (pdf)
Comments due June 5, 2015
For copies: MaryEllen Radovanic (508) 792-4500
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025

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Five College Library Annex – Hadley
EEA # 15343

Issued May 8, 2015
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report

Submitted March 25, 2015
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments now due April 28, 2015

For copies: Richaed Klein (413) 582-7000
MEPA Analyst: Page Czepiga (617) 626-1021

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K&W Materials and Recycling Facility – West Springfield
EEA # 15349

Issued May 8, 2015
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report

Site Visit – April 7, 2015 at 2:00 pm
Project Site – 138 Palmer Avenue, West Springfield

Submitted March 25, 2015
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due April 14, 2015

For copies: Charlene Perkins (978) 777-7250
MEPA Analyst:  Page Czepiga (617) 626-1021

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Proposed Rail Siding – Palmer
EEA # 15317

Issued March 6, 2015
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report

Site Visit: February 4, 2015 at 9:00 am
Project Site – 24 3rd Street, Palmer

Submitted January 21, 2015
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due February 10, 2015

For copies: Rebecca Williamson (978) 570-2980
MEPA Analyst: Alex Strysky (617) 626-1025

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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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