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Links by town to monitor listing, followed by statewide listings:
Adams, North Adams, Cheshire, Lanesborough, New Ashford, Williamstown – Mount Greylock Historic Parkway Rehabilitation
Adams,
Cheshire,
Lanesborough,
North Adams,
Richmond, Sheffield – National Grid yearly operational plan
Becket – Silk Mill Dam Removal (really for Ballou Dam this time)
Dalton – Urgent Repairs to Byron Weston Mill Dam #1
Dalton – South Street Reconstruction Project
Egremont – Weed It Now
Great Barrington – Fairgrounds Mixed-Use Development Project
Lanesborough – Donnybrook Country Club
Lee – Berkshire Gateway at Lee
New Marlborough – New Marlborough Hill
North Adams – 700 State Rd site cleanup
North Adams & Williamstown – Notice of Request for a Variance (pdf) DEP
Otis – Katie’s Country Store
Otis – Notice of Remedial Action Plan (pdf) Terranova’s Market, 14 South Main Road
Pittsfield – – O’Connell Station Tier II
Pittsfield – General Electric Residential Remediation Project
Pittsfield – Churchill Estates Residential Subdivision
Pittsfield – Redevelopment of Former Bradlee’s Shopping Center
Pittsfield – Pittsfield Generating Plant – Notice of draft Operating Permit renewal (pdf)
Russell – Russell Biomass Plant
Sheffield – Berkshire School Master Plan
Williamstown – Gilden Beaver Dam Removal
Williamstown – Notice of Application for an Extension of a Waste Site Cleanup Permit (pdf)
Williamstown & North Adams- Notice of Request for a Variance (pdf) DEP
How to Submit Comments to MEPA
Statewide:
Notice of Public Hearing for Proposed Revisions to Regulations Affecting Sanitary and Industrial Sewer Users (pdf) issued 10/10/2006 by the Department of Environmental Protection
Massachusetts Highway Department Snow and Ice Control Program
Statewide GEIR
EOEA No. 11202
Projects submitted August 1-15, 2006
Environmental Impact Report
Secretary’s certificate issued December 1, 2006
Requires an Environmental Status and Planning Report
For copies call
Henry Barbaro (617) 973-7419
MEPA analyst
William Gage (617) 626-1025 william.gage@state.ma.us
Airport Vegetation Management GEIR Update
Statewide
EOEA No. 13866
Projects submitted August 1-15, 2006
Environmental Notification Forms
Secretary’s Certificate issued September 22, 2006
Secretary issued a certificate finding that the project does NOT require an EIR
however in the Monitor it says the certificate does require an EIR
For copies call Denise Garcia (617) 973-8881
MEPA analyst Anne Canaday (617) 626-1035 anne.canaday@state.ma.us
Notice of Application of Targeted Watershed Implementation Grants (doc) issued by the US Environmental Protection Agency
Notice of Federal Consistency Review various towns (includes Northern Right Whale info) issued by the Department of Costal Zone Management
Notice of Availability for Public Review and Comment: Proposed Massachusetts Year 2006 Integrated List of Waters issued 06/07/2006 by the Department of Environmental Protection
This is the list, that the state is required by the Federal Clean Water Act to create, which lists all waterbodies in the state that are not expected to meet surface water quality standards after the implementation of technology-based controls. The state must prioritize the waterbodies and schedule them for the development of a total maximum daily load (TMDL) which establishes that maximum amount of a pollutant that may be introduced into a waterbody and still ensure it will meet water quality standards. The proposed Integrated List is available for review and comment on MassDEP’s website.
Notice of Receipt of Yearly Operation Plan (pdf) for the Massachusetts Highway Department issued 5/24/2006 by the Department of Agricultural Resources
Notice of Public Hearings (pdf) on the
Proposed Revisions to Drinking Water and Massachusetts Contingency Plan (MCP) Regulations issued 3/22/2006 by the Department of Environmental Protection
Notice of Receipt of Yearly Operation Plan (pdf) for CSX Transportation, Inc.
issued by Department of Agricultural Resources (DAR)
Notice of Receipt of Yearly Operation Plan (pdf) for
Housatonic Railroad Co., Inc. issued by Department of Agricultural Resources (DAR)
Notice of Office of Public Private Partnerships (OPPP) –
FY 2007 Matching Funds Initiative (pdf) issued by the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Notice of Public Meeting Draft Section 309 Grant Assessments and Strategies (pdf)
Notice of Availability Draft Land Stewardship Zoning Guidelines(pdf) Public Review
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Notice of Receipt of a Yearly Operational Plan (pdf)submitted by National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.,
for many towns including Adams,
Cheshire,Lanesborough,
North Adams,
Richmond, Sheffield
to the Department of Agriculture (DAR)
The DAR
does not have the staff to check each location to look for sensitive areas and therefore requests help from the individual towns.
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| 12/23/2006 Monitor Public Notices:
Pittsfield
0′ Connell Station
585 Merrill Road
Release Tracking No. 1-16002
The Department of Environmental Protection issued
Notice of an Initial Site Investigation and Tier II Classification (pdf)
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Berkshire Gateway at Lee – Lee
EOEA No. 13905
Issued: December 15, 2006:
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf): Requires a full Environmental Impact Report
Projects Submitted October 17-31, 2006
Environmental Notification Forms (pdf of first few pages of the Expanded ENF)
For copies of the ENF call
Robert Fournier (413) 443-3537
MEPA analyst
Briony Angus (617) 626-1029 briony.angus@state.ma.us
Berkshire Regional Planning Commission comments (pdf)
BEAT Note: The proponent was asking for a waiver so they would not have to submit an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) even though they met the threshold on traffic which would have required an EIR. The site is right next to the Mass. Pike Exit 2. It abuts the Housatonic River and is in floodplain. It also has an Activities and Use Limitation due to a previous chemical release. The plan calls for both a diesel fueling station and a gasoline fueling station, not to mention truck and car parking within 50 feet of the river. BEAT believes this project warrants a full Environmental Impact Report.
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General Electric Residential Remediation Project – Pittsfield
EOEA No. 13891
Issued: November 9, 2006
Secretary’s Certificate:
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
Project submitted: September 15 – 30
Environmental Notification Form (pdf of first few pages of the ENF)
For copies call
Brian Phelps (413) 684-0925
MEPA analyst Briony Angus (617)-626-1029 briony.angus@state.ma.us
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Weed It Now 2002, Egremont
EOEA No. 12747
Issued October 26, 2006
Secretary issued a Certificate(pdf): Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
Project submitted September 1-15, 2006
Notice of Project Change
For copies call
Jason Krzanowski (413) 684-0925 x 146
MEPA analyst Briony Angus (617)-626-1029 briony.angus@state.ma.us
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Mount Greylock Historic Parkway Rehabilitation, Adams, North Adams, Cheshire, Lanesborough, New Ashford, and Williamstown
EOEA No. 12843
Issued October 11, 2006
Secretary’s Certificate(pdf): Does NOT require an Environmental Impact Report
Projects submitted August 15-31, 2006
Notices of Project Change
For copies call Stephen Brown (617) 626-1360
MEPA analyst Briony Angus (617)-626-1029 briony.angus@state.ma.us
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Berkshire School Master Plan , Sheffield
Projects submitted July 18 – 30, 2006
Environmental Notification Forms
EOEA No. 13852
Secretary’s Certificate(pdf) issued: Does NOT require an Environmental Impact Report
Copy of the first pages of the ENF (pdf)
Site visit was Tuesday, August 22.
For copies call Evelyn Friedrich (617) 951-1123
MEPA analyst
Briony Angus (617) 626-1029 briony.angus@state.ma.us
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Churchill Estates Residential Subdivision, Pittsfield
EOEA No. 13834
Issued August 9, 2006
Certificate issued 8/9/06 (pdf) – Does NOT require an Environmental Impact Report
Project submitted June 15-30, 2006
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Engineer – White Engineering – Teresa Perry (413) 443-8011
MEPA analyst
Briony Angus (617) 626-1029 briony.angus@state.ma.us
(Pittsfield Community Development denied the subdivision permit 12/5/2006.)
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South Street Reconstruction Project Dalton
June 21, 2006 – Projects Submitted June 1-15, 2006
Environmental Notification Forms
EOEA No. 13821South Street Reconstruction Project Dalton
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf) issued 7/21/2006
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
Copy of the first pages of the ENF (pdf)
Comments were due by
07-11-06
For copies call Jessica Lavallee (617) 973-7442
MEPA analyst Briony Angus (617) 626-1029 briony.angus@state.ma.us
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Urgent Repairs to Byron Weston Mill Dam #1, Dalton
EOEA No. 13804
Issued July 28, 2006
Record of Decision (pdf) –
Secretary has granted a Full EIR Waiver
Issued June 30, 2006
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf) Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted May 1-15, 2006
Environmental Notification Form
Copy of the first pages of the ENF (pdf)
Engineer – William Hover (781) 278-3700
MEPA analyst Briony Angus (617) 626-1029 briony.angus@state.ma.us
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700 State Road, North Adams RTN# 1-15085
May 10, 2006
Environmental Monitor
Public Notice:
DEP Notice of Initial Site Investigation and Waste Site Cleanup Permit Application (pdf)
Anyone interested in reviewing or commenting on the permit must notify DEP in writing within 20 days of May 10. MADEP, Bureau of Waste Site Clean Up, Permit Section; 438 Dwight St., Springfield, MA 01103
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Silk Mill Dam Removal, Becket
EOEA #12877
Issued May 10, 2006
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf) Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted
April 10, 2006
Notice of Project Change
For copies call Tim Purinton (617) 626-1505
MEPA analyst Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
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The Fairgrounds Mixed-Use Development Project, Great Barrington
EOEA No. 13735
Issued March 24, 2006
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf) Requires an Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
The Certificate specifies the Scope of the EIR
Submitted January 15-31, 2006
Environmental Notification Form
BEAT’s Fairgrounds webpage
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Redevelopment of Former Bradlee’s Shopping Center, Pittsfield
EOEA No. 13747
Issued June 16, 2006
Secretary granted a Full EIR Waiver (pdf)
Issued April 14, 2006
Secretary’s proposal (pdf) to issue a Full EIR Waiver
Submitted February 16-28, 2006
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Engineer – David Thompson (413) 313-0121
MEPA analyst Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
The project exceeds the mandatory threshold for traffic requiring an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The proponent is asking for a waiver of the mandatory EIR.
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Gilden Beaver Dam Removal, Williamstown
EOEA No. 13639
Issued February 24, 2006
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf) Does not adequately and properly comply with MEPA
Submitted November 15-30, 2005
Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR)
Engineer – Shannon Boomsma, White Engineering (413) 443-8011
MEPA Analyst Briony Angus (617) 626-1029
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Public Notices November 15-30, 2005
DEP Notice of Remedy Implementation Plan (.pdf) Otis (Katie’s Country Store)
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Donnybrook Country Club, Lanesborough
EOEA No. 13093
Submitted November 15-30, 2006
Notice of Project Change (pdf)
Issued 01/13/2006
Secretary’s Certificate [pdf]
Does not adequately and properly comply with MEPA
Submitted November 15-30, 2005
Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR)
MEPA analyst Deirdre Buckley (617) 626-1044
Issued September 8, 2003
Secretary’s Certificate
Requires Environmental Impact Report
Submitted May 15-31, 2003 –
Environmental Notification Form
BEAT submitted comments and Berkshire Regional Planning Commission submitted Clearinghouse Review comments for the DEIR on this project.
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New Marlborough Hill, New Marlborough
EOEA No. 13679
Submitted November 1-15, 2005
Environmental Notification Forms
Engineer – Sarah Schultz at SK Design Group (413) 443-3537, the
MEPA Analyst is Briony Angus (617) 626-1029.
See BEAT webpage about this project.
BEAT submitted comments and Berkshire Regional Planning Commission submitted Clearinghouse Review comments for this project.
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Russell Biomass Power Plant, Russell
Secretary’s Certificates October 15-31, 2005
Environmental Notification Forms
10-31-2005 (.pdf): EOEA No. 13635, Russell Biomass Power Plant, Russell, Requires an Environmental Impact Report
Follow up letter (.pdf) on Russell Biomass Power Plant
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How to Submit Comments to MEPA:
The Secretary of Environmental Affairs accepts written comments on projects currently under MEPA review. Comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, via FAX, or by hand delivery. Please note that comments submitted on MEPA documents are public records.
Be sure to include the EOEA number on all comments!
The mailing address for comments is:
Secretary Stephen Pritchard
EOEA, Attn: MEPA Office
[Analyst Name], EOEA No. ____
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900
Boston MA 02114
Be sure to include the EOEA number on all comments!
state email addresses are: first name . last name @state.ma.us
for example: Briony.Angus@state.ma.us
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