Environmental Monitor – CT River Valley – 2023

Previous projects in 2023:

• Montague – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate -(click on the link, then at the top, click on attachments) – 401 Water Quality Certification application for fill and dredge associated with the proposed bridge replacement of Bridge No. M-28-026 in the Town of Montague, MA, by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The existing bridge is structurally deficient. The proposed project will include a variety of repairs to the bridge superstructure and substructure. – Comments due 12/29/2023
• Monson – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachments) – 401 Water Quality Certification application for the replacement of Bridge No. M-27-015 carrying Wales Road over Conant Brook in the Town of Monson by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The project includes bridge replacement and roadway approach work. – Comments due 12/29/2023
• East Longmeadow – Arment Trucking Inc. Facility – ENF – comments due 12/12/2023
• Amherst, Hadley – Notice of Application and Issuance of a Draft Modified Water Reuse Permit- (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachments) – Requested Individual Reclaim Water Permit renewal for UMass Amherst to continue the use of Class A water for street sweeping and irrigation on the UMass Amherst Campus and associated property in addition to the continued Class A use for the cooling towers at the Commonwealth Honors College; Class A cooling water for the CHP Cooling Towers; Class C boiler makeup water for CHP steam and hot water distributed in closed piping system throughout the UMass Amherst campus. – comments due 12/22/2023
• Greenfield – Proposed ALDI Grocery Store – SEIR Certificate – Adequately and properly complies with MEPA – published 11/22/2023
• Chicopee, Holyoke, South Hadley – Notice of Public Hearing re: Vegetation Management Plan– (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – Department of Agricultural Resources will conduct a regional hearing to receive public comment on the proposed Vegetation Management Plan for Holyoke Gas & Electric, as submitted by Fuss & O’Neill. Holyoke Gas and Electric (HG&E) proposes to utilize herbicides to treat their Rights-of-Way. Public hearing will be held on December 22 at 11:00 AM over Zoom – comments due 12/22/23
• Ludlow – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Aquatic Plant Management Program –  (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – The proposed project is seeking approval to implement an Aquatic Plant Management Program at Murphy & Alden Ponds in Ludlow, MA. The focus of this management will be on reducing and controlling nuisance and invasive aquatic vegetation using USEPA/MA registered aquatic herbicides & algaecides in combination with manual removal. – Posted 11/8/20
• Charlemont – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate –  (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – Replacement of a structurally deficient bridge with a new bridge on similar alignment and same functional equivalent. There will also be some minor roadway approach
  reconstruction. – Comments due 11/12/23
• Westfield – Westfield Target Supply Chain Facility  – NPC Cert – Does not require EIR – Submitted 10/10/23
• Springfield – Reconstruction of Sumner Avenue at Dickinson Street and Belmont Avenue (The “X”) – FEIR Cert  –  Submitted 10/16/23
• Rowe – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate- (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – Replacement of superstructure and abutment repair of a bridge on Cyrus Stage Road over Potter Brook – comments due 10/31/23
• Greenfield – Proposed ALDI Grocery Store  – Single Environmental Impact Report – comments due 10/25/23
• Whately/Northampton – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – 401 Water Quality Certification application for a Culvert Replacement on Grass Hill Road – posted 9/8/23
• Tolland – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Aquatic Plant Management Program – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – Aquatic Plant Management Program by drawdown at Noyes Pond – posted 9/8/23
• Westfield – Westfield Target Supply Chain Facility  – Notice of Project Change – comments due 9/28/23
• Springfield – Reconstruction of Sumner Avenue at Dickinson Street and Belmont Avenue (The “X”) – EENF  –  NO SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE WAS ISSUED! Instead, the proponent appears to have been allowed to submit a “Proposed EIR” – something BEAT has never seen happen before. Now it is being listed as a “Rollover Final EIR“. BEAT is worried that this is circumventing the Environmental Justice outreach process. Comments due on this new filing 10/10/23
• Easthampton – Sierra Vista Commons – EENF Certificate – Requires an Environmental Impact Report – issued 8/16/23
• South Hadley – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – replace an undersized culvert under Pearl Street and improve the downstream channel of Elmer Brook – posted 8/9/23
• Greenfield – Proposed ALDI Grocery Store – ENF Certificate – Requires a Single Environmental Impact Report –  issued due 7/31/23
• Amherst – University of Massachusetts Campus Pond Dredge Project – Notice of Project Change Certificate – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 7/24/23
• Westfield – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – installation of a raw water transmission main underneath an existing roadway adjacent to bordering vegetated wetlands and within Outstanding Resource Waters – posted 7/10/23
• Belchertown – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment)  – Gulf Road Culvert Replacement to 1.2 times bankful width – comments due 7/7/23
• Springfield, Longmeadow – Western Massachusetts Gas Reliability Project  – DEIR Certificate – Does not adequately and properly comply with MEPA – issued 7/14/23 –  BEAT is watching this one closely and we are pleased that MEPA found it did not comply!
• Chester – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – replacement of culvert beneath Kinne Brook Road – posted 6/23/23
• Westfield, West Springfield, Holyoke – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan – Pioneer Valley Railroad – comments due 6/23/23
• South Hadley – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – Mountain Avenue Culvert Replacement Buttery Brook (does not sound like it will meet river and stream crossing standards for a new crossing) – posted 6/7/23
• Ware – Notice of Application for a Site Assignment – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – ReSource Ware C&D Waste Handling Facility – posted 6/7/23
• Ludlow – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan– (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment)  – Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) herbicide spraying – posted 5/24/23
• Granby – Lots C7 and C8.12 Kendall Street – ENF Certificate – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 5/26/23
• Many towns – New England Central Railroad – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan – comments due 5/24/23
• South Hadley – Buttery Brook Watershed Restoration – FEIR Rollover Certificate – Adequately and properly complies with MEPA – issued 5/17/23
• Many towns – Eversource – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan – comments due 5/24/23
• Many towns – Eversource – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan – comments due 5/5/23
• Many towns – Pam Am Railways – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan – comments due 5/5/23
• South Hadley – Buttery Brook Watershed Restoration – ENF Certificate – Requires an Environmental Impact Report – issued 3/27/23
• Springfield – Court Square Urban Renewal Plan: Amendment 12 – Notice of Project Change Certificate – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report –  issued 3/27/23
• South Hadley – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Aquatic Plant Management Program – posted 3/8/23
• Southampton – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project – posted 3/8/23
• Westfield – West Parish Water Treatment Plant – EENF Certificate – issued 3/3/23 – Requires an Environmental Impact Report
• Westfield – West Parish Water Treatment Plant –Special Review Procedure Established – issued 3/3/23
• Springfield – Notice of Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Final Public Notification Plan – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – comments due 2/15/23
• Chicopee – Notice of Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Final Public Notification Plan – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – comments due 2/27/23
• Multiple towns – National Grid Vegetation Management Plan – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – comments due 1/20/23
• Westfield – Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport – Single EIR Certificate – Adequately and properly complies with MEPA – issued 1/13/23
• Montague – Notice of Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Final Public Notification Plan – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – posted 2/8/23
• Holyoke – Notice of Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Final Public Notification Plan  – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – posted 2/8/23
• Blandford – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate  – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – posted 2/8/23
• Springfield – Upper Van Horn Reservoir Dam Improvements Project – EENF Certificate – Requires a Single Environmental Impact Report – issued 12/16/22
• Westfield – Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport – ENF Certificate– Requires a Single EIR – issued 8/15/22
• Springfield – Western Massachusetts Gas Reliability Project  – ENF Certificate – Requires an Environmental Impact Report –  issued 8/8/22 – BEAT is watching this one closely!
• Westfield – Westfield Target Supply Chain Facility  – Secretary’s Certificate DEIR – Adequately and properly complies with MEPA – issued 6/17/22
• Agawam – Agawam Distribution Facility – ENF Certificate  – Requires an Environmental Impact Report – issued 1/7/22

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Arment Trucking Inc. Facility – East Longmeadow
EEA # 16771

Submitted November 22, 2023
Environmental Notification Form (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due December 12, 2023

For copies: Jiahui Wang, (617) 607-2969, jiahuiwang@vhb.com
MEPA Analyst: Purvi Patel, (617)874-0668, purvi.patel@mass.gov

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Reconstruction of Sumner Avenue at Dickinson Street and Belmont Avenue (The “X”) – Springfield
EEA # 16740

Submitted October 16, 2023
Final Environmental Impact Report Certificate (click on link, then click on attachments)

Submitted September 8, 2023
“Rollover Final Environmental Impact Report” (click on link, then click on attachments)
– but when you look at the attachments, they are called “Proposed Environmental Impact Report” and appendices to the EENF and PEIR.
Comments due October 10, 2023

Site visit: August 9, 2023 at 5:30 pm
REMOTE MEETING. Please RSVP to nicholas.perry@mass.gov at least one hour before the meeting for instructions on joining the video conference or calling in by phone.

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Sierra Vista Commons – Easthampton
EEA # 16729

Issued August 16, 2023
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (click on link, then click on attachments)
Requires an Environmental Impact Report

Site visit
July 26, 2023 at 1:00 pm
95 Northampton St, Easthampton, MA 01027

Submitted July 10, 2023
Expanded Environmental Notification Form (pdf) (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due August 9, 2023

For copies: Adrienne Dunk, (201) 247-8950, Adrienne.dunk@gza.com
MEPA Analyst: Nicholas Moreno, (617)699-4254, Nicholas.Moreno@mass.gov

Proposed ALDI Grocery Store – Greenfield
EEA # 16723

Published Novemer 22, 2023
Single Environmental Impact Report Certificate (click on link, then click on attachments)
Determination: Adequately and properly complies with MEPA

Submitted September 25, 2023
Single Environmental Impact Report (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due October 25, 2023

Issued July 31, 2023
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (click on link, then click on attachments)
Requires a Single Environmental Impact Report

Submitted June 23, 2023
Expanded Environmental Notification Form (pdf) (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due July 24, 2023

For copies: Andrew Platt, (508) 480-9900, aplatt@bohlereng.com, Lauren Sagaser,  (508) 480-9900, lsagaser@bohlereng.com
MEPA Analyst: Nicholas Perry, (617)921-2961, Nicholas.Perry@mass.gov

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Lots C7 and C8.12 Kendall Street – Granby
EEA # 16690

Issued May 26, 2023
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (click on link, then click on attachments)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report

Site Visit
REMOTE MEETING – May 4, 2023 at 1:00 pm
Please RSVP to Nicholas.Moreno@mass.gov at least one hour but preferably one day before the meeting for instructions on joining the video conference or calling in by phone.

Submitted April 26, 2023
Expanded Environmental Notification Form (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due May 16, 2023

For copies: Daniel Nitzsche, (413) 726-2108, daniel.nitzsche@gza.com
MEPA Analyst: Nicholas Moreno, (617)699-4254, Nicholas.Moreno@mass.gov

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Buttery Brook Watershed Restoration – South Hadley
EEA # 16664

Issued May 17, 2023
Secretary’s Certificate FEIR (click on link, then click on attachments)
Adequately and properly complies with MEPA

Submitted April 10, 2023
Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR)(click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due May 10, 2023

Issued March 27, 2023
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (click on link, then click on attachments)
Requires an Environmental Impact Report

Site visits: March 1, 2023 at 10:00 am
REMOTE MEETING. Please RSVP to purvi.patel@mass.gov at least one hour before the meeting for instructions on joining the video conference or calling in by phone.
Possible Site visit – March 1, 2023 at 1:30 pm
Optional In-Person Site Visit if requested by contacting purvi.patel@mass.gov by 02/24/2023

Submitted February 8, 2023
Expanded Environmental Notification Form (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due March 20, 2023

For copies: Michael Soares, (860) 783-4755, MSoares@fando.com
MEPA Analyst: Purvi Patel, (617)874-0668, purvi.patel@mass.gov

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Court Square Urban Renewal Plan: Amendment 12 – Springfield
EEA # 12528

Issued March 27, 2023
Secretary’s Certificate NPC (click on link, then click on attachments)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report

Submitted February 24, 2023
Notice of Project Change (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due March 16, 2023

For copies: Olivia Knightly, , (860) 951-2370, oknightly@bscgroup.com
MEPA Analyst: Purvi Patel, (617)874-0668, purvi.patel@mass.gov

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West Parish Water Treatment Plant – Westfield
EEA # 16658

Issued March 3, 2023
Special Review Procedure Established (click on link, then click on attachments)

Issued March 3, 2023
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (click on link, then click on attachments)
Requires an Environmental Impact Report

Site visit – February 8, 2023 at 2:00 pm
REMOTE MEETING. Please RSVP to Eva.Vaughan@mass.gov at least one hour but preferably one day before the meeting for instructions on joining the video conference or calling in by phone.
Site visit – February 9, 2023 at 1:00 pm
IN PERSON – 1515 Granville Road, Westfield MA

Submitted January 25, 2023
Expanded Environmental Notification Form (pdf) (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due February 24, 2023

For copies: Kathryn Hoek, (212) 539-7248, khoek@hazenandsawyer.com
MEPA Analyst: Eva Vaughan, (857)408-6381, Eva.Vaughan@mass.gov
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Upper Van Horn Reservoir Dam Improvements Project – Springfield
EEA # 16625

Issued December 16, 2022
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (click on link, then click on attachments)
Requires a Single Environmental Impact Report

Site visit – November 30, 2022 at 6:00 pm
REMOTE MEETING. Please RSVP to Nicholas.Moreno@mass.gov at least one hour but preferably one day before the meeting for instructions on joining the video conference or calling in by phone.

Site visit – December 2, 2022 at 11 am
494 Armory St, Springfield, MA 01104 (parking lot east of the reservoir and dam)

Submitted November 9, 2022
Expanded Environmental Notification Form (pdf) (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due December 9, 2022

For copies: Jennifer Burke, (413) 726-2117, Jennifer.Burke@gza.com
MEPA Analyst: Nicholas Moreno,  Nicholas.Moreno@mass.gov

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Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport – Westfield
EEA # 16579

Issued January 13, 2023
Secretary’s Certificate SEIR (click on link, then click on attachments)
Adequately and Properly Complies with MEPA

Submitted December 7, 2022
Single Environmental Impact Report
Comments due January 6, 2023

Issued August 15, 2022
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (click on link, then click on attachments)
Requires a Single Environmental Impact Report

Site visits for ENF:
In person: 2022-07-26 at 6:00 pm – Westfield Barnes-Regional Airport Conference Room – 2nd Floor 110 Airport Road Westfield, MA 01085
Remote: 2022-07-25 at 2:00 pm – REMOTE MEETING. Please RSVP to Eva.Murray@mass.gov at least one hour before the meeting for instructions on joining the video conference or calling in by phone.

Submitted July 8, 2022
Environmental Notification Form (pdf) (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due August 8, 2022

For copies: Alyssa Jacobs, (978) 897-7100, ajacobs@epsilonassociates.com
MEPA Analyst: Eva Vaughan, (857)408-6381, Eva.Vaughan@mass.gov

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Eversource WT-11 Transmission Right-of-Way Reliability Project
EEA # 16570

Issued September 30, 2022
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (click on link, then click on attachments)
Requires an Environmental Impact Report (Draft & Final)

Submitted June 24, 2021
Environmental Notification Form (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments now due September 23, 2022

For copies: Rebecca Weissman, (508) 233-8769, Rebecca.weissman@swca.com
MEPA Analyst: Jennifer Hughes, Jennifer.Hughes@mass.gov

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Western Massachusetts Gas Reliability Project – Springfield
EEA # 16556

Issued July 14, 2023
DEIR Secretary’s Certificate (click on link, then click on attachments)
Does not adequately and properly comply with MEPA

Submitted May 10, 2023
Draft Environmental Impact Report (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due now July 7, 2023

Issued August 8, 2022
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (click on link, then click on attachments)
Requires an Environmental Impact Report

Site Visit – June 21, 2022 – 11:00 am – Meet at 14 Hazardville Road, Longmeadow – opportunity to check out most of the route

REMOTE MEETING – June 21, 2022 – 7:00 pm -Please RSVP to alexander.strysky@mass.gov at least one hour before the meeting for instructions on joining the video conference or calling in by phone

Submitted May 25, 2022
Environmental Notification Form (pdf) (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due June 14, 2022

For copies: Jeff Brandt, (978) 656-3662, Jbrandt@TRCcompanies.com
MEPA Analyst: Alexander Strysky, (857)408-6957, alexander.strysky@mass.gov

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Agawam Distribution Facility – Agawam
EEA # 16492

Issued January 7, 2022
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (click on link, then click on attachments)
Requires an Environmental Impact Report

Site Visit – December 8, 2021 – 11:30 am
REMOTE MEETING. Please RSVP to erin.flaherty@mass.gov at least one hour before the meeting for instructions on joining the video conference or calling in by phone.

Submitted December 8, 2021
Environmental Notification Form (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due December 28, 2021

For copies: Jeff Bord, (508) 480-9900, jbord@bohlereng.net
MEPA Analyst: Erin Flaherty erin.flaherty@mass.gov 617-626-1128

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Westfield Target Supply Chain Facility – Westfield
EEA # 16505

Submitted October 10, 2023
Notice of Project Change Certificate (click on link, then click on attachments)

Submitted September 8, 2023
Notice of Project Change (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due September 28, 2023

Issued September 30, 2022
FEIR Certificate (click on link, then click on attachments)
Adequately and properly complies with MEPA

Submitted August 24, 2022
Final Environmental Impact Report (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due September 23, 2022

Issued June 17, 2022
DEIR Certificate (pdf) (click on link, then click on attachments)
Adequately and properly complies with MEPA

Submitted May 11, 2022
Draft Environmental Impact Report (click on link, then click on attachments – but when BEAT looked the attachments were not there)
Comments due June 10, 2022

Issued January 21, 2022
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (click on link, then click on attachments)
Requires an Environmental Impact Report

Submitted December 22, 2021
Environmental Notification Form (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due January 11, 2022

For copies: Michael Karasik, (617) 607-2936, mkarasik@vhb.com
New MEPA Analyst for NPC: Eva Vaughan, (857)408-6381, Eva.Vaughan@mass.gov

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