January 9, 2002
Notice of Matters before the Secretary of Environmental Affairs
This Environmental Monitor, the Fifthissue in Volume 57 of a series, is intended to provide notice of all submissions received by the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA) under Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 30, Sections 62 through 62H inclusive, in the period December 18, 2001 through December 31, 2001.
One of the major purposes of giving public notice is to provide an opportunity for public comments on matters before the Secretary. Such public comments are vital to an effective system of environmental review and planning. Comments should be sent directly to the Secretary with a copy to the submitting person or agency. Failure to notify the Secretary and the submitting agency may result in comments not being considered.
Copies of Environmental Notification Forms (ENFs) or Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs) noticed in the Monitor are required to be made available to the public by the person or agency which submitted them to this office. The name and address of the contact person for copies appear at the bottom of the page of each ENF appearing in the Monitor.
Pursuant to 301 CMR Section 11:05 (1) of the MEPA Regulations, persons and agencies filing with MEPA are required to submit copies of review documents to regional planning authorities and other agencies at the same time the reports are submitted to the MEPA Office.
Comments on new Environmental Notification Forms are due by: January 29, 2002
Comments on new Environmental Impact Reports are due by:February 8, 2002
Published by:
The Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
The Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Office
251 Causeway Street, Suite 900
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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(617) 626-1031
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Bob Durand, Secretary
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Attention: MEPA Office
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Table of Contents
Submitting Notices to the Monitor...... 3
MEPA Office Contact Information...... 3
New Environmental Notification Forms...... 4
New Environmental Impact Reports...... 5
New Notices of Project Change...... 5
Previous Environmental Notification Forms...... 6-7
Previous Environmental Impact Reports...... 8
Previous Notices of Project Change...... 9
Decisions of the Secretary of Environmental Affairs...... 10-11
Miscellaneous Notices Received...... 12
Environmental Notification Forms – EOEA # 12678 to 12686...... 13-30
Miscellaneous Notices...... 31-46
NOTICE OF PROJECT CHANGE FORM
With assistance from state agencies and the proponent community, the MEPA Office has developed a form for Notices of Project Change. A copy of the form and directions for its use are available at the MEPA web site ( Notices of Project Change filed with the MEPA Office on or after August 1, 2001 must use the new form. Please contact the MEPA Office with questions about the form.
Submitting Notices to The Environmental Monitor
Miscellaneous notices to be published in the Environmental Monitor may be submitted in print or electronic format. They should be accompanied by a cover letter or email with the name and telephone number or email address of a contact person.
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We cannot accept notices via FAX, as the quality often is inadequate when reproduced in the Monitor.
MEPA Office Contact Information
Name / Title / TelephoneFront Desk / (617) 626-1020
FAX Machine / (617) 626-1181
Wickersham, Jay / Director / (617) 626-1022
Hutchins, Janet / Assistant Director / (617) 626-1023
Dames, LeAndrea / Environmental Analyst / (617) 626-1028
Foster, Richard / Environmental Analyst / (617) 626-1026
Gage, William / Environmental Analyst / (617) 626-1025
Kehoe, Barbara / Program Coordinator / (617) 626-1021
Pugsley, Arthur / Environmental Analyst / (617) 626-1029
Shepardson, David / Environmental Analyst / (617) 626-1027
Wixon, Josephine / Administrative Assistant / (617) 626-1031
Zavolas, Nicholas / Environmental Analyst / (617) 626-1030
Projects Under Review
New Environmental Notification Forms
EOEA No. / Project Name / Location / Comments Due / MEPA Analyst12678 / Handy Cranberry Bog Proposal / Berkley / 1/29/02 / Arthur Pugsley
(617) 626-1029
12679 / Southern New England Trunkline Trail Utility Easement / Blackstone / 1/29/02 / LeAndrea Dames
(617) 626-1028
12680 / Proposed Shopping Plaza / Brockton / 2/8/02 / William Gage
(617) 626-1025
12681 / Sconticut Neck Area Sewers / Fairhaven / 1/29/02 / David Shepardson
(617) 626-1027
12682 / Marketplace at Chestnut Ridge / Franklin / 1/29/02 / Richard Foster
(617) 626-1026
12683 / Bay Club at Mattapoisett / Mattapoisett / 1/29/02 / Arthur Pugsley
(617) 626-1029
12684 / Rehabilitation of Hale Street / Newburyport / 1/29/02 / Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
12685 / Salem Harbor Station Maintenance Dredging / Salem / 1/29/02 / Richard Foster
(617) 626-1026
12686 / White Piling Project / West Tisbury / 1/29/02 / David Shepardson
(617) 626-1027
New Environmental Impact Reports
EOEANo. / Project Name / Location / Document Type / Comments
Due / For Copies / MEPA Analyst
11455 / Cortland Manor / Grafton / DEIR / 2/8/02 / Robert G. Murphy
(508) 839-0310 / William Gage
(617) 626-1025
11831 / Ridge View Heights / Ayer / DEIR / 2/8/02 / Stephen J. Mullaney
(978) 772-6232 / William Gage
(617) 626-1025
12283 / Long-Term CSO Control Plan / Chicopee / DEIR / 2/8/02 / David Partridge
(413) 572-3267 / Arthur Pugsley
(617) 626-1029
New Notices of Project Change
EOEANo. / Project Name / Location / Description / Comments
Due / For copies / MEPA Analyst
2383 / Harborview Point / Boston / The project change involves the redesign of a proposed residential building to achieve full compliance with Chapter 91, City of Boston Zoning regulations and the Charlestown Navy Urban Design Guidelines. / 1/29/02 / Darlene Gallant
(617) 357-7044 / Arthur Pugsley
(617) 626-1029
10889 / Dynasty Estates / Milford / The project change involves the proposed extension of Celestial Circle and associated addition of four lots to the previously-approved 45-lot subdivision. / 1/29/02 / Jeffrey Roelofs
(617) 252-6575 / David Shepardson
(617) 626-1027
12348 / Wagner BMW Shrewsbury / Shrewsbury / The project change involves a request for a Phase 1 waiver for this project from the EIR requirement for the Assabet River Consortium. / 1/29/02 / Michael Andrade
(508) 856-0321 / William Gage
(617) 626-1025
Previous Environmental Notification Forms
EOEA No. / Project Name / Location / Comments Due / MEPA Analyst12459R / Columbus Center / Boston / 2/1/02 / William Gage
(617) 626-1025
12643 / Cape Wind Project / Barnstable and Yarmouth, Nantucket Sound / 1/09/02 / Arthur Pugsley
(617) 626-1029
12650 / North Point / Cambridge / 1/15/02 / LeAndrea Dames
(617) 626-1028
12651 / North Point Residential Development / Cambridge / 1/15/02 / LeAndrea Dames
(617) 626-1028
12657 / The Residences at Kensington Place / Boston / 1/15/02 / William Gage
(617) 626-1025
12658 / 267-281 Medford Street / Boston (Charlestown) / 1/15/02 / William Gage
(617) 626-1025
12659 / Brookside Golf Club Irrigation Well #1 and #2 / Bourne / 1/15/02 / David Shepardson
(617) 626-1027
12660 / Maintenance Dredging of Sesuit Harbor / Dennis / 1/15/02 / Richard Foster
(617) 626-1026
12661 / Shaker Road Relief Sewer / East Longmeadow / 1/15/02 / David Shepardson
(617) 626-1027
12662 / Relocation of Route 2 at the Erving Paper Mill / Erving / 1/15/02 / David Shepardson
(617) 626-1027
12663 / Improvements at Benedict Pond / Great Barrington / 1/29/02 / David Shepardson
(617) 626-1027
12664 / Expansion of Franklin County Jail and House of Correction / Greenfield / 1/15/02 / William Gage
(617) 626-1025
12665 / Route 3 Breakdown Lane Use Extension / Hanover, Norwell, Marshfield, Pembroke / 1/15/02 / Arthur Pugsley
(617) 626-1029
12666 / Remediation of Holyoke Gas Tar Deposits in the Connecticut River / Holyoke / 1/25/02 / Richard Foster
(617) 626-1026
12667 / Town of Hull Beach Nourishment Test Program / Hull / 1/15/02 / Arthur Pugsley
(617) 626-1029
12668 / Nantasket Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Protection Project / Hull / 1/15/02 / Arthur Pugsley
(617) 626-1029
12669 / Main Street (West) Sewer Extension / Leicester / 1/15/02 / Richard Foster
(617) 626-1026
Previous Environmental Notification Forms – continued
EOEA No. / Project Name / Location / Comments Due / MEPA Analyst12670 / Cranberry Bog Relocation / Rochester / 1/15/02 / LeAndrea Dames
(617) 626-1028
12671 / Lowe’s Home Improvement Center / Seekonk / 1/15/02 / Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
12672 / IKEA at Assembly Square / Somerville / 1/25/02 / LeAndrea Dames
(617) 626-1028
12673 / H-160 115kV Transmission Line / Southborough, Marlborough, Hudson / 1/25/02 / Richard Foster
(617) 626-1026
12674 / Southwoods Estates / Uxbridge / 1/15/02 / Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
12675 / Coastal Bank Restoration Project / Wareham / 1/15/02 / LeAndrea Dames
(617) 626-1028
12676 / Town Hall Duck Pond Restoration Project / Wellesley / 1/15/02 / Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
12677 / Cider Mill Pond Restoration Project / Westford / 1/15/02 / Arthur Pugsley
(617) 626-1029
12626 / Haverhill Municipal Landfill Capping Project / Haverhill / 1/21/02 / William Gage
(617) 626-1025
Notice of Availability
EOEANo. / Project Name / Location / Description / Comments
Due / For copies / MEPA Analyst
11918 / New Everett High School / Everett / Informational Supplement on Proposed Replacement Parklands / 1/15/02 / Deb Debski
(617)
394-2245 / Richard Foster
(617) 626-1026
Previous Environmental Impact Reports
EOEANo. / Project Name / Location / Document Type / Comments Due / For Copies / MEPA Analyst
12457 / East Side Interceptor and Lateral Sewers / Attleboro / DEIR / 1/25/02 / Allison McLaughlin
(617) 452-6000 / Richard Foster
(617) 626-1026
11185 / Winchendon Sanitary Landfill Expansion / Winchendon / SSFEIR / 1/25/02 / Robert Hartzel
(617) 896-4513 / Richard Foster
(617) 626-1026
12277 / Upper Cape Water Supply Project / Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpee, Sandwich / DEIR / 1/25/02 / Kent Gonser
(508) 968-5824 / Richard Foster
(617) 626-1026
3247 / Logan Airport 2000 Environmental Data Report / Boston / Special Review Docu-ment / 2/8/02 / Jacki Wilkins
(617) 568-3500 / Arthur Pugsley
(617) 626-1029
12527 / Twin City Plaza Star Market Expansion / Somerville, Cambridge / Single EIR / 1/25/02 / Mitchell Fischman
(781) 884-2553 / Janet Hutchins
(617) 626-1023
12160 / Lunenburg Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan / Lunenburg / Single EIR / 1/25/02 / Stanley Elkerton
(781) 279-2288 / Nicholas Zavolas
(617) 626-1030
11394 / Utilization of Louisa Lake Overflow for Public Water Supply / Milford / FEIR / 1/25/02 / Jennifer Doyle-Breen
(781) 224-6474 / Richard Foster
(617) 626-1026
Previous Notices of Project Change
EOEANo. / Project Name / Location / Description / Comments
Due / For copies / MEPA Analyst
12529 / Powhattan Estates / Taunton / The project change involves a reduction in the number of dwellings. / 1/15/02 / Megan Raymond
(508)
759-0050 / David Shepardson
(617) 626-1027
11731 / Sagamore Rotary Grade Separation / Bourne / The project change is being filed because of a lapse of time and an evaluation of alternatives that would minimize impacts on open space. / 1/15/02 / John Fallon
(617)
973-7408 / Arthur Pugsley
(617) 626-1029
2383 / Harborview Point / Boston (Charles-town) / The project change involves the redesign of a proposed residential building to achieve full compliance with Chapter 91, City of Boston Zoning Regulations, and Charlestown Navy Urban Design Guidelines. / 1/15/02 / Darlene Gallant
(617)
357-7044 / William Gage
(617) 626-1025
12434 / The Villages at Camp Street / Yarmouth / The project change involves a revised road design, replacement of the previously proposed wastewater treatment facilities, and a reduction in the number of residential units. / 1/15/02 / Jeffrey Johnson
(508)
548-3564 / Arthur Pugsley
(617) 626-1029
Decisions of the Secretary of Environmental Affairs
December 18, 2001 through December 31, 2001
Environmental Notification Forms
The following projects do not require preparation of an Environmental Impact Report:
EOEA No. / Project Name / Location / Date of Action12642 / Hampton Inn and Restaurant Development / Auburn / 12/24/01
12646 / Former Wastewater Lagoon Remediation Project / Leominster / 12/24/01
12647 / Warren’s Cove Revetment Reconstruction / Plymouth / 12/24/01
12648 / Liberty Estates / Uxbridge / 12/24/01
The following projects require preparation of an Environmental Impact Report:
EOEA No. / Project Name / Location / Date of Action12636 / Joslin Diabetes Center Expansion / Boston / 12/24/01
Environmental Impact Reports
December 18, 2001 through December 31, 2001
The following documents adequately and properly comply with M.G.L. Ch. 30 s.62 and with the regulations governing the preparation of EIRs:
EOEANo. / Project Name / Location / Document
Type / Date of
Action
12187 / Blue Hills Covered Storage Project / Quincy / FEIR / 12/31/01
12503 / Quail Ridge Country Club / Acton / DEIR / 12/31/01
12542 / Sanctuary Golf and Country Club / Hopkinton / DEIR / 12/31/01
12548 / Proposed Stop & Shop and Fueling Facility / Whitman / Single EIR / 12/31/01
Notices of Project Change
December 18, 2001 through December 31, 2001.
The following decisions were made on Notices of Project Change:
EOEANo. / Project Name / Location / Decision / Date of
Action
12567 / Green Pond Dredging / Falmouth / No further MEPA review required / 12/24/01
1593 / Searstown Shopping Center / Leominster / No further MEPA review required / 12/24//01
9116 / Wastewater Pump Station Upgrades and Force Main to Devens / Ayer / No further MEPA review required / 12/24/01
12007 / West Springfield Station Redevelopment / West Springfield / No further MEPA review required / 12/24/01
12038 / Gardner Sanitary Landfill / Gardner / No further MEPA review required / 12/24/01
6424 / Stone Village / Wareham / No further MEPA review required / 12/14/01
Miscellaneous Notices Received
Agency / Notice Type / Project/LocationDEP / Tentative Determination to Extend the Variance for the MWRA CSO Control Plan / Alewife Brook/Upper Mystic River Basin
DEP / Waterways License Application / Bay State Gas Company, Taunton
DEP / Initial Site Investigation and Waste Site Cleanup Permit Application / Tewksbury State Hospital, Tewksbury
Paramount Cleaners Site, Chelmsford
DEP / Application for a Tier IB Permit Extension / Wellfleet Texaco, Wellfleet
DEP / Remedy Implementation Plan / Former Varian Medical Systems Facility, Beverly
Country Auto, Hampden
DEP / Remedial Action Plan and Remedy Implementation Plan / Chudy Oil Company, Three Rivers (Palmer)
DEP / Innovative Technology Certifications / Statewide, all system types
DEP / Innovative Technology Application / Infiltrator Chamber System
Water Resources Commission / Decision – Request for Determination of Insignificance / Long Beach Sewering, Rockport
Water Resources Commission / Request for Determination of Insignificance / Town of Charlton
Water Resources Commission / Request for Determination of Applicability / Town of Holden Water Supply Connection with the City of Worcester
Water Resources Commission / Public Comment Period / Draft Policy on Lawn and Landscape Water Conservation and Draft Guide to Lawn and Landscape Water Conservation
MBTA / Proposals to DEP Pursuant to the EOTC/DEP Administrative Consent Order on Mass Transit Commitments / Notice of Delay for Washington Streert component of the Silver Line;
Schedule for the Planning, Design, Construction and Operations for the Restoration of the Green Line Service to the Arborway
Notice of Availability
EOEA Number / Project Name / Location / Document Type / Copies From12402 / Office/Hotel Development / Framingham / Section 61 Finding / J. Lionel Lucien
(617) 973-7341
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