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CT River Valley Index:
- 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 – comments due 1/6/23
- Springfield – Upper Van Horn Reservoir Dam Improvements Project – EENF – site visits remote 11/30 and onsite 12/2 – comments due 12/9/22
Previous projects in 2022:
- Westfield – Westfield River Levee Multi-Use Path Project – Certificate Single EIR – Adequately and properly complies with MEPA – issued 11/30/22
- Buckland, Florida, Monroe – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – Great River Hydro vegetation management plan – comments due 9/23/22
- Holyoke, Chicopee, South Hadley – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – treatment of Rights of Way with herbicides will be carried out in
calendar year 2022 are: Electric transmission and distribution lines in Holyoke and Chicopee, steam and condensate
lines in Holyoke, gas distribution vaults in Holyoke, canal system in Holyoke and the pathways in Lower Riverside
Park and Gatehouse Park in South Hadley – posted 9/23/22 - Erving, Montague, Wendell, Pelham, Shutesbury, Granby, Leverett, Northfield, Ludlow, Belchertown, Amherst – Eversource WT-11 Transmission Right-of-Way Reliability Project – ENF Certificate – requires both a Draft & Final EIR – issued 9/30/22 – BEAT is watching this one carefully.
- Westfield – Westfield Target Supply Chain Facility – FEIR Certificate – Adequately and properly complies with MEPA – issued 9/30/22
- Blandford – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – Borden Brook Reservoir Culvert Replacement – posted 9/9/22
- Westfield – Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport – ENF Certificate– Requires a Single EIR – issued 8/15/22
- Chicopee – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – removal of Lower Bemis Pond Dam – posted 8/24/22
- Ware – Notice of Application for a Modification of a Site Assignment – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – ReSource Waste Services proposes to almost double the tonnage accepted at the transfer station – posted 8/10/22
- Monson – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Aquatic Plant Management Program – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – 230 Silver St – posted 8/10/22
- 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
- Ware – ReSource Ware Construction – Secretary’s Certificate Notice of Project Change – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 6/17/22
- Ware – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate– (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – replacement of Bridge W-05-015 carrying Route 32 (Palmer Road) over the Ware River – posted 6/8/22
- Many municipalities – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan – CSX Railroad – comments due 6/24/22
- Cummington – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project – replace the deteriorated culvert at the Stage Road crossing of the North Branch Swift River – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – submitted 5/11/22
- Rowe – Bridge (culvert) Replacement, Ford Hill Road over Shippee Brook – Request for Advisory Opinion (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – comments due 5/31/22
- Wendell – Bowen’s Pond Dam Removal and Osgood Brook Restoration – SEIR Certificate – Adequately and properly complies with MEPA – issued 5/16/2022
- Westfield, West Springfield, Holyoke – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – Pioneer Valley Railroad (PVRR) – comments due 5/23/22
- Agawam – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate – (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachment) – Tuckahoe Farm Public Recreational Access and Nine Lot Dam Rehabilitation Project located on 0 Pine Street and 0 South West Street – posted 4/25/22
- Multiple municipalities – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachments) – Amtrack vegetation management – comments due 5/6/22
- Multiple municipalities – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachments) – New England Central Railroad vegetation management– comments due 5/6/22
- Chicopee – Secretary’s Certificate Notice of Project Change – Pilot Travel Center (fka Chicopee Hotel Redevelopment) – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 3/11/22
- Goshen – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachments) – Route 9 Bridge over Stones Brook – posted 2/23/22
- Holyoke – Notice of Application for a 401 Water Quality Certificate (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachments) – Whiting Street Reservoir Dam Improvements – posted 2/23/22
- Multiple municipalities – Notice of Submission of a Yearly Operational Plan (click on the link, then at the top, click on attachments) – Eversource Energy vegetation management – posted 2/9/2022
- Westfield – Westfield Target Supply Chain Facility – ENF Certificate – Requires an Environmental Impact Report – issued 1/21/22
- Southampton – Notice of Intent to Initiate an Ecological Restoration Project – (click on link, then click on attachments) – submitted 1/26/22
- Southampton – Notice of Application and Issuance of a Draft Groundwater Discharge Permit – (click on link, then click on attachments) – submitted 1/7/22
- Agawam – Agawam Distribution Facility – ENF Certificate – Requires an Environmental Impact Report – issued 1/7/22
- Whately – Hannum Family Property – ENF Certificate – Does not require an Environmental Impact Report – issued 1/7/22
Upper Van Horn Reservoir Dam Improvements Project – Springfield
EEA # 16625
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
Westfield River Levee Multi-Use Path Project – Westfield
EEA # 16588
Issued November 30, 2022
Secretary’s Certificate SEIR (click on link, then click on attachments)
Adequately and properly complies with MEPA
Submitted October 24, 2022
Single Environmental Impact Report (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due Novamber 23, 2022
Issued September 16, 2022
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (click on link, then click on attachments)
Requires a Single Environmental Impact Report
Site Visit – September 1, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Remote Meeting. Please RSVP to Eva.Vaughan@mass.gov at least one hour before the meeting for instructions on joining the video conference or calling in by phone
Submitted August 10, 2022
Environmental Notification Form (pdf) (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due September 9, 2022
For copies: Jessica Roberts, (413) 768-7521, JBRoberts@tighebond.com
MEPA Analyst: Eva Vaughan, (857)408-6381, Eva.Vaughan@mass.gov
Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport – Westfield
EEA # 16579
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
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
Western Massachusetts Gas Reliability Project – Springfield
EEA # 16556
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
ReSource Ware Construction – Ware
EEA # 12699
This is a very, very, very old project from 2002! That is 20 years old! Appears to be a C&D waste expansion – more land altered, more waste, more vehicle trips, and longer hours of operation
Issued June 17, 2022
NPC Certificate (pdf) (click on link, then click on attachments)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
Site visit 5/26/22 6pm 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.
Submitted April 29, 2022
Notice of Project Change (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due June 7, 2022
For copies: Dorothy Buckoski, (978) 897-7100, dbuckoski@epsilonassociates.com
MEPA Analyst: Purvi Patel, (617)874-0668, purvi.patel@mass.gov
Bowen’s Pond Dam Removal and Osgood Brook Restoration – Wendell
EEA # 16209
Issued May 16, 2022
SEIR Certificate (pdf) (click on link, then click on attachments)
Adequately and properly complies with MEPA
Submitted April 8, 2022
Single Environmental Impact Report (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due May 9, 2022
Issued June 26, 2020
ENF Certificate (pdf)
Requires an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted May 20, 2020
Environmental Notification Form (pdf)
Comments due June 19, 2020
For copies: Nick Wildman, (617) 626-1527, nick.wildman@mass.gov
MEPA Analyst: Eva Murray, (857)408-6381, eva.murray@mass.gov
Pilot Travel Center (fka Chicopee Hotel Redevelopment) – Chicopee
EEA # 15625
Issued March 11, 2022
Secretary’s Certificate NPC (click on link, then click on attachments)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
Submitted February 9, 2022
Notice of Project Change (click on link, then click on attachments)
Comments due March 1, 2022
Issued October 27, 2017
Secretary’s Certificate FEIR (pdf)
Adequately and Properly Complies with MEPA
Submitted September 20, 2017
Final Environmental Impact Report
Comments due October 20, 2017
Issued July 14, 2017
Secretary’s Certificate (pdf)
Adequately and Properly Complies with MEPA
Submitted June 7, 2017
Draft Environmental Notification Form
Comments due July 7, 2017
For copies: Samhita Saquib, (617) 607-2147, ssaquib@vhb.com
MEPA Analyst: Erin Flaherty (617)874-0589
Westfield Target Supply Chain Facility – Westfield
EEA # 16505
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
MEPA Analyst: Jennifer Hughes, Jennifer.Hughes@mass.gov
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
Hannum Family Property – Whately
EEA # 16488
Issued January 7, 2022
Secretary’s Certificate ENF (click on link, then click on attachments)
Does not require an Environmental Impact Report
Site Visit – December 16, 2021 – 10:00 am
Remote Meeting. Please RSVP to christina.lyons@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: Anthony Wonseski Jr., (802) 257-0576, twonseski@sveassoc.comm
MEPA Analyst: Christina Lyons, Christina.Lyons@mass.gov
How to Submit Comments to MEPA:
The Secretary of Environmental Affairs accepts written comments on projects currently under MEPA review.
Please note that comments submitted on MEPA documents are public records.
Be sure to include the EOEA number on all comments!
MEPA Public Comment Portal
The most efficient way to submit comments on MEPA projects is through the Public Comment Portal. You may register and create an account or submit comments anonymously.
Submit Comments by e-mail
All comments received by the deadline will be provided to the Secretary for review and included in the public record for the project. Comments can be e-mailed directly to the Environmental Analyst reviewing the project. Please reference the project name and EEA# in the subject line of the e-mail. The EEA# and Environmental Analyst assigned to the project can be found in the Environmental Monitor.
MEPA Staff Contact Information
Submit Comments by Mail or Hand Delivery
Electronic comments are preferred; however, written comments may be mailed or hand-delivered to the MEPA office. Office hours are 9 AM – 5 PM.
The mailing address for comments is:
Secretary Kathleen A. Theoharides
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA)
Attn: MEPA Office [Analyst Name], EEA No. _____
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900 Boston MA 02114
Be sure to include the EOEA number on all comments!
How to Submit Comments to MEPA (this link takes you to the MEPA Site)