POLICY COMMENT LETTERS
The following comment letters were written after carefully reviewing the Environmental Impact Reports (EIR) submitted by the relevant parties. The comment letters were submitted during the public comment periods to the Attorney General, municipality, Conservation Commission and/or another relevant party.
2011
To: George Papadopoulos, US EPA
Re: Draft Authorization to discharge CSO's under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) City of Somerville, MA (December 2011)
To: Paul Jahnige, Middlesex Fells Trail Plan
Re: Middlesex Fells Trail System Plan (November 2011)
To: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Re: Consider river herring for ESA protection (October 2011)
To: New England Fishery Management Council
Re: Herring Run ByCatch (September 2011)
To: Secretary Richard K. Sullivan, Jr., EOEEA
Re: Rock Chapel Marine, EEA 14722 (April 2011)
To: Secretary Richard K. Sullivan, Jr., EOEEA
Re: Wood Waste of Boston, Inc NPC (April 2011)
To: David Slagle, MassDEP-WRP
Re: Chapter 91 Waterways License, Town of Winchester (March 2011)
To: New England Fishery Management Council
Re: Annual River Herring bycatch cap (January 2011)
2010
To: Paul Jahnige, Middlesex Fells Trail Plan
Re: Middlesex Fells Reservation Trail System Plan (November 2010)
To: US EPA
Re: EPA's Plan Environmental Justice 2014 (October 2010)
To: Glen Clancy, Community Development
Re: Comprehensive permit application (40B) by Cambridge Partners (October 2010)
To: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection CSO Coordinator
Re: CSO Variance Alewife Brook and Mystic River (August 2010)
To: Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Re: FEIR for the Green Line Extension Project (July 2010)
To: US EPA
Re: Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Discharge Permit (March 2010)
To: Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Re: Winchester FEIR Aberjona River Flood Mitigation (March 2010)
2009
To: US EPA
Re: Distrigas of Massachusetts, LLC. NPDES Permit # MA0020010 (August 2009)
To: Town Manager, Winchester, Melvin Kleckner
Re: Davidson Park/Aberjona River Ecological Restoration Project Proposal (July 2009)
To: Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program
Re: Certified Vernal Pool Revisions (February 2009)
2008
To: FEMA, Region 1
Re: Comments about Preliminary FEMA Flood Maps (January 2008)
To: United States Army Corps of Engineers, New England District
Re: Local Flood Protection Project, Aberjona River, Winchester, Massachusetts (February 2008)
To: Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Re: Construction on Boston National Historic Park Ferry Landing in Charlestown Navy Yard (March 2008)
To: DEP Waterways Regulation Program
Re: IKEA Chapter 91 License Application for Assembly Square in Somerville, Massachusetts (April 2008)
To: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Re: Town of Arlington Rain Barrel and Rain Garden 319 NPSP Education Grant (May 2008)
To: Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Re: Environmental Notification Form for the Winchester Hospital (July 2008)
To: Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Re: DEIR for the Assembly Square Mixed-Use Redevelopment (August 2008)
To: Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Re: ENF for the Upper Mystic Lake Dam Rehabilitation Project (December 2008)
2007
To: Rick Sullivan, Commissioner DCR
Re: House 21 to add the Silver Maple Forest to the Alewife Reservation (August 2007)
To: Mr. Mark Casella, P.E. MassDEP CSO Coordinator
Re: Tentative Determination to Extend Variance for Combined Sewer Overflow Discharges to Alewife Brook and the Upper Mystic River (July 2007)
To: Robert Varney, USEPA REGION 1
Re: Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) NPDES Permit Renewal (February 2007)
2006
To: Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Re: Stoneham Crossing Redevelopment (August 2006)
To: Chelsea City Council
Re: Proposed Energy Management Peak Diesel Power Plant on Chelsea Creek (September 2006)
2005
To: Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Re:184 Commercial Avenue in Malden (April 2005)
2004
To: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Re:Proposed Changes to the States Wetlands Protection Act (June 2004)
To: MassDevelopment
Re: Belmont Uplands (June 2004)
To: Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Re:Parkway Plaza Redevelopment, Chelsea (July 2004)
To: Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Re:Water Policy Task Force'sDraft Water Policy Recommendations (July 2004)
To: Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Re: Cambridge Discovery Park ENF Proposal at the A.D. Little Site (August 2004)
To: City of Cambridge Conservation Commission
Re: Cambridge Discovery Park NOI Proposal to the A.D. Little Site (August 2004)
To: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Re: Proposed Variance Extension and Conditions for Alewife CSO's (August 2004)
2003
To: Mr. Kevin Brander, P.E. DEP CSO Coordinator
Re: Comments on the MWRA Final Variance Report for CSO Abatement for the Alewife Brook and Upper Mystic River (October 2003)