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Agenda, September 14, 2006

Notice of Meeting

You are hereby notified that the Salem Conservation Commission will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, September 14,  2006 at 6:00 pm at City Hall Annex, Room 313, 120 Washington Street.


                                                                                               Kevin P. Cornacchio,
                                                                                                       Conservation Commission Chairman


Tentative Agenda:

Meeting Minutes—July 27, 2006

Continuation of Public Hearing—Notice of IntentDEP #64-430 The City of Salem, 120 Washington Street, Salem, MA. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss improvements to an existing embankment within a buffer zone to an inland bank and to install a check valve on the existing outfall pipe at Brook Street.

Continuation of Public Hearing—Notice of Intent—DEP #64-427—Neptune LNG, LLC, One Liberty Square, 10th floor, Boston, MA  02109.  The purpose of the hearing is to discuss the construction of an underwater, buried gas transmission pipeline in association with its proposed Deepwater Port, located offshore in Massachusetts Bay.

Continuation of Public Hearing—Notice of Intent—DEP #64-423—Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 890 Winter Street, Suite 300, Waltham, MA 02451.  The purpose of the hearing is to discuss the Northeast Gateway Lateral Pipeline Project in Salem, which includes modifications to the existing meter station as well as 1.63 miles of pipeline, located offshore in Massachusetts Bay.

Continuation of Public Hearing—Notice of Intent—DEP #64-424—David Jalbert, 75 North Street, Salem, MA.  The purpose of the hearing is to discuss the addition to an existing building located within a Riverfront Area, Buffer Zone to a Coastal Bank, and Land Subject to Coastal Storm Flowage at 75 North Street.

Continuation of Public Hearing—Notice of Intent—DEP #64-425—Massachusetts Electric Company, d.b.a National Grid, 55 Bearfoot Road, Northborough, MA 01532.  The purpose of the hearing is to discuss the removal, replacement, and addition of equipment within the existing substation yard and the installation of approximately 250 linear feet of buried duct bank within a Riverfront Area, Buffer Zone to a Costal Bank, and Land Subject to Coastal Storm Flowage at 25 Peabody Street.

Continuation of Public Hearing—Notice of IntentDEP #64-426— A & H Auto Exchange Inc., 15 Robinson Road, Salem, MA.  The purpose of this hearing is to discuss the construction of stormwater control structures located within a buffer zone to an inland bank and BVW and culvert a portion of an intermittent stream, pursuant to a DEP Consent Order, at 15 Robinson Road.

Continuation of Public Hearing—Notice of Intent—DEP #64-428—Anne Pelletier 31 Ravenna Avenue, Salem, MA.  The purpose of this hearing is to discuss the after-the-fact clearing of vegetation in a portion of BVW and buffer to BVW and Inland Bank at 31 Ravenna Avenue.

9.      Public Hearing —Notice of Intent—Patricia Trap of the National Park Service, 174 Derby Street, Salem, MA  01970.  The purpose of this hearing is to discuss the construction of a 2 ½ story building and a wooden apron located on a coastal bank, in Land Under the Ocean, and within a buffer zone to a coastal beach, on Derby Wharf at 174 Derby Street.  

10.     Public Hearing —Notice of Intent—Darren and Michelle Ambler, 13 Pyburn Avenue, Salem, MA  01970.  The purpose of this hearing is to discuss the construction of a single family house, associated utilities, a driveway, and reconstruction of an existing rock slope located within a buffer zone to BVW at 25 Cloverdale Avenue.

11.     Old /New Business
·       Request for an Extension Permit for Order of Conditions—DEP #64-197— MassHighway Department 10 Park Plaza, Suite 3170, Boston, MA 02116.  Bridge Street Bypass construction along the North River within jurisdictional Riverfront Area.
·       Request for an Extension Permit for Order of Conditions—DEP #64-323— Stephen Morris, Colonial Remodeling Corp 45 Bridge Street Salem, MA 01970.  12 Almeda Street creation of a single family home, 188 foot driveway extension, and associated grading.
·       Wetlands Violation—DEP #64-360— Mark Tremblay, 7 Laurier Road, submittal in response to an enforcement order.
·       Request for a Certificate of Compliance —DEP #64-341—Bob Dunham, 65 Jefferson Avenue,  Demolition of building.
·       Request for a Certificate of Compliance —DEP #64-320— Elizabeth Bradt 20 Commercial Street, construction of commercial building
·       Appeal of Salem State College Decision- DEP site visit September 27, 2006 at 10 am.
·       Update on DEP appeal of 60 Bay View Ave- DEP appeal, site visit September 7th
·       Update on MassHighway Kernwood Bridge maintenance work on pilings
·       Exempt work at 13 Commercial Street, BioEngineering Group— Creation of a rain garden
·       Con Comm. Letter of Support for CPR grant
·       Open Space and Recreation Plan Update