Don Smallwood, General Manager

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Central Regional Office, 627 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608

MITT ROMNEY ELLEN ROY HERZFELDER Governor Secretary

KERRY HEALEY LAUREN A. LISS Lieutenant Governor Commissioner

January 15, 2002 Water Management Act Permit Application for the Concord River Basin

Received by the Department of Environmental Protection/DEP

MA DEP will accept written comments on the Water Management permit application filed for permitting in the Concord River Basin under the Water Management Act (MGL 21G). Comments will be accepted until close of business on February 22, 2003. The application is available for review: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM - Monday through Friday MA DEP 627 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608 Please schedule an appointment with the DEP Regional Service Center at (508) 792-7683. Directions are available at: http://www.state.ma.us/dep/cero/cerodir.htm

Quail Ridge Country Club in Acton, has applied to DEP for a permit to withdraw up to 0.1377 million gallons per day (MGD) of irrigation water (annual average) from the groundwater of the Concord River Basin in Acton, MA through 2023. Water will be pumped from the months of May through October and will be used for golf course irrigation. The location of the withdrawal points are off Route 2A (Quail Ridge Country Club).

Irrigation Well #BE-2: Latitude 42 31’ 25.01”N Longitude 71 25’ 53.61”W Irrigation Well #BE-5: Latitude 42 30’ 20.55”N Longitude 71 25’ 24.53”W Irrigation Well #BE-7: Latitude 42 30’ 3.00”N Longitude 71 25’ 26.5”W

Submit comments on this application by February 22, 2003 to: Kurt Jacobson MA Department of Environmental Protection 627 Main Street Worcester, MA 01608.

This information is available in alternate format. Call Aprel McCabe, ADA Coordinator at 1-617-556-1171.

http://www.mass.gov/dep  Phone (508) 792-7650  Fax (508) 792-7621  TDD # (508) 767-2788 Printed on Recycled Paper Notification for WMA permit application, Quail Ridge Country Club, Acton, MA.

Mike Fleming EOEA Suasco River Basin Team Leader 180 Beaman Street West Boylston, MA 01583

Mass. Division. Of Fisheries & Wildlife Field Headquarters Route 135, North Drive Westboro, MA 01581

Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program Field Headquarters Route 135, North Drive Westboro, MA 01581

Organization for the Assabet River Damonhill Square Concord, MA 01742

Board of Selectmen Town of Acton 472 Main Street Acton, MA 01720