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Boston Harbor Watersheds Water Quality & Hydrologic Investigations
Boston Harbor Watersheds Water Quality & Hydrologic Investigations Fore River Watershed Mystic River Watershed Neponset River Watershed Weir River Watershed Project Number 2002-02/MWI June 30, 2003 Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Resource Protection Boston Harbor Watersheds Water Quality & Hydrologic Investigations Project Number 2002-01/MWI June 30, 2003 Report Prepared by: Ian Cooke, Neponset River Watershed Association Libby Larson, Mystic River Watershed Association Carl Pawlowski, Fore River Watershed Association Wendy Roemer, Neponset River Watershed Association Samantha Woods, Weir River Watershed Association Report Prepared for: Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Resource Protection Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Ellen Roy Herzfelder, Secretary Department of Environmental Protection Robert W. Golledge, Jr., Commissioner Bureau of Resource Protection Cynthia Giles, Assistant Commissioner Division of Municipal Services Steven J. McCurdy, Director Division of Watershed Management Glenn Haas, Director Boston Harbor Watersheds Water Quality & Hydrologic Investigations Project Number 2002-01/MWI July 2001 through June 2003 Report Prepared by: Ian Cooke, Neponset River Watershed Association Libby Larson, Mystic River Watershed Association Carl Pawlowski, Fore River Watershed Association Wendy Roemer, Neponset River Watershed Association Samantha Woods, Weir River Watershed -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Office
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Office Environmental Notification Form For Office Use Only EEA#: MEPA Analyst: The information requested on this form must be completed in order to submit a document electronically for review under the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, 301 CMR 11.00. Project Name: Monatiquot River Restoration Street Address: Hancock Street and Plain Street Municipality: Braintree Watershed: Boston Harbor Universal Transverse Mercator Latitude: 42.198310 Coordinates: Longitude: -71.003542 334,584.25 E 4,673,737.82 N; UTMZ 19T Estimated commencement date: Estimated completion date: July 2022 June 2021 (in-water work estimated completion date: March 2022) Project Type: River Restoration Status of project design: 60 %complete Proponent: Town of Braintree, in cooperation with Hollingsworth Pond, LLC. Street Address: 1 John F. Kennedy Memorial Drive Municipality: Braintree State: MA Zip Code: 02184 Name of Contact Person: Matthew Sanford Firm/Agency: Milone & MacBroom, Inc. Street Address: 99 Realty Drive Municipality: Cheshire State: CT Zip Code: 06410 Phone: (203) 271-1773 Fax: E-mail: [email protected] Does this project meet or exceed a mandatory EIR threshold (see 301 CMR 11.03)? Yes No If this is an Expanded Environmental Notification Form (ENF) (see 301 CMR 11.05(7)) or a Notice of Project Change (NPC), are you requesting: a Single EIR? (see 301 CMR 11.06(8)) Yes No a Special Review Procedure? (see 301CMR 11.09) Yes No -
Proposed Revisions to 314 CMR 4.00 (Tables and Figures, Clean)
Please see the 314 CMR 4.00 Summary and Notice to Reviewers document, as well as the Fact Sheets on particular topics for additional information and explanatory detail associated with these proposed regulatory changes. These documents are available on the MassDEP Website. 314 CMR: DIVISION OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL 4.06: continued LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES* TABLE & TABLE AND CORRESPONDING FIGURE TITLE Page # FIGURE # A (Figure only) River Basins and Coastal Drainage Areas TF-2 1 Blackstone River Basin TF-3 2 Boston Harbor Drainage Area (formerly Boston Harbor Drainage System and Mystic, Neponset and Weymouth & Weir River Basins) TF-8 3 Buzzards Bay Coastal Drainage Area TF-17 4 Cape Cod Coastal Drainage Area TF-22 5 Charles River Basin TF-30 6 Chicopee River Basin TF-34 7 Connecticut River Basin TF-40 8 Deerfield River Basin TF-49 9 Farmington River Basin TF-58 10 French River Basin TF-60 11 Housatonic River Basin TF-62 12 Hudson River Basin (formerly Hoosic, Kinderhook and Bashbish) TF-70 13 Ipswich River Basin TF-76 14 Islands Coastal Drainage Area (formerly Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket) TF-79 15 Merrimack River Basin TF-81 16 Millers River Basin TF-86 17 Narragansett Bay and Mount Hope Bay Drainage Area TF-90 18 Nashua River Basin TF-93 19 North Coastal Drainage Area TF-103 20 Parker River Basin TF-109 21 Quinebaug River Basin TF-113 22 Shawsheen River Basin TF-116 23 South Coastal Drainage Area TF-118 24 Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord (SuAsCo) River Basin (formerly Concord) TF-123 25 Taunton River Basin TF-128 26 Ten Mile River Basin TF-132 27 Westfield River Basin TF-134 28 (Table only) Site-Specific Criteria TF-144 29 (Table only) GenerallyApplicable Criteria: 29a. -
Boston Harbor South Watersheds 2004 Assessment Report
Boston Harbor South Watersheds 2004 Assessment Report June 30, 2004 Prepared for: Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Prepared by: Neponset River Watershed Association University of Massachusetts, Urban Harbors Institute Boston Harbor Association Fore River Watershed Association Weir River Watershed Association Contents How rapidly is open space being lost?.......................................................35 Introduction ix What % of the shoreline is publicly accessible?........................................35 References for Boston Inner Harbor Watershed........................................37 Common Assessment for All Watersheds 1 Does bacterial pollution limit fishing or recreation? ...................................1 Neponset River Watershed 41 Does nutrient pollution pose a threat to aquatic life? ..................................1 Does bacterial pollution limit fishing or recreational use? ......................46 Do dissolved oxygen levels support aquatic life?........................................5 Does nutrient pollution pose a threat to aquatic life or other uses?...........48 Are there other water quality problems? ....................................................6 Do dissolved oxygen (DO) levels support aquatic life? ..........................51 Do water supply or wastewater management impact instream flows?........7 Are there other indicators that limit use of the watershed? .....................53 Roughly what percentage of the watersheds is impervious? .....................8 Do water supply, -
(Osmerus Mordax) Spawning Habitat in the Weymouth- Fore River
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report TR-5 Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) Spawning Habitat in the Weymouth- Fore River Bradford C. Chase and Abigail R. Childs Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Law Enforcement Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Commonwealth of Massachusetts September 2001 Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Technical Report TR-5 Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) Spawning Habitat in the Weymouth-Fore River Bradford C. Chase and Abigail R. Childs Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Annisquam River Marine Fisheries Station 30 Emerson Ave. Gloucester, MA 01930 September 2001 Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Paul Diodati, Director Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Law Enforcement Dave Peters, Commissioner Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Bob Durand, Secretary Commonwealth of Massachusetts Jane Swift, Governor ABSTRACT The spawning habitat of anadromous rainbow smelt in the Weymouth-Fore River, within the cities of Braintree and Weymouth, was monitored during 1988-1990 to document temporal, spatial and biological characteristics of the spawning run. Smelt deposited eggs primarily in the Monatiquot River, upstream of Route 53, over a stretch of river habitat that exceeded 900 m and included over 8,000 m2 of suitable spawning substrate. Minor amounts of egg deposition were found in Smelt Brook, primarily located below the Old Colony railroad embankment where a 6 ft culvert opens to an intertidal channel. The Smelt Brook spawning habitat is degraded by exposure to chronic stormwater inputs, periodic raw sewer discharges and modified stream hydrology. Overall, the entire Weymouth-Fore River system supports one of the larger smelt runs in Massachusetts Bay, with approximately 10,000 m2 of available spawning substrate. -
Open PDF File, 1.08 MB, for Boston Harbor 1999 Water
LITERATURE CITED Ackerman, M.T. 1989 April. Compilation of Lakes, Ponds, Reservoirs and Impoundments Relative to the Massachusetts Lake Classification Program. Publication: #15901-171-50-4-89-c.r. Technical Services Branch, Massachusetts Division of Water Pollution Control, Department of Environmental Quality Engineering, Westborough, MA. ACOE. 1998. Use Attainability Study of the East Branch Neponset River Canton, Stoughton, and Sharon, Massachusetts. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. Waltham, MA. ACOE. 30 April 2001. Update Report for Massachusetts. [Online]. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. http://www.nae.usace.army.mil. 4 January 2002. ACOE. 31 October 2001. Update Report for Massachusetts. [Online]. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District . http://www.nae.usace.army.mil. 4 January 2002. ACOE. 2001. Annual Water Quality Report Fiscal Year 2000. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. Waltham, MA. AMRA. 1997. Comprehensive Report of the Lower Mystic Watershed: Shoreline Survey Results and Analysis for Mystic River, Alewife Brook, Malden River. Alewife/Mystic River Advocates. Somerville, MA. Beaulieu, K. 2001. ([email protected]) Fish community and Benthic Invertebrate Protocol and Datasets for Aberjona and Neponset rivers. United States Geologic Survey, New England Coastal Basins National Water Quality Assessment Program, East Hartford, CT. E-mails to Katie O’Brien, MA DEP dated 22 and 26 October 2001. Berasi, B. and L. Harrahy. 2001. Benthic Macroinvertebrate Phase of BUDGETS. Neponset River Watershed Association. Canton, MA. Big Dig. 2000. The Central Artery Tunnel; The Big Dig Worth Its Wait [Online] http://www.bigdig.com/ Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Boston, MA. -
Armstrong Dam Removal Feasibility Study Final Report
Armstrong Dam Removal FEASIBILITY STUDY Monatiquot River - Braintree, Massachusetts Prepared for: In partnership with: Prepared by: FINAL REPORT DECEMBER 2016 This page intentionally left blank. Executive Summary Armstrong Dam Removal FEASIBILITY STUDY – DRAFT REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Project Purpose The purpose of this project is to evaluate the feasibility of restoring access for diadromous1 fish to historically native habitats in the Upper Fore River Basin including its tributaries, the Monatiquot, Farm and Cochato Rivers by removing the Armstrong Dam, also known as Hollingsworth Dam, in Braintree, MA. The ultimate goal is restoring river herring access to the 180-acre Great Pond Reservoir in the Farm River basin headwaters. Great Pond serves as a water supply source for the towns of Braintree, Holbrook and Randolph (Tri-Town Water Board). A recent river herring and spawning nursery habitat assessment (Chase et al. 2015) was conducted that demonstrated Great Pond provides suitable river herring spawning habitat. Imagery Credit: Duane Raver/USFWS Species targeted for restoration include both species of river herring (blueback herring and alewife), American eel, and sea lamprey, all of which are diadromous fish that depend upon passage between marine and freshwater habitats to complete their life cycle. Reasons for pursuing fish passage restoration in the Upper Fore River Basin include the importance and historical presence of the target species, the connectivity of and significant potential habitat within the watershed, and active public input and support. F.X. Messina Enterprises, the Armstrong Dam owner, is interested in removing the dam to The impact of diadromous fish species extends eliminate maintenance costs and liability and far beyond the scope of a single restoration potentially developing the site. -
Draft Hazard Mitigation Plan to Be Presented at January 10 Public Meeting
DRAFT TOWN OF BRAINTREE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN 2019 UPDATE [This page intentionally left blank] DRAFT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & CREDITS This plan was prepared for the Town of Braintree by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) under the direction of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The plan was funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program. MAPC Officers President, Keith Bergman, Town of Littleton Vice President, Erin Wortman, Town of Stoneham Secretary, Sandra Hackman, Town of Bedford Treasurer, Taber Keally, Town of Milton Executive Director, Marc Draisen, MAPC Credits Project Manager: Martin Pillsbury Lead Project Planner: Anne Herbst Mapping/GIS Services: Caitlin Spence Andrea Huerfano Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Director: Kurt Schwartz Department of Conservation and Recreation Commissioner: Leo Roy Braintree Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Team Kelly Phelan Conservation Planner, Project Manager Amy Carey Health Inspector, LEPC Director Jim Arsenault Director, Public Works Cynthia O’Connell Stormwater Manager Steve Wallace Police Officer Robert Ferrisi Director, Operation Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital Suzanne Coneys Director, Quality and Risk Mgmt. Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital Kevin Nelligan Captain, Fire Department Joe Reynolds Chief of Staff, Mayor’s Office Ken Stone Energy Services and Accounting Mgr. Braintree Electric Light Department Anne Lally Athletic Trainer, Thayer Academy John Morse Assistant Town Engineer Christopher Ayers OSHA Chris DiBona Director of Clinical Performance, Brewster Ambulance Bob James Director, Emergency Management Robert Millette Emergency Management Dennis Girardi Emergency Management Bob Campbell Town Engineer TOWN OF BRAINTREE – HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN – 2019 UPDATE I DRAFT John Mattson Clean Harbors David Medina Clean Harbors Nicole Perry Public Health Nurse Jay St. -
Hydrologic Data of the Neponset and Weymouth River Basins, Massachusetts
Ui\:ITED STATES DEPARTf\lENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY l\1ASSACHUSETTS HYDROLOGIC- DATA REPORT No. 14 HYDROLOGIC DATA OF THE NEPONSET AND WEYMOUTH RIVER BASINS, MASSACHUSETTS BY R. A . BRACKLEY, WILLIAM B. FLECK AND RICH A RD E. WILLEY "'!00 'J 00 '1' JO /)(,)() ~ NEPONSET AND WEYMOUTH RIVER BASINS I SIJI-.X MAl' 01-' MA S...;A \. Ht '~ l-:-rn-; :.:'IJ l lt 0 21J ¥ J III II• PR F PAR EO I~ COOPERAT IO!'\ WIT H THE CO ~l\10N\VEAL TH OF MASSACHUSETTS \VATER RESOURCES COM f\1ISSION 1973 ill~ITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Geological Survey HYDROLOGIC DATA OF THE NEPONSET AND WEYMOUTH RIVER BASINS, MASSACHUSETTS By R. A. Brackley, William B. Fleck, and Richard E. Willey Massachusetts Hydrologic-Data Report No. 14 Records of surface-water discharges, selected wells and borings, and chemical analyses of water in the Neponset and Weymouth River basins, Massachusetts Prepared in cooperation with THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION Boston, Massachusetts 1973 OPEN-FILE REPORT CONTENTS Page Introduction-------------------~----------~--------------------- 1 Sources of information----------------------------------------- 2 Definition of terms-------------------------------------------- 2 Selected equivalents------------------------------------------- 4 Selected references--------------------------------------------- 5 ILLUSTRATIONS Plate is in pocket Plate 1. Map of the Neponset and Weymouth River basins, showing sites of hydrologic data. Page Figure 1. Monthly mean discharge at stream-gaging stations and monthend water level in selected wells in the Neponset and Weymouth River basins, 1965-68--------- 6 TABLES Page Table 1. Description of selected wells and borings------------- 10 2. Logs of selected wells and borings-------------------- 19 3. Chemical analyses of ground water--------------------- 30 4. Stream sites and discharge measurements--------------- 33 5. -
A Logistic Regression Equation for Estimating the Probability of a Stream Flowing Perennially in Massachusetts
A Logistic Regression Equation for Estimating the Probability of a Stream Flowing Perennially in Massachusetts By GARDNER C. BENT and STACEY A. ARCHFIELD Abstract (CMR) 10.58(2)(a) were not considered when des- ignating the perennial or intermittent status of a A logistic regression equation was stream site. The database used to develop the developed for estimating the probability of a equation included a total of 305 stream sites (84 stream flowing perennially at a specific site in intermittent- and 89 perennial-stream sites in the Massachusetts. The equation provides city and State, and 50 intermittent- and 82 perennial-stream town conservation commissions and the sites in the South Coastal Basin). Stream sites Massachusetts Department of Environmental included in the database had drainage areas that Protection with an additional method for assessing ranged from 0.14 to 8.94 square miles in the State whether streams are perennial or intermittent and from 0.02 to 7.00 square miles in the South at a specific site in Massachusetts. This informa- Coastal Basin. tion is needed to assist these environmental agen- cies, who administer the Commonwealth of Results of the logistic regression analysis Massachusetts Rivers Protection Act of 1996, indicate that the probability of a stream flowing which establishes a 200-foot-wide protected river- perennially at a specific site in Massachusetts can front area extending along the length of each side be estimated as a function of (1) drainage area of the stream from the mean annual high-water (cube root), (2) drainage density, (3) areal percent- line along each side of perennial streams, with age of stratified-drift deposits (square root), exceptions in some urban areas. -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts FY2008-2012 Five-Year Capital
Commonwealth of Massachusetts FY2008-2012 Five-Year Capital Investment Plan August 2007 Deval L. Patrick, Governor Timothy P. Murray, Lt. Governor Leslie A. Kirwan, Secretary of Administration & Finance TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................1 VISION........................................................................................................................................................1 CHALLENGES..............................................................................................................................................2 ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES AND PURSUING THE VISION .........................................................................3 Job Creation and Economic Growth ................................................................................................5 World-Class Education ......................................................................................................................6 Environmental Protection and Clean Energy ..................................................................................6 Partnering with Cities and Towns.....................................................................................................7 Safe Communities ..............................................................................................................................7 Quality, Affordable Health Care for All.............................................................................................8 -
Body of Report
Streamflow Measurements, Basin Characteristics, and Streamflow Statistics for Low-Flow Partial-Record Stations Operated in Massachusetts from 1989 Through 1996 By Kernell G. Ries, III Abstract length; mean basin slope; area of surficial stratified drift; area of wetlands; area of water bodies; and A network of 148 low-flow partial-record mean, maximum, and minimum basin elevation. stations was operated on streams in Massachusetts Station descriptions and calculated streamflow during the summers of 1989 through 1996. statistics are also included in the report for the 50 Streamflow measurements (including historical continuous gaging stations used in correlations measurements), measured basin characteristics, with the low-flow partial-record stations. and estimated streamflow statistics are provided in the report for each low-flow partial-record station. Also included for each station are location infor- INTRODUCTION mation, streamflow-gaging stations for which flows were correlated to those at the low-flow Streamflow statistics are useful for design and operation of reservoirs for water supply and partial-record station, years of operation, and hydroelectric generation, sewage-treatment facilities, remarks indicating human influences of stream- commercial and industrial facilities, agriculture, flows at the station. Three or four streamflow mea- maintenance of streamflows for fisheries and wildlife, surements were made each year for three years and recreational users. These statistics provide during times of low flow to obtain nine or ten mea- indications of reliability of water resources, especially surements for each station. Measured flows at the during times when water conservation practices are low-flow partial-record stations were correlated most likely to be needed to protect instream flow and with same-day mean flows at a nearby gaging other uses.