NATIONAL GRID 2024 YEARLY OPERATIONAL PLAN (002) April 22,2024
RECEIVED national rid
APR 2 9 2024
Salem Mayor Dominick Pangallo CITY OFSALEM
93 Washington Street BOARD OF HEALTH
Salem, MA 01970
Dear Mayor Dominick Pangallo:
In a letter sent on December 5, 2023, you received notification that National Grid would carry out late winter-
spring mechanical control, cut surface (CST) or basal treatment; a summer selective foliage treatment;.and, as
necessary, summer and fall CST and basal treatments on rights-of-way, which pass through your municipality.
Information on National Grid's approved Yearly Operational Plan (YOP) and a link to maps showing the rights-
of-way to be treated were included with that letter.
The current five-year Vegetation Management Plan (VMP), approved 2024 YOP,and 2024 maps are posted on
National Grid's website: httl)s://www.nationalLridus.com/Oasis/Operations-Documentation
Please let us know if there are any additional sensitive areas located on or near the rights-of-way. Please advise
us as soon as possible so we can establish permanent GIS records and implement appropriate field protective
actions. We particularly rely on this process to collect corrections to the public wells and to record the location
of private wells.
National Grid's YOP details specific information pertaining to the intended 2024 program. Please note that the
YOP also lists the rights-of-way from the 2023 treatment program in case National Grid needs to request a
"touch-up" retreatment of scattered locations from our contractor(s). If upon review of the previous year's
treatments, National Grid finds a site(s) within your municipality that need follow-up treatments, this letter
serves as notification of that follow-up treatment. The individual landowner(s) will also be notified about this
work.Please note that scheduled rights-of-way are subject to change based on workplan constraints.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts recommended herbicides for use in sensitive areas listed in Section 7 (pages
13-15) of the YOP will be selectively applied to target vegetation by experienced, Massachusetts'
licensed/certified applicators that walk along the rights-of-way using backpack equipment. Copies of the
manufacturers' herbicide labels and fact sheets are also included in the YOP,Appendices 8 and 9.
Potential Treatment Periods*
February 1,2024—May 30,2024 May 30,2024-Oct 15,2024 Oct 15,2024—Dec 31,2024
CST Foliar CST
Basal CST Basal
Dormant stem Basal Dormant Stem
Cut stubble
*The exact treatment dates are dependent upon weather conditions and field crew progress.
In compliance with 333 CMR 11.06-11.07, no herbicide applications will occur before the conclusion of the 45-
day YOP review period, the 21-day treatment notice and the 48-hour newspaper notice. At the end of these
review periods, which can run concurrently, no application shall commence more than ten days before nor
conclude more than ten days after the treatment periods listed above.
939 Southbridge Street Worcester,NIA 01610
T:781-290-8310 ■ mariclaire.rigby@nationalgrid.com■ nationalgrid.com
The work will be performed by one of the following vegetation management vendors:
Lewis Tree Service,Inc. Stanley Tree Vegetation Control Service,Inc. Davey Tree Expert Ca-
300 Lucius Gordon Drive 662 Great Road 2342 Main Street 1500 N Mantua St
West Henrietta,W 14586 North Smithfield,RI 02896 Athol,MA 01331 Kent,OH 44240
(585)436-3208 (401)765-4677 (978)249-5348 800-445-8733
Lucas Tree Experts BluRoc North Eastern Tree Service Rainbow Treecare
12 Northbrook Drive 15 Atwood Or,Suite301 1000 Pontiac Ave 11571 K-Tel Dr.
FaImouth,ME 04105 Northampton,MA02060 Cranston,RI 02920 Minnetonka,MN 55343
(800)339-8873 (413)887-3653 (401)941-7204 952-92.2-3810
This informational 21-day notification follows Chapter 132B,section 6B of the Massachusetts General Laws,333
CMR 11.05-11.07 Rights of Way Management and Chapter 85, Section 10 of the Acts of 2000. National Grid's
vegetation management program is subject to federal and state regulations only. By statute, local permits or
rulings are not applicable.
For inquiries concerning safety of the herbicides, please contact:
Director of Rights-of-Way Programs
Department of Agricultural Resources
251 Causeway Street,Suite 500
Boston, MA 02114-2151
Telephone: (617) 626-1781
Please contact me if you have any questions about the application and monitoring of the vegetation control
program. The best way to contact me is through email at mariclaire.rgby@nationalgrid.com or please leave a
message at 781-290-8310.
Sincerely,
Mariclaire Rigby
Lead Vegetation Strategy Specialist
cc: Board of Health
Conservation Commission
Massachusetts Pesticide Bureau
Assigned vegetation management vendor
Municipality:Salem ROW#(S): 6050