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MEMORANDUM 372 Merrimac
Street
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Massachusetts
TO: Salem Port Expansion 01950
ENF Distribution List
FROM: Susan St. Pierre (978)465-1428
DATE: April 15, 2008 Fax
RE: Environmental Notification Form
(978)465-2640
Enclosed please find a copy of a Environmental Notification Form that was filed with the state
MEPA Office on April 15, 2008.
If you have any questions or concerns, or need further assistance please contact my office at
978/465-1428. Thank you.
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' Secretary Ian A. Bowles Massachuseas
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Attn: MEPA Office 01950
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900 (978)465-1428
Boston, MA 02114 Fax
(978)465-2640
Re: Environmental Notification Form neQ$SOe.a e
Salem Port Expansion
' Salem, MA
Dear Secretary Bowles:
On behalf of the City of Salem, (the 'Project Proponent'), Vine Associates, Inc. is pleased to
submit the enclosed Environmental Notification Form (ENF)for the Salem Port Expansion.
' The Project proposes to construct a multi use water transportation facility on a site owned by
Dominion and located in the Salem Harbor Designated Port Area in the City of Salem.
The development of this facility has been planned and evaluated by the City of Salem over
the past several years. The proposed development plan includes land and waterside
improvements including pedestrian and vehicular access; parking; a water transportation
' terminal with passenger facilities, office and storage space; and a fixed pile supported pier
and a system of gangways and floating docks/barges to accommodate a variety of vessels
' such as commercial fishing boats, small coastal cruise ships, visiting ships, water taxis,
excursion vessels and a supply boat.
' The facility will require dredging of 8.3 acres of Salem Harbor to create navigable areas with
sufficient depths to accommodate the vessels programmed for the site. The U.S. Army Corps
has recently determined that the sediments proposed for dredging are suitable for offshore
open water disposal in the Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site.
The project is required to file an ENF as it will alter a coastal bank(note that the bank was
' previously altered); alter more than ''/z acre of wetland resources from the proposed dredging
activities; dredge more than 10,000 cubic yards of material; and expand pile supported
structures occupying flowed tidelands more than 2,000 sf in base area (301 CMR
' 11.03(3)(b)(1)(b) and (f) and (3), (4), and (6)).
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The project is an important economic initiative for the City that is included in the City's 2008
Municipal Harbor Plan. This City Project has received funding from and is supported by the
state Seaport Council as well as other organizations in the City. The City expects to
complete the project design in the winter of 2008 and begin construction in the spring of
2009.
' Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you
have any questions at(978)465-1428.
Sincerely,
VINE ASSOCIATES, INC.
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' Susan St. Pierre
Principal
cc: K. Driscoll, Mayor City of Salem
D. Babb-Brott, MEPA Director
Enclosures
1 original signed ENF
' 1 copy of signed ENF
1 copy of first three pages of ENF including project description
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