National Grid 2020 Vegetation Management Plan + YOP nationalgrid
April 27, 2020 RECEIVED
Salem Mayor Kimberley Driscoll MAY 012020
93 Washington Street
Salem, MA 1970 CITY'OF BALEM
BOARD OF HEALTH
Dear Mayor Kimberley Driscoll:
In a letter sent on December 9,2019,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 maps showing the
rights-of-way to be treated were included with that letter.
The current Vegetation Management Plan (VMP) and approved 2020 YOP are posted at the following
websites:
https://www9.nationalgridus.com/non htmi/National%20Grid%20VMP%202019-2023.pdf
https://www9.nationalgridus.com/non html/National%20Grid_2020%20YOP.pdf
Although you already received and reviewed copies of the YOP map(s) with the original notification 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 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 2020 program. Please
note that the YOP also lists the rights-of-way from the 2019 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 be 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*
January 27,2020—May 29,2020 May 29,2020-Oct 16,2020 Oct 16,2020—Dec 31,2020
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.
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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.
The work will be performed by one of the following companies:
Lewis Tree Service,Inc. Stanley Tree Vegetation Control Service,Inc. Lucas Tree Experts Davey Tree Expert Co.
300 Lucius Gordon Drive 662 Great Road 2342 Main Street 12 Northbrook Drive 1500 N Mantua St
West Henrietta,NY 14586 North Smithfield,RI 02896 Athol,MA 01331 Falmouth,ME04105 Kent,OH 44240
(585)436-3208 -(401)765-4677 (978)249-5348 (800)339-8873 800-445-8733
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
Massachusetts State Pesticide Bureau
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 508-860-6282
Sincerely,
l •! lL k 0 t w ties
Mariclaire Rigby
Lead Vegetation Strategy Specialist
cc: Board of Health
Conservation Commission
Lewis Tree Service or Vegetation Control Service or Stanley Tree or Lucas Tree Experts
Massachusetts Pesticide Bureau
Municipal Water Supplier(s)
Municipality:Salem
ROW#(S): 1479
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