PAN AM RAILWAYS 2021 YEARLY OPERATIONAL PLAN + VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN RECEIVE®
KEITH L. MORRIS
622 Spring Street APR 14 2021
Leeds,Massachusetts 01053
keithlmorris@comcast.net CITY OF SALEM
Tel/Fax 413 584-0633 BOARD OF HEALTH
March 31, 2021
Salem Board of Health
120 Washington Street
Salem, MA 01970
RE: 2021 Yearly Operational Plan and
2021 —2025 Vegetation Management Plan
Pan Am Railways, Inc.
Dear Sir/Madam
This correspondence serves as formal notification, in accordance with the Pesticide Board Regulations 333
CMR 11.07 and Massachusetts General Law Section 6b of Chapter 132B, that Pan Am Railways, Inc. will
commence with a post emergent herbicide application program on or after May 1, 2021 and conclude on or
about August 1, 2021. The specific date of application in your community shall depend upon scheduling and
weather conditions. A mixture of the herbicides Aquaneat, Opensight,Oust XP, Polaris AC Complete,
Milestone, Patriot Selective, or Escort XP shall be applied with low-pressure spray application by a track
mounted by-rail truck. The purpose of the application is to control nuisance vegetation in the ballast portion
of the railroad right-of-way and around switches and signals.
This correspondence also serves as formal notification, in accordance with the Pesticide Board Regulations
333 CMR 11.05 (4) (f),that Pan Am Railways, Inc. has received approval from the Massachusetts
Department of Agricultural Resources (MADAR)for a Vegetation Management Plan for the years 2021 —
2025.
A copy of the 2021 —2025 Vegetation Management Plan and 2021 Yearly Operational Plan, which includes
Material Safety Data Sheets, a Department of Agricultural Resources approved fact sheet and a sample label
for each herbicide is available for download on the web site http://railroadvmpyop.wordpress.com/about/
or a hard copy may be requested by contacting this office. Notification has been sent by certified mail to the
chief elected official, Board of Health and Conservation Commission of each affected community.
Application of the herbicides will be performed by the following certified applicator.
RWC, INC.
Lockhouse Road,Turnpike Industrial Park
P.O. Box 876
Westfield, MA 01085
(413) 562-5681
If you should have any questions concerning the above matter, please contact our office at your convenience.
Sincerely,
Keith : r'.
Environmental Consultant
cc: Pan Am Railways, Inc.