National Grid 2021 VMP + YOP RECEIVE® nationalgrid
April 28,2021
MAY 12 2021
Salem Mayor Kimberley Driscoll CITY OF SALEM
93 Washington Street BOARD OF HEALTH
Salem, MA 1.970
Dear Mayor Kimberley Driscoll:
In a letter sent on December 16, 2020, 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 2021 YOP are posted at the following
websites:
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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 2021 program. Please note that
the YOP also lists the rights-of-way from the 2020 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*
February 1,2021—May 30,2021 May 30,2021-Oct 16,2021 ct 16, 2021—Dec 31,2021
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.
The work will be performed by one of the following vegetation management vendors:
Lewis Tree Service, Inc. Stanley Tree Vegetation Control Service, Inc.
300 Lucius Gordon Drive 662 Great Road 2342 Main Street
West Henrietta, NY 14586 North Smithfield, RI 02896 Athol,MA 01331
(585)436-3208 (401)765-4677 (978)249-5348
Lucas Tree Experts BluRoc
12 Northbrook Drive 15 Atwood Dr,Suite 301
Falmouth, ME 04105 Northampton, MA 01060
(800)339-8873 (413)887-3653
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.rigby@nationalgrid.com or please leave
a message at 508-860-6282
Sincerely,
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Mariclaire Rigby
Lead Vegetation Strategy Specialist
cc: "Board of Heart i(
Conservation Commission
Massachusetts Pesticide Bureau
Municipal Water Supplier(s)
Assigned vegetation management vendor
Municipality: Salem ROW#(S): 1491 1588