CONSERVATION COMMISSION Public Meeting Notice

PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE

DATE:  March 27, 2023

TIME:  6:35 PM

LOCATION:  Dunstable Town Hall, Lower Level

At its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, March 27, 2023 at 6:35pm at the Town Hall lower level, the Dunstable Conservation Commission will consider a Request for Determination of Applicability (RDA) to conduct a geotechnical boring investigation within the New England Power O42-5 Tap overhead electric transmission line right-ofway. The purpose of the Project is to collect geotechnical information to support a future project to refurbish the transmission line. It will cause limited temporary impacts from the placement of timber construction mats to the wetland resource areas Bordering Vegetated Wetlands, Bordering Land Subject to Flooding, as well as to the 100-foot Buffer Zone and 200-foot Riverfront Area. Request submitted by VHB on behalf of the applicant New England Power Company for the Dunstable substation on Pleasant Street and west over Unkety Brook, Dunstable, MA 01827. The Commission will make its determination in accordance with the provisions of the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act, M.G.L. c.131 § 40, its associated Regulations (310 CMR 10.00) and the Town of Dunstable General Wetland Bylaw. The RDA is on file in the Commission office at the Town Hall. Please call 978-649-4514 x230 or email [email protected] to review the full application.