Recent MESA decisions, permits, and applications

Lists of recent filings and determinations made pursuant to MESA.

Recent MESA Project Review Applications

NHESP Tracking Number Town Location Filing Date NHESP Response Date
23-8390 Acushnet Fall River to Acushnet Reliability Project 4/25/2024 5/25/2024
24-18423 Amherst near 560 Middle Street, culvert carrying Plum Brook 4/23/2024 5/23/2024
24-18419 Ashburnham 29 Depot Road 4/19/2024 5/19/2024
24-18409 Ayer West Main Street at Nonacoicus Brook 4/16/2024 5/16/2024
24-17237 Barnstable 0 Mary Dunn Road 3/22/2024 4/21/2024
24-17339 Barnstable Dowses Beach: 348 East Bay Road, Osterville. Kalmus Beach: 670 Ocean Street, Hyannis. 4/1/2024 5/1/2024
24-18379 Barnstable Various locations within the waters of the Town of Mashpee.  Waquoit Bay and Popponesset Bay. 4/10/2024 5/10/2024
24-18384 Barre 99 Barre Depot Road 4/9/2024 5/9/2024
23-5201 Boston 217 Jamaicaway 4/16/2024 5/16/2024
24-18417 Bourne 19 Little Bay Lane 4/22/2024 5/22/2024
23-5201 Brookline 217 Jamaicaway 4/16/2024 5/16/2024
24-18361 Burlington 225 Middlesex Turnpike 4/4/2024 5/4/2024
23-10804 Canton Ponkapoag Pond, 1100 Randolph Street 4/11/2024 5/11/2024
24-18350 Carver Snows Pond Rd, Beaver Dam Road, Cedar Pond Road  4/25/2024 5/25/2024
23-8521 Chatham 486 Shore Road 4/1/2024 5/1/2024
24-18375 Chatham 26 Salt Pond Road 4/4/2024 5/4/2024
24-18394 Dartmouth 208 Elm Street 4/12/2024 5/12/2024
24-18396 Dartmouth Round Hill - South Beach 4/16/2024 5/16/2024
23-8390 Dartmouth Fall River to Acushnet Reliability Project 4/25/2024 5/25/2024
24-18421 Dennis 30 Dr, Bottero Poad 4/20/2024 5/20/2024
24-18428 Dennis 2 Collins Avenue 4/22/2024 5/22/2024
24-18371 Edgartown 7 North Bog Road 4/8/2024 5/8/2024
24-18390 Edgartown 57 Butler's Cove Road, 15 Forever Wild Way 4/11/2024 5/11/2024
23-5204 Egremont 0 Phillips Road 4/11/2024 5/11/2024
24-18441 Framingham Town-Wide 4/17/2024 5/17/2024
24-18356 Greenfield Kimball Drive, off of Colrain Street 4/5/2024 5/5/2024
24-18357 Halifax Haywood Street 4/1/2024 5/1/2024
24-18425 Holyoke 125 Reservation Rd.  4/19/2024 5/19/2024
24-18392 Hull 2A Marina Drive 4/12/2024 5/12/2024
24-18418 Lakeville 9 Twin Oaks Road 4/18/2024 5/18/2024
24-18372 Littleton 4 Spectacle Pond Road 4/8/2024 5/8/2024
24-18364 Littleton 686 Great Road 4/11/2024 5/11/2024
24-18382 Mashpee 126 Shore Drive West 4/4/2024 5/4/2024
24-18379 Mashpee Various locations within the waters of the Town of Mashpee.  Waquoit Bay and Popponesset Bay. 4/10/2024 5/10/2024
24-18416 Mashpee 26 Wheeler Road 4/22/2024 5/22/2024
24-18373 Methuen off Washington Street 4/8/2024 5/8/2024
24-18359 Monterey 17 Lime Rock Lane, 3 Buckingham Lane, 42 Sylvan Lane, 74 Tyringham Lane, 9 Point Road 4/1/2024 5/1/2024
24-18429 Monterey 40 Elephant Rock Road 4/24/2024 5/24/2024
24-18388 Nantucket 5 Old Quidnet Milk Route 4/11/2024 5/11/2024
24-18389 Nantucket 16 Monomoy Road 4/11/2024 5/11/2024
24-18411 Nantucket 51 West Miacomet Road 4/15/2024 5/15/2024
24-18397 Nantucket 50 Wauwinet Road 4/16/2024 5/16/2024
24-18426 Nantucket 101 Miacomet Ave 4/22/2024 5/22/2024
24-18422 Nantucket 25 Nonantum Avenue 4/23/2024 5/23/2024
23-7233 Nantucket Miacomet Pond 4/25/2024 5/25/2024
24-18440 Nantucket 166 Cliff Road 4/25/2024 5/25/2024
24-18363 North Andover 2001 Salem Street 4/7/2024 5/7/2024
24-18387 Norton 115 King Philip Road 4/10/2024 5/10/2024
24-18374 Oak Bluffs 338 Seaview Ave 4/4/2024 5/4/2024
23-8670 Orleans Sipson Island 4/1/2024 5/1/2024
24-18424 Otis MM 3.4 in Sandisfield to MM 11.6 Otis 4/23/2024 5/8/2024
24-18393 Pittsfield 250 East New Lenox Road 4/12/2024 5/12/2024
24-18398 Plymouth Waters of Plymouth, north of Saquish Head 4/16/2024 5/16/2024
24-18350 Plymouth Snows Pond Rd, Beaver Dam Road, Cedar Pond Road  4/25/2024 5/25/2024
24-18350 Rochester Snows Pond Rd, Beaver Dam Road, Cedar Pond Road  4/25/2024 5/25/2024
24-18424 Sandisfield MM 3.4 in Sandisfield to MM 11.6 Otis 4/23/2024 5/8/2024
24-18383 Sandwich 102 Salt Marsh Road 4/8/2024 5/8/2024
24-17333 South Hadley 34 Upper River Road 4/1/2024 5/1/2024
24-17155 Statewide Tennessee Gas Pipeline 2024 Operations and Maintenance Plan 3/20/2024 6/19/2024
24-18362 Statewide National Grid 2023 Operations and Maintenance Plan (OMP) 4/1/2024 7/2/2024
RC-85695 Sunderland Plumtree Road 4/25/2024 5/25/2024
23-5207 Tisbury Army Road 4/17/2024 5/17/2024
24-18386 Truro 63 Head of the Meadow Road 4/8/2024 5/8/2024
23-10946 Wellfleet Indian Neck Tidal Flats 4/8/2024 5/8/2024
24-18430 Wellfleet 30 Hiller Ave 4/23/2024 5/23/2024
24-18385 West Springfield 44 Charles Avenue 4/10/2024 5/10/2024
24-18395 Westhampton 149 Easthampton Rd 4/11/2024 5/11/2024
24-18427 Worthington Route 112 - (Huntington Corners to Worthington/Huntington Town Line) 4/22/2024 5/7/2024
24-18391 Yarmouth 0 Great Island Road 4/12/2024 5/12/2024
24-18415 Yarmouth 79 White Rock Road 4/22/2024 5/22/2024

Additional Resources

Pending Conservation & Management Permit Applications

NHESP File Number Town Location Filing Date NHESP Due Date
23-0031 Duxbury Keene Street 6/16/2023 Suspended*
23-8661 Edgartown Martha's Vineyard Airport 9/15/2023 Suspended*
23-8480 Becket along Interstate-90 3/22/2024 Suspended*
23-0067 Bolton South Bolton Road 4/19/2024 Suspended*

*Please Note: Due dates for Conservation & Management Plans often are suspended by mutual agreement with the proponent in order to work out final details prior to a Permit being issued.

**If a Conservation and Management Plan has been submitted and the Project or Activity is undergoing a MEPA review, the due date will be 30 days after the issuance of a final MEPA certificate (per 321 CMR 10.23(4)).

Additional Resources

MESA Project Review Decisions

NHESP File Number Town Location Date Issued Determination
24-17325 Agawam 1000 Suffield Street 4/24/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17267 Amesbury Amesbury Point, 2 & 13 Merrimac Street 4/1/2024 No Take
24-18434 Amherst South East Street 4/26/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-18410 Athol Crescent Street/Miller's River 4/19/2024 No Take
24-17274 Barnstable 100 Waters Edge 4/1/2024 No Take
23-8480 Becket I-90 Westbound Mile Markers 20.6 to 20 4/6/2024 Take
24-17255 Belchertown Warren Wright Road at crossing with Hop Brook  4/17/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-18407 Belchertown Jabish Canal- Brook Culvert 4/19/2024 No Take
24-17286 Berkley V5/U6 and S8 115kV Transmission Lines Asset Condition Refurbishment Project 4/18/2024 No Take
23-8544 Berkley Oak Run and Hudson Drive 4/23/2024 Take
24-17334 Boston Belle Isle Marsh, 1375 Bennington Street 4/4/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17317 Bourne 61 Harbor Drive 4/18/2024 No Take
24-17272 Boxford 22 & 28 Washington Street 4/5/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17286 Bridgewater V5/U6 and S8 115kV Transmission Lines Asset Condition Refurbishment Project 4/18/2024 No Take
24-17275 Burlington 101 Middlesex Turnpike 4/18/2024 No Take
24-17219 Chatham 0 Old Queen Anne Rd 4/1/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17269 Concord 0 Garrison Road, 65X Bedford Street 4/10/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17315 Cummington State Route 9 (MM 17.4-MM 20) 4/5/2024 No Take
23-8390 Dartmouth Acushnet to Fall River Reliability Project 4/11/2024 Take
24-17279 Dennis 41 Dr Lords Rd 4/18/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17279 Dennis 961 Route 6A 4/18/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17316 Dennis 85 Miramar Avenue 4/18/2024 No Take
24-17286 Dighton V5/U6 and S8 115kV Transmission Lines Asset Condition Refurbishment Project 4/18/2024 No Take
24-17282 Easton 260 Massapoag Avenue 4/17/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17301 Edgartown 5 Boldwater Road 4/5/2024 No Take
24-17214 Edgartown 51 Plantingfield Way & 21 Sheriff's Lane 4/19/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-18376 Edgartown 189 Katama Road 4/25/2024 No Take
23-8390 Fall River Acushnet to Fall River Reliability Project 4/11/2024 Take
24-17235 Falmouth 581 Currier Rd 4/4/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17245 Harwich 29 Walther Road 4/4/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17246 Harwich 0 Pleasant Lake Avenue 4/4/2024 No Take
24-17241 Lakeville 22 Stetson Street 4/1/2024 No Take
24-18370 Longmeadow Route 91, southbound 4/8/2024 No Take
24-17236 Mashpee 132 Shore Drive West 4/5/2024 No Take
24-17268 Middleborough 368 Plymouth Street 4/17/2024 No Take
24-17335 Middleborough Meadowbrooke Lane 4/18/2024 No Take
24-17270 Nantucket 33 Nonantum Avenue 4/6/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-18352 Nantucket Intersection improvements at Milestone road and Polpis road and extension of 'sconset bikepath 4/16/2024 No Take
23-10988 Nantucket 59-83 Baxter Road 4/17/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17232 New Marlborough 1300 Hartsville Mill River Rd 4/4/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-18399 Northampton 60 Federal Street 4/22/2024 No Take
24-18354 Otis Route 8 4/17/2024 No Take
24-18408 Palmer 185 Ware Street 4/19/2024 No Take
24-17234 Pittsfield 84 Shore Drive 4/5/2024 No Take
24-17151 Plymouth Haynes Rd, Fearing Pond Rd, Cutter Field Rd, Southeast Line Rd, South Line Rd, Charge Pond Rd 4/5/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17271 Plymouth Off Central Avenue 4/6/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17253 Princeton Wachusett Mountain State Reservation, 345 Mountain Road 4/1/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
23-10923 Princeton Wachusett Mountain State Reservation 345 Mountain Road 3/29/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17286 Raynham V5/U6 and S8 115kV Transmission Lines Asset Condition Refurbishment Project 4/18/2024 No Take
24-17248 Rochester 532 Snipatuit road 4/5/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17314 Sandisfield Route 8 3/28/2024 No Take
23-8682 Sharon 742 Mountain Street 4/10/2024 No Take
24-17328 Shrewsbury 54 Lakeside Drive 4/1/2024 No Take
24-17286 Somerset V5/U6 and S8 115kV Transmission Lines Asset Condition Refurbishment Project 4/18/2024 No Take
24-17302 Sterling Route 110 4/19/2024 No Take
24-17283 Stockbridge Route 7 3/28/2024 No Take
24-17323 Sutton 187 West Sutton Rd  4/6/2024 No Take
24-17286 Swansea V5/U6 and S8 115kV Transmission Lines Asset Condition Refurbishment Project 4/18/2024 No Take
24-17286 Taunton V5/U6 and S8 115kV Transmission Lines Asset Condition Refurbishment Project 4/18/2024 No Take
24-17297 Uxbridge Route 122 3/28/2024 No Take
24-17249 Wellfleet 60 Fifth Avenue 4/1/2024 No Take
24-17244 Wellfleet 0 King Phillip Road 4/5/2024 No Take
24-17227 Wellfleet 555 Chequessett Neck Road 4/25/2024 No Take
24-17228 Wellfleet 35 Kendrick Ave 4/25/2024 No Take
24-17076 West Newbury Lower Artichoke Reservoir spillway 4/5/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17278 Westport 162 East Beach Road 4/17/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-17327 Westport 147 Atlantic Avenue 4/24/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-18414 Williamstown Route 7 4/22/2024 No Take
24-17276 Yarmouth Seagull Beach Road 4/23/2024 Conditioned to Avoid a Take

Conservation & Management Permit Decisions

Project Name Town(s) Date of Decision Determination
Piping Plover Habitat Conservation Plan; Curley Community Center  Boston 4/23/2024 Permit Issued
Camp Edwards Multi-Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) Range and Master Development Plan Bourne, Falmouth & Sandwich 4/5/2024 Permit Issued
Piping Plover Habitat Conservation Plan; Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge, Leland Beach, and Wasque Reservation Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard 4/4/2024 Permit Issued
Piping Plover Habitat Conservation Plan; Horseneck Beach State Reservation Westport 3/28/2024 Permit Issued
Piping Plover Habitat Conservation Plan; Revere Beach State Reservation, Winthrop Shores Reservation, Nahant Beach State Reservation, Wollaston Beach, Carson Beach, M Street Beach Revere, Winthrop, Nahant, Quincy, Boston 3/28/2024 Permit Issued
Moniz Estates Acushnet 3/18/2024 Permit Issued

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