The environmental review team requests that all applicants submit paperwork electronically for our fisheries environmental review comment. This means all copies of NOIs, MEPA documents, DEP ch91 and 401 applications, and ACOE filings.
Please email files for North projects (Plymouth to NH Border) to DMF.ENVReview-north@mass.gov. Please email files for South projects from (Bourne to the RI Border), DMF.ENVReview-south@mass.gov. If you have any questions please contact Kate Frew at Kate.Frew@mass.gov.
Technical Environmental Review Program
DMF's Technical Environmental Review Program serves to protect the marine fisheries resources of the Commonwealth.
There are 7 categories of projects and activities that are generally reviewed by the program:
- Docks & piers
- Dredging and dredge material disposal
- Fill projects - revetments, bulkheads, ramps, highway projects
- Beach nourishment
- Harbor development and wastewater planning
- Cables and pipelines
- Renewable energy - wind mills, tidal power
DMF biologists work with state, federal, and local agencies to:
- Review project proposals
- Design directed surveys
- Provide technical assistance
- Submit formal recommendations for the avoidance, minimization, and mitigation of impacts
- Avoid and minimize impacts through project modifications, sequencing, and time of year
- Recommend options for compensatory mitigation or habitat restoration for unavoidable impacts
Additional Resources
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Open PDF file, 1.25 MB, Conservation moorings (PDF 1.25 MB)
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Open PDF file, 105.91 KB, Learn how to do an eelgrass survey (PDF 105.91 KB)
Request a review of your project
To request a review of your project, contact one of our area biologists.
North Shore biologists - North of Plymouth
- Kate Frew - Phone: (978) 491-6247; Email: kate.frew@mass.gov
- Forest Schenck, PhD - Phone: (978) 491-6253; Email: forest.schenck@mass.gov
- Iris Seto - Phone (978) 491-6239; Email: iris.seto@mass.gov
- dmf.envreview-north@mass.gov
South Shore biologists - Bourne and south (including Cape Cod and the Islands)
- Amanda Davis - Phone: (508) 742-9741; Email: amanda.davis@mass.gov
- John Logan, PhD - Phone: (508) 742-9722; Email: john.logan@mass.gov
- dmf.envreview-south@mass.gov
Additional reports
Cape Cod Dredging Recommendations: For digital files in ArcGIS, please contact Dr. John Logan at john.logan@mass.gov or (508) 742-9722.
Additional Resources
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Open PDF file, 490.61 KB, Cape Cod Dredging Recommendations (PDF 490.61 KB)
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Open PDF file, 6.98 MB, Cape Dredging Appendix A (PDF 6.98 MB)
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Open PDF file, 45.44 KB, Cape Dredging Appendix B (PDF 45.44 KB)