-THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS IVEXECUTIVE OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION

MASSACHUSETTS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT

JAMES A ALOISI JROEVAL L PATRICK SECRETARYGOVERNOR

LUISA PAIEWONSKY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

TIMOTHY P MURRAY COMMISSIONER

April 30 2009 APH 3 0 2009

An Herrick - CIP S Environmental Protection Agency - Region 1

1 Congress Street Suite 1100 Boston MA 02114-2023

RE NPDES Phase II Small MS4 General Permit EP A Permit Number MA043025 MassHighway Permit Year 5 Anual Report

Dear Ms Murphy

Please find enclosed the Permt Year 6 Anual Report signed by Commissioner Luisa Paiewonsky The annual report summarizes MassHighway activities between April 2008 and March 2009 towards meeting the measurable goals outlined in the NPDES Phase II Notice of Intent (NOl) submitted to your offce in July 2003 with the most recent revision on December 26 2006 Please feel free to contact Mr Henr Barbaro Supervsor of Wetlands amp Water Resources at (617) 973shy

7419 if you have any questions or require further information

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waJSh Director Environmental Services

Enclosures NPDES Phase II Small MS4 General Permit Anual Report - Year 6

Cc Fred Civian

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection One Winter Street - 5th Floor Boston MA 02108

TEN PARK PLA BOSTON MA 02116-3969 TELEPHONE (617) 973-7800 TELEFAX (617) 973-8040 TOO (617) 973-7306 WWMHDSTATE MA

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NPDES Storm Water Management Pln Annual Report Permit Year 6

MunicipalityOrganization Massachusetts Highway Department

EP A NPDES Permit Number MA043025

MaDEP Transmittal Number W-040919

Annual Report Number amp Reporting Period No 6 April2008-March 2009

NPDES Phase II Small MS4 General Permit Annual Report

Part I General Information

Contact Person Mr Henry Barbaro Title Supervisor of Wetlands amp Water Resources

Telephone (617) 973-7419 Email henrybarbaro(fmhdstatema

Certification

I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information the info ation su fuitted is to the best of my knowledge and belief true accurate and complete I am ware that re are significapt penalties for submitting false information including the possi ility of fi knowing violations

ind imprisonmeft forh

Signature Atfi J

Printed Name Luisa M Paiewonsky

Title MassHighway Commissioner

Date

NPDES Storm Water Management Pln Annual Report Permit Year 6

MunicipalityOrganization Massachusetts Highway Department

EP A NPDES Permit Number MA043025

MaDEP Transmittal Number W-040919

Annual Report Number amp Reporting Period No 6 April2008-March 2009

NPDES Phase II Small MS4 General Permit Annual Report

Part I General Information

Contact Person Mr Henry Barbaro Title Supervisor of Wetlands amp Water Resources

Telephone (617) 973-7419 Email henrybarbaro(fmhdstatema

Certification

I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information the info ation su fuitted is to the best of my knowledge and belief true accurate and complete I am ware that re are significapt penalties for submitting false information including the possi ility of fi knowing violations

ind imprisonmeft forh

Signature Atfi J

Printed Name Luisa M Paiewonsky

Title MassHighway Commissioner

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publ

ic

Req

uire

men

ts

incl

udin

g bu

t not

lim

ited

to

requ

irem

ents

Mas

sHig

hway

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

requ

irem

ents

W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct C

lean

co

nduc

ted

70 d

esig

n pu

blic

hea

ring

s W

ater

Act

401

Wat

er Q

ualit

y in

this

per

mit

year

(se

e A

ppen

dix

Cer

tific

atio

n A

rmy

Cor

ps o

f B

)

Eng

inee

rs 4

04 P

erm

it a

nd

ME

P A

EP

A

Ado

pt-a

-Hig

hway

A

dopt

-a-H

ighw

ay

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt p

rogr

am

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

is p

rogr

am S

ix A

dopt

-su

ppor

t thi

s pr

ogra

m

Hig

hway

sig

ns w

ere

post

ed T

wo

on

Mas

sHig

hway

will

mai

ntai

n th

e R

oute

495

and

one

eac

h on

Rts

93

curr

ent l

evel

of

spon

sors

and

1

6 a

nd 1

14

incr

ease

vol

unte

er p

artic

ipat

ion

Proj

ect C

lean

Pr

ojec

t Cle

an

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt P

roje

ct C

lean

R

evis

ed -

see

2C

bel

ow

Del

eted

Page 6

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

511

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Ope

ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n 51

1 Sy

stem

T

he

511

prog

ram

rec

eive

d m

any

The

51

1 pr

ogra

m e

xpec

ts

Rev

ise

Tra

vele

r In

form

atio

n ca

lls d

urin

g th

e pe

rmit

year

The

in

crea

sed

call

volu

me

and

Syst

em

calls

incl

uded

rep

orts

of

issu

es s

uch

inci

dent

s of

deb

ris

due

to

as d

ebris

on

the

road

way

s

incr

ease

d se

ason

al tr

avel

ou

tdoo

r ac

tivity

and

kno

wle

dge

of

511

services over the next

six

mon

ths

2D-

Mas

sHig

hway

Web

Site

IT

Env

iron

men

tal

Pos

t Sto

rm W

ater

Man

agem

ent

The

mos

t rec

ent S

WM

P s

ubm

itted

Po

st N

O

and

SWM

sub

mitt

ed

Plan

(SW

MP)

to w

eb s

ite

to E

P A

in J

anua

ry 2

008

is p

oste

d on

fo

r ne

w g

ener

al p

erm

it (w

hen

Mas

sHig

hway

s w

eb s

ite

issu

ed)

with

in 6

0 da

ys o

f su

bmitt

al

2D-

Mas

sHig

hway

Web

Site

IT

Env

iron

men

tal

Pos

t ann

ual r

epor

ts to

the

web

site

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

Ann

ual

Per

mit

Yea

r 6

s a

nnua

l rep

ort

repo

rts

for

Per

mit

Yea

r 1-

5 ar

e wil be posted to the

post

ed o

n th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l E

nvir

onm

enta

l Sec

tion

web

Se

ctio

n s

web

pag

e

page

for

pub

lic a

cces

s w

ithin

30

days

of

subm

ittal

to E

P A

and

D

EP

Com

plet

e A

ASH

TO

E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ompl

ete

surv

ey

Com

plet

ed s

urve

y in

Per

mit

Yea

r 3

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

Cen

ter

for

Env

iron

men

tal

Exc

elle

nce

on

Stra

tegi

es

amp A

ppro

ache

s to

C

ompl

ying

with

NPD

ES

Phas

e II

Sur

vey

3 I

llici

t Dis

char

ge D

etec

tion

and

Elim

inat

ion

3A-

Res

t Are

a L

ease

s E

nviro

nmen

tal

Rig

ht-

Dev

elop

ele

ctro

nic

drai

nage

Su

bmis

sion

of

drai

nage

info

rmat

ion

is

Mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e

of-W

ay

requ

irem

ents

lang

uage

for

a

stan

dad

cond

ition

on

all n

ew r

est

inco

rpor

atio

n in

Res

t Are

a le

ase

area

leas

es

agre

emen

ts w

here

res

t are

a is

be

ing

rede

velo

ped

Page 7

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

3A -

Res

t Are

a L

ease

s R

ight

-of-

Way

Su

mm

ariz

e ne

w r

est a

rea

leas

es

If n

ew r

est a

rea

leas

es a

re

No

new

res

t are

a le

ases

wer

e is

sued

issu

ed e

ach

year

in th

e an

nual

is

sued

the

y w

ill b

e su

mm

ariz

eddu

ring

Per

mit

Yea

r 5

repo

rt

in th

e an

nual

rep

ort

3B-

Dra

inag

e In

vent

ory

Env

iron

men

tal

D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent

Dra

ft o

f dr

aina

ge s

peci

fica

tion

has

Con

tinue

to d

evel

op a

nd

Con

strc

tion

sp

ecif

icat

ion

for

secu

ring

dra

inag

e be

en d

evel

oped

Mas

sHig

hway

has

fi

naliz

e sy

stem

Onc

e A

sset

Pl

anni

ng

IT S

ectio

n in

form

atio

n fr

om f

utur

e co

ntin

ued

to m

eet i

nter

nally

with

the

Man

agem

ent s

yste

m is

co

nstr

uctio

n an

d re

deve

lopm

ent

Ass

et M

anag

emen

t dir

ecto

r to

dev

elop

de

velo

ped

fin

aliz

e sp

ecif

icat

ion

proj ects

a m

etho

d fo

r in

vent

oryn

g an

d be

gin

to in

clud

e in

M

assH

ighw

ay a

sset

s an

d th

e tr

acki

ng

cont

ract

s

of a

ssoc

iate

d m

aint

enan

ce T

he

com

plet

ion

of th

e dr

aina

ge

spec

ific

atio

n ha

s be

en te

mpo

rarl

y pu

t on

hol

d to

mak

e su

re th

at it

will

be

in

line

with

the

over

all s

trat

egy

for

asse

t m

anag

emen

t onc

e de

velo

ped

3B-

Dra

inag

e In

vent

ory

Env

iron

men

tal

IT

M

ap d

rain

age

disc

harg

es w

ithin

O

utfa

ll in

vent

ory

was

com

plet

ed in

C

ontin

ue to

sha

re in

vent

ory

Dis

tric

ts

urbanized areas By the end of the

Perm

it Y

ear

5 M

assH

ighw

ay h

as

with public and within the

perm

it te

rm c

ompl

ete

inve

ntor

y of

re

lied

on r

eque

sts

thou

gh th

e w

eb s

ite

Dep

arm

ent

urba

nize

d ar

eas

and

incl

ude

or th

ough

Dis

trct

offc

es fo

r T

own

sum

mar

y of

res

ourc

e ar

eas

with

or

oth

er e

ntiti

es w

hich

req

uest

ou

tfal

ls R

evie

w m

etho

ds to

mak

e in

vent

ory

rela

ted

info

rmat

ion

We

outf

all i

nven

tory

ava

ilabl

e to

the

have received a number of requests

publ

ic f

or e

ase

of a

cces

s

and

have

bee

n ab

le to

res

pond

re

lativ

ely

quic

kly

Page 8

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

3C-

Dra

inag

e C

onne

ctio

n E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1

) Is

sue

Dra

inag

e C

onne

ctio

n ) Policy issued and posted on June

Con

tinue

to e

nfor

ce p

rovi

sion

s Po

licy

Polic

y

200

6 by

the

Chi

ef E

ngin

eer

-of

dra

inag

e co

nnec

tion

polic

y

mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e

2) Post copy of policy on

The Executive Offce of

Mas

sHig

hway

web

site

)

Polic

y po

sted

at h

ww

mhd

T

rans

pora

tion

Leg

al a

nd

stat

em

aus

de

fau1

tas

id=

cont

ent

Env

iron

men

tal S

ervi

ces

will

e

nvir

onie

n ub

licat

ions

02amp

sid=

abou

t ta

ke s

teps

to m

ake

the

Dra

inga

e3)

Enf

orce

the

prov

isio

n th

roug

h T

ie-I

n Po

licy

a fo

rmal

refe

rral

s to

the

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

of

fce

)

No

refe

rral

s to

the

AG

off

ice

wer

e MassHighway SOP

nece

ssar

y

4) S

umm

ariz

e ac

tions

take

n in

the

annu

al r

epor

t 4)

See

App

endi

x C

for

det

ails

on

lette

rs s

ent t

o re

side

nces

bus

ines

ses

with

pot

entia

l illi

cit c

onne

ctio

ns th

is

permit term

3C-

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n St

anda

rd

Env

iron

men

ta1

Leg

al

Issu

e a

revi

sed

Dra

inag

e T

ie-

Inte

rnal

dra

ft o

f D

rain

age

Tie

-In

SOP

Fina

lize

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n SO

P

Ope

ratio

n Pr

oced

ure

SOP

Ann

ual r

epor

ts w

ill

draf

t was

rev

ised

to r

efle

ct f

orm

at o

f Su

bmit

to C

hief

Eng

inee

r fo

r (S

OP)

su

mm

ariz

e dr

aina

ge ti

e-in

per

mits

ne

w A

cces

s Pe

rmit

D

raft

is

sign

atur

e an

d is

suan

ce to

ap

plic

atio

ns a

nd p

erm

its is

sued

fi

naliz

ed a

nd b

eing

rev

iew

ed b

y D

epar

tmen

t pe

rmit

engi

neer

s

App

endi

x D

sum

mar

izes

the

stat

us o

f dr

aina

ge ti

e-in

per

mits

app

lied

for

and

rece

ived

as

ofth

is p

erm

it ye

ar

Ilic

it C

onne

ctio

n R

evie

w

Env

iron

men

tal

R

evie

w tw

enty

dis

char

ges

each

B

MP

Rev

ised

B

MP

Rev

ised

D

istr

icts

pe

rmit

year

for

pot

entia

l illi

cit

conn

ectio

ns

Page 9

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

pri

oriti

zed

list f

or I

DD

E

The

ID

DE

RFR

has

not

bee

n re

leas

ed

Rev

ise

RFR

to in

clud

e ne

wIl

icit

Con

nect

ion

Rev

iew

R

evis

ed

Dis

trct

s an

d in

clud

e in

Pen

nit Y

ear

5 ye

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as b

een

awai

ting

gene

ral p

enni

t req

uire

men

ts f

or

Ann

ual R

epor

t R

elea

se R

FR f

or

the

new

dra

ft g

ener

al p

enni

t fro

m

IDD

E R

elea

se R

FR A

war

d de

velo

pmen

t and

impl

emen

tatio

n EP A to understand the ili

cit

cont

ract

and

fin

aliz

e ID

DE

of

IDD

E p

rogr

am f

or w

ater

shed

s di

scha

rge

requ

irem

ents

whi

ch w

ill b

e pr

otoc

ol

on p

rior

itize

d lis

t Fi

eld

revi

ew

incl

uded

bef

ore

issu

ing

the

RFR

co

mpl

aint

s p

oten

tial I

DD

Es

Perfonn comprehensive

Dis

tric

ts r

evie

wed

pot

entia

l illi

cit

iden

tifie

d by

Dis

tric

t per

sonn

el

wea

ther

rev

iew

of

10

of

conn

ectio

ns A

ppen

dix

C in

clud

esdu

rng

the

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y in

ur

bani

zed

area

roa

ds th

is

mor

e de

tail

resp

onse

to m

unic

ipal

em

ail

sum

mer

re

ques

ting

susp

ect a

reas

and

or

fr

om p

ublic

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar

Fiel

d re

view

com

plai

nts

po

tent

ial I

DD

Es

iden

tifie

d by

D

istr

ict p

erso

nnel

dur

ing

the

IDDE work

in

resp

onse

to

mun

icip

al e

mai

l req

uest

ing

susp

ect a

reas

and

or

fro

m

publ

ic th

roug

hout

the

year

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

ofID

DE

ac

tivity

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

r Il

icit

Con

strc

tion

Prov

ide

trai

ning

on

illic

it A

ctio

n co

mpl

eted

in P

enni

t Yea

r 4

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

Con

nect

ion

Tra

inin

g co

nnec

tion

polic

y il

icit

conn

ectio

n id

entif

icat

ion

and

prot

ocol

for

rep

ortin

g du

ring

an

nual

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

r tr

aini

ng

sem

inar

s S

umm

ariz

e

of

atte

ndee

s in

ann

ual r

epor

t

Maintenance Staff Illicit

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

trai

ning

on

illic

it A

ctio

n co

mpl

eted

in P

enni

t Yea

r 4

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

Con

nect

ion

Tra

inin

g co

nnec

tion

polic

y il

icit

conn

ectio

n id

entif

icat

ion

and

prot

ocol

for

rep

ortin

g du

ring

an

nual

trai

ning

sem

inar

s fo

r m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Page 10

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

1t

4 C

onst

ruct

ion

Site

Sto

rmw

ater

Run

off C

ontr

ol

MassHighway Departent

Proj

ect D

evel

opm

ent amp

D

esig

n G

uide

MA

DE

P St

orm

wat

er

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y

NP

DE

S C

onst

ruct

ion

Gen

eral

Per

mit

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

ruct

ion

Pro

ject

s

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

rctio

n P

roje

cts

Con

stru

ctio

n

Dra

inag

e sy

stem

s fo

r M

assH

ighw

ay r

oadw

ays

will

be

desi

gned

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

Cha

pter

8 o

f th

e M

HD

Hig

hway

D

esig

n G

uide

and

com

p ni

on

man

uals

New

con

strc

tion

and

rede

velo

pmen

t act

iviti

es w

il co

mpl

y w

ith M

assa

chus

etts

D

EP

s S

torm

wat

er M

anag

emen

t Po

licy

and

Perf

orm

ance

St

anda

rds

unde

r th

e W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct a

nd C

lean

Wat

er

Act

Sec

tion

401

1) F

ile N

OIs

for

new

pro

ject

s w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an o

ne a

cre

2)

Sum

mar

ize

NO

Is is

sued

to

Mas

sHig

hway

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

con

tinue

to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

M

anag

emen

t Pol

icy

whe

n pr

ojec

ts

are

subj

ect

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in

urba

nize

d ar

eas

36 N

OIs

wer

e fi

ed d

urin

g Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

The

per

mits

are

list

ed in

Appendix H

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

will

co

ntin

ue to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y w

hen

proj

ects

are

sub

ject

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in u

rban

ized

are

as

Con

tinue

to f

ie N

Ols

for

new

pr

ojec

ts w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an

an a

cre

Oth

er S

tate

Env

iron

men

tal

Env

iron

men

tal

Proj

ects

will

con

tinue

to b

e R

egul

atio

ns o

r Po

licy

Constrction Projects

desi

gned

and

con

stru

cted

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith a

ll ap

plic

able

st

ate

and

fede

ral e

nvir

onm

enta

l re

gula

tions

or

polic

y (e

W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct 4

04)

The

Env

iron

men

tal S

ectio

n T

he p

roce

ss o

f de

sign

rev

iew

re

view

s al

l pro

ject

s at

the

25

and pre-constrction

desi

gn s

tage

to d

eter

min

e w

hat

coor

dina

tion

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viro

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re

requ

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sele

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w

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emen

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or th

e pr

ojec

t

Page 11

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

Sto

nn

Env

iron

men

tal

Des

ign

proj

ects

in u

rban

ized

M

assH

ighw

ay r

equi

res

that

all

new

M

assH

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ay w

il re

quir

e th

at

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andb

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strc

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ject

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constrction and redevelopment

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d H

andb

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activ

ities

und

erta

ken

by

rede

velo

pmen

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iviti

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sHig

hway

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by o

ther

s th

at

unde

rtak

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y M

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ay o

r ar

e fu

ded

in w

hole

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in p

ar b

y by

oth

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that

are

fun

ded

in

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sHig

hway

com

ply

with

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who

le o

r in

par

by

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Mas

sHig

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com

ply

with

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dard

Spe

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catio

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r E

nvir

onm

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ue to

incl

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eros

ion

and

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usio

n of

suc

h co

ntro

ls is

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ch c

ontr

ols

will

con

tinue

to b

e H

ighw

ay a

nd B

ridg

es

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stru

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roje

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pollu

tion

prev

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ls in

st

anda

rd p

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cons

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incl

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n co

nstr

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ntra

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co

ntra

cts

issu

ed b

y M

assH

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ay

cont

ract

s is

sued

by

Mas

sHig

hway

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evis

ed c

ontr

act i

tem

sp

ecifi

catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

each

con

trac

t whi

ch r

equi

res

a detailed Stonn Water Pollution

Prev

entio

n Pl

an (

SWPP

P) E

rosi

on

Con

trol

Pla

n (E

CP)

for

all

proj

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(e

xcep

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or -

suc

h as

sig

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etc

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avin

g th

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ntra

ctor

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the

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CP

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her

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) ha

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en a

ccep

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by th

e C

onse

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Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

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ertif

icat

e no

obj

ectio

n ha

s be

en r

aise

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proj

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asis

Mas

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h E

nvir

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cus

of

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stru

ctio

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ds

research program

is now for

Prog

ram

so

urce

con

trol

inst

ead

of

cons

truc

tion

Page 12

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Pre-Constrction Meeting

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal S

taff

M

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evie

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NPD

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Mas

sHig

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revi

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trac

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onst

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n G

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quir

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ith

requ

irem

ents

m

eetin

gs T

hese

mee

tings

incl

ude

meeting Environmental engineer

Con

trac

tors

at

the

pre-

outli

ning

the

requ

irem

ents

of

the

atte

nds

all p

re-c

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n co

nstr

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n m

eetin

g

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stru

ctio

n G

ener

al P

erm

it an

d m

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hich

invo

lve

iden

tify

the

role

s an

d en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its n

ot li

mite

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to N

PDE

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here

fore

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d th

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cont

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iscu

ssed

at a

ll pr

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trac

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stru

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are

a C

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Spec

ial P

rovi

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for

C

ontr

acts

Sp

ecia

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visi

on f

or in

clus

ion

in

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n co

nstr

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n co

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cts

to b

e A

rev

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con

trac

t ite

m

Prevention Plans

adve

rtis

ed f

or b

ids

whi

ch e

xcee

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ecifi

catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

(SW

PPPs

) th

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e-ac

re d

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banc

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ch c

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act w

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req

uire

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thre

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d

deta

iled

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n P

reve

ntio

n P

lan

(SW

PP

P)

Ero

sion

C

ontr

ol P

lan

(EC

P) f

or a

ll pr

ojec

ts

( ex

cept

min

or -

suc

h as

sig

nage

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cont

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PPP

and

EC

P (r

athe

r th

an th

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sign

er)

has

been

acc

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the

Con

serv

atio

n Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

y C

ertif

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n ha

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Page 13

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

e a

SWPP

P G

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nce

for

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plet

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mt

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umen

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anua

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assH

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ent o

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gin

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ent

it m

ay b

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vise

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ne

cess

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to a

ddre

ss in

put

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Tra

inin

g Construction Section

4L-

Non

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rosi

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Spe

cifi

catio

ns

rece

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inte

rnal

ly a

nd f

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agencies Ultimately the

docu

men

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be

conv

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computer program

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duct

ann

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1 M

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aini

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pics

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year Distrcts 2 and 4 trainings will

thos

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in th

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st

Constrction Personnel

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200

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and

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Ero

sion

and

Sed

imen

t Constrction Section

Perf

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in p

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Stan

dard

Pra

ctic

es M

emo

Constrction Section

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pre

pare

and

A separate SOP for constrction

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furt

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Mod

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ion

for

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sura

ble

goal

com

plet

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r M

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ill w

ork

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ater

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k M

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tonn

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er

orig

inal

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sec

ure

ratif

icat

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of th

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andb

ook

ha

s be

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iscu

ssin

g re

visi

on w

ith

revi

sed

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dboo

k on

ce

DE

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com

plet

ed

5A-

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ise

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4 o

f th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

evis

e C

hapt

er 4

with

in 9

mon

ths

Mas

sHig

hway

has

beg

un to

rev

ise

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ssue

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dboo

k w

ith c

hang

es

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sHig

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nn

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s S

W P

olic

y H

andb

ook

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pter

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of t

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tonn

wat

er

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er H

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ook

update being released Reissue

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ress

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icy

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equi

rem

ents

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esig

ners

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yea

r of

DE

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docu

men

t bei

ng r

elea

sed

Page 16

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

5A-

Rev

ise

Ch

5 o

f the

E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

evis

e C

hapt

er 5

with

in 9

mon

ths

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sHig

hway

has

beg

un to

rev

ise

Rei

ssue

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dboo

k w

ith c

hang

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sHig

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rm

ofD

EP

s S

W P

olic

y H

andb

ook

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pter

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of

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mw

ater

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ater

Han

dboo

k up

date

bei

ng r

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sed

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eiss

ue

Han

dboo

k to

add

ress

SW

Pol

icy

Mas

sHig

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Han

dboo

k to

ch

ange

s an

d T

MD

L r

equi

rem

ents

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esig

ners

with

in 1

yea

r of

DE

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docu

men

t bei

ng r

elea

sed

Mas

sHig

hway

Roa

dway

M

aint

enan

ce

Con

tinue

to im

plem

ent

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sHig

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mai

ntai

ned

thei

r M

assH

ighw

ay w

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ontin

ue to

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nten

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gram

M

assH

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aint

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plia

nce

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cond

uct m

aint

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ce o

n its

prog

ram

as

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ned

in th

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aint

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ched

ule

incl

uded

in

road

way

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out

lined

in th

e m

aint

enan

ce s

ched

ule

and

in

the

SWM

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d T

MD

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ater

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m

aint

enan

ce s

ched

ule

and

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith T

MD

L

spec

ific

agre

emen

ts A

sum

mar

y ac

cord

ance

with

TM

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wat

ersh

eds

spec

ific

agr

eem

ents

of

this

yea

r s

mai

nten

ance

for

eac

h w

ater

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s sp

ecif

ic a

gree

men

ts

dist

rict

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clud

ed in

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endi

x E

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hnol

ogy

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epta

nce

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tinue

to w

ork

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he T

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ities

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nned

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city

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ce M

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hip

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er B

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rtic

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ed in

pro

prie

tary

sys

tem

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mm

ariz

e m

eetin

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atte

nded

su

b-co

mm

ittee

mee

tings

spo

nsor

ed

and

agen

da in

ann

ual r

epor

t by

MA

DE

P as

par

t of

the

SW

Polic

y up

date

The

mee

tings

in

clud

ed d

evel

opin

g pr

otoc

ols

for

anal

yzin

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eld

and

lab

test

s of

the

syst

ems

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t Exp

ress

way

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nvir

onm

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pre

viou

sly

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ect

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r in

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ped

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ed c

atch

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ins

was 39

Page 17

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ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Highway Runoff

Env

Div

Con

sulta

nt

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elop

and

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ibra

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inan

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odel

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dra

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rec

ently

co

mpl

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evie

w T

his

repo

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docu

men

ts c

once

ntra

tions

of

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ctiv

e di

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ved

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or io

ns

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ctiv

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reco

vera

ble

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als

suspended sediment

and

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flow-weighted composites of

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lect

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latio

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mes

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ort a

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or d

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e H

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off

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abas

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RD

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on

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ch s

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rt fo

r re

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area

inc

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fere

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an th

e qu

ality

of

high

way

run

off

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cted

els

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re in

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stat

e of

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sach

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ts A

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lt su

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llect

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ters

tate

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in

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ion

and

on R

oute

6 in

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ch th

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mbe

r 20

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ans

to is

sue

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el to

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luta

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ed a

nd th

e hi

ghw

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f da

ta c

olle

ctio

n is

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mpl

eted

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gin

to u

se th

e m

odel

to r

evie

w

high

way

run

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in c

ritic

al

wat

ersh

eds

Page 18

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ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

BM

P M

aint

enan

ce

Man

ual

Rig

ht o

f W

ay P

arce

l E

valu

atio

n

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Post

Con

stru

ctio

n R

unof

f E

nfor

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iron

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tal

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aint

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men

tal

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mis

sion

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al

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iron

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aint

enan

ce

Man

ual t

o be

use

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a f

ield

gu

ide

by m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Pr

ovid

e tr

aini

ng o

n th

e B

MP

Mai

nten

ance

Man

ual

Dev

elop

and

impl

emen

t a

prog

ram

of

eval

uatin

g pa

rcel

s w

hich

are

can

dida

tes

for

disp

osal

by

Mas

sHig

hway

for

thei

r po

tent

ial i

n si

ting

ston

n w

ater

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MPs

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op p

olic

y fo

r ad

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ns to

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nges

to B

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rrat

ive

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the

man

ual u

sed

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uida

nce

by m

aint

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ce s

taff

w

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form

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nage

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tem

m

aint

enan

ce

Environmental reviewed 17

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asse

s fo

r th

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nied

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lue

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runoff Of the canvasses that

resu

lted

in a

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e s

tonn

wat

er

trea

tmen

t gui

delin

es w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r fi

ve p

arce

ls

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it D

isch

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icy

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issu

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une

2006

No firther action

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iron

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men

tary

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char

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onm

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-In

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istr

cts

Mas

sHig

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rain

age

syst

em

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nfor

ce th

e pr

ovis

ions

thro

ugh

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re to

com

ply

with

the

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t Fo

llow

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licit

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ques

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tions

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ac

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tters

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epor

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tric

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lied

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as

of th

is p

enni

t ye

ar

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5H-

Post

Con

strc

tion

Run

off

Com

mis

sion

er L

egaV

R

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f no

t mee

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NPD

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stri

ct r

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ted

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tinue

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te

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tal

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req

uire

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ts w

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is

offs

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forc

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t met

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ta

ke a

ctio

n w

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e

Pollu

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to M

assH

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reac

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et

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etio

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ase

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alua

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eval

uatio

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oced

ure

ev

alua

tion

Pag

e 20

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Fede

ral E

nhan

cem

ent

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ning

E

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re o

ppor

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ent a

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alo

ng R

oute

11

0 in

Low

ell

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pro

ject

wou

ld

incl

ude

the

desi

gn o

f a

shal

low

co

nvey

ance

fro

m R

oute

11 0 into

an u

ndev

elop

ed s

etba

ck a

reas

ow

ned

by th

e L

RW

WU

A L

ID

bio-

rete

ntio

n sy

stem

wou

ld b

e de

sign

ed f

or th

is s

etba

ck a

rea

to

reta

in a

nd f

ilter

sto

rmw

ater

fro

m

two

segm

ents

of

Rou

te 1

10 o

wne

d by

Mas

sHig

hway

M

assH

ighw

ay o

ffer

ed to

com

mit

to lo

ng-t

erm

mai

nten

ance

of

this

sy

stem

incl

udin

g m

anag

emen

t of

vege

tatio

n r

emov

al o

f se

dim

ent

and

litte

r de

bris

fro

m c

urb

inle

ts

lead

ing

to th

e sy

stem

and

rem

oval

of

exc

ess

surf

ace

sedi

men

t fro

m

the

pret

reat

men

t for

ebay

s

Mas

sHig

hway

has

als

o co

mm

itted

to

ass

ist i

n th

e pr

ojec

t des

ign

and

prov

ide

traf

fic

supp

ort d

urin

g pr

ojec

t con

strc

tion

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

expl

ore

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal P

lann

ing

agen

cies

to

dev

elop

pro

ject

s us

ing

fede

ral

enha

ncem

ent f

undi

ng f

or

stor

mw

ater

Mas

sHig

hway

will

su

mm

ariz

e pr

ojec

t in

annu

al

repo

rt M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill b

egin

to

par

ticip

ate

in q

uart

erly

co

mm

ittee

mee

tings

LR

WW

has

not

rec

eive

d th

e 31

9 fu

ndin

g gr

ant i

t app

lied

for

and

the

proj

ect h

as n

ot m

oved

fo

rwar

d

Page 21

6 P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n an

d G

ood

Hou

seke

epin

g in

Mun

icip

al O

pera

tions

6A-

Source Control - 511

Mas

sach

uset

ts T

rave

ler

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em

6A-

Source Control- Adopt-a-

Hig

hway

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Dei

cing

Pr

ogra

ms

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

6A-

Source Control - Motorist

Ass

ista

nce

Prog

ram

(f

onne

rly H

ELP

)

Pro

ject

Cle

an

Ope

ratio

ns

Ado

pt-a

-Hig

hway

O

pera

tions

Env

iron

men

tal

D

istr

icts

MA

P Pr

ogra

m

Ope

ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n th

e ex

istin

g 51

1 Sy

stem

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt th

is

prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sal

t Are

as

Prog

ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

ocat

or

Prog

ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

See

App

endi

x F

for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

rov

ing

serv

ice

patr

ols

or

tow

truc

ks in

Pen

nit Y

ear

6 in

the

area

s of

Bos

ton

Wor

cest

er a

nd

Springfield This service not only

assi

sts

disa

bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

The

Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

conv

ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

The

com

mitt

ee w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

Five

-Yea

r 20

09-2

013

Veg

etat

ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

ou

tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

emen

t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

2)

200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

izer

s

yet c

ompl

eted

as

of A

pril

17 2

009

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pare

a Y

earl

y O

pera

tiona

l Pl

an (

yap)

by

Apr

il of

eac

h 3)

200

9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

0 da

ys 4

) Su

mm

ariz

e da

ys o

f co

mpl

etio

n ac

tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

ar in

an

nual

rep

ort

4) N

o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

d in

20

08 H

erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

epea

ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

iew

ed w

ould

cos

t mor

e th

an th

e us

e of

con

vent

iona

l he

rbic

ides

The

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

6A-

Source Control-

Hav

Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

Page 23

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

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king

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get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

wal

king

inc

ludi

ng o

n-ro

ad a

nd

650

329

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off-

road

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he

local level

$392

000

was

use

d fo

r bi

cycl

e an

d $6

58 0

00 w

ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

e Sa

fe

Pro

gram

Bud

get

R

oute

to S

choo

l Pro

gram

Bud

get

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol-

Hig

hway

H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

es 3

) In

stal

l VM

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on

sel

ect r

oads

to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

oadw

ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

oten

tial s

afet

y dr

iver

aw

aren

ess

4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

E

nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

F A

ctiv

e P

PT

F w

as m

aint

aine

d N

o M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

roug

hout

the

penT

it te

nT 2

) w

ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

8

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

of a

ctio

ns

Act

ions

on

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uctio

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on e

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pollu

tion

Initiated testing of vegetable-

prev

entio

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itiat

ive

incl

uded

in

base

d hy

drau

lic o

il in

hea

vyth

e SW

M in

the

annu

al r

epor

t equipmentplow trcks

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ated

test

ing

of c

lose

d-lo

op

cran

kcas

e oi

l dra

inin

g sy

stem

E

valu

ated

and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

aulic

fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

Bay

stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

ams

supp

ort t

hese

pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

-I a

nd lD

-

Page

24

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

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sbes

tos

Solid

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te

Roa

dsid

e Is

sues

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ans

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land

s R

ecor

dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

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tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

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M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

sHig

hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

Page 25

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

1 di

strc

t m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

ovem

ber

4 5

a

nd

of2

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tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

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and

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inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

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ing

to th

e 20

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st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

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or T

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inin

g (M

arch

)

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g (M

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mal

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er E

quip

men

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aint

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Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

App

endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

) Po

st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

-97-

001

6E-

Good Housekeeping

Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

Goo

d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

Pollu

tion

Prev

entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

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Stor

m W

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Man

agem

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lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

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San

d Pi

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with

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sand

co

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pi

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whe

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sand

pile

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non-

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ter

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ring

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heav

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lene

tarp

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tarp

co

uld

be p

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d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

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irec

tor

has

cont

inue

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impr

ove

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ecto

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ontin

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ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

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salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

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deicing operations

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hir

ed a

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of S

now

amp I

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with

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winter operations t

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prov

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impl

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ontin

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to tr

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will

con

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to w

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our

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anag

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ctic

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in c

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and

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agem

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f Sa

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iron

men

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emph

asiz

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port

ance

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salt

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Man

agem

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

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ent I

mpr

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nvir

onm

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ay w

ill c

ontin

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crea

sed

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use

of

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a p

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at

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site

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new

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tem

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ill b

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th

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mai

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rec

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su

mer

so

as

to r

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uctio

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ativ

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duri

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tech

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to m

inim

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pote

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of

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Res

earc

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has

join

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pro

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and

will

co

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exp

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mov

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forw

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on o

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pro

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mar

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arch

per

fonn

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ricip

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nual

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and

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and

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rem

oval

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a

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eva

luat

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adva

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give

s to

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to ju

stif

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n

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agem

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

7 B

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Permit Year 6

Env

iron

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Stor

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Man

agem

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Part III Su

mm

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of M

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

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04 P

erm

it a

nd

ME

P A

EP

A

Ado

pt-a

-Hig

hway

A

dopt

-a-H

ighw

ay

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt p

rogr

am

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

is p

rogr

am S

ix A

dopt

-su

ppor

t thi

s pr

ogra

m

Hig

hway

sig

ns w

ere

post

ed T

wo

on

Mas

sHig

hway

will

mai

ntai

n th

e R

oute

495

and

one

eac

h on

Rts

93

curr

ent l

evel

of

spon

sors

and

1

6 a

nd 1

14

incr

ease

vol

unte

er p

artic

ipat

ion

Proj

ect C

lean

Pr

ojec

t Cle

an

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt P

roje

ct C

lean

R

evis

ed -

see

2C

bel

ow

Del

eted

Page 6

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

511

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Ope

ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n 51

1 Sy

stem

T

he

511

prog

ram

rec

eive

d m

any

The

51

1 pr

ogra

m e

xpec

ts

Rev

ise

Tra

vele

r In

form

atio

n ca

lls d

urin

g th

e pe

rmit

year

The

in

crea

sed

call

volu

me

and

Syst

em

calls

incl

uded

rep

orts

of

issu

es s

uch

inci

dent

s of

deb

ris

due

to

as d

ebris

on

the

road

way

s

incr

ease

d se

ason

al tr

avel

ou

tdoo

r ac

tivity

and

kno

wle

dge

of

511

services over the next

six

mon

ths

2D-

Mas

sHig

hway

Web

Site

IT

Env

iron

men

tal

Pos

t Sto

rm W

ater

Man

agem

ent

The

mos

t rec

ent S

WM

P s

ubm

itted

Po

st N

O

and

SWM

sub

mitt

ed

Plan

(SW

MP)

to w

eb s

ite

to E

P A

in J

anua

ry 2

008

is p

oste

d on

fo

r ne

w g

ener

al p

erm

it (w

hen

Mas

sHig

hway

s w

eb s

ite

issu

ed)

with

in 6

0 da

ys o

f su

bmitt

al

2D-

Mas

sHig

hway

Web

Site

IT

Env

iron

men

tal

Pos

t ann

ual r

epor

ts to

the

web

site

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

Ann

ual

Per

mit

Yea

r 6

s a

nnua

l rep

ort

repo

rts

for

Per

mit

Yea

r 1-

5 ar

e wil be posted to the

post

ed o

n th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l E

nvir

onm

enta

l Sec

tion

web

Se

ctio

n s

web

pag

e

page

for

pub

lic a

cces

s w

ithin

30

days

of

subm

ittal

to E

P A

and

D

EP

Com

plet

e A

ASH

TO

E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ompl

ete

surv

ey

Com

plet

ed s

urve

y in

Per

mit

Yea

r 3

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

Cen

ter

for

Env

iron

men

tal

Exc

elle

nce

on

Stra

tegi

es

amp A

ppro

ache

s to

C

ompl

ying

with

NPD

ES

Phas

e II

Sur

vey

3 I

llici

t Dis

char

ge D

etec

tion

and

Elim

inat

ion

3A-

Res

t Are

a L

ease

s E

nviro

nmen

tal

Rig

ht-

Dev

elop

ele

ctro

nic

drai

nage

Su

bmis

sion

of

drai

nage

info

rmat

ion

is

Mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e

of-W

ay

requ

irem

ents

lang

uage

for

a

stan

dad

cond

ition

on

all n

ew r

est

inco

rpor

atio

n in

Res

t Are

a le

ase

area

leas

es

agre

emen

ts w

here

res

t are

a is

be

ing

rede

velo

ped

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ater

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agem

ent P

lan

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3A -

Res

t Are

a L

ease

s R

ight

-of-

Way

Su

mm

ariz

e ne

w r

est a

rea

leas

es

If n

ew r

est a

rea

leas

es a

re

No

new

res

t are

a le

ases

wer

e is

sued

issu

ed e

ach

year

in th

e an

nual

is

sued

the

y w

ill b

e su

mm

ariz

eddu

ring

Per

mit

Yea

r 5

repo

rt

in th

e an

nual

rep

ort

3B-

Dra

inag

e In

vent

ory

Env

iron

men

tal

D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent

Dra

ft o

f dr

aina

ge s

peci

fica

tion

has

Con

tinue

to d

evel

op a

nd

Con

strc

tion

sp

ecif

icat

ion

for

secu

ring

dra

inag

e be

en d

evel

oped

Mas

sHig

hway

has

fi

naliz

e sy

stem

Onc

e A

sset

Pl

anni

ng

IT S

ectio

n in

form

atio

n fr

om f

utur

e co

ntin

ued

to m

eet i

nter

nally

with

the

Man

agem

ent s

yste

m is

co

nstr

uctio

n an

d re

deve

lopm

ent

Ass

et M

anag

emen

t dir

ecto

r to

dev

elop

de

velo

ped

fin

aliz

e sp

ecif

icat

ion

proj ects

a m

etho

d fo

r in

vent

oryn

g an

d be

gin

to in

clud

e in

M

assH

ighw

ay a

sset

s an

d th

e tr

acki

ng

cont

ract

s

of a

ssoc

iate

d m

aint

enan

ce T

he

com

plet

ion

of th

e dr

aina

ge

spec

ific

atio

n ha

s be

en te

mpo

rarl

y pu

t on

hol

d to

mak

e su

re th

at it

will

be

in

line

with

the

over

all s

trat

egy

for

asse

t m

anag

emen

t onc

e de

velo

ped

3B-

Dra

inag

e In

vent

ory

Env

iron

men

tal

IT

M

ap d

rain

age

disc

harg

es w

ithin

O

utfa

ll in

vent

ory

was

com

plet

ed in

C

ontin

ue to

sha

re in

vent

ory

Dis

tric

ts

urbanized areas By the end of the

Perm

it Y

ear

5 M

assH

ighw

ay h

as

with public and within the

perm

it te

rm c

ompl

ete

inve

ntor

y of

re

lied

on r

eque

sts

thou

gh th

e w

eb s

ite

Dep

arm

ent

urba

nize

d ar

eas

and

incl

ude

or th

ough

Dis

trct

offc

es fo

r T

own

sum

mar

y of

res

ourc

e ar

eas

with

or

oth

er e

ntiti

es w

hich

req

uest

ou

tfal

ls R

evie

w m

etho

ds to

mak

e in

vent

ory

rela

ted

info

rmat

ion

We

outf

all i

nven

tory

ava

ilabl

e to

the

have received a number of requests

publ

ic f

or e

ase

of a

cces

s

and

have

bee

n ab

le to

res

pond

re

lativ

ely

quic

kly

Page 8

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

3C-

Dra

inag

e C

onne

ctio

n E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1

) Is

sue

Dra

inag

e C

onne

ctio

n ) Policy issued and posted on June

Con

tinue

to e

nfor

ce p

rovi

sion

s Po

licy

Polic

y

200

6 by

the

Chi

ef E

ngin

eer

-of

dra

inag

e co

nnec

tion

polic

y

mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e

2) Post copy of policy on

The Executive Offce of

Mas

sHig

hway

web

site

)

Polic

y po

sted

at h

ww

mhd

T

rans

pora

tion

Leg

al a

nd

stat

em

aus

de

fau1

tas

id=

cont

ent

Env

iron

men

tal S

ervi

ces

will

e

nvir

onie

n ub

licat

ions

02amp

sid=

abou

t ta

ke s

teps

to m

ake

the

Dra

inga

e3)

Enf

orce

the

prov

isio

n th

roug

h T

ie-I

n Po

licy

a fo

rmal

refe

rral

s to

the

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

of

fce

)

No

refe

rral

s to

the

AG

off

ice

wer

e MassHighway SOP

nece

ssar

y

4) S

umm

ariz

e ac

tions

take

n in

the

annu

al r

epor

t 4)

See

App

endi

x C

for

det

ails

on

lette

rs s

ent t

o re

side

nces

bus

ines

ses

with

pot

entia

l illi

cit c

onne

ctio

ns th

is

permit term

3C-

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n St

anda

rd

Env

iron

men

ta1

Leg

al

Issu

e a

revi

sed

Dra

inag

e T

ie-

Inte

rnal

dra

ft o

f D

rain

age

Tie

-In

SOP

Fina

lize

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n SO

P

Ope

ratio

n Pr

oced

ure

SOP

Ann

ual r

epor

ts w

ill

draf

t was

rev

ised

to r

efle

ct f

orm

at o

f Su

bmit

to C

hief

Eng

inee

r fo

r (S

OP)

su

mm

ariz

e dr

aina

ge ti

e-in

per

mits

ne

w A

cces

s Pe

rmit

D

raft

is

sign

atur

e an

d is

suan

ce to

ap

plic

atio

ns a

nd p

erm

its is

sued

fi

naliz

ed a

nd b

eing

rev

iew

ed b

y D

epar

tmen

t pe

rmit

engi

neer

s

App

endi

x D

sum

mar

izes

the

stat

us o

f dr

aina

ge ti

e-in

per

mits

app

lied

for

and

rece

ived

as

ofth

is p

erm

it ye

ar

Ilic

it C

onne

ctio

n R

evie

w

Env

iron

men

tal

R

evie

w tw

enty

dis

char

ges

each

B

MP

Rev

ised

B

MP

Rev

ised

D

istr

icts

pe

rmit

year

for

pot

entia

l illi

cit

conn

ectio

ns

Page 9

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Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

pri

oriti

zed

list f

or I

DD

E

The

ID

DE

RFR

has

not

bee

n re

leas

ed

Rev

ise

RFR

to in

clud

e ne

wIl

icit

Con

nect

ion

Rev

iew

R

evis

ed

Dis

trct

s an

d in

clud

e in

Pen

nit Y

ear

5 ye

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as b

een

awai

ting

gene

ral p

enni

t req

uire

men

ts f

or

Ann

ual R

epor

t R

elea

se R

FR f

or

the

new

dra

ft g

ener

al p

enni

t fro

m

IDD

E R

elea

se R

FR A

war

d de

velo

pmen

t and

impl

emen

tatio

n EP A to understand the ili

cit

cont

ract

and

fin

aliz

e ID

DE

of

IDD

E p

rogr

am f

or w

ater

shed

s di

scha

rge

requ

irem

ents

whi

ch w

ill b

e pr

otoc

ol

on p

rior

itize

d lis

t Fi

eld

revi

ew

incl

uded

bef

ore

issu

ing

the

RFR

co

mpl

aint

s p

oten

tial I

DD

Es

Perfonn comprehensive

Dis

tric

ts r

evie

wed

pot

entia

l illi

cit

iden

tifie

d by

Dis

tric

t per

sonn

el

wea

ther

rev

iew

of

10

of

conn

ectio

ns A

ppen

dix

C in

clud

esdu

rng

the

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y in

ur

bani

zed

area

roa

ds th

is

mor

e de

tail

resp

onse

to m

unic

ipal

em

ail

sum

mer

re

ques

ting

susp

ect a

reas

and

or

fr

om p

ublic

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar

Fiel

d re

view

com

plai

nts

po

tent

ial I

DD

Es

iden

tifie

d by

D

istr

ict p

erso

nnel

dur

ing

the

IDDE work

in

resp

onse

to

mun

icip

al e

mai

l req

uest

ing

susp

ect a

reas

and

or

fro

m

publ

ic th

roug

hout

the

year

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

ofID

DE

ac

tivity

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

r Il

icit

Con

strc

tion

Prov

ide

trai

ning

on

illic

it A

ctio

n co

mpl

eted

in P

enni

t Yea

r 4

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

Con

nect

ion

Tra

inin

g co

nnec

tion

polic

y il

icit

conn

ectio

n id

entif

icat

ion

and

prot

ocol

for

rep

ortin

g du

ring

an

nual

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

r tr

aini

ng

sem

inar

s S

umm

ariz

e

of

atte

ndee

s in

ann

ual r

epor

t

Maintenance Staff Illicit

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

trai

ning

on

illic

it A

ctio

n co

mpl

eted

in P

enni

t Yea

r 4

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

Con

nect

ion

Tra

inin

g co

nnec

tion

polic

y il

icit

conn

ectio

n id

entif

icat

ion

and

prot

ocol

for

rep

ortin

g du

ring

an

nual

trai

ning

sem

inar

s fo

r m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

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ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

1t

4 C

onst

ruct

ion

Site

Sto

rmw

ater

Run

off C

ontr

ol

MassHighway Departent

Proj

ect D

evel

opm

ent amp

D

esig

n G

uide

MA

DE

P St

orm

wat

er

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y

NP

DE

S C

onst

ruct

ion

Gen

eral

Per

mit

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

ruct

ion

Pro

ject

s

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

rctio

n P

roje

cts

Con

stru

ctio

n

Dra

inag

e sy

stem

s fo

r M

assH

ighw

ay r

oadw

ays

will

be

desi

gned

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

Cha

pter

8 o

f th

e M

HD

Hig

hway

D

esig

n G

uide

and

com

p ni

on

man

uals

New

con

strc

tion

and

rede

velo

pmen

t act

iviti

es w

il co

mpl

y w

ith M

assa

chus

etts

D

EP

s S

torm

wat

er M

anag

emen

t Po

licy

and

Perf

orm

ance

St

anda

rds

unde

r th

e W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct a

nd C

lean

Wat

er

Act

Sec

tion

401

1) F

ile N

OIs

for

new

pro

ject

s w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an o

ne a

cre

2)

Sum

mar

ize

NO

Is is

sued

to

Mas

sHig

hway

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

con

tinue

to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

M

anag

emen

t Pol

icy

whe

n pr

ojec

ts

are

subj

ect

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in

urba

nize

d ar

eas

36 N

OIs

wer

e fi

ed d

urin

g Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

The

per

mits

are

list

ed in

Appendix H

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

will

co

ntin

ue to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y w

hen

proj

ects

are

sub

ject

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in u

rban

ized

are

as

Con

tinue

to f

ie N

Ols

for

new

pr

ojec

ts w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an

an a

cre

Oth

er S

tate

Env

iron

men

tal

Env

iron

men

tal

Proj

ects

will

con

tinue

to b

e R

egul

atio

ns o

r Po

licy

Constrction Projects

desi

gned

and

con

stru

cted

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith a

ll ap

plic

able

st

ate

and

fede

ral e

nvir

onm

enta

l re

gula

tions

or

polic

y (e

W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct 4

04)

The

Env

iron

men

tal S

ectio

n T

he p

roce

ss o

f de

sign

rev

iew

re

view

s al

l pro

ject

s at

the

25

and pre-constrction

desi

gn s

tage

to d

eter

min

e w

hat

coor

dina

tion

will

con

tinue

en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its a

re

requ

ired

The

Dis

tric

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l Eng

inee

r or

eq

uiva

lent

Dis

tric

t con

stru

ctio

n st

aff

pers

on a

ttend

s al

l pre

shyconstrction meetings with the

sele

cted

con

trac

tor

to r

evie

w

perm

it re

quir

emen

ts f

or th

e pr

ojec

t

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

Sto

nn

Env

iron

men

tal

Des

ign

proj

ects

in u

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ized

M

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that

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new

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fun

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suc

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con

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to b

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ighw

ay a

nd B

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stru

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pollu

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prev

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co

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ed b

y M

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ract

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sued

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tem

sp

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catio

n is

now

incl

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in

each

con

trac

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ch r

equi

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a detailed Stonn Water Pollution

Prev

entio

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an (

SWPP

P) E

rosi

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trol

Pla

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CP)

for

all

proj

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or -

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ctor

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the

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her

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en a

ccep

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by th

e C

onse

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Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

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Wat

er Q

ualit

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ertif

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obj

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n ha

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en r

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Mas

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Res

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nvir

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cus

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rogr

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stru

ctio

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Nee

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research program

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Prog

ram

so

urce

con

trol

inst

ead

of

cons

truc

tion

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Pre-Constrction Meeting

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal

Dis

tric

t Env

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men

tal S

taff

M

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evie

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the

NPD

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trac

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quir

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requ

irem

ents

m

eetin

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hese

mee

tings

incl

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meeting Environmental engineer

Con

trac

tors

at

the

pre-

outli

ning

the

requ

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ents

of

the

atte

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all p

re-c

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nstr

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n m

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g

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stru

ctio

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d m

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hich

invo

lve

iden

tify

the

role

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d en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its n

ot li

mite

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to N

PDE

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here

fore

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cont

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at a

ll pr

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stru

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Spec

ial P

rovi

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for

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ontr

acts

Sp

ecia

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visi

on f

or in

clus

ion

in

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n co

nstr

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n co

ntra

cts

to b

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rev

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con

trac

t ite

m

Prevention Plans

adve

rtis

ed f

or b

ids

whi

ch e

xcee

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catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

(SW

PPPs

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re d

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banc

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act w

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req

uire

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shol

d

deta

iled

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n P

reve

ntio

n P

lan

(SW

PP

P)

Ero

sion

C

ontr

ol P

lan

(EC

P) f

or a

ll pr

ojec

ts

( ex

cept

min

or -

suc

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cont

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PPP

and

EC

P (r

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an th

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sign

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has

been

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the

Con

serv

atio

n Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

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es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

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ertif

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Page 13

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

e a

SWPP

P G

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nce

for

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plet

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mt

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umen

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anua

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assH

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ay c

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trac

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ent o

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gin

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ay b

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cess

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ddre

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4L-

Tra

inin

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4L-

Non

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Spe

cifi

catio

ns

rece

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rnal

ly a

nd f

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agencies Ultimately the

docu

men

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conv

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duct

ann

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year Distrcts 2 and 4 trainings will

thos

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in th

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Constrction Personnel

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200

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and

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Ero

sion

and

Sed

imen

t Constrction Section

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Stan

dard

Pra

ctic

es M

emo

Constrction Section

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pre

pare

and

A separate SOP for constrction

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ise

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4 o

f th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

evis

e C

hapt

er 4

with

in 9

mon

ths

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sHig

hway

has

beg

un to

rev

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ssue

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dboo

k w

ith c

hang

es

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nn

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olic

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ook

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pter

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rem

ents

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ners

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men

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ng r

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sed

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m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5A-

Rev

ise

Ch

5 o

f the

E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

evis

e C

hapt

er 5

with

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mon

ths

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sHig

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beg

un to

rev

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ssue

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k w

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rm

ofD

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olic

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ook

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ater

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ater

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dboo

k up

date

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ng r

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ue

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dboo

k to

add

ress

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sHig

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ch

ange

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d T

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ners

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men

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sHig

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dway

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aint

enan

ce

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tinue

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plem

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r M

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lined

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m

aint

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spec

ific

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emen

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mar

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cord

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wat

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ific

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eem

ents

of

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r s

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ecif

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gree

men

ts

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nce

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tinue

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agen

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ual r

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MA

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date

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test

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Page 17

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ater

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agem

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lan

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Permit Year 6

Highway Runoff

Env

Div

Con

sulta

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evie

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his

repo

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docu

men

ts c

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ntra

tions

of

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or io

ns

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suspended sediment

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an th

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ality

of

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off

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re in

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ters

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ion

and

on R

oute

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e hi

ghw

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gin

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se th

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odel

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evie

w

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way

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in c

ritic

al

wat

ersh

eds

Page 18

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ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

BM

P M

aint

enan

ce

Man

ual

Rig

ht o

f W

ay P

arce

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valu

atio

n

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stru

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unof

f E

nfor

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o be

use

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a f

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gu

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by m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

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ovid

e tr

aini

ng o

n th

e B

MP

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nten

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elop

and

impl

emen

t a

prog

ram

of

eval

uatin

g pa

rcel

s w

hich

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can

dida

tes

for

disp

osal

by

Mas

sHig

hway

for

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r po

tent

ial i

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ting

ston

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taff

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aint

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Environmental reviewed 17

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delin

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prov

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r fi

ve p

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it D

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iron

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char

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sHig

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age

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em

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ovis

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of th

is p

enni

t ye

ar

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5H-

Post

Con

strc

tion

Run

off

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mis

sion

er L

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NPD

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ct r

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req

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forc

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ctio

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ase

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oced

ure

ev

alua

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Pag

e 20

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Fede

ral E

nhan

cem

ent

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ning

E

xplo

re o

ppor

tniti

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r us

ing

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ning

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m

two

segm

ents

of

Rou

te 1

10 o

wne

d by

Mas

sHig

hway

M

assH

ighw

ay o

ffer

ed to

com

mit

to lo

ng-t

erm

mai

nten

ance

of

this

sy

stem

incl

udin

g m

anag

emen

t of

vege

tatio

n r

emov

al o

f se

dim

ent

and

litte

r de

bris

fro

m c

urb

inle

ts

lead

ing

to th

e sy

stem

and

rem

oval

of

exc

ess

surf

ace

sedi

men

t fro

m

the

pret

reat

men

t for

ebay

s

Mas

sHig

hway

has

als

o co

mm

itted

to

ass

ist i

n th

e pr

ojec

t des

ign

and

prov

ide

traf

fic

supp

ort d

urin

g pr

ojec

t con

strc

tion

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

expl

ore

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal P

lann

ing

agen

cies

to

dev

elop

pro

ject

s us

ing

fede

ral

enha

ncem

ent f

undi

ng f

or

stor

mw

ater

Mas

sHig

hway

will

su

mm

ariz

e pr

ojec

t in

annu

al

repo

rt M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill b

egin

to

par

ticip

ate

in q

uart

erly

co

mm

ittee

mee

tings

LR

WW

has

not

rec

eive

d th

e 31

9 fu

ndin

g gr

ant i

t app

lied

for

and

the

proj

ect h

as n

ot m

oved

fo

rwar

d

Page 21

6 P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n an

d G

ood

Hou

seke

epin

g in

Mun

icip

al O

pera

tions

6A-

Source Control - 511

Mas

sach

uset

ts T

rave

ler

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em

6A-

Source Control- Adopt-a-

Hig

hway

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Dei

cing

Pr

ogra

ms

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

6A-

Source Control - Motorist

Ass

ista

nce

Prog

ram

(f

onne

rly H

ELP

)

Pro

ject

Cle

an

Ope

ratio

ns

Ado

pt-a

-Hig

hway

O

pera

tions

Env

iron

men

tal

D

istr

icts

MA

P Pr

ogra

m

Ope

ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n th

e ex

istin

g 51

1 Sy

stem

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt th

is

prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sal

t Are

as

Prog

ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

ocat

or

Prog

ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

See

App

endi

x F

for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

rov

ing

serv

ice

patr

ols

or

tow

truc

ks in

Pen

nit Y

ear

6 in

the

area

s of

Bos

ton

Wor

cest

er a

nd

Springfield This service not only

assi

sts

disa

bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

The

Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

conv

ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

The

com

mitt

ee w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

Five

-Yea

r 20

09-2

013

Veg

etat

ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

ou

tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

emen

t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

2)

200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

izer

s

yet c

ompl

eted

as

of A

pril

17 2

009

2)

Pre

pare

a Y

earl

y O

pera

tiona

l Pl

an (

yap)

by

Apr

il of

eac

h 3)

200

9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

0 da

ys 4

) Su

mm

ariz

e da

ys o

f co

mpl

etio

n ac

tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

ar in

an

nual

rep

ort

4) N

o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

d in

20

08 H

erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

epea

ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

iew

ed w

ould

cos

t mor

e th

an th

e us

e of

con

vent

iona

l he

rbic

ides

The

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

6A-

Source Control-

Hav

Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

Page 23

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

wal

king

inc

ludi

ng o

n-ro

ad a

nd

650

329

$1

0 86

1 54

7

off-

road

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he

local level

$392

000

was

use

d fo

r bi

cycl

e an

d $6

58 0

00 w

ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

e Sa

fe

Pro

gram

Bud

get

R

oute

to S

choo

l Pro

gram

Bud

get

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol-

Hig

hway

H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

es 3

) In

stal

l VM

S on

on

sel

ect r

oads

to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

oadw

ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

oten

tial s

afet

y dr

iver

aw

aren

ess

4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

E

nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

F A

ctiv

e P

PT

F w

as m

aint

aine

d N

o M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

roug

hout

the

penT

it te

nT 2

) w

ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

8

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

of a

ctio

ns

Act

ions

on

Tox

ics

Use

Red

uctio

nta

ken

on e

ach

pollu

tion

Initiated testing of vegetable-

prev

entio

n in

itiat

ive

incl

uded

in

base

d hy

drau

lic o

il in

hea

vyth

e SW

M in

the

annu

al r

epor

t equipmentplow trcks

Initi

ated

test

ing

of c

lose

d-lo

op

cran

kcas

e oi

l dra

inin

g sy

stem

E

valu

ated

and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

aulic

fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

Bay

stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

ams

supp

ort t

hese

pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

-I a

nd lD

-

Page

24

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

A

sbes

tos

Solid

Was

te

Roa

dsid

e Is

sues

T

ans

Wet

land

s R

ecor

dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

sHig

hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

Page 25

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

1 di

strc

t m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

ovem

ber

4 5

a

nd

of2

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tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Snow

and

Ice

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

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impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

App

endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

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st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

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dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

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e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

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plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

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drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

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e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

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tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

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k pe

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and

for

cal

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anag

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t A

fter

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se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

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istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

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ubic

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ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

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sw

eepi

ng m

ater

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dr

aina

ge s

truc

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and

sto

nn

wat

er B

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mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

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l at

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sach

uset

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ills

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P Po

licy

CO

MM

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001

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iron

men

tal

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luat

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aint

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ce

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ouse

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even

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ram

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rogr

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valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

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luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

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d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

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ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

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ect

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nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

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plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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ater

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agem

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Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

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m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

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tis K

roko

s in

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e A

sh C

aroz

za

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piro

and

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lis in

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oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

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lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

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ater

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

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term

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ry i

n ea

ch

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sHig

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d la

yer

(if

not i

n w

ill b

e su

mm

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a ta

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base

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the

phos

phor

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infi

ltrat

ion

guid

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us

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mit

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nvir

onm

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387

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alt

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tinue

to a

ddre

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bud

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and

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alte

r th

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sign

to

miti

gate

or

prev

ent a

dver

se

effe

cts

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agem

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

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Rem

ove

Stor

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inin

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orks

hop

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hop

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catio

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emin

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for

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iron

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for

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te o

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cov

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and

of

at

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e

ofSn

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trai

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asse

s a

nd

of

tai

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eetin

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duct

sto

rm w

ater

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ning

w

orks

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for

mun

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very

two

year

s

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mar

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pr

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ms

sim

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abo

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educ

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nal s

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for

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and

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rmit

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mun

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e M

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char

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ram

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ve T

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nal c

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ts m

ade

in

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in th

e Ja

nuar

y 20

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s B

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ativ

e si

nce

stor

m w

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tr

aini

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ress

ed th

roug

h th

e B

MP

IB

prog

ram

abo

ve T

he B

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e Ja

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mit

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elow

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sura

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goal

com

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e

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eted

Page 4

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Stor

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agem

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Post

Con

tact

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es f

or

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iron

men

tal

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trib

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yer

with

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en a

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to

each distrct on website for

web

site

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tt

ww

wm

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ma

us

mun

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es to

con

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and

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faul

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3) M

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utfa

ll 3)

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ispr

ogra

m to

pro

vide

eas

y to

use

in

vent

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info

nnat

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with

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cont

inui

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an

acce

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llow

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publ

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ocia

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nd

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anag

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tem

id

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sele

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are

a an

d T

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end

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rt o

f th

e sy

stem

will

incl

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revi

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wne

d de

tenn

inin

g ho

w b

est t

o sh

are

road

s an

d ou

tfalls

in

fras

trct

ure

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nnat

ion

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will

then

rev

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w

ith th

e ge

nera

l pub

lic

alte

rnat

ives

for

ale

rtin

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to th

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bilit

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this

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nnat

ion

River and Stream Signs

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ntai

n si

gns

iden

tifyi

ng

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hway

has

inst

alle

d 42

sig

ns

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hway

will

con

tinue

ri

vers

and

str

eam

s cr

osse

d by

id

entif

ying

riv

er a

nd s

trea

m c

ross

ings

in

to in

stal

l sig

ns in

are

as

Mas

sHig

hway

roa

ds u

ntil

Pennit Year 6 The locations were

iden

tifie

d by

Mas

sRiv

erw

ays

cros

sing

of

all n

amed

riv

ers

and

iden

tifie

d by

Mas

sRiv

erw

ays

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ram

and

Pr

ogra

m a

nd a

ntic

ipat

es

stre

ams

are

sign

post

ed

inst

alle

d by

Mas

sHig

hway

per

sonn

el A

in

stal

ling

appr

oxim

atel

y 20

lis

t of

the

loca

tions

is in

clud

ed in

si

gns

in th

e ne

xt 6

mon

ths

A

ppen

dix

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f th

is r

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i-lit

ter

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ain

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ge in

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e in

clud

ed in

the

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tinue

to in

clud

e an

ti-lit

ter

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sage

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e th

e m

essa

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n pe

nnan

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mes

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e m

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ges

on Y

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e M

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as c

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n M

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th

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ually

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New

Eng

land

DO

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iron

men

tal

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rdin

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with

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land

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enr

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baro

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ill

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and

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ing

face

d by

w

ith o

ther

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as th

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nd

the

com

mitt

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s an

d pa

rtic

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com

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co

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nato

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sitio

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ch y

ear

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enne

tt w

as h

ired

in th

e Sp

ring

of

2008

and

in

crea

se r

espo

nsib

ilitie

s an

d ha

s co

mpl

eted

man

y ta

sks

unde

r th

is r

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outr

each

th

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out t

he y

ear

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ublic

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lvem

ent a

nd P

artic

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ion

Proj

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elat

ed P

ublic

E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith f

eder

al

Mas

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con

tinue

s to

com

ply

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sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

Not

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atio

n an

d Pu

blic

an

d st

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publ

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otif

icat

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and

with

fed

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and

sta

te p

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ith f

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al a

nd s

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rtic

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pu

blic

par

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atio

n re

quir

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ts

notif

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ion

and

publ

ic p

artic

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ion

publ

ic n

otif

icat

ion

and

publ

ic

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uire

men

ts

incl

udin

g bu

t not

lim

ited

to

requ

irem

ents

Mas

sHig

hway

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

requ

irem

ents

W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct C

lean

co

nduc

ted

70 d

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n pu

blic

hea

ring

s W

ater

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401

Wat

er Q

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y in

this

per

mit

year

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e A

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n A

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ps o

f B

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it a

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pt-a

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ay

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tinue

to s

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rt p

rogr

am

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

is p

rogr

am S

ix A

dopt

-su

ppor

t thi

s pr

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m

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hway

sig

ns w

ere

post

ed T

wo

on

Mas

sHig

hway

will

mai

ntai

n th

e R

oute

495

and

one

eac

h on

Rts

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curr

ent l

evel

of

spon

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incr

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to s

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see

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bel

ow

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eted

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

511

Mas

sach

uset

ts

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ratio

ns

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ntai

n 51

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stem

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prog

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any

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r In

form

atio

n ca

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g th

e pe

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year

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in

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and

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rep

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to

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incr

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tdoo

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511

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six

mon

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iron

men

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f su

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iron

men

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web

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ual

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mit

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post

ed o

n th

e E

nvir

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Stor

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agem

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

3A -

Res

t Are

a L

ease

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mm

ariz

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w r

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Per

mit

Yea

r 5

repo

rt

in th

e an

nual

rep

ort

3B-

Dra

inag

e In

vent

ory

Env

iron

men

tal

D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent

Dra

ft o

f dr

aina

ge s

peci

fica

tion

has

Con

tinue

to d

evel

op a

nd

Con

strc

tion

sp

ecif

icat

ion

for

secu

ring

dra

inag

e be

en d

evel

oped

Mas

sHig

hway

has

fi

naliz

e sy

stem

Onc

e A

sset

Pl

anni

ng

IT S

ectio

n in

form

atio

n fr

om f

utur

e co

ntin

ued

to m

eet i

nter

nally

with

the

Man

agem

ent s

yste

m is

co

nstr

uctio

n an

d re

deve

lopm

ent

Ass

et M

anag

emen

t dir

ecto

r to

dev

elop

de

velo

ped

fin

aliz

e sp

ecif

icat

ion

proj ects

a m

etho

d fo

r in

vent

oryn

g an

d be

gin

to in

clud

e in

M

assH

ighw

ay a

sset

s an

d th

e tr

acki

ng

cont

ract

s

of a

ssoc

iate

d m

aint

enan

ce T

he

com

plet

ion

of th

e dr

aina

ge

spec

ific

atio

n ha

s be

en te

mpo

rarl

y pu

t on

hol

d to

mak

e su

re th

at it

will

be

in

line

with

the

over

all s

trat

egy

for

asse

t m

anag

emen

t onc

e de

velo

ped

3B-

Dra

inag

e In

vent

ory

Env

iron

men

tal

IT

M

ap d

rain

age

disc

harg

es w

ithin

O

utfa

ll in

vent

ory

was

com

plet

ed in

C

ontin

ue to

sha

re in

vent

ory

Dis

tric

ts

urbanized areas By the end of the

Perm

it Y

ear

5 M

assH

ighw

ay h

as

with public and within the

perm

it te

rm c

ompl

ete

inve

ntor

y of

re

lied

on r

eque

sts

thou

gh th

e w

eb s

ite

Dep

arm

ent

urba

nize

d ar

eas

and

incl

ude

or th

ough

Dis

trct

offc

es fo

r T

own

sum

mar

y of

res

ourc

e ar

eas

with

or

oth

er e

ntiti

es w

hich

req

uest

ou

tfal

ls R

evie

w m

etho

ds to

mak

e in

vent

ory

rela

ted

info

rmat

ion

We

outf

all i

nven

tory

ava

ilabl

e to

the

have received a number of requests

publ

ic f

or e

ase

of a

cces

s

and

have

bee

n ab

le to

res

pond

re

lativ

ely

quic

kly

Page 8

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

3C-

Dra

inag

e C

onne

ctio

n E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1

) Is

sue

Dra

inag

e C

onne

ctio

n ) Policy issued and posted on June

Con

tinue

to e

nfor

ce p

rovi

sion

s Po

licy

Polic

y

200

6 by

the

Chi

ef E

ngin

eer

-of

dra

inag

e co

nnec

tion

polic

y

mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e

2) Post copy of policy on

The Executive Offce of

Mas

sHig

hway

web

site

)

Polic

y po

sted

at h

ww

mhd

T

rans

pora

tion

Leg

al a

nd

stat

em

aus

de

fau1

tas

id=

cont

ent

Env

iron

men

tal S

ervi

ces

will

e

nvir

onie

n ub

licat

ions

02amp

sid=

abou

t ta

ke s

teps

to m

ake

the

Dra

inga

e3)

Enf

orce

the

prov

isio

n th

roug

h T

ie-I

n Po

licy

a fo

rmal

refe

rral

s to

the

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

of

fce

)

No

refe

rral

s to

the

AG

off

ice

wer

e MassHighway SOP

nece

ssar

y

4) S

umm

ariz

e ac

tions

take

n in

the

annu

al r

epor

t 4)

See

App

endi

x C

for

det

ails

on

lette

rs s

ent t

o re

side

nces

bus

ines

ses

with

pot

entia

l illi

cit c

onne

ctio

ns th

is

permit term

3C-

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n St

anda

rd

Env

iron

men

ta1

Leg

al

Issu

e a

revi

sed

Dra

inag

e T

ie-

Inte

rnal

dra

ft o

f D

rain

age

Tie

-In

SOP

Fina

lize

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n SO

P

Ope

ratio

n Pr

oced

ure

SOP

Ann

ual r

epor

ts w

ill

draf

t was

rev

ised

to r

efle

ct f

orm

at o

f Su

bmit

to C

hief

Eng

inee

r fo

r (S

OP)

su

mm

ariz

e dr

aina

ge ti

e-in

per

mits

ne

w A

cces

s Pe

rmit

D

raft

is

sign

atur

e an

d is

suan

ce to

ap

plic

atio

ns a

nd p

erm

its is

sued

fi

naliz

ed a

nd b

eing

rev

iew

ed b

y D

epar

tmen

t pe

rmit

engi

neer

s

App

endi

x D

sum

mar

izes

the

stat

us o

f dr

aina

ge ti

e-in

per

mits

app

lied

for

and

rece

ived

as

ofth

is p

erm

it ye

ar

Ilic

it C

onne

ctio

n R

evie

w

Env

iron

men

tal

R

evie

w tw

enty

dis

char

ges

each

B

MP

Rev

ised

B

MP

Rev

ised

D

istr

icts

pe

rmit

year

for

pot

entia

l illi

cit

conn

ectio

ns

Page 9

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

pri

oriti

zed

list f

or I

DD

E

The

ID

DE

RFR

has

not

bee

n re

leas

ed

Rev

ise

RFR

to in

clud

e ne

wIl

icit

Con

nect

ion

Rev

iew

R

evis

ed

Dis

trct

s an

d in

clud

e in

Pen

nit Y

ear

5 ye

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as b

een

awai

ting

gene

ral p

enni

t req

uire

men

ts f

or

Ann

ual R

epor

t R

elea

se R

FR f

or

the

new

dra

ft g

ener

al p

enni

t fro

m

IDD

E R

elea

se R

FR A

war

d de

velo

pmen

t and

impl

emen

tatio

n EP A to understand the ili

cit

cont

ract

and

fin

aliz

e ID

DE

of

IDD

E p

rogr

am f

or w

ater

shed

s di

scha

rge

requ

irem

ents

whi

ch w

ill b

e pr

otoc

ol

on p

rior

itize

d lis

t Fi

eld

revi

ew

incl

uded

bef

ore

issu

ing

the

RFR

co

mpl

aint

s p

oten

tial I

DD

Es

Perfonn comprehensive

Dis

tric

ts r

evie

wed

pot

entia

l illi

cit

iden

tifie

d by

Dis

tric

t per

sonn

el

wea

ther

rev

iew

of

10

of

conn

ectio

ns A

ppen

dix

C in

clud

esdu

rng

the

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y in

ur

bani

zed

area

roa

ds th

is

mor

e de

tail

resp

onse

to m

unic

ipal

em

ail

sum

mer

re

ques

ting

susp

ect a

reas

and

or

fr

om p

ublic

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar

Fiel

d re

view

com

plai

nts

po

tent

ial I

DD

Es

iden

tifie

d by

D

istr

ict p

erso

nnel

dur

ing

the

IDDE work

in

resp

onse

to

mun

icip

al e

mai

l req

uest

ing

susp

ect a

reas

and

or

fro

m

publ

ic th

roug

hout

the

year

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

ofID

DE

ac

tivity

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

r Il

icit

Con

strc

tion

Prov

ide

trai

ning

on

illic

it A

ctio

n co

mpl

eted

in P

enni

t Yea

r 4

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

Con

nect

ion

Tra

inin

g co

nnec

tion

polic

y il

icit

conn

ectio

n id

entif

icat

ion

and

prot

ocol

for

rep

ortin

g du

ring

an

nual

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

r tr

aini

ng

sem

inar

s S

umm

ariz

e

of

atte

ndee

s in

ann

ual r

epor

t

Maintenance Staff Illicit

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

trai

ning

on

illic

it A

ctio

n co

mpl

eted

in P

enni

t Yea

r 4

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

Con

nect

ion

Tra

inin

g co

nnec

tion

polic

y il

icit

conn

ectio

n id

entif

icat

ion

and

prot

ocol

for

rep

ortin

g du

ring

an

nual

trai

ning

sem

inar

s fo

r m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Page 10

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

1t

4 C

onst

ruct

ion

Site

Sto

rmw

ater

Run

off C

ontr

ol

MassHighway Departent

Proj

ect D

evel

opm

ent amp

D

esig

n G

uide

MA

DE

P St

orm

wat

er

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y

NP

DE

S C

onst

ruct

ion

Gen

eral

Per

mit

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

ruct

ion

Pro

ject

s

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

rctio

n P

roje

cts

Con

stru

ctio

n

Dra

inag

e sy

stem

s fo

r M

assH

ighw

ay r

oadw

ays

will

be

desi

gned

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

Cha

pter

8 o

f th

e M

HD

Hig

hway

D

esig

n G

uide

and

com

p ni

on

man

uals

New

con

strc

tion

and

rede

velo

pmen

t act

iviti

es w

il co

mpl

y w

ith M

assa

chus

etts

D

EP

s S

torm

wat

er M

anag

emen

t Po

licy

and

Perf

orm

ance

St

anda

rds

unde

r th

e W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct a

nd C

lean

Wat

er

Act

Sec

tion

401

1) F

ile N

OIs

for

new

pro

ject

s w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an o

ne a

cre

2)

Sum

mar

ize

NO

Is is

sued

to

Mas

sHig

hway

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

con

tinue

to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

M

anag

emen

t Pol

icy

whe

n pr

ojec

ts

are

subj

ect

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in

urba

nize

d ar

eas

36 N

OIs

wer

e fi

ed d

urin

g Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

The

per

mits

are

list

ed in

Appendix H

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

will

co

ntin

ue to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y w

hen

proj

ects

are

sub

ject

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in u

rban

ized

are

as

Con

tinue

to f

ie N

Ols

for

new

pr

ojec

ts w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an

an a

cre

Oth

er S

tate

Env

iron

men

tal

Env

iron

men

tal

Proj

ects

will

con

tinue

to b

e R

egul

atio

ns o

r Po

licy

Constrction Projects

desi

gned

and

con

stru

cted

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith a

ll ap

plic

able

st

ate

and

fede

ral e

nvir

onm

enta

l re

gula

tions

or

polic

y (e

W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct 4

04)

The

Env

iron

men

tal S

ectio

n T

he p

roce

ss o

f de

sign

rev

iew

re

view

s al

l pro

ject

s at

the

25

and pre-constrction

desi

gn s

tage

to d

eter

min

e w

hat

coor

dina

tion

will

con

tinue

en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its a

re

requ

ired

The

Dis

tric

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l Eng

inee

r or

eq

uiva

lent

Dis

tric

t con

stru

ctio

n st

aff

pers

on a

ttend

s al

l pre

shyconstrction meetings with the

sele

cted

con

trac

tor

to r

evie

w

perm

it re

quir

emen

ts f

or th

e pr

ojec

t

Page 11

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

Sto

nn

Env

iron

men

tal

Des

ign

proj

ects

in u

rban

ized

M

assH

ighw

ay r

equi

res

that

all

new

M

assH

ighw

ay w

il re

quir

e th

at

Wat

er H

andb

ook

Con

strc

tion

Pro

ject

s ax

eas

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith

constrction and redevelopment

all n

ew c

onst

rctio

n an

d H

andb

ook

activ

ities

und

erta

ken

by

rede

velo

pmen

t act

iviti

es

Mas

sHig

hway

or

by o

ther

s th

at

unde

rtak

en b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

r ar

e fu

ded

in w

hole

or

in p

ar b

y by

oth

ers

that

are

fun

ded

in

Mas

sHig

hway

com

ply

with

the

who

le o

r in

par

by

Han

dboo

k

Mas

sHig

hway

com

ply

with

the

Han

dboo

k

Stan

dard

Spe

cifi

catio

n fo

r E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

eros

ion

and

Incl

usio

n of

suc

h co

ntro

ls is

Su

ch c

ontr

ols

will

con

tinue

to b

e H

ighw

ay a

nd B

ridg

es

Con

stru

ctio

n P

roje

cts

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n co

ntro

ls in

st

anda

rd p

ract

ice

for

cons

truc

tion

incl

uded

in c

onst

rctio

n co

nstr

ctio

n co

ntra

cts

co

ntra

cts

issu

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay

cont

ract

s is

sued

by

Mas

sHig

hway

A r

evis

ed c

ontr

act i

tem

sp

ecifi

catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

each

con

trac

t whi

ch r

equi

res

a detailed Stonn Water Pollution

Prev

entio

n Pl

an (

SWPP

P) E

rosi

on

Con

trol

Pla

n (E

CP)

for

all

proj

ects

(e

xcep

t min

or -

suc

h as

sig

nage

gr

ass

mow

ing

etc

) H

avin

g th

e co

ntra

ctor

dev

elop

the

SWPP

P an

d E

CP

(rat

her

than

the

desi

gner

) ha

s be

en a

ccep

ted

by th

e C

onse

rvat

ion

Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

y C

ertif

icat

e no

obj

ectio

n ha

s be

en r

aise

d on

a

proj

ect-

by-p

roje

ct b

asis

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l Continue funding the

Moved to MCM

sinc

e fo

cus

of

Nee

ds P

rogr

am)

Con

stru

ctio

n M

assH

ighw

ay R

esea

rch

Nee

ds

research program

is now for

Prog

ram

so

urce

con

trol

inst

ead

of

cons

truc

tion

Page 12

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Pre-Constrction Meeting

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal S

taff

M

assH

ighw

ay r

evie

ws

the

NPD

ES

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Rev

iew

ofN

PDE

S St

aff

Con

stru

ctio

n R

evie

w N

PDE

S re

quir

emen

ts a

t Constrction GP requirements w

ith

revi

ew th

e N

PDE

S C

onst

ruct

ion

Con

strc

tion

GP

the

appl

icab

le p

re-c

onst

ruct

ion

Con

trac

tors

at t

he p

re-c

onst

rctio

n G

P re

quir

emen

ts w

ith

requ

irem

ents

m

eetin

gs T

hese

mee

tings

incl

ude

meeting Environmental engineer

Con

trac

tors

at

the

pre-

outli

ning

the

requ

irem

ents

of

the

atte

nds

all p

re-c

onst

rctio

n co

nstr

uctio

n m

eetin

g

Con

stru

ctio

n G

ener

al P

erm

it an

d m

eetin

gs w

hich

invo

lve

iden

tify

the

role

s an

d en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its n

ot li

mite

d responsibilities of Mass Highway

to N

PDE

S T

here

fore

ero

sion

an

d th

e C

ontr

acto

r

cont

rol d

iscu

ssed

at a

ll pr

e-co

n m

eetin

gs

Con

trac

t Bid

Ite

m a

nd

Con

stru

ctio

n S

ectio

n

Prep

are

a C

ontr

act B

id I

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and

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Spec

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rovi

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for

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ontr

acts

Sp

ecia

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visi

on f

or in

clus

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in

Stor

m W

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Pol

lutio

n co

nstr

ctio

n co

ntra

cts

to b

e A

rev

ised

con

trac

t ite

m

Prevention Plans

adve

rtis

ed f

or b

ids

whi

ch e

xcee

d sp

ecifi

catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

(SW

PPPs

) th

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e-ac

re d

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banc

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req

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thre

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d

deta

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Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n P

reve

ntio

n P

lan

(SW

PP

P)

Ero

sion

C

ontr

ol P

lan

(EC

P) f

or a

ll pr

ojec

ts

( ex

cept

min

or -

suc

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sig

nage

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) Having the

cont

ract

or d

evel

op th

e SW

PPP

and

EC

P (r

athe

r th

an th

e de

sign

er)

has

been

acc

epte

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the

Con

serv

atio

n Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

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ertif

icat

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obj

ectio

n ha

s be

en r

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a

proj

ect-

by-p

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d G

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on

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C

onst

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guid

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to

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trol

pe

ndin

g N

ew m

ater

ial a

s w

ell a

s co

mpo

st a

nd m

ulch

will

be

incl

uded

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

e a

SWPP

P G

uida

nce

for

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plet

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mt

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SW

PP

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incl

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Gui

danc

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anua

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M

assH

ighw

ay c

onst

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Ero

sion

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trol

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n is

now

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trac

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pr

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ts I

mpl

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of t

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incl

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cts

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ent o

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ctor

s be

gin

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it m

ay b

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vise

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ne

cess

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to a

ddre

ss in

put

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Tra

inin

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4L-

Non

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dsca

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Sec

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Con

trol

Spe

cifi

catio

ns

rece

ived

inte

rnal

ly a

nd f

rom

agencies Ultimately the

docu

men

t will

be

conv

erte

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to a

computer program

Con

duct

ann

ual E

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on

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strc

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Div

isio

n D

istr

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1 M

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ay w

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Pre

vent

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and

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trol

an

d 5

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ned

134

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aini

ng o

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pics

sim

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to

Tra

inin

g fo

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year Distrcts 2 and 4 trainings will

thos

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sed

in th

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st

Constrction Personnel

occu

r in

May

200

9 T

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and

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Sum

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air

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atio

n a

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te

man

agem

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ow is

a li

st o

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min

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ates

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a

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D

istr

ct 1

21

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Distrct 2 to be held in

May

D

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ct 3

32

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tric

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be

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in M

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trct

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9

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plic

atio

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w

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cific

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spec

ific

atio

ns w

ill b

egin

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eval

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prop

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atio

ns a

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ther

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post

for

slo

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acce

pted

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stor

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in

Publ

icat

ion

of M

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R

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and

Mat

eria

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ectio

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Sep

tem

ber

2007

re

sear

ch o

n co

mpo

st u

se

As

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tech

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gies

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velo

ped

rev

iew

and

dev

elop

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Fibe

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st f

illed

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r sp

ecif

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ions

for

add

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al

sedi

men

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ture

in li

eu o

f ha

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n co

ntro

ls

bale

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evel

oped

in M

arch

200

9

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Ero

sion

and

Sed

imen

t Constrction Section

Perf

orm

fie

ld te

sts

of n

ew e

rosi

on

Wor

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perf

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ed a

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tham

In

clud

e fi

ber

roll

tech

niqu

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the

Con

trol

Fie

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istr

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Lan

dsca

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an

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dim

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ol m

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Win

ter

Stre

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Fi

eld

Gui

de D

evel

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tern

al

Mas

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pro

ject

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repa

re

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ect h

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tern

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the

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plet

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mea

sure

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fect

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be

incl

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activ

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timel

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pond

ed to

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assH

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ay w

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espo

nd to

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ns s

ubm

itted

in a

tim

ely

conc

erns

sub

mitt

ed in

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mel

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anne

r

man

ner

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plia

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ectio

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pr

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nalti

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duct

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in p

aym

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whe

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ted

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tric

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stru

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tice

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ecto

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ns o

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lays

in p

aym

ent

whe

n w

arra

nted

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Stan

dard

Pra

ctic

es M

emo

Constrction Section

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pre

pare

and

A separate SOP for constrction

No

furt

her

actio

n w

aran

ted

is

sue

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tand

ard

Pra

ctic

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not

dev

elop

ed D

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nnit

to Constrction Engineers on the

Yea

r 4

the

Dis

tric

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strc

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prot

ocol

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proc

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nstr

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of

any

illic

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dur

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constrction and provided training

to th

e R

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tenn

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Mod

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NPD

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M

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clud

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lf d

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ams

and

day

trai

ning

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n SW

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quir

emen

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aini

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sulta

nt c

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o ap

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ram

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mw

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Man

agem

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Mas

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nn

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iron

men

tal

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re D

EP

ratif

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ion

for

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sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e fo

r M

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ay w

ill w

ork

with

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dboo

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ay S

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orig

inal

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Rev

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nvir

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mon

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ners

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in I

yea

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docu

men

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ng r

elea

sed

Page 16

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5A-

Rev

ise

Ch

5 o

f the

E

nvir

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enta

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evis

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hapt

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mon

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beg

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rev

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ue

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agem

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Highway Runoff

Env

Div

Con

sulta

nt

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elop

and

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ibra

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inan

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lect

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mm

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ighw

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age

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year

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repo

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rela

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dat

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rt fo

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off

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ters

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and

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mpl

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be

gin

to u

se th

e m

odel

to r

evie

w

high

way

run

off

in c

ritic

al

wat

ersh

eds

Page 18

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Permit Year 6

BM

P M

aint

enan

ce

Man

ual

Rig

ht o

f W

ay P

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valu

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n

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stru

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nfor

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iron

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tal

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o be

use

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a f

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gu

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by m

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nnel

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ovid

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aini

ng o

n th

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MP

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eval

uatin

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dida

tes

for

disp

osal

by

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hway

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r po

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Environmental reviewed 17

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r th

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runoff Of the canvasses that

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iron

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char

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sHig

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em

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nfor

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re to

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ariz

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tions

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n in

ac

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by th

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tters

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en s

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al r

epor

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roug

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ate

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rney

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al s

offc

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tric

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or

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as r

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to C

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and

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as

of th

is p

enni

t ye

ar

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Permit Year 6

5H-

Post

Con

strc

tion

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off

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mis

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NPD

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ta

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ctio

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MS4

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n

cont

ribu

ting

to s

and

bar

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n at

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ase

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ke

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sHig

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in

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fund

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tion

proc

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n pr

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ure

ev

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Pag

e 20

NPD

ES

Stor

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Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Fede

ral E

nhan

cem

ent

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ning

E

xplo

re o

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tniti

es fo

r us

ing

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l enh

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men

t fun

ding

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tal r

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n ab

atem

ent p

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cts

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e in

qua

rter

ly c

omm

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m

eetin

gs

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pote

ntia

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pro

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s w

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nal

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ning

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ncie

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ojec

ts u

sing

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enh

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t fu

ndin

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r st

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wat

er

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to

par

tner

with

the

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ell

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ater

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(LR

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and

impl

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o st

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wat

er

man

agem

ent a

reas

alo

ng R

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pro

ject

wou

ld

incl

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low

co

nvey

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m R

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ld b

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or th

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to

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in a

nd f

ilter

sto

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ater

fro

m

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ents

of

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te 1

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wne

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ed to

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mit

to lo

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nten

ance

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sy

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t of

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al o

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to th

e sy

stem

and

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surf

ace

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men

t fro

m

the

pret

reat

men

t for

ebay

s

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has

als

o co

mm

itted

to

ass

ist i

n th

e pr

ojec

t des

ign

and

prov

ide

traf

fic

supp

ort d

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g pr

ojec

t con

strc

tion

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sHig

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will

con

tinue

to

expl

ore

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pote

ntia

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pro

ject

s w

ith r

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nal P

lann

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cies

to

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fede

ral

enha

ncem

ent f

undi

ng f

or

stor

mw

ater

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sHig

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will

su

mm

ariz

e pr

ojec

t in

annu

al

repo

rt M

assH

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ay w

ill b

egin

to

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ticip

ate

in q

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mm

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tings

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d th

e 31

9 fu

ndin

g gr

ant i

t app

lied

for

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the

proj

ect h

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ot m

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ans

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tinue

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sup

port

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m

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r to

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ort t

he D

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and

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uced

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lt A

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gram

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lace

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ts

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tinue

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Mas

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will

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tinue

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tinue

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supp

ort t

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prog

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area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

Five

-Yea

r 20

09-2

013

Veg

etat

ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

ou

tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

emen

t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

2)

200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

izer

s

yet c

ompl

eted

as

of A

pril

17 2

009

2)

Pre

pare

a Y

earl

y O

pera

tiona

l Pl

an (

yap)

by

Apr

il of

eac

h 3)

200

9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

0 da

ys 4

) Su

mm

ariz

e da

ys o

f co

mpl

etio

n ac

tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

ar in

an

nual

rep

ort

4) N

o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

d in

20

08 H

erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

epea

ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

iew

ed w

ould

cos

t mor

e th

an th

e us

e of

con

vent

iona

l he

rbic

ides

The

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

6A-

Source Control-

Hav

Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

Page 23

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

wal

king

inc

ludi

ng o

n-ro

ad a

nd

650

329

$1

0 86

1 54

7

off-

road

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he

local level

$392

000

was

use

d fo

r bi

cycl

e an

d $6

58 0

00 w

ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

e Sa

fe

Pro

gram

Bud

get

R

oute

to S

choo

l Pro

gram

Bud

get

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol-

Hig

hway

H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

es 3

) In

stal

l VM

S on

on

sel

ect r

oads

to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

oadw

ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

oten

tial s

afet

y dr

iver

aw

aren

ess

4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

E

nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

F A

ctiv

e P

PT

F w

as m

aint

aine

d N

o M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

roug

hout

the

penT

it te

nT 2

) w

ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

8

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

of a

ctio

ns

Act

ions

on

Tox

ics

Use

Red

uctio

nta

ken

on e

ach

pollu

tion

Initiated testing of vegetable-

prev

entio

n in

itiat

ive

incl

uded

in

base

d hy

drau

lic o

il in

hea

vyth

e SW

M in

the

annu

al r

epor

t equipmentplow trcks

Initi

ated

test

ing

of c

lose

d-lo

op

cran

kcas

e oi

l dra

inin

g sy

stem

E

valu

ated

and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

aulic

fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

Bay

stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

ams

supp

ort t

hese

pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

-I a

nd lD

-

Page

24

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

A

sbes

tos

Solid

Was

te

Roa

dsid

e Is

sues

T

ans

Wet

land

s R

ecor

dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

sHig

hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

Page 25

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

1 di

strc

t m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

ovem

ber

4 5

a

nd

of2

008

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Snow

and

Ice

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

App

endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

) Po

st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

-97-

001

6E-

Good Housekeeping

Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

Goo

d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

Pollu

tion

Prev

entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

Page 30

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

hway

util

ized

73

tank

er

truc

ks w

ith s

pray

bar

s th

is s

easo

n

do th

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

y in

crea

sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

Enh

ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

C

orpo

ratio

n) f

or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

nd lo

cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

g I

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Mas

sHig

hway

has

inst

alle

d 42

sig

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

ri

vers

and

str

eam

s cr

osse

d by

id

entif

ying

riv

er a

nd s

trea

m c

ross

ings

in

to in

stal

l sig

ns in

are

as

Mas

sHig

hway

roa

ds u

ntil

Pennit Year 6 The locations were

iden

tifie

d by

Mas

sRiv

erw

ays

cros

sing

of

all n

amed

riv

ers

and

iden

tifie

d by

Mas

sRiv

erw

ays

Prog

ram

and

Pr

ogra

m a

nd a

ntic

ipat

es

stre

ams

are

sign

post

ed

inst

alle

d by

Mas

sHig

hway

per

sonn

el A

in

stal

ling

appr

oxim

atel

y 20

lis

t of

the

loca

tions

is in

clud

ed in

si

gns

in th

e ne

xt 6

mon

ths

A

ppen

dix

A o

f th

is r

epor

t

Ant

i-lit

ter

Dum

ping

O

pera

tions

M

aint

ain

anti-

litte

r m

essa

ge in

A

nti-

litte

r m

essa

ges

wer

e in

clud

ed in

the

Con

tinue

to in

clud

e an

ti-lit

ter

Mes

sage

s on

Var

iabl

e th

e m

essa

ge m

ix o

n pe

nnan

ent

mes

sage

mix

on

penn

anen

t Var

iabl

e m

essa

ges

on Y

MB

s

Message Boards

Var

iabl

e M

essa

ge B

oard

s M

essa

ge B

oard

s

(YM

Bs)

Ant

i-lit

ter

Dum

ping

O

pera

tions

W

ork

with

EO

EE

A s

Thi

nk

A m

eetin

g w

as c

ondu

cted

bet

wee

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill w

ork

with

Lite

ratu

re a

t Vis

itors

B

lue

Cam

paig

n to

iden

tify

Mas

sHig

hway

(E

nvir

onm

ent)

and

th

e T

hink

Blu

e C

ampa

ign

or

Cen

ters

ap

prop

riat

e br

ochu

res

for

use

in

mem

bers

of

the

Thi

nk B

lue

Cam

paig

n T

he

deve

lop

its o

wn

prog

ram

We

Vis

itor

s C

ente

rs D

istr

ibut

e m

eetin

g di

scus

sed

idea

s ab

out f

utur

e w

ill d

evel

op b

roch

ures

with

a

literatue to appropriate visitor

colla

bora

tions

Thi

s ef

fort

has

bee

n transportation focus

cent

ers

and

trac

k nu

mbe

r of

de

laye

d by

the

Thi

nk B

lue

Cam

paig

n

broc

hure

s di

strb

uted

ann

ually

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

New

Eng

land

DO

T

Env

iron

men

tal

Coo

rdin

ate

with

New

Eng

land

H

enr

Bar

baro

has

join

ed th

e A

ASH

TO

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill

Mee

tings

D

OT

s to

dis

cuss

on-

goin

g is

sues

st

orm

wat

er c

omm

ittee

and

com

mun

icat

es

com

mun

icat

e w

ith th

e ot

her

and

prog

ram

s be

ing

face

d by

w

ith o

ther

DO

Ts

acro

ss th

e countr through

DO

Ts

as th

e ne

ed d

evel

ops

the

DO

Ts

incl

udin

g w

etla

nd

the

com

mitt

ee M

assH

ighw

ayha

s an

d pa

rtic

ipat

e in

the

miti

gatio

n s

torm

wat

er a

nd

com

mun

icat

ed a

s th

e ne

ed a

rose

A

ASH

TO

sto

rm w

ater

er

osio

n co

ntro

ls

com

mitt

ee

Stor

m W

ater

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fu

nd a

ful

l-tim

e st

orm

wat

er

A fu

ll-tim

e st

orm

wat

er c

oord

inat

or R

ober

t Fu

nd f

ull t

ime

coor

dina

tor

Coo

rdin

ator

co

ordi

nato

r po

sitio

n ea

ch y

ear

B

enne

tt w

as h

ired

in th

e Sp

ring

of

2008

and

in

crea

se r

espo

nsib

ilitie

s an

d ha

s co

mpl

eted

man

y ta

sks

unde

r th

is r

ole

outr

each

th

ough

out t

he y

ear

2 P

ublic

Invo

lvem

ent a

nd P

artic

ipat

ion

Proj

ect R

elat

ed P

ublic

E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith f

eder

al

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

com

ply

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

Not

ific

atio

n an

d Pu

blic

an

d st

ate

publ

ic n

otif

icat

ion

and

with

fed

eral

and

sta

te p

ublic

co

mpl

y w

ith f

eder

al a

nd s

tate

Pa

rtic

ipat

ion

pu

blic

par

icip

atio

n re

quir

emen

ts

notif

icat

ion

and

publ

ic p

artic

ipat

ion

publ

ic n

otif

icat

ion

and

publ

ic

Req

uire

men

ts

incl

udin

g bu

t not

lim

ited

to

requ

irem

ents

Mas

sHig

hway

pa

rtic

ipat

ion

requ

irem

ents

W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct C

lean

co

nduc

ted

70 d

esig

n pu

blic

hea

ring

s W

ater

Act

401

Wat

er Q

ualit

y in

this

per

mit

year

(se

e A

ppen

dix

Cer

tific

atio

n A

rmy

Cor

ps o

f B

)

Eng

inee

rs 4

04 P

erm

it a

nd

ME

P A

EP

A

Ado

pt-a

-Hig

hway

A

dopt

-a-H

ighw

ay

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt p

rogr

am

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

is p

rogr

am S

ix A

dopt

-su

ppor

t thi

s pr

ogra

m

Hig

hway

sig

ns w

ere

post

ed T

wo

on

Mas

sHig

hway

will

mai

ntai

n th

e R

oute

495

and

one

eac

h on

Rts

93

curr

ent l

evel

of

spon

sors

and

1

6 a

nd 1

14

incr

ease

vol

unte

er p

artic

ipat

ion

Proj

ect C

lean

Pr

ojec

t Cle

an

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt P

roje

ct C

lean

R

evis

ed -

see

2C

bel

ow

Del

eted

Page 6

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

511

Mas

sach

uset

ts

Ope

ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n 51

1 Sy

stem

T

he

511

prog

ram

rec

eive

d m

any

The

51

1 pr

ogra

m e

xpec

ts

Rev

ise

Tra

vele

r In

form

atio

n ca

lls d

urin

g th

e pe

rmit

year

The

in

crea

sed

call

volu

me

and

Syst

em

calls

incl

uded

rep

orts

of

issu

es s

uch

inci

dent

s of

deb

ris

due

to

as d

ebris

on

the

road

way

s

incr

ease

d se

ason

al tr

avel

ou

tdoo

r ac

tivity

and

kno

wle

dge

of

511

services over the next

six

mon

ths

2D-

Mas

sHig

hway

Web

Site

IT

Env

iron

men

tal

Pos

t Sto

rm W

ater

Man

agem

ent

The

mos

t rec

ent S

WM

P s

ubm

itted

Po

st N

O

and

SWM

sub

mitt

ed

Plan

(SW

MP)

to w

eb s

ite

to E

P A

in J

anua

ry 2

008

is p

oste

d on

fo

r ne

w g

ener

al p

erm

it (w

hen

Mas

sHig

hway

s w

eb s

ite

issu

ed)

with

in 6

0 da

ys o

f su

bmitt

al

2D-

Mas

sHig

hway

Web

Site

IT

Env

iron

men

tal

Pos

t ann

ual r

epor

ts to

the

web

site

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

Ann

ual

Per

mit

Yea

r 6

s a

nnua

l rep

ort

repo

rts

for

Per

mit

Yea

r 1-

5 ar

e wil be posted to the

post

ed o

n th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l E

nvir

onm

enta

l Sec

tion

web

Se

ctio

n s

web

pag

e

page

for

pub

lic a

cces

s w

ithin

30

days

of

subm

ittal

to E

P A

and

D

EP

Com

plet

e A

ASH

TO

E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ompl

ete

surv

ey

Com

plet

ed s

urve

y in

Per

mit

Yea

r 3

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

Cen

ter

for

Env

iron

men

tal

Exc

elle

nce

on

Stra

tegi

es

amp A

ppro

ache

s to

C

ompl

ying

with

NPD

ES

Phas

e II

Sur

vey

3 I

llici

t Dis

char

ge D

etec

tion

and

Elim

inat

ion

3A-

Res

t Are

a L

ease

s E

nviro

nmen

tal

Rig

ht-

Dev

elop

ele

ctro

nic

drai

nage

Su

bmis

sion

of

drai

nage

info

rmat

ion

is

Mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e

of-W

ay

requ

irem

ents

lang

uage

for

a

stan

dad

cond

ition

on

all n

ew r

est

inco

rpor

atio

n in

Res

t Are

a le

ase

area

leas

es

agre

emen

ts w

here

res

t are

a is

be

ing

rede

velo

ped

Page 7

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

3A -

Res

t Are

a L

ease

s R

ight

-of-

Way

Su

mm

ariz

e ne

w r

est a

rea

leas

es

If n

ew r

est a

rea

leas

es a

re

No

new

res

t are

a le

ases

wer

e is

sued

issu

ed e

ach

year

in th

e an

nual

is

sued

the

y w

ill b

e su

mm

ariz

eddu

ring

Per

mit

Yea

r 5

repo

rt

in th

e an

nual

rep

ort

3B-

Dra

inag

e In

vent

ory

Env

iron

men

tal

D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent

Dra

ft o

f dr

aina

ge s

peci

fica

tion

has

Con

tinue

to d

evel

op a

nd

Con

strc

tion

sp

ecif

icat

ion

for

secu

ring

dra

inag

e be

en d

evel

oped

Mas

sHig

hway

has

fi

naliz

e sy

stem

Onc

e A

sset

Pl

anni

ng

IT S

ectio

n in

form

atio

n fr

om f

utur

e co

ntin

ued

to m

eet i

nter

nally

with

the

Man

agem

ent s

yste

m is

co

nstr

uctio

n an

d re

deve

lopm

ent

Ass

et M

anag

emen

t dir

ecto

r to

dev

elop

de

velo

ped

fin

aliz

e sp

ecif

icat

ion

proj ects

a m

etho

d fo

r in

vent

oryn

g an

d be

gin

to in

clud

e in

M

assH

ighw

ay a

sset

s an

d th

e tr

acki

ng

cont

ract

s

of a

ssoc

iate

d m

aint

enan

ce T

he

com

plet

ion

of th

e dr

aina

ge

spec

ific

atio

n ha

s be

en te

mpo

rarl

y pu

t on

hol

d to

mak

e su

re th

at it

will

be

in

line

with

the

over

all s

trat

egy

for

asse

t m

anag

emen

t onc

e de

velo

ped

3B-

Dra

inag

e In

vent

ory

Env

iron

men

tal

IT

M

ap d

rain

age

disc

harg

es w

ithin

O

utfa

ll in

vent

ory

was

com

plet

ed in

C

ontin

ue to

sha

re in

vent

ory

Dis

tric

ts

urbanized areas By the end of the

Perm

it Y

ear

5 M

assH

ighw

ay h

as

with public and within the

perm

it te

rm c

ompl

ete

inve

ntor

y of

re

lied

on r

eque

sts

thou

gh th

e w

eb s

ite

Dep

arm

ent

urba

nize

d ar

eas

and

incl

ude

or th

ough

Dis

trct

offc

es fo

r T

own

sum

mar

y of

res

ourc

e ar

eas

with

or

oth

er e

ntiti

es w

hich

req

uest

ou

tfal

ls R

evie

w m

etho

ds to

mak

e in

vent

ory

rela

ted

info

rmat

ion

We

outf

all i

nven

tory

ava

ilabl

e to

the

have received a number of requests

publ

ic f

or e

ase

of a

cces

s

and

have

bee

n ab

le to

res

pond

re

lativ

ely

quic

kly

Page 8

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

3C-

Dra

inag

e C

onne

ctio

n E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1

) Is

sue

Dra

inag

e C

onne

ctio

n ) Policy issued and posted on June

Con

tinue

to e

nfor

ce p

rovi

sion

s Po

licy

Polic

y

200

6 by

the

Chi

ef E

ngin

eer

-of

dra

inag

e co

nnec

tion

polic

y

mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e

2) Post copy of policy on

The Executive Offce of

Mas

sHig

hway

web

site

)

Polic

y po

sted

at h

ww

mhd

T

rans

pora

tion

Leg

al a

nd

stat

em

aus

de

fau1

tas

id=

cont

ent

Env

iron

men

tal S

ervi

ces

will

e

nvir

onie

n ub

licat

ions

02amp

sid=

abou

t ta

ke s

teps

to m

ake

the

Dra

inga

e3)

Enf

orce

the

prov

isio

n th

roug

h T

ie-I

n Po

licy

a fo

rmal

refe

rral

s to

the

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

of

fce

)

No

refe

rral

s to

the

AG

off

ice

wer

e MassHighway SOP

nece

ssar

y

4) S

umm

ariz

e ac

tions

take

n in

the

annu

al r

epor

t 4)

See

App

endi

x C

for

det

ails

on

lette

rs s

ent t

o re

side

nces

bus

ines

ses

with

pot

entia

l illi

cit c

onne

ctio

ns th

is

permit term

3C-

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n St

anda

rd

Env

iron

men

ta1

Leg

al

Issu

e a

revi

sed

Dra

inag

e T

ie-

Inte

rnal

dra

ft o

f D

rain

age

Tie

-In

SOP

Fina

lize

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n SO

P

Ope

ratio

n Pr

oced

ure

SOP

Ann

ual r

epor

ts w

ill

draf

t was

rev

ised

to r

efle

ct f

orm

at o

f Su

bmit

to C

hief

Eng

inee

r fo

r (S

OP)

su

mm

ariz

e dr

aina

ge ti

e-in

per

mits

ne

w A

cces

s Pe

rmit

D

raft

is

sign

atur

e an

d is

suan

ce to

ap

plic

atio

ns a

nd p

erm

its is

sued

fi

naliz

ed a

nd b

eing

rev

iew

ed b

y D

epar

tmen

t pe

rmit

engi

neer

s

App

endi

x D

sum

mar

izes

the

stat

us o

f dr

aina

ge ti

e-in

per

mits

app

lied

for

and

rece

ived

as

ofth

is p

erm

it ye

ar

Ilic

it C

onne

ctio

n R

evie

w

Env

iron

men

tal

R

evie

w tw

enty

dis

char

ges

each

B

MP

Rev

ised

B

MP

Rev

ised

D

istr

icts

pe

rmit

year

for

pot

entia

l illi

cit

conn

ectio

ns

Page 9

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

pri

oriti

zed

list f

or I

DD

E

The

ID

DE

RFR

has

not

bee

n re

leas

ed

Rev

ise

RFR

to in

clud

e ne

wIl

icit

Con

nect

ion

Rev

iew

R

evis

ed

Dis

trct

s an

d in

clud

e in

Pen

nit Y

ear

5 ye

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as b

een

awai

ting

gene

ral p

enni

t req

uire

men

ts f

or

Ann

ual R

epor

t R

elea

se R

FR f

or

the

new

dra

ft g

ener

al p

enni

t fro

m

IDD

E R

elea

se R

FR A

war

d de

velo

pmen

t and

impl

emen

tatio

n EP A to understand the ili

cit

cont

ract

and

fin

aliz

e ID

DE

of

IDD

E p

rogr

am f

or w

ater

shed

s di

scha

rge

requ

irem

ents

whi

ch w

ill b

e pr

otoc

ol

on p

rior

itize

d lis

t Fi

eld

revi

ew

incl

uded

bef

ore

issu

ing

the

RFR

co

mpl

aint

s p

oten

tial I

DD

Es

Perfonn comprehensive

Dis

tric

ts r

evie

wed

pot

entia

l illi

cit

iden

tifie

d by

Dis

tric

t per

sonn

el

wea

ther

rev

iew

of

10

of

conn

ectio

ns A

ppen

dix

C in

clud

esdu

rng

the

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y in

ur

bani

zed

area

roa

ds th

is

mor

e de

tail

resp

onse

to m

unic

ipal

em

ail

sum

mer

re

ques

ting

susp

ect a

reas

and

or

fr

om p

ublic

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar

Fiel

d re

view

com

plai

nts

po

tent

ial I

DD

Es

iden

tifie

d by

D

istr

ict p

erso

nnel

dur

ing

the

IDDE work

in

resp

onse

to

mun

icip

al e

mai

l req

uest

ing

susp

ect a

reas

and

or

fro

m

publ

ic th

roug

hout

the

year

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

ofID

DE

ac

tivity

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

r Il

icit

Con

strc

tion

Prov

ide

trai

ning

on

illic

it A

ctio

n co

mpl

eted

in P

enni

t Yea

r 4

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

Con

nect

ion

Tra

inin

g co

nnec

tion

polic

y il

icit

conn

ectio

n id

entif

icat

ion

and

prot

ocol

for

rep

ortin

g du

ring

an

nual

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

r tr

aini

ng

sem

inar

s S

umm

ariz

e

of

atte

ndee

s in

ann

ual r

epor

t

Maintenance Staff Illicit

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

trai

ning

on

illic

it A

ctio

n co

mpl

eted

in P

enni

t Yea

r 4

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

Con

nect

ion

Tra

inin

g co

nnec

tion

polic

y il

icit

conn

ectio

n id

entif

icat

ion

and

prot

ocol

for

rep

ortin

g du

ring

an

nual

trai

ning

sem

inar

s fo

r m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Page 10

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

1t

4 C

onst

ruct

ion

Site

Sto

rmw

ater

Run

off C

ontr

ol

MassHighway Departent

Proj

ect D

evel

opm

ent amp

D

esig

n G

uide

MA

DE

P St

orm

wat

er

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y

NP

DE

S C

onst

ruct

ion

Gen

eral

Per

mit

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

ruct

ion

Pro

ject

s

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

rctio

n P

roje

cts

Con

stru

ctio

n

Dra

inag

e sy

stem

s fo

r M

assH

ighw

ay r

oadw

ays

will

be

desi

gned

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

Cha

pter

8 o

f th

e M

HD

Hig

hway

D

esig

n G

uide

and

com

p ni

on

man

uals

New

con

strc

tion

and

rede

velo

pmen

t act

iviti

es w

il co

mpl

y w

ith M

assa

chus

etts

D

EP

s S

torm

wat

er M

anag

emen

t Po

licy

and

Perf

orm

ance

St

anda

rds

unde

r th

e W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct a

nd C

lean

Wat

er

Act

Sec

tion

401

1) F

ile N

OIs

for

new

pro

ject

s w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an o

ne a

cre

2)

Sum

mar

ize

NO

Is is

sued

to

Mas

sHig

hway

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

con

tinue

to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

M

anag

emen

t Pol

icy

whe

n pr

ojec

ts

are

subj

ect

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in

urba

nize

d ar

eas

36 N

OIs

wer

e fi

ed d

urin

g Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

The

per

mits

are

list

ed in

Appendix H

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

will

co

ntin

ue to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y w

hen

proj

ects

are

sub

ject

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in u

rban

ized

are

as

Con

tinue

to f

ie N

Ols

for

new

pr

ojec

ts w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an

an a

cre

Oth

er S

tate

Env

iron

men

tal

Env

iron

men

tal

Proj

ects

will

con

tinue

to b

e R

egul

atio

ns o

r Po

licy

Constrction Projects

desi

gned

and

con

stru

cted

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith a

ll ap

plic

able

st

ate

and

fede

ral e

nvir

onm

enta

l re

gula

tions

or

polic

y (e

W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct 4

04)

The

Env

iron

men

tal S

ectio

n T

he p

roce

ss o

f de

sign

rev

iew

re

view

s al

l pro

ject

s at

the

25

and pre-constrction

desi

gn s

tage

to d

eter

min

e w

hat

coor

dina

tion

will

con

tinue

en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its a

re

requ

ired

The

Dis

tric

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l Eng

inee

r or

eq

uiva

lent

Dis

tric

t con

stru

ctio

n st

aff

pers

on a

ttend

s al

l pre

shyconstrction meetings with the

sele

cted

con

trac

tor

to r

evie

w

perm

it re

quir

emen

ts f

or th

e pr

ojec

t

Page 11

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

Sto

nn

Env

iron

men

tal

Des

ign

proj

ects

in u

rban

ized

M

assH

ighw

ay r

equi

res

that

all

new

M

assH

ighw

ay w

il re

quir

e th

at

Wat

er H

andb

ook

Con

strc

tion

Pro

ject

s ax

eas

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith

constrction and redevelopment

all n

ew c

onst

rctio

n an

d H

andb

ook

activ

ities

und

erta

ken

by

rede

velo

pmen

t act

iviti

es

Mas

sHig

hway

or

by o

ther

s th

at

unde

rtak

en b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

r ar

e fu

ded

in w

hole

or

in p

ar b

y by

oth

ers

that

are

fun

ded

in

Mas

sHig

hway

com

ply

with

the

who

le o

r in

par

by

Han

dboo

k

Mas

sHig

hway

com

ply

with

the

Han

dboo

k

Stan

dard

Spe

cifi

catio

n fo

r E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

eros

ion

and

Incl

usio

n of

suc

h co

ntro

ls is

Su

ch c

ontr

ols

will

con

tinue

to b

e H

ighw

ay a

nd B

ridg

es

Con

stru

ctio

n P

roje

cts

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n co

ntro

ls in

st

anda

rd p

ract

ice

for

cons

truc

tion

incl

uded

in c

onst

rctio

n co

nstr

ctio

n co

ntra

cts

co

ntra

cts

issu

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay

cont

ract

s is

sued

by

Mas

sHig

hway

A r

evis

ed c

ontr

act i

tem

sp

ecifi

catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

each

con

trac

t whi

ch r

equi

res

a detailed Stonn Water Pollution

Prev

entio

n Pl

an (

SWPP

P) E

rosi

on

Con

trol

Pla

n (E

CP)

for

all

proj

ects

(e

xcep

t min

or -

suc

h as

sig

nage

gr

ass

mow

ing

etc

) H

avin

g th

e co

ntra

ctor

dev

elop

the

SWPP

P an

d E

CP

(rat

her

than

the

desi

gner

) ha

s be

en a

ccep

ted

by th

e C

onse

rvat

ion

Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

y C

ertif

icat

e no

obj

ectio

n ha

s be

en r

aise

d on

a

proj

ect-

by-p

roje

ct b

asis

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l Continue funding the

Moved to MCM

sinc

e fo

cus

of

Nee

ds P

rogr

am)

Con

stru

ctio

n M

assH

ighw

ay R

esea

rch

Nee

ds

research program

is now for

Prog

ram

so

urce

con

trol

inst

ead

of

cons

truc

tion

Page 12

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Pre-Constrction Meeting

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal S

taff

M

assH

ighw

ay r

evie

ws

the

NPD

ES

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Rev

iew

ofN

PDE

S St

aff

Con

stru

ctio

n R

evie

w N

PDE

S re

quir

emen

ts a

t Constrction GP requirements w

ith

revi

ew th

e N

PDE

S C

onst

ruct

ion

Con

strc

tion

GP

the

appl

icab

le p

re-c

onst

ruct

ion

Con

trac

tors

at t

he p

re-c

onst

rctio

n G

P re

quir

emen

ts w

ith

requ

irem

ents

m

eetin

gs T

hese

mee

tings

incl

ude

meeting Environmental engineer

Con

trac

tors

at

the

pre-

outli

ning

the

requ

irem

ents

of

the

atte

nds

all p

re-c

onst

rctio

n co

nstr

uctio

n m

eetin

g

Con

stru

ctio

n G

ener

al P

erm

it an

d m

eetin

gs w

hich

invo

lve

iden

tify

the

role

s an

d en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its n

ot li

mite

d responsibilities of Mass Highway

to N

PDE

S T

here

fore

ero

sion

an

d th

e C

ontr

acto

r

cont

rol d

iscu

ssed

at a

ll pr

e-co

n m

eetin

gs

Con

trac

t Bid

Ite

m a

nd

Con

stru

ctio

n S

ectio

n

Prep

are

a C

ontr

act B

id I

tem

and

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

Spec

ial P

rovi

sion

for

C

ontr

acts

Sp

ecia

l Pro

visi

on f

or in

clus

ion

in

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n co

nstr

ctio

n co

ntra

cts

to b

e A

rev

ised

con

trac

t ite

m

Prevention Plans

adve

rtis

ed f

or b

ids

whi

ch e

xcee

d sp

ecifi

catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

(SW

PPPs

) th

e on

e-ac

re d

istu

banc

e ea

ch c

ontr

act w

hich

req

uire

s a

thre

shol

d

deta

iled

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n P

reve

ntio

n P

lan

(SW

PP

P)

Ero

sion

C

ontr

ol P

lan

(EC

P) f

or a

ll pr

ojec

ts

( ex

cept

min

or -

suc

h as

sig

nage

gr

ass

mow

ing

etc

) Having the

cont

ract

or d

evel

op th

e SW

PPP

and

EC

P (r

athe

r th

an th

e de

sign

er)

has

been

acc

epte

d by

the

Con

serv

atio

n Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

y C

ertif

icat

e no

obj

ectio

n ha

s be

en r

aise

d on

a

proj

ect-

by-p

roje

ct b

asis

Fiel

d G

uide

on

Ero

sion

C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

e fi

eld

guid

e an

d is

sue

to

Stat

e G

uide

dev

elop

men

t is

90

C

ompl

ete

guid

e an

d in

tern

al

Prev

entio

n an

d Se

dim

ent

Chi

ef E

ngin

eer

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

rs

com

plet

e I

nter

nal r

evie

ws

are

reV

iew

s

Con

trol

pe

ndin

g N

ew m

ater

ial a

s w

ell a

s co

mpo

st a

nd m

ulch

will

be

incl

uded

Page 13

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

e a

SWPP

P G

uida

nce

for

Mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e in

Per

mt

Con

tinue

use

by

Con

trac

tors

on

Prev

entio

n Pl

an (

SWPP

P)

Dis

tric

ts

Con

trac

tors

doc

umen

t on

Yea

r 4

SW

PP

P b

id it

em to

incl

ude

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s

Gui

danc

e M

anua

l for

M

assH

ighw

ay c

onst

rctio

n an

Ero

sion

Con

trol

Pla

n is

now

Con

trac

tors

pr

ojec

ts I

mpl

emen

t use

of t

he

incl

uded

in a

ll co

ntra

cts

do

cum

ent o

n al

l app

ropr

iate

M

assH

ighw

ay p

roje

cts

Onc

e co

ntra

ctor

s be

gin

to u

se th

e do

cum

ent

it m

ay b

e re

vise

d if

ne

cess

ary

to a

ddre

ss in

put

4L-

Tra

inin

g Construction Section

4L-

Non

-Tra

ditio

nal E

rosi

on

Lan

dsca

ping

Sec

tion

Con

trol

Spe

cifi

catio

ns

rece

ived

inte

rnal

ly a

nd f

rom

agencies Ultimately the

docu

men

t will

be

conv

erte

d in

to a

computer program

Con

duct

ann

ual E

rosi

on

Con

strc

tion

Div

isio

n D

istr

cts

1 M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue

Pre

vent

ion

and

Sed

imen

t Con

trol

an

d 5

trai

ned

134

staf

f mem

bers

this

tr

aini

ng o

n to

pics

sim

ilar

to

Tra

inin

g fo

r M

assH

ighw

ay

year Distrcts 2 and 4 trainings will

thos

e di

scus

sed

in th

e pa

st

Constrction Personnel

occu

r in

May

200

9 T

he tr

aini

ngs

Hol

d D

istr

ict 2

and

4 tr

aini

ng

Sum

mar

ize

of

atte

ndee

s an

d in

clud

ed a

rev

iew

of

basi

c er

osio

n to

pics

cov

ered

co

ntro

l mea

sure

s d

iese

l ret

rofi

t aw

aren

ess

and

air

qual

ity is

sues

A

sian

long

-hom

ed b

eetle

in

fest

atio

n a

nd h

azar

dous

was

te

man

agem

ent

Bel

ow is

a li

st o

f se

min

ar d

ates

and

a

ttend

ing

D

istr

ct 1

21

909

37

Distrct 2 to be held in

May

D

istr

ct 3

32

509

48

Dis

tric

t 4 to

be

held

in M

ay

Dis

trct

5 2

11

09 4

9

Dev

elop

spe

cific

atio

ns fo

r no

n-M

assH

ighw

ay h

as d

evel

oped

two

Fiel

d ap

plic

atio

n of

thes

e ne

w

trad

ition

al e

rosi

on c

ontr

ols

and

new

spe

cific

atio

ns

spec

ific

atio

ns w

ill b

egin

as

eval

uate

res

earc

h be

ing

cond

ucte

d ap

prop

riate

situ

atio

ns a

rse

by o

ther

sta

te D

OT

s th

at c

an b

e 1)

See

ded

com

post

for

slo

pe

acce

pted

by

Mas

sHig

hway

re

stor

atio

n D

evel

oped

in

Publ

icat

ion

of M

ass

Hig

hway

R

esea

rch

and

Mat

eria

ls S

ectio

n

Sep

tem

ber

2007

re

sear

ch o

n co

mpo

st u

se

As

new

tech

nolo

gies

are

de

velo

ped

rev

iew

and

dev

elop

2)

Fibe

r c

ompo

st f

illed

tube

s fo

r sp

ecif

icat

ions

for

add

ition

al

sedi

men

t cap

ture

in li

eu o

f ha

y er

osio

n co

ntro

ls

bale

s D

evel

oped

in M

arch

200

9

Page 14

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Ero

sion

and

Sed

imen

t Constrction Section

Perf

orm

fie

ld te

sts

of n

ew e

rosi

on

Wor

ked

perf

orm

ed a

t Wal

tham

In

clud

e fi

ber

roll

tech

niqu

e in

the

Con

trol

Fie

ld T

ests

D

istr

icts

Lan

dsca

ping

an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol m

ater

ials

on

Win

ter

Stre

et p

roje

ct is

ong

oing

Fi

eld

Gui

de D

evel

op in

tern

al

Mas

sHig

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pro

ject

s P

repa

re

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ect h

as u

sed

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lls w

ith

mem

o re

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ctiv

enes

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an

d ci

rcul

ate

an in

tern

al m

emo

on

floc

cule

nt in

hig

h si

lt en

viro

nmen

t So

il-SementQD once project

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

the

new

T

his

tech

niqu

e ap

pear

s to

be

com

plet

e

mea

sure

ef

fect

ive

and

will

be

incl

uded

in th

e Fi

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a

timel

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anne

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pond

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whe

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arra

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m W

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Stan

dard

Pra

ctic

es M

emo

Constrction Section

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pre

pare

and

A separate SOP for constrction

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furt

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nnit

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agem

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men

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nn

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men

tal

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ratif

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plet

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4 o

f th

e E

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enta

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mon

ths

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nn

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5A-

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5 o

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nvir

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tinue

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m W

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agem

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Permit Year 6

Highway Runoff

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Stor

m W

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Man

agem

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Permit Year 6

BM

P M

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ener

al s

offc

e or

the

Dis

tric

t A

ppen

dix

C in

clud

es m

ore

deta

il

Dev

elop

pen

nitti

ng p

roce

ss f

or

Inte

rnal

dra

ft o

f D

rain

age

Tie

-F

inal

ize

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n SO

P

adja

cent

pro

pert

ies

whi

ch w

ould

SO

P dr

aft w

as r

evis

ed to

ref

lect

Su

bmit

to C

hief

Eng

inee

r fo

r lik

e to

tie

into

Mas

sHig

hway

fo

nnat

of

new

Acc

ess

Penn

it

sign

atur

e an

d is

suan

ce to

dr

aina

ge s

yste

m I

mpl

emen

t D

raft

is f

inal

ized

and

bei

ng

Dep

arte

nt

prog

ram

and

sum

mar

ize

actio

ns

revi

ewed

by

penn

it en

gine

ers

ta

ken

unde

r pr

ogra

m in

ann

ual

repo

rt

App

endi

x D

sum

mar

izes

the

stat

us

of d

rain

age

tie-i

n pe

nnits

app

lied

for

and

rece

ived

as

of th

is p

enni

t ye

ar

Page 19

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5H-

Post

Con

strc

tion

Run

off

Com

mis

sion

er L

egaV

R

unof

f no

t mee

ting

the

NPD

ES

Eac

h di

stri

ct r

epor

ted

that

no

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Enf

orce

men

t- O

ffsi

te

Env

iron

men

tal

MS4

req

uire

men

ts w

hich

is

offs

ite r

unof

f en

forc

emen

t met

this

ta

ke a

ctio

n w

hen

thes

e

Pollu

tion

to M

assH

ighw

ay

reac

hing

the

Mas

sHig

hway

MS4

re

quir

emen

t re

quir

emen

ts a

re n

ot m

et

Dra

inag

e Sy

stem

an

d is

not

cov

ered

und

er 5

H-1

or

5H-2

may

be

cons

ider

ed

Dis

tric

t 3-

Lak

e N

ipm

uc O

utfa

ll tr

espa

ssin

g an

d re

ferr

ed to

the

(Rou

te 1

6 in

Men

don)

Upl

and

AG

s o

ffce

by M

assH

ighw

ay

ruof

f in

to M

HD

CB

s is

co

unse

l at t

he D

HD

s d

iscr

etio

n

cont

ribu

ting

to s

and

bar

form

atio

n at

the

outf

all b

ase

with

in th

e la

ke

Mas

sHig

hway

took

act

ion

by

impr

ovin

g th

e de

sign

of

the

CB

s leading to the outfall This was

the

requ

est o

fDE

P af

ter

com

plai

nts

of th

e sa

nd b

ar f

rom

the

loca

l wat

ersh

ed c

omm

ittee

Res

t Are

a R

edev

elop

men

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

ight

A

dd la

ngua

ge to

new

leas

e M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

to M

eet S

torm

wat

er

of Way

agre

emen

ts r

equi

ring

less

ees

who

Man

agem

ent H

andb

ook

rede

velo

p or

bui

ld n

ew b

uild

ings

St

anda

rds

on r

est a

rea propert leased from

Mas

sHig

hway

to

mee

t the

st

anda

rds

with

in th

e St

orm

Wat

er

Man

agem

ent H

andb

ook

and

the

SWM

P re

quir

emen

ts

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Eva

luat

ion

Pla

nnin

g M

PO

s C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

MPO

s co

ntin

ued

to in

clud

e th

e C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

Cri

teri

a en

viro

nmen

tal c

onsi

dera

tions

in

envi

ronm

enta

l com

pone

nt in

thei

r en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompo

nent

in

the

fund

ing

prio

ritiz

atio

n ev

alua

tion

proc

edur

es

eval

uatio

n pr

oced

ure

ev

alua

tion

Pag

e 20

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Fede

ral E

nhan

cem

ent

Plan

ning

E

xplo

re o

ppor

tniti

es fo

r us

ing

Fund

ing

Fe

dera

l enh

ance

men

t fun

ding

for

en

viro

nmen

tal r

esto

ratio

n an

d po

llutio

n ab

atem

ent p

roje

cts

Pa

rtic

ipat

e in

qua

rter

ly c

omm

ittee

m

eetin

gs

Mas

sHig

hway

is e

xplo

ring

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal

Plan

ning

age

ncie

s t(

)dev

elop

pr

ojec

ts u

sing

fed

eral

enh

ance

men

t fu

ndin

g fo

r st

orm

wat

er

Mas

sHig

hway

has

off

ered

to

par

tner

with

the

Low

ell

Reg

iona

l Was

tew

ater

Util

ity

(LR

WW

) to

des

ign

and

impl

emen

t tw

o st

orm

wat

er

man

agem

ent a

reas

alo

ng R

oute

11

0 in

Low

ell

The

pro

ject

wou

ld

incl

ude

the

desi

gn o

f a

shal

low

co

nvey

ance

fro

m R

oute

11 0 into

an u

ndev

elop

ed s

etba

ck a

reas

ow

ned

by th

e L

RW

WU

A L

ID

bio-

rete

ntio

n sy

stem

wou

ld b

e de

sign

ed f

or th

is s

etba

ck a

rea

to

reta

in a

nd f

ilter

sto

rmw

ater

fro

m

two

segm

ents

of

Rou

te 1

10 o

wne

d by

Mas

sHig

hway

M

assH

ighw

ay o

ffer

ed to

com

mit

to lo

ng-t

erm

mai

nten

ance

of

this

sy

stem

incl

udin

g m

anag

emen

t of

vege

tatio

n r

emov

al o

f se

dim

ent

and

litte

r de

bris

fro

m c

urb

inle

ts

lead

ing

to th

e sy

stem

and

rem

oval

of

exc

ess

surf

ace

sedi

men

t fro

m

the

pret

reat

men

t for

ebay

s

Mas

sHig

hway

has

als

o co

mm

itted

to

ass

ist i

n th

e pr

ojec

t des

ign

and

prov

ide

traf

fic

supp

ort d

urin

g pr

ojec

t con

strc

tion

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

expl

ore

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal P

lann

ing

agen

cies

to

dev

elop

pro

ject

s us

ing

fede

ral

enha

ncem

ent f

undi

ng f

or

stor

mw

ater

Mas

sHig

hway

will

su

mm

ariz

e pr

ojec

t in

annu

al

repo

rt M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill b

egin

to

par

ticip

ate

in q

uart

erly

co

mm

ittee

mee

tings

LR

WW

has

not

rec

eive

d th

e 31

9 fu

ndin

g gr

ant i

t app

lied

for

and

the

proj

ect h

as n

ot m

oved

fo

rwar

d

Page 21

6 P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n an

d G

ood

Hou

seke

epin

g in

Mun

icip

al O

pera

tions

6A-

Source Control - 511

Mas

sach

uset

ts T

rave

ler

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em

6A-

Source Control- Adopt-a-

Hig

hway

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Dei

cing

Pr

ogra

ms

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

6A-

Source Control - Motorist

Ass

ista

nce

Prog

ram

(f

onne

rly H

ELP

)

Pro

ject

Cle

an

Ope

ratio

ns

Ado

pt-a

-Hig

hway

O

pera

tions

Env

iron

men

tal

D

istr

icts

MA

P Pr

ogra

m

Ope

ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n th

e ex

istin

g 51

1 Sy

stem

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt th

is

prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sal

t Are

as

Prog

ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

ocat

or

Prog

ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

See

App

endi

x F

for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

rov

ing

serv

ice

patr

ols

or

tow

truc

ks in

Pen

nit Y

ear

6 in

the

area

s of

Bos

ton

Wor

cest

er a

nd

Springfield This service not only

assi

sts

disa

bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

The

Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

conv

ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

The

com

mitt

ee w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

Five

-Yea

r 20

09-2

013

Veg

etat

ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

ou

tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

emen

t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

2)

200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

izer

s

yet c

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eted

as

of A

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pare

a Y

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y O

pera

tiona

l Pl

an (

yap)

by

Apr

il of

eac

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200

9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

0 da

ys 4

) Su

mm

ariz

e da

ys o

f co

mpl

etio

n ac

tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

ar in

an

nual

rep

ort

4) N

o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

d in

20

08 H

erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

epea

ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

iew

ed w

ould

cos

t mor

e th

an th

e us

e of

con

vent

iona

l he

rbic

ides

The

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

6A-

Source Control-

Hav

Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

Page 23

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

wal

king

inc

ludi

ng o

n-ro

ad a

nd

650

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off-

road

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he

local level

$392

000

was

use

d fo

r bi

cycl

e an

d $6

58 0

00 w

ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

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fe

Pro

gram

Bud

get

R

oute

to S

choo

l Pro

gram

Bud

get

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol-

Hig

hway

H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

es 3

) In

stal

l VM

S on

on

sel

ect r

oads

to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

oadw

ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

oten

tial s

afet

y dr

iver

aw

aren

ess

4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

E

nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

F A

ctiv

e P

PT

F w

as m

aint

aine

d N

o M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

roug

hout

the

penT

it te

nT 2

) w

ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

8

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

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ovid

e su

mm

ary

of a

ctio

ns

Act

ions

on

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ics

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uctio

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ach

pollu

tion

Initiated testing of vegetable-

prev

entio

n in

itiat

ive

incl

uded

in

base

d hy

drau

lic o

il in

hea

vyth

e SW

M in

the

annu

al r

epor

t equipmentplow trcks

Initi

ated

test

ing

of c

lose

d-lo

op

cran

kcas

e oi

l dra

inin

g sy

stem

E

valu

ated

and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

aulic

fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

Bay

stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

ams

supp

ort t

hese

pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

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nd lD

-

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24

NPD

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

A

sbes

tos

Solid

Was

te

Roa

dsid

e Is

sues

T

ans

Wet

land

s R

ecor

dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

sHig

hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

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Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

1 di

strc

t m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

ovem

ber

4 5

a

nd

of2

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tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Snow

and

Ice

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

App

endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

) Po

st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

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yar

ds

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onth

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cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

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sw

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ng m

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dr

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and

sto

nn

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er B

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mov

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ill b

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ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

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se a

nd

Dis

posa

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the

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the

addi

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of B

MP

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the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

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prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

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urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

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nvir

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1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

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ay h

as c

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eted

yea

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lize

repo

rt a

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nex

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ccum

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nten

ance

pr

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ach

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r an

d of

the

stud

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s de

cide

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not

an

nual

rep

ort

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tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

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r 3

due

to th

e re

port

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plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

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the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

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rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

Page 30

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agem

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Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

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edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

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cha

ngin

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nditi

ons

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tinue

to p

rovi

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te to

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lt re

late

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mpl

aint

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luat

ed a

nd

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the

prog

ram

pol

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s a

nd

proc

edur

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d th

roug

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th

e su

mm

er M

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ay W

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er

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g on

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duce

bo

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and

sca

tter

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ized

a

R T

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ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

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con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

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g te

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011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

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tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

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reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

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ouza

Sha

piro

and

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lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

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iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

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util

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tank

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pray

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is s

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is n

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sari

ly b

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sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

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ance

d W

eath

er

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iron

men

tal

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tinue

to p

rovi

de s

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t M

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as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

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t con

trac

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reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

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uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

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pro

vide

C

orpo

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or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

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cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

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fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

ote)

and

co

mm

unic

ates

eve

ry m

onth

with

th

em

Alte

rnat

ive

Tec

hnol

ogie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

trai

n W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

use

Pre

-Mix

max

imiz

e th

e us

e of

Pre

mix

and

an

d w

ork

with

the

dist

rict

s to

ens

ure

and

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e di

cers

in

liqui

d ca

lciu

m c

hlor

ide

as

all i

nvol

ved

in a

red

uce

salt

zone

are

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith R

educ

ed S

alt

alte

rnat

ive

deic

ers

to r

educ

e th

e aw

are

of th

e ca

use

and

effe

ct o

f de

-Z

ones

qu

antit

y of

gra

nula

r so

dium

ic

ing

chem

ical

s O

ne p

erce

nt o

fthi

s ch

lori

de a

nd s

houl

d cl

osel

y pe

nnit

year

s to

tal u

se o

f de

icer

was

m

onito

r re

duce

d sa

lt zo

nes

deri

ved

fonn

alte

rnat

ive

duri

ng s

tonn

s to

ens

ure

the

tech

nolo

gies

pr

oper

tim

ing

of s

alt

appl

icat

ions

and

to m

inim

ize

the

pote

ntia

l for

ove

ruse

of

deic

ing

chem

ical

s

Page 35

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Res

earc

h

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

has

join

ed C

lear

R

oads

pro

gram

and

will

co

ntin

ue to

exp

lore

mov

ing

forw

ard

on o

ther

pro

ject

s

Sum

mar

ize

rese

arch

per

fonn

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

be

activ

e MassHighway wil pa

ricip

ate

in th

e m

embe

r in

the

Cle

ar R

oads

pro

gram

an

nual

mee

ting

sche

dule

d fo

r la

te

Dur

ing

this

pen

nit y

ear

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fun

ded

July

in W

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nsin

re

sear

ch p

roje

cts

wer

e on

goin

g T

hey

rang

ed f

orm

cor

rect

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mic

al te

stin

g pr

otoc

ols

to e

ffect

ive

use

of a

nti-

icin

g ch

emic

als

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earc

h on

new

met

hods

of

rem

ovin

g sn

ow f

ocus

ed o

n be

com

ing

mor

e ef

fcie

nt w

ith s

now

and

ice

oper

atio

ns T

his

was

acc

ompl

ishe

d by

bet

ter

appl

icat

ion

met

hods

co

rrec

t tim

ing

of s

now

and

ice

rem

oval

and

usi

ng p

rope

r ch

emic

als

Cle

ar R

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has

als

o un

dert

aken

a

Cos

t Ben

efit

stud

y to

eva

luat

e th

e re

al c

ost o

f ef

fici

ency

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ooks

at t

he

adva

ntag

e of

new

tech

nolo

gy a

nd

give

s to

ols

to ju

stif

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e us

e of

new

te

chno

logi

es

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n

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l

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ds P

rogr

am

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stru

ctio

n (P

revi

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initi

al s

tage

s of

the

contract have been met Work

is

cont

inue

thro

ugho

ut th

e su

mm

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ter

oper

atio

ns w

il be

sch

edul

ed

to c

omm

ence

in D

ecem

ber

of 2

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wil

begi

n m

appi

ng

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ic D

rink

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er S

uppl

y Z

one

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rea

for

use

in th

e pr

ogra

m Page 36

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

7 B

MPs

for

Mee

ting

Tot

al M

axim

um D

aily

Loa

d (T

MD

L)

Was

te L

oad

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catio

ns (

WL

A)

if ap

plic

able

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land

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tect

ion

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E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s

(WP A) Compliance

will

com

ply

with

the

WPA

and

re

quire

d by

the

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requ

ired

by th

e W

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) W

hen

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s ar

e id

entif

ied

Mas

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will

wor

k w

ith

the

appr

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agen

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to

desi

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pact

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ite

Dep

arm

ent

urba

nize

d ar

eas

and

incl

ude

or th

ough

Dis

trct

offc

es fo

r T

own

sum

mar

y of

res

ourc

e ar

eas

with

or

oth

er e

ntiti

es w

hich

req

uest

ou

tfal

ls R

evie

w m

etho

ds to

mak

e in

vent

ory

rela

ted

info

rmat

ion

We

outf

all i

nven

tory

ava

ilabl

e to

the

have received a number of requests

publ

ic f

or e

ase

of a

cces

s

and

have

bee

n ab

le to

res

pond

re

lativ

ely

quic

kly

Page 8

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

3C-

Dra

inag

e C

onne

ctio

n E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1

) Is

sue

Dra

inag

e C

onne

ctio

n ) Policy issued and posted on June

Con

tinue

to e

nfor

ce p

rovi

sion

s Po

licy

Polic

y

200

6 by

the

Chi

ef E

ngin

eer

-of

dra

inag

e co

nnec

tion

polic

y

mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e

2) Post copy of policy on

The Executive Offce of

Mas

sHig

hway

web

site

)

Polic

y po

sted

at h

ww

mhd

T

rans

pora

tion

Leg

al a

nd

stat

em

aus

de

fau1

tas

id=

cont

ent

Env

iron

men

tal S

ervi

ces

will

e

nvir

onie

n ub

licat

ions

02amp

sid=

abou

t ta

ke s

teps

to m

ake

the

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inga

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Enf

orce

the

prov

isio

n th

roug

h T

ie-I

n Po

licy

a fo

rmal

refe

rral

s to

the

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

of

fce

)

No

refe

rral

s to

the

AG

off

ice

wer

e MassHighway SOP

nece

ssar

y

4) S

umm

ariz

e ac

tions

take

n in

the

annu

al r

epor

t 4)

See

App

endi

x C

for

det

ails

on

lette

rs s

ent t

o re

side

nces

bus

ines

ses

with

pot

entia

l illi

cit c

onne

ctio

ns th

is

permit term

3C-

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n St

anda

rd

Env

iron

men

ta1

Leg

al

Issu

e a

revi

sed

Dra

inag

e T

ie-

Inte

rnal

dra

ft o

f D

rain

age

Tie

-In

SOP

Fina

lize

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n SO

P

Ope

ratio

n Pr

oced

ure

SOP

Ann

ual r

epor

ts w

ill

draf

t was

rev

ised

to r

efle

ct f

orm

at o

f Su

bmit

to C

hief

Eng

inee

r fo

r (S

OP)

su

mm

ariz

e dr

aina

ge ti

e-in

per

mits

ne

w A

cces

s Pe

rmit

D

raft

is

sign

atur

e an

d is

suan

ce to

ap

plic

atio

ns a

nd p

erm

its is

sued

fi

naliz

ed a

nd b

eing

rev

iew

ed b

y D

epar

tmen

t pe

rmit

engi

neer

s

App

endi

x D

sum

mar

izes

the

stat

us o

f dr

aina

ge ti

e-in

per

mits

app

lied

for

and

rece

ived

as

ofth

is p

erm

it ye

ar

Ilic

it C

onne

ctio

n R

evie

w

Env

iron

men

tal

R

evie

w tw

enty

dis

char

ges

each

B

MP

Rev

ised

B

MP

Rev

ised

D

istr

icts

pe

rmit

year

for

pot

entia

l illi

cit

conn

ectio

ns

Page 9

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

pri

oriti

zed

list f

or I

DD

E

The

ID

DE

RFR

has

not

bee

n re

leas

ed

Rev

ise

RFR

to in

clud

e ne

wIl

icit

Con

nect

ion

Rev

iew

R

evis

ed

Dis

trct

s an

d in

clud

e in

Pen

nit Y

ear

5 ye

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as b

een

awai

ting

gene

ral p

enni

t req

uire

men

ts f

or

Ann

ual R

epor

t R

elea

se R

FR f

or

the

new

dra

ft g

ener

al p

enni

t fro

m

IDD

E R

elea

se R

FR A

war

d de

velo

pmen

t and

impl

emen

tatio

n EP A to understand the ili

cit

cont

ract

and

fin

aliz

e ID

DE

of

IDD

E p

rogr

am f

or w

ater

shed

s di

scha

rge

requ

irem

ents

whi

ch w

ill b

e pr

otoc

ol

on p

rior

itize

d lis

t Fi

eld

revi

ew

incl

uded

bef

ore

issu

ing

the

RFR

co

mpl

aint

s p

oten

tial I

DD

Es

Perfonn comprehensive

Dis

tric

ts r

evie

wed

pot

entia

l illi

cit

iden

tifie

d by

Dis

tric

t per

sonn

el

wea

ther

rev

iew

of

10

of

conn

ectio

ns A

ppen

dix

C in

clud

esdu

rng

the

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y in

ur

bani

zed

area

roa

ds th

is

mor

e de

tail

resp

onse

to m

unic

ipal

em

ail

sum

mer

re

ques

ting

susp

ect a

reas

and

or

fr

om p

ublic

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar

Fiel

d re

view

com

plai

nts

po

tent

ial I

DD

Es

iden

tifie

d by

D

istr

ict p

erso

nnel

dur

ing

the

IDDE work

in

resp

onse

to

mun

icip

al e

mai

l req

uest

ing

susp

ect a

reas

and

or

fro

m

publ

ic th

roug

hout

the

year

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

ofID

DE

ac

tivity

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

r Il

icit

Con

strc

tion

Prov

ide

trai

ning

on

illic

it A

ctio

n co

mpl

eted

in P

enni

t Yea

r 4

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

Con

nect

ion

Tra

inin

g co

nnec

tion

polic

y il

icit

conn

ectio

n id

entif

icat

ion

and

prot

ocol

for

rep

ortin

g du

ring

an

nual

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

r tr

aini

ng

sem

inar

s S

umm

ariz

e

of

atte

ndee

s in

ann

ual r

epor

t

Maintenance Staff Illicit

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

trai

ning

on

illic

it A

ctio

n co

mpl

eted

in P

enni

t Yea

r 4

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

Con

nect

ion

Tra

inin

g co

nnec

tion

polic

y il

icit

conn

ectio

n id

entif

icat

ion

and

prot

ocol

for

rep

ortin

g du

ring

an

nual

trai

ning

sem

inar

s fo

r m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Page 10

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

1t

4 C

onst

ruct

ion

Site

Sto

rmw

ater

Run

off C

ontr

ol

MassHighway Departent

Proj

ect D

evel

opm

ent amp

D

esig

n G

uide

MA

DE

P St

orm

wat

er

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y

NP

DE

S C

onst

ruct

ion

Gen

eral

Per

mit

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

ruct

ion

Pro

ject

s

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

rctio

n P

roje

cts

Con

stru

ctio

n

Dra

inag

e sy

stem

s fo

r M

assH

ighw

ay r

oadw

ays

will

be

desi

gned

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

Cha

pter

8 o

f th

e M

HD

Hig

hway

D

esig

n G

uide

and

com

p ni

on

man

uals

New

con

strc

tion

and

rede

velo

pmen

t act

iviti

es w

il co

mpl

y w

ith M

assa

chus

etts

D

EP

s S

torm

wat

er M

anag

emen

t Po

licy

and

Perf

orm

ance

St

anda

rds

unde

r th

e W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct a

nd C

lean

Wat

er

Act

Sec

tion

401

1) F

ile N

OIs

for

new

pro

ject

s w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an o

ne a

cre

2)

Sum

mar

ize

NO

Is is

sued

to

Mas

sHig

hway

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

con

tinue

to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

M

anag

emen

t Pol

icy

whe

n pr

ojec

ts

are

subj

ect

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in

urba

nize

d ar

eas

36 N

OIs

wer

e fi

ed d

urin

g Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

The

per

mits

are

list

ed in

Appendix H

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

will

co

ntin

ue to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y w

hen

proj

ects

are

sub

ject

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in u

rban

ized

are

as

Con

tinue

to f

ie N

Ols

for

new

pr

ojec

ts w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an

an a

cre

Oth

er S

tate

Env

iron

men

tal

Env

iron

men

tal

Proj

ects

will

con

tinue

to b

e R

egul

atio

ns o

r Po

licy

Constrction Projects

desi

gned

and

con

stru

cted

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith a

ll ap

plic

able

st

ate

and

fede

ral e

nvir

onm

enta

l re

gula

tions

or

polic

y (e

W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct 4

04)

The

Env

iron

men

tal S

ectio

n T

he p

roce

ss o

f de

sign

rev

iew

re

view

s al

l pro

ject

s at

the

25

and pre-constrction

desi

gn s

tage

to d

eter

min

e w

hat

coor

dina

tion

will

con

tinue

en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its a

re

requ

ired

The

Dis

tric

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l Eng

inee

r or

eq

uiva

lent

Dis

tric

t con

stru

ctio

n st

aff

pers

on a

ttend

s al

l pre

shyconstrction meetings with the

sele

cted

con

trac

tor

to r

evie

w

perm

it re

quir

emen

ts f

or th

e pr

ojec

t

Page 11

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

Sto

nn

Env

iron

men

tal

Des

ign

proj

ects

in u

rban

ized

M

assH

ighw

ay r

equi

res

that

all

new

M

assH

ighw

ay w

il re

quir

e th

at

Wat

er H

andb

ook

Con

strc

tion

Pro

ject

s ax

eas

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith

constrction and redevelopment

all n

ew c

onst

rctio

n an

d H

andb

ook

activ

ities

und

erta

ken

by

rede

velo

pmen

t act

iviti

es

Mas

sHig

hway

or

by o

ther

s th

at

unde

rtak

en b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

r ar

e fu

ded

in w

hole

or

in p

ar b

y by

oth

ers

that

are

fun

ded

in

Mas

sHig

hway

com

ply

with

the

who

le o

r in

par

by

Han

dboo

k

Mas

sHig

hway

com

ply

with

the

Han

dboo

k

Stan

dard

Spe

cifi

catio

n fo

r E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

eros

ion

and

Incl

usio

n of

suc

h co

ntro

ls is

Su

ch c

ontr

ols

will

con

tinue

to b

e H

ighw

ay a

nd B

ridg

es

Con

stru

ctio

n P

roje

cts

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n co

ntro

ls in

st

anda

rd p

ract

ice

for

cons

truc

tion

incl

uded

in c

onst

rctio

n co

nstr

ctio

n co

ntra

cts

co

ntra

cts

issu

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay

cont

ract

s is

sued

by

Mas

sHig

hway

A r

evis

ed c

ontr

act i

tem

sp

ecifi

catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

each

con

trac

t whi

ch r

equi

res

a detailed Stonn Water Pollution

Prev

entio

n Pl

an (

SWPP

P) E

rosi

on

Con

trol

Pla

n (E

CP)

for

all

proj

ects

(e

xcep

t min

or -

suc

h as

sig

nage

gr

ass

mow

ing

etc

) H

avin

g th

e co

ntra

ctor

dev

elop

the

SWPP

P an

d E

CP

(rat

her

than

the

desi

gner

) ha

s be

en a

ccep

ted

by th

e C

onse

rvat

ion

Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

y C

ertif

icat

e no

obj

ectio

n ha

s be

en r

aise

d on

a

proj

ect-

by-p

roje

ct b

asis

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l Continue funding the

Moved to MCM

sinc

e fo

cus

of

Nee

ds P

rogr

am)

Con

stru

ctio

n M

assH

ighw

ay R

esea

rch

Nee

ds

research program

is now for

Prog

ram

so

urce

con

trol

inst

ead

of

cons

truc

tion

Page 12

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Pre-Constrction Meeting

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal S

taff

M

assH

ighw

ay r

evie

ws

the

NPD

ES

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Rev

iew

ofN

PDE

S St

aff

Con

stru

ctio

n R

evie

w N

PDE

S re

quir

emen

ts a

t Constrction GP requirements w

ith

revi

ew th

e N

PDE

S C

onst

ruct

ion

Con

strc

tion

GP

the

appl

icab

le p

re-c

onst

ruct

ion

Con

trac

tors

at t

he p

re-c

onst

rctio

n G

P re

quir

emen

ts w

ith

requ

irem

ents

m

eetin

gs T

hese

mee

tings

incl

ude

meeting Environmental engineer

Con

trac

tors

at

the

pre-

outli

ning

the

requ

irem

ents

of

the

atte

nds

all p

re-c

onst

rctio

n co

nstr

uctio

n m

eetin

g

Con

stru

ctio

n G

ener

al P

erm

it an

d m

eetin

gs w

hich

invo

lve

iden

tify

the

role

s an

d en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its n

ot li

mite

d responsibilities of Mass Highway

to N

PDE

S T

here

fore

ero

sion

an

d th

e C

ontr

acto

r

cont

rol d

iscu

ssed

at a

ll pr

e-co

n m

eetin

gs

Con

trac

t Bid

Ite

m a

nd

Con

stru

ctio

n S

ectio

n

Prep

are

a C

ontr

act B

id I

tem

and

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

Spec

ial P

rovi

sion

for

C

ontr

acts

Sp

ecia

l Pro

visi

on f

or in

clus

ion

in

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n co

nstr

ctio

n co

ntra

cts

to b

e A

rev

ised

con

trac

t ite

m

Prevention Plans

adve

rtis

ed f

or b

ids

whi

ch e

xcee

d sp

ecifi

catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

(SW

PPPs

) th

e on

e-ac

re d

istu

banc

e ea

ch c

ontr

act w

hich

req

uire

s a

thre

shol

d

deta

iled

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n P

reve

ntio

n P

lan

(SW

PP

P)

Ero

sion

C

ontr

ol P

lan

(EC

P) f

or a

ll pr

ojec

ts

( ex

cept

min

or -

suc

h as

sig

nage

gr

ass

mow

ing

etc

) Having the

cont

ract

or d

evel

op th

e SW

PPP

and

EC

P (r

athe

r th

an th

e de

sign

er)

has

been

acc

epte

d by

the

Con

serv

atio

n Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

y C

ertif

icat

e no

obj

ectio

n ha

s be

en r

aise

d on

a

proj

ect-

by-p

roje

ct b

asis

Fiel

d G

uide

on

Ero

sion

C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

e fi

eld

guid

e an

d is

sue

to

Stat

e G

uide

dev

elop

men

t is

90

C

ompl

ete

guid

e an

d in

tern

al

Prev

entio

n an

d Se

dim

ent

Chi

ef E

ngin

eer

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

rs

com

plet

e I

nter

nal r

evie

ws

are

reV

iew

s

Con

trol

pe

ndin

g N

ew m

ater

ial a

s w

ell a

s co

mpo

st a

nd m

ulch

will

be

incl

uded

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

e a

SWPP

P G

uida

nce

for

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sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e in

Per

mt

Con

tinue

use

by

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trac

tors

on

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an (

SWPP

P)

Dis

tric

ts

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trac

tors

doc

umen

t on

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r 4

SW

PP

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id it

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incl

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Mas

sHig

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pro

ject

s

Gui

danc

e M

anua

l for

M

assH

ighw

ay c

onst

rctio

n an

Ero

sion

Con

trol

Pla

n is

now

Con

trac

tors

pr

ojec

ts I

mpl

emen

t use

of t

he

incl

uded

in a

ll co

ntra

cts

do

cum

ent o

n al

l app

ropr

iate

M

assH

ighw

ay p

roje

cts

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e co

ntra

ctor

s be

gin

to u

se th

e do

cum

ent

it m

ay b

e re

vise

d if

ne

cess

ary

to a

ddre

ss in

put

4L-

Tra

inin

g Construction Section

4L-

Non

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ditio

nal E

rosi

on

Lan

dsca

ping

Sec

tion

Con

trol

Spe

cifi

catio

ns

rece

ived

inte

rnal

ly a

nd f

rom

agencies Ultimately the

docu

men

t will

be

conv

erte

d in

to a

computer program

Con

duct

ann

ual E

rosi

on

Con

strc

tion

Div

isio

n D

istr

cts

1 M

assH

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ay w

ill c

ontin

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Pre

vent

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and

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imen

t Con

trol

an

d 5

trai

ned

134

staf

f mem

bers

this

tr

aini

ng o

n to

pics

sim

ilar

to

Tra

inin

g fo

r M

assH

ighw

ay

year Distrcts 2 and 4 trainings will

thos

e di

scus

sed

in th

e pa

st

Constrction Personnel

occu

r in

May

200

9 T

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aini

ngs

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d D

istr

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and

4 tr

aini

ng

Sum

mar

ize

of

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ndee

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clud

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rev

iew

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c er

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pics

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sure

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aren

ess

and

air

qual

ity is

sues

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sian

long

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ed b

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in

fest

atio

n a

nd h

azar

dous

was

te

man

agem

ent

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ow is

a li

st o

f se

min

ar d

ates

and

a

ttend

ing

D

istr

ct 1

21

909

37

Distrct 2 to be held in

May

D

istr

ct 3

32

509

48

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tric

t 4 to

be

held

in M

ay

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trct

5 2

11

09 4

9

Dev

elop

spe

cific

atio

ns fo

r no

n-M

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two

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d ap

plic

atio

n of

thes

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w

trad

ition

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on c

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new

spe

cific

atio

ns

spec

ific

atio

ns w

ill b

egin

as

eval

uate

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prop

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situ

atio

ns a

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ther

sta

te D

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s th

at c

an b

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com

post

for

slo

pe

acce

pted

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stor

atio

n D

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oped

in

Publ

icat

ion

of M

ass

Hig

hway

R

esea

rch

and

Mat

eria

ls S

ectio

n

Sep

tem

ber

2007

re

sear

ch o

n co

mpo

st u

se

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new

tech

nolo

gies

are

de

velo

ped

rev

iew

and

dev

elop

2)

Fibe

r c

ompo

st f

illed

tube

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r sp

ecif

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ions

for

add

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al

sedi

men

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ture

in li

eu o

f ha

y er

osio

n co

ntro

ls

bale

s D

evel

oped

in M

arch

200

9

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m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Ero

sion

and

Sed

imen

t Constrction Section

Perf

orm

fie

ld te

sts

of n

ew e

rosi

on

Wor

ked

perf

orm

ed a

t Wal

tham

In

clud

e fi

ber

roll

tech

niqu

e in

the

Con

trol

Fie

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ests

D

istr

icts

Lan

dsca

ping

an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol m

ater

ials

on

Win

ter

Stre

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roje

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oing

Fi

eld

Gui

de D

evel

op in

tern

al

Mas

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pro

ject

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repa

re

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ect h

as u

sed

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o re

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tern

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emo

on

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cule

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the

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ctiv

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new

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his

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com

plet

e

mea

sure

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fect

ive

and

will

be

incl

uded

in th

e Fi

eld

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de

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k pe

rfor

med

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ham

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m w

ater

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es

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w

inte

r st

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zatio

n an

d re

view

of

perm

its f

or e

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atio

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tes

Sol

icit

Con

strc

tion

Constrction Section

Mai

ntai

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

Mas

sHig

hway

mai

ntai

ned

thei

r M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

A

ctiv

ity F

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ack

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to

incl

ude

cont

act i

nfor

mat

ion

for

web

site

to in

clud

e co

ntac

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aint

ain

thei

r w

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te to

incl

ude

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ic

ongo

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cons

truc

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activ

ities

in

form

atio

n fo

r on

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atio

n fo

r on

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nd to

con

cern

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bmitt

ed in

co

nstr

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es

cons

trct

ion

activ

ities

a

timel

y m

anne

r

Mas

sHig

hway

res

pond

ed to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill r

espo

nd to

co

ncer

ns s

ubm

itted

in a

tim

ely

conc

erns

sub

mitt

ed in

a ti

mel

y m

anne

r

man

ner

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strc

tion

Run

off

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Non

-com

plia

nce

with

the

CG

P Q

ualit

y as

sura

nce

insp

ectio

ns w

ere

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tinue

to a

ddre

ss n

on-

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trol

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orce

men

t D

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wel

l as

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plet

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tive

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tion

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plia

nce

thro

ugh

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etar

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith a

ny a

pplic

able

pr

ojec

ts b

y th

e B

osto

n pe

nalti

es o

r de

duct

ions

or

dela

ys

environmental permits wil be

Constrction offce and by the

in p

aym

ent

whe

n w

aran

ted

ad

dres

sed

thro

ugh

the

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tric

t D

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nvir

onm

enta

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ff

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stru

ctio

n pe

rson

nel a

nd

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sHig

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vide

d no

tice

to

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tric

t Hig

hway

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ecto

r an

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ntra

ctor

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two

cont

ract

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nalti

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the

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with

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w

here

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uded

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acts

and

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sue

was

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olve

d

dedu

ctio

ns o

r de

lays

in p

aym

ent

whe

n w

arra

nted

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Stan

dard

Pra

ctic

es M

emo

Constrction Section

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pre

pare

and

A separate SOP for constrction

No

furt

her

actio

n w

aran

ted

is

sue

a S

tand

ard

Pra

ctic

es m

emo

was

not

dev

elop

ed D

urin

g Pe

nnit

to Constrction Engineers on the

Yea

r 4

the

Dis

tric

t Con

strc

tion

prot

ocol

for

Ilic

it D

isch

arge

offces were provide with the

Detection and Elimination during

proc

edur

es to

fol

low

on

disc

over

y co

nstr

uctio

n pr

oj e

cts

of

any

illic

it di

scha

rges

dur

ing

constrction and provided training

to th

e R

Es

Mas

sHig

hway

de

tenn

ined

a s

epar

ate

SOP

was

not

w

arra

nted

Con

trac

tor

Insp

ecto

r Constrction Section

Mod

ify

NPD

ES

SWPP

P ite

m to

M

assH

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ay is

cur

ently

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equi

re c

ontr

acto

rs to

atte

nd h

alf

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inin

g in

clud

e ha

lf d

ay tr

aini

ng

deve

lopi

ng tr

aini

ng p

rogr

ams

and

day

trai

ning

whe

n SW

PPP

item

re

quir

emen

t Pr

ovid

e tr

aini

ng

solic

iting

for

con

sulta

nt c

ontr

act t

o ap

plie

s to

con

trac

t

prog

ram

s

perf

onn

trai

ning

5 Post-C

onst

ruct

ion

Stor

mw

ater

Man

agem

ent i

n N

ew D

evel

opm

ent a

nd R

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men

t

5A-

Mas

sHig

hway

Sto

nn

Env

iron

men

tal

Secu

re D

EP

ratif

icat

ion

for

Mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e fo

r M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill w

ork

with

W

ater

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dboo

k M

assH

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ay S

tonn

Wat

er

orig

inal

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dboo

k M

assH

ighw

ay

DE

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sec

ure

ratif

icat

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of th

e H

andb

ook

ha

s be

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iscu

ssin

g re

visi

on w

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revi

sed

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dboo

k on

ce

DE

P

com

plet

ed

5A-

Rev

ise

Ch

4 o

f th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

evis

e C

hapt

er 4

with

in 9

mon

ths

Mas

sHig

hway

has

beg

un to

rev

ise

Rei

ssue

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dboo

k w

ith c

hang

es

Mas

sHig

hway

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nn

ofD

EP

s S

W P

olic

y H

andb

ook

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pter

1-5

of t

he S

tonn

wat

er

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er H

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ook

update being released Reissue

Han

dboo

k to

add

ress

SW

Pol

icy

Mas

sHig

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dboo

k to

ch

ange

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d T

MD

L r

equi

rem

ents

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esig

ners

with

in I

yea

r of

DE

P

docu

men

t bei

ng r

elea

sed

Page 16

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5A-

Rev

ise

Ch

5 o

f the

E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

evis

e C

hapt

er 5

with

in 9

mon

ths

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sHig

hway

has

beg

un to

rev

ise

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ssue

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dboo

k w

ith c

hang

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Mas

sHig

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rm

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EP

s S

W P

olic

y H

andb

ook

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1-5

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the

Stor

mw

ater

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ater

Han

dboo

k up

date

bei

ng r

elea

sed

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eiss

ue

Han

dboo

k to

add

ress

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sHig

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men

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Mas

sHig

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Roa

dway

M

aint

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ce

Con

tinue

to im

plem

ent

Mas

sHig

hway

mai

ntai

ned

thei

r M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

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nten

ance

Pro

gram

M

assH

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aint

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ce

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com

plia

nce

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the

cond

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aint

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ce o

n its

prog

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ned

in th

e m

aint

enan

ce s

ched

ule

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uded

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lined

in th

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aint

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ce s

ched

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in

the

SWM

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m

aint

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ce s

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in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith T

MD

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spec

ific

agre

emen

ts A

sum

mar

y ac

cord

ance

with

TM

DL

wat

ersh

eds

spec

ific

agr

eem

ents

of

this

yea

r s

mai

nten

ance

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eac

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ater

shed

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ecif

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rict

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clud

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endi

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Acc

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nce

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RP

Con

tinue

to w

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T

he T

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activ

ities

pla

nned

and

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ipro

city

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p re

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ce M

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taff

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inno

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wat

er B

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pa

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prie

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tem

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mm

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atte

nded

su

b-co

mm

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mee

tings

spo

nsor

ed

and

agen

da in

ann

ual r

epor

t by

MA

DE

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par

t of

the

SW

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y up

date

The

mee

tings

in

clud

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opin

g pr

otoc

ols

for

anal

yzin

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eld

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lab

test

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syst

ems

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heas

t Exp

ress

way

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nvir

onm

enta

l Conduct a study of the

Stud

y co

mpl

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pre

viou

sly

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ned

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divi

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sum

ped

hood

ed c

atch

bas

ins

was 39

Page 17

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Stor

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ater

Man

agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Highway Runoff

Env

Div

Con

sulta

nt

Dev

elop

and

cal

ibra

te

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whi

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ay

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aft

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rt fo

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ality

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high

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off

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re in

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stat

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tate

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and

on R

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to is

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luta

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mm

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nd th

e hi

ghw

ay r

unof

f da

ta c

olle

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n is

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mpl

eted

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sHig

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will

be

gin

to u

se th

e m

odel

to r

evie

w

high

way

run

off

in c

ritic

al

wat

ersh

eds

Page 18

NPD

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

BM

P M

aint

enan

ce

Man

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Rig

ht o

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ay P

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valu

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nfor

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iron

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Man

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Pr

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n th

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and

impl

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prog

ram

of

eval

uatin

g pa

rcel

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can

dida

tes

for

disp

osal

by

Mas

sHig

hway

for

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r po

tent

ial i

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ting

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n w

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MPs

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m

aint

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Environmental reviewed 17

canv

asse

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r th

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nnit

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o of

them

wer

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nied

for

sal

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2006

No firther action

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iron

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pres

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land

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syst

em

2) E

nfor

ce th

e pr

ovis

ions

thro

ugh

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re to

com

ply

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the

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llow

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on p

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3) S

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tions

take

n in

ac

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le

tters

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en s

ent

annu

al r

epor

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ate

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ss f

or

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ft o

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age

tie-i

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nnits

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lied

for

and

rece

ived

as

of th

is p

enni

t ye

ar

Page 19

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5H-

Post

Con

strc

tion

Run

off

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er L

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sHig

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t- O

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men

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req

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men

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forc

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this

ta

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ctio

n w

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e

Pollu

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to M

assH

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reac

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Mas

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MS4

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re n

ot m

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stem

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don)

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by M

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ay

ruof

f in

to M

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co

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iscr

etio

n

cont

ribu

ting

to s

and

bar

form

atio

n at

the

outf

all b

ase

with

in th

e la

ke

Mas

sHig

hway

took

act

ion

by

impr

ovin

g th

e de

sign

of

the

CB

s leading to the outfall This was

the

requ

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ter

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t E

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dd la

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t the

st

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in th

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er

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agem

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andb

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in

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fund

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tion

proc

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eval

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ure

ev

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tion

Pag

e 20

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Fede

ral E

nhan

cem

ent

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ning

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xplo

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tniti

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ing

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men

t fun

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n ab

atem

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rtic

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qua

rter

ly c

omm

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m

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pote

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pro

ject

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nal

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ning

age

ncie

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)dev

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ojec

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sing

fed

eral

enh

ance

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t fu

ndin

g fo

r st

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wat

er

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ered

to

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tner

with

the

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ell

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ater

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ity

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ign

and

impl

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t tw

o st

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wat

er

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agem

ent a

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alo

ng R

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ell

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pro

ject

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ld

incl

ude

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desi

gn o

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low

co

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m R

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an u

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ned

by th

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stem

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ld b

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or th

is s

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rea

to

reta

in a

nd f

ilter

sto

rmw

ater

fro

m

two

segm

ents

of

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te 1

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wne

d by

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assH

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ay o

ffer

ed to

com

mit

to lo

ng-t

erm

mai

nten

ance

of

this

sy

stem

incl

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g m

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t of

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tatio

n r

emov

al o

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dim

ent

and

litte

r de

bris

fro

m c

urb

inle

ts

lead

ing

to th

e sy

stem

and

rem

oval

of

exc

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surf

ace

sedi

men

t fro

m

the

pret

reat

men

t for

ebay

s

Mas

sHig

hway

has

als

o co

mm

itted

to

ass

ist i

n th

e pr

ojec

t des

ign

and

prov

ide

traf

fic

supp

ort d

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ojec

t con

strc

tion

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will

con

tinue

to

expl

ore

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pote

ntia

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pro

ject

s w

ith r

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nal P

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to

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ject

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fede

ral

enha

ncem

ent f

undi

ng f

or

stor

mw

ater

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will

su

mm

ariz

e pr

ojec

t in

annu

al

repo

rt M

assH

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ay w

ill b

egin

to

par

ticip

ate

in q

uart

erly

co

mm

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tings

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rec

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d th

e 31

9 fu

ndin

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ant i

t app

lied

for

and

the

proj

ect h

as n

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oved

fo

rwar

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tinue

to s

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ns in

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Sum

mar

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num

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of

road miles cleaned

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tinue

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uppo

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as

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ighw

ay E

mer

genc

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ans

and

or

tow trcks

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con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

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m

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tinue

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th

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rogr

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ppro

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atel

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m

iles

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uart

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durin

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r to

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imat

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280

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inue

to

supp

ort t

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ing

and

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uced

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lt A

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gram

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mor

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fonn

atio

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wel

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lace

men

ts

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tinue

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Stor

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Man

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

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th

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prov

ide

rovi

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atro

ls o

r to

w tr

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for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

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Stor

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lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

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will

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ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

epea

ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

iew

ed w

ould

cos

t mor

e th

an th

e us

e of

con

vent

iona

l he

rbic

ides

The

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

6A-

Source Control-

Hav

Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

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ater

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agem

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Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

wal

king

inc

ludi

ng o

n-ro

ad a

nd

650

329

$1

0 86

1 54

7

off-

road

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he

local level

$392

000

was

use

d fo

r bi

cycl

e an

d $6

58 0

00 w

ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

e Sa

fe

Pro

gram

Bud

get

R

oute

to S

choo

l Pro

gram

Bud

get

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol-

Hig

hway

H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

es 3

) In

stal

l VM

S on

on

sel

ect r

oads

to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

oadw

ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

oten

tial s

afet

y dr

iver

aw

aren

ess

4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

E

nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

F A

ctiv

e P

PT

F w

as m

aint

aine

d N

o M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

roug

hout

the

penT

it te

nT 2

) w

ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

8

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

of a

ctio

ns

Act

ions

on

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ics

Use

Red

uctio

nta

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on e

ach

pollu

tion

Initiated testing of vegetable-

prev

entio

n in

itiat

ive

incl

uded

in

base

d hy

drau

lic o

il in

hea

vyth

e SW

M in

the

annu

al r

epor

t equipmentplow trcks

Initi

ated

test

ing

of c

lose

d-lo

op

cran

kcas

e oi

l dra

inin

g sy

stem

E

valu

ated

and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

aulic

fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

Bay

stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

ams

supp

ort t

hese

pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

-I a

nd lD

-

Page

24

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m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

A

sbes

tos

Solid

Was

te

Roa

dsid

e Is

sues

T

ans

Wet

land

s R

ecor

dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

sHig

hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

1 di

strc

t m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

ovem

ber

4 5

a

nd

of2

008

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Snow

and

Ice

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

App

endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

) Po

st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

-97-

001

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Good Housekeeping

Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

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d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

Pollu

tion

Prev

entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

hway

util

ized

73

tank

er

truc

ks w

ith s

pray

bar

s th

is s

easo

n

do th

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

y in

crea

sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

Enh

ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

C

orpo

ratio

n) f

or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

nd lo

cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

g I

t is

fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

ote)

and

co

mm

unic

ates

eve

ry m

onth

with

th

em

Alte

rnat

ive

Tec

hnol

ogie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

trai

n W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

use

Pre

-Mix

max

imiz

e th

e us

e of

Pre

mix

and

an

d w

ork

with

the

dist

rict

s to

ens

ure

and

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e di

cers

in

liqui

d ca

lciu

m c

hlor

ide

as

all i

nvol

ved

in a

red

uce

salt

zone

are

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith R

educ

ed S

alt

alte

rnat

ive

deic

ers

to r

educ

e th

e aw

are

of th

e ca

use

and

effe

ct o

f de

-Z

ones

qu

antit

y of

gra

nula

r so

dium

ic

ing

chem

ical

s O

ne p

erce

nt o

fthi

s ch

lori

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Permit Year 6

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yste

m is

co

nstr

uctio

n an

d re

deve

lopm

ent

Ass

et M

anag

emen

t dir

ecto

r to

dev

elop

de

velo

ped

fin

aliz

e sp

ecif

icat

ion

proj ects

a m

etho

d fo

r in

vent

oryn

g an

d be

gin

to in

clud

e in

M

assH

ighw

ay a

sset

s an

d th

e tr

acki

ng

cont

ract

s

of a

ssoc

iate

d m

aint

enan

ce T

he

com

plet

ion

of th

e dr

aina

ge

spec

ific

atio

n ha

s be

en te

mpo

rarl

y pu

t on

hol

d to

mak

e su

re th

at it

will

be

in

line

with

the

over

all s

trat

egy

for

asse

t m

anag

emen

t onc

e de

velo

ped

3B-

Dra

inag

e In

vent

ory

Env

iron

men

tal

IT

M

ap d

rain

age

disc

harg

es w

ithin

O

utfa

ll in

vent

ory

was

com

plet

ed in

C

ontin

ue to

sha

re in

vent

ory

Dis

tric

ts

urbanized areas By the end of the

Perm

it Y

ear

5 M

assH

ighw

ay h

as

with public and within the

perm

it te

rm c

ompl

ete

inve

ntor

y of

re

lied

on r

eque

sts

thou

gh th

e w

eb s

ite

Dep

arm

ent

urba

nize

d ar

eas

and

incl

ude

or th

ough

Dis

trct

offc

es fo

r T

own

sum

mar

y of

res

ourc

e ar

eas

with

or

oth

er e

ntiti

es w

hich

req

uest

ou

tfal

ls R

evie

w m

etho

ds to

mak

e in

vent

ory

rela

ted

info

rmat

ion

We

outf

all i

nven

tory

ava

ilabl

e to

the

have received a number of requests

publ

ic f

or e

ase

of a

cces

s

and

have

bee

n ab

le to

res

pond

re

lativ

ely

quic

kly

Page 8

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

3C-

Dra

inag

e C

onne

ctio

n E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1

) Is

sue

Dra

inag

e C

onne

ctio

n ) Policy issued and posted on June

Con

tinue

to e

nfor

ce p

rovi

sion

s Po

licy

Polic

y

200

6 by

the

Chi

ef E

ngin

eer

-of

dra

inag

e co

nnec

tion

polic

y

mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e

2) Post copy of policy on

The Executive Offce of

Mas

sHig

hway

web

site

)

Polic

y po

sted

at h

ww

mhd

T

rans

pora

tion

Leg

al a

nd

stat

em

aus

de

fau1

tas

id=

cont

ent

Env

iron

men

tal S

ervi

ces

will

e

nvir

onie

n ub

licat

ions

02amp

sid=

abou

t ta

ke s

teps

to m

ake

the

Dra

inga

e3)

Enf

orce

the

prov

isio

n th

roug

h T

ie-I

n Po

licy

a fo

rmal

refe

rral

s to

the

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

of

fce

)

No

refe

rral

s to

the

AG

off

ice

wer

e MassHighway SOP

nece

ssar

y

4) S

umm

ariz

e ac

tions

take

n in

the

annu

al r

epor

t 4)

See

App

endi

x C

for

det

ails

on

lette

rs s

ent t

o re

side

nces

bus

ines

ses

with

pot

entia

l illi

cit c

onne

ctio

ns th

is

permit term

3C-

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n St

anda

rd

Env

iron

men

ta1

Leg

al

Issu

e a

revi

sed

Dra

inag

e T

ie-

Inte

rnal

dra

ft o

f D

rain

age

Tie

-In

SOP

Fina

lize

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n SO

P

Ope

ratio

n Pr

oced

ure

SOP

Ann

ual r

epor

ts w

ill

draf

t was

rev

ised

to r

efle

ct f

orm

at o

f Su

bmit

to C

hief

Eng

inee

r fo

r (S

OP)

su

mm

ariz

e dr

aina

ge ti

e-in

per

mits

ne

w A

cces

s Pe

rmit

D

raft

is

sign

atur

e an

d is

suan

ce to

ap

plic

atio

ns a

nd p

erm

its is

sued

fi

naliz

ed a

nd b

eing

rev

iew

ed b

y D

epar

tmen

t pe

rmit

engi

neer

s

App

endi

x D

sum

mar

izes

the

stat

us o

f dr

aina

ge ti

e-in

per

mits

app

lied

for

and

rece

ived

as

ofth

is p

erm

it ye

ar

Ilic

it C

onne

ctio

n R

evie

w

Env

iron

men

tal

R

evie

w tw

enty

dis

char

ges

each

B

MP

Rev

ised

B

MP

Rev

ised

D

istr

icts

pe

rmit

year

for

pot

entia

l illi

cit

conn

ectio

ns

Page 9

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

pri

oriti

zed

list f

or I

DD

E

The

ID

DE

RFR

has

not

bee

n re

leas

ed

Rev

ise

RFR

to in

clud

e ne

wIl

icit

Con

nect

ion

Rev

iew

R

evis

ed

Dis

trct

s an

d in

clud

e in

Pen

nit Y

ear

5 ye

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as b

een

awai

ting

gene

ral p

enni

t req

uire

men

ts f

or

Ann

ual R

epor

t R

elea

se R

FR f

or

the

new

dra

ft g

ener

al p

enni

t fro

m

IDD

E R

elea

se R

FR A

war

d de

velo

pmen

t and

impl

emen

tatio

n EP A to understand the ili

cit

cont

ract

and

fin

aliz

e ID

DE

of

IDD

E p

rogr

am f

or w

ater

shed

s di

scha

rge

requ

irem

ents

whi

ch w

ill b

e pr

otoc

ol

on p

rior

itize

d lis

t Fi

eld

revi

ew

incl

uded

bef

ore

issu

ing

the

RFR

co

mpl

aint

s p

oten

tial I

DD

Es

Perfonn comprehensive

Dis

tric

ts r

evie

wed

pot

entia

l illi

cit

iden

tifie

d by

Dis

tric

t per

sonn

el

wea

ther

rev

iew

of

10

of

conn

ectio

ns A

ppen

dix

C in

clud

esdu

rng

the

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y in

ur

bani

zed

area

roa

ds th

is

mor

e de

tail

resp

onse

to m

unic

ipal

em

ail

sum

mer

re

ques

ting

susp

ect a

reas

and

or

fr

om p

ublic

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar

Fiel

d re

view

com

plai

nts

po

tent

ial I

DD

Es

iden

tifie

d by

D

istr

ict p

erso

nnel

dur

ing

the

IDDE work

in

resp

onse

to

mun

icip

al e

mai

l req

uest

ing

susp

ect a

reas

and

or

fro

m

publ

ic th

roug

hout

the

year

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

ofID

DE

ac

tivity

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

r Il

icit

Con

strc

tion

Prov

ide

trai

ning

on

illic

it A

ctio

n co

mpl

eted

in P

enni

t Yea

r 4

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

Con

nect

ion

Tra

inin

g co

nnec

tion

polic

y il

icit

conn

ectio

n id

entif

icat

ion

and

prot

ocol

for

rep

ortin

g du

ring

an

nual

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

r tr

aini

ng

sem

inar

s S

umm

ariz

e

of

atte

ndee

s in

ann

ual r

epor

t

Maintenance Staff Illicit

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

trai

ning

on

illic

it A

ctio

n co

mpl

eted

in P

enni

t Yea

r 4

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

Con

nect

ion

Tra

inin

g co

nnec

tion

polic

y il

icit

conn

ectio

n id

entif

icat

ion

and

prot

ocol

for

rep

ortin

g du

ring

an

nual

trai

ning

sem

inar

s fo

r m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Page 10

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

1t

4 C

onst

ruct

ion

Site

Sto

rmw

ater

Run

off C

ontr

ol

MassHighway Departent

Proj

ect D

evel

opm

ent amp

D

esig

n G

uide

MA

DE

P St

orm

wat

er

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y

NP

DE

S C

onst

ruct

ion

Gen

eral

Per

mit

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

ruct

ion

Pro

ject

s

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

rctio

n P

roje

cts

Con

stru

ctio

n

Dra

inag

e sy

stem

s fo

r M

assH

ighw

ay r

oadw

ays

will

be

desi

gned

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

Cha

pter

8 o

f th

e M

HD

Hig

hway

D

esig

n G

uide

and

com

p ni

on

man

uals

New

con

strc

tion

and

rede

velo

pmen

t act

iviti

es w

il co

mpl

y w

ith M

assa

chus

etts

D

EP

s S

torm

wat

er M

anag

emen

t Po

licy

and

Perf

orm

ance

St

anda

rds

unde

r th

e W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct a

nd C

lean

Wat

er

Act

Sec

tion

401

1) F

ile N

OIs

for

new

pro

ject

s w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an o

ne a

cre

2)

Sum

mar

ize

NO

Is is

sued

to

Mas

sHig

hway

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

con

tinue

to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

M

anag

emen

t Pol

icy

whe

n pr

ojec

ts

are

subj

ect

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in

urba

nize

d ar

eas

36 N

OIs

wer

e fi

ed d

urin

g Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

The

per

mits

are

list

ed in

Appendix H

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

will

co

ntin

ue to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y w

hen

proj

ects

are

sub

ject

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in u

rban

ized

are

as

Con

tinue

to f

ie N

Ols

for

new

pr

ojec

ts w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an

an a

cre

Oth

er S

tate

Env

iron

men

tal

Env

iron

men

tal

Proj

ects

will

con

tinue

to b

e R

egul

atio

ns o

r Po

licy

Constrction Projects

desi

gned

and

con

stru

cted

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith a

ll ap

plic

able

st

ate

and

fede

ral e

nvir

onm

enta

l re

gula

tions

or

polic

y (e

W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct 4

04)

The

Env

iron

men

tal S

ectio

n T

he p

roce

ss o

f de

sign

rev

iew

re

view

s al

l pro

ject

s at

the

25

and pre-constrction

desi

gn s

tage

to d

eter

min

e w

hat

coor

dina

tion

will

con

tinue

en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its a

re

requ

ired

The

Dis

tric

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l Eng

inee

r or

eq

uiva

lent

Dis

tric

t con

stru

ctio

n st

aff

pers

on a

ttend

s al

l pre

shyconstrction meetings with the

sele

cted

con

trac

tor

to r

evie

w

perm

it re

quir

emen

ts f

or th

e pr

ojec

t

Page 11

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

Sto

nn

Env

iron

men

tal

Des

ign

proj

ects

in u

rban

ized

M

assH

ighw

ay r

equi

res

that

all

new

M

assH

ighw

ay w

il re

quir

e th

at

Wat

er H

andb

ook

Con

strc

tion

Pro

ject

s ax

eas

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith

constrction and redevelopment

all n

ew c

onst

rctio

n an

d H

andb

ook

activ

ities

und

erta

ken

by

rede

velo

pmen

t act

iviti

es

Mas

sHig

hway

or

by o

ther

s th

at

unde

rtak

en b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

r ar

e fu

ded

in w

hole

or

in p

ar b

y by

oth

ers

that

are

fun

ded

in

Mas

sHig

hway

com

ply

with

the

who

le o

r in

par

by

Han

dboo

k

Mas

sHig

hway

com

ply

with

the

Han

dboo

k

Stan

dard

Spe

cifi

catio

n fo

r E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

eros

ion

and

Incl

usio

n of

suc

h co

ntro

ls is

Su

ch c

ontr

ols

will

con

tinue

to b

e H

ighw

ay a

nd B

ridg

es

Con

stru

ctio

n P

roje

cts

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n co

ntro

ls in

st

anda

rd p

ract

ice

for

cons

truc

tion

incl

uded

in c

onst

rctio

n co

nstr

ctio

n co

ntra

cts

co

ntra

cts

issu

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay

cont

ract

s is

sued

by

Mas

sHig

hway

A r

evis

ed c

ontr

act i

tem

sp

ecifi

catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

each

con

trac

t whi

ch r

equi

res

a detailed Stonn Water Pollution

Prev

entio

n Pl

an (

SWPP

P) E

rosi

on

Con

trol

Pla

n (E

CP)

for

all

proj

ects

(e

xcep

t min

or -

suc

h as

sig

nage

gr

ass

mow

ing

etc

) H

avin

g th

e co

ntra

ctor

dev

elop

the

SWPP

P an

d E

CP

(rat

her

than

the

desi

gner

) ha

s be

en a

ccep

ted

by th

e C

onse

rvat

ion

Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

y C

ertif

icat

e no

obj

ectio

n ha

s be

en r

aise

d on

a

proj

ect-

by-p

roje

ct b

asis

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l Continue funding the

Moved to MCM

sinc

e fo

cus

of

Nee

ds P

rogr

am)

Con

stru

ctio

n M

assH

ighw

ay R

esea

rch

Nee

ds

research program

is now for

Prog

ram

so

urce

con

trol

inst

ead

of

cons

truc

tion

Page 12

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Pre-Constrction Meeting

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal S

taff

M

assH

ighw

ay r

evie

ws

the

NPD

ES

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Rev

iew

ofN

PDE

S St

aff

Con

stru

ctio

n R

evie

w N

PDE

S re

quir

emen

ts a

t Constrction GP requirements w

ith

revi

ew th

e N

PDE

S C

onst

ruct

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Con

strc

tion

GP

the

appl

icab

le p

re-c

onst

ruct

ion

Con

trac

tors

at t

he p

re-c

onst

rctio

n G

P re

quir

emen

ts w

ith

requ

irem

ents

m

eetin

gs T

hese

mee

tings

incl

ude

meeting Environmental engineer

Con

trac

tors

at

the

pre-

outli

ning

the

requ

irem

ents

of

the

atte

nds

all p

re-c

onst

rctio

n co

nstr

uctio

n m

eetin

g

Con

stru

ctio

n G

ener

al P

erm

it an

d m

eetin

gs w

hich

invo

lve

iden

tify

the

role

s an

d en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its n

ot li

mite

d responsibilities of Mass Highway

to N

PDE

S T

here

fore

ero

sion

an

d th

e C

ontr

acto

r

cont

rol d

iscu

ssed

at a

ll pr

e-co

n m

eetin

gs

Con

trac

t Bid

Ite

m a

nd

Con

stru

ctio

n S

ectio

n

Prep

are

a C

ontr

act B

id I

tem

and

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

Spec

ial P

rovi

sion

for

C

ontr

acts

Sp

ecia

l Pro

visi

on f

or in

clus

ion

in

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n co

nstr

ctio

n co

ntra

cts

to b

e A

rev

ised

con

trac

t ite

m

Prevention Plans

adve

rtis

ed f

or b

ids

whi

ch e

xcee

d sp

ecifi

catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

(SW

PPPs

) th

e on

e-ac

re d

istu

banc

e ea

ch c

ontr

act w

hich

req

uire

s a

thre

shol

d

deta

iled

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n P

reve

ntio

n P

lan

(SW

PP

P)

Ero

sion

C

ontr

ol P

lan

(EC

P) f

or a

ll pr

ojec

ts

( ex

cept

min

or -

suc

h as

sig

nage

gr

ass

mow

ing

etc

) Having the

cont

ract

or d

evel

op th

e SW

PPP

and

EC

P (r

athe

r th

an th

e de

sign

er)

has

been

acc

epte

d by

the

Con

serv

atio

n Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

y C

ertif

icat

e no

obj

ectio

n ha

s be

en r

aise

d on

a

proj

ect-

by-p

roje

ct b

asis

Fiel

d G

uide

on

Ero

sion

C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

e fi

eld

guid

e an

d is

sue

to

Stat

e G

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dev

elop

men

t is

90

C

ompl

ete

guid

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d in

tern

al

Prev

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n an

d Se

dim

ent

Chi

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eer

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

rs

com

plet

e I

nter

nal r

evie

ws

are

reV

iew

s

Con

trol

pe

ndin

g N

ew m

ater

ial a

s w

ell a

s co

mpo

st a

nd m

ulch

will

be

incl

uded

Page 13

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

e a

SWPP

P G

uida

nce

for

Mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e in

Per

mt

Con

tinue

use

by

Con

trac

tors

on

Prev

entio

n Pl

an (

SWPP

P)

Dis

tric

ts

Con

trac

tors

doc

umen

t on

Yea

r 4

SW

PP

P b

id it

em to

incl

ude

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s

Gui

danc

e M

anua

l for

M

assH

ighw

ay c

onst

rctio

n an

Ero

sion

Con

trol

Pla

n is

now

Con

trac

tors

pr

ojec

ts I

mpl

emen

t use

of t

he

incl

uded

in a

ll co

ntra

cts

do

cum

ent o

n al

l app

ropr

iate

M

assH

ighw

ay p

roje

cts

Onc

e co

ntra

ctor

s be

gin

to u

se th

e do

cum

ent

it m

ay b

e re

vise

d if

ne

cess

ary

to a

ddre

ss in

put

4L-

Tra

inin

g Construction Section

4L-

Non

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ditio

nal E

rosi

on

Lan

dsca

ping

Sec

tion

Con

trol

Spe

cifi

catio

ns

rece

ived

inte

rnal

ly a

nd f

rom

agencies Ultimately the

docu

men

t will

be

conv

erte

d in

to a

computer program

Con

duct

ann

ual E

rosi

on

Con

strc

tion

Div

isio

n D

istr

cts

1 M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue

Pre

vent

ion

and

Sed

imen

t Con

trol

an

d 5

trai

ned

134

staf

f mem

bers

this

tr

aini

ng o

n to

pics

sim

ilar

to

Tra

inin

g fo

r M

assH

ighw

ay

year Distrcts 2 and 4 trainings will

thos

e di

scus

sed

in th

e pa

st

Constrction Personnel

occu

r in

May

200

9 T

he tr

aini

ngs

Hol

d D

istr

ict 2

and

4 tr

aini

ng

Sum

mar

ize

of

atte

ndee

s an

d in

clud

ed a

rev

iew

of

basi

c er

osio

n to

pics

cov

ered

co

ntro

l mea

sure

s d

iese

l ret

rofi

t aw

aren

ess

and

air

qual

ity is

sues

A

sian

long

-hom

ed b

eetle

in

fest

atio

n a

nd h

azar

dous

was

te

man

agem

ent

Bel

ow is

a li

st o

f se

min

ar d

ates

and

a

ttend

ing

D

istr

ct 1

21

909

37

Distrct 2 to be held in

May

D

istr

ct 3

32

509

48

Dis

tric

t 4 to

be

held

in M

ay

Dis

trct

5 2

11

09 4

9

Dev

elop

spe

cific

atio

ns fo

r no

n-M

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ay h

as d

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oped

two

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d ap

plic

atio

n of

thes

e ne

w

trad

ition

al e

rosi

on c

ontr

ols

and

new

spe

cific

atio

ns

spec

ific

atio

ns w

ill b

egin

as

eval

uate

res

earc

h be

ing

cond

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d ap

prop

riate

situ

atio

ns a

rse

by o

ther

sta

te D

OT

s th

at c

an b

e 1)

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ded

com

post

for

slo

pe

acce

pted

by

Mas

sHig

hway

re

stor

atio

n D

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oped

in

Publ

icat

ion

of M

ass

Hig

hway

R

esea

rch

and

Mat

eria

ls S

ectio

n

Sep

tem

ber

2007

re

sear

ch o

n co

mpo

st u

se

As

new

tech

nolo

gies

are

de

velo

ped

rev

iew

and

dev

elop

2)

Fibe

r c

ompo

st f

illed

tube

s fo

r sp

ecif

icat

ions

for

add

ition

al

sedi

men

t cap

ture

in li

eu o

f ha

y er

osio

n co

ntro

ls

bale

s D

evel

oped

in M

arch

200

9

Page 14

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Ero

sion

and

Sed

imen

t Constrction Section

Perf

orm

fie

ld te

sts

of n

ew e

rosi

on

Wor

ked

perf

orm

ed a

t Wal

tham

In

clud

e fi

ber

roll

tech

niqu

e in

the

Con

trol

Fie

ld T

ests

D

istr

icts

Lan

dsca

ping

an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol m

ater

ials

on

Win

ter

Stre

et p

roje

ct is

ong

oing

Fi

eld

Gui

de D

evel

op in

tern

al

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s P

repa

re

Proj

ect h

as u

sed

fibe

r ro

lls w

ith

mem

o re

gard

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enes

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an

d ci

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ate

an in

tern

al m

emo

on

floc

cule

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h si

lt en

viro

nmen

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il-SementQD once project

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

the

new

T

his

tech

niqu

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pear

s to

be

com

plet

e

mea

sure

ef

fect

ive

and

will

be

incl

uded

in th

e Fi

eld

Gui

de

Wor

k pe

rfor

med

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oute

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ham

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ay

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bein

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abili

zatio

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br

idge

con

strc

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adja

cent

to th

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er

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bul

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incl

uded

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stor

m w

ater

issu

es

rega

rdin

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orm

wat

er is

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w

inte

r st

abili

zatio

n an

d re

view

of

perm

its f

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xpir

atio

n da

tes

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icit

Con

strc

tion

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Mai

ntai

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

Mas

sHig

hway

mai

ntai

ned

thei

r M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

A

ctiv

ity F

eedb

ack

from

to

incl

ude

cont

act i

nfor

mat

ion

for

web

site

to in

clud

e co

ntac

t m

aint

ain

thei

r w

ebsi

te to

incl

ude

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ic

ongo

ing

cons

truc

tion

activ

ities

in

form

atio

n fo

r on

goin

g co

ntac

t inf

orm

atio

n fo

r on

goin

g R

espo

nd to

con

cern

s su

bmitt

ed in

co

nstr

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es

cons

trct

ion

activ

ities

a

timel

y m

anne

r

Mas

sHig

hway

res

pond

ed to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill r

espo

nd to

co

ncer

ns s

ubm

itted

in a

tim

ely

conc

erns

sub

mitt

ed in

a ti

mel

y m

anne

r

man

ner

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strc

tion

Run

off

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Non

-com

plia

nce

with

the

CG

P Q

ualit

y as

sura

nce

insp

ectio

ns w

ere

Con

tinue

to a

ddre

ss n

on-

Con

trol

Enf

orce

men

t D

istr

cts

and

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wel

l as

non-

com

plet

ed o

n ac

tive

cons

truc

tion

com

plia

nce

thro

ugh

mon

etar

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith a

ny a

pplic

able

pr

ojec

ts b

y th

e B

osto

n pe

nalti

es o

r de

duct

ions

or

dela

ys

environmental permits wil be

Constrction offce and by the

in p

aym

ent

whe

n w

aran

ted

ad

dres

sed

thro

ugh

the

Dis

tric

t D

istr

ict E

nvir

onm

enta

l sta

ff

Con

stru

ctio

n pe

rson

nel a

nd

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

vide

d no

tice

to

Dis

tric

t Hig

hway

Dir

ecto

r an

d co

ntra

ctor

s on

two

cont

ract

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at

can

incl

ude

mon

etar

y pe

nalti

es

the

paym

ent w

ould

be

with

held

w

here

incl

uded

in c

ontr

acts

and

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sue

was

res

olve

d

dedu

ctio

ns o

r de

lays

in p

aym

ent

whe

n w

arra

nted

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

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Permit Year 6

Stan

dard

Pra

ctic

es M

emo

Constrction Section

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pre

pare

and

A separate SOP for constrction

No

furt

her

actio

n w

aran

ted

is

sue

a S

tand

ard

Pra

ctic

es m

emo

was

not

dev

elop

ed D

urin

g Pe

nnit

to Constrction Engineers on the

Yea

r 4

the

Dis

tric

t Con

strc

tion

prot

ocol

for

Ilic

it D

isch

arge

offces were provide with the

Detection and Elimination during

proc

edur

es to

fol

low

on

disc

over

y co

nstr

uctio

n pr

oj e

cts

of

any

illic

it di

scha

rges

dur

ing

constrction and provided training

to th

e R

Es

Mas

sHig

hway

de

tenn

ined

a s

epar

ate

SOP

was

not

w

arra

nted

Con

trac

tor

Insp

ecto

r Constrction Section

Mod

ify

NPD

ES

SWPP

P ite

m to

M

assH

ighw

ay is

cur

ently

R

equi

re c

ontr

acto

rs to

atte

nd h

alf

Tra

inin

g in

clud

e ha

lf d

ay tr

aini

ng

deve

lopi

ng tr

aini

ng p

rogr

ams

and

day

trai

ning

whe

n SW

PPP

item

re

quir

emen

t Pr

ovid

e tr

aini

ng

solic

iting

for

con

sulta

nt c

ontr

act t

o ap

plie

s to

con

trac

t

prog

ram

s

perf

onn

trai

ning

5 Post-C

onst

ruct

ion

Stor

mw

ater

Man

agem

ent i

n N

ew D

evel

opm

ent a

nd R

edev

elop

men

t

5A-

Mas

sHig

hway

Sto

nn

Env

iron

men

tal

Secu

re D

EP

ratif

icat

ion

for

Mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e fo

r M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill w

ork

with

W

ater

Han

dboo

k M

assH

ighw

ay S

tonn

Wat

er

orig

inal

Han

dboo

k M

assH

ighw

ay

DE

P to

sec

ure

ratif

icat

ion

of th

e H

andb

ook

ha

s be

en d

iscu

ssin

g re

visi

on w

ith

revi

sed

Han

dboo

k on

ce

DE

P

com

plet

ed

5A-

Rev

ise

Ch

4 o

f th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

evis

e C

hapt

er 4

with

in 9

mon

ths

Mas

sHig

hway

has

beg

un to

rev

ise

Rei

ssue

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dboo

k w

ith c

hang

es

Mas

sHig

hway

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nn

ofD

EP

s S

W P

olic

y H

andb

ook

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pter

1-5

of t

he S

tonn

wat

er

Wat

er H

andb

ook

update being released Reissue

Han

dboo

k to

add

ress

SW

Pol

icy

Mas

sHig

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dboo

k to

ch

ange

s an

d T

MD

L r

equi

rem

ents

D

esig

ners

with

in I

yea

r of

DE

P

docu

men

t bei

ng r

elea

sed

Page 16

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5A-

Rev

ise

Ch

5 o

f the

E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

evis

e C

hapt

er 5

with

in 9

mon

ths

Mas

sHig

hway

has

beg

un to

rev

ise

Rei

ssue

Han

dboo

k w

ith c

hang

es

Mas

sHig

hway

Sto

rm

ofD

EP

s S

W P

olic

y H

andb

ook

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pter

1-5

of

the

Stor

mw

ater

W

ater

Han

dboo

k up

date

bei

ng r

elea

sed

R

eiss

ue

Han

dboo

k to

add

ress

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icy

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sHig

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dboo

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ch

ange

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d T

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ents

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ners

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r of

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men

t bei

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sed

Mas

sHig

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Roa

dway

M

aint

enan

ce

Con

tinue

to im

plem

ent

Mas

sHig

hway

mai

ntai

ned

thei

r M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

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nten

ance

Pro

gram

M

assH

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ay m

aint

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ce

road

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com

plia

nce

with

the

cond

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aint

enan

ce o

n its

prog

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as

outli

ned

in th

e m

aint

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ce s

ched

ule

incl

uded

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out

lined

in th

e m

aint

enan

ce s

ched

ule

and

in

the

SWM

P an

d T

MD

L w

ater

shed

m

aint

enan

ce s

ched

ule

and

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith T

MD

L

spec

ific

agre

emen

ts A

sum

mar

y ac

cord

ance

with

TM

DL

wat

ersh

eds

spec

ific

agr

eem

ents

of

this

yea

r s

mai

nten

ance

for

eac

h w

ater

shed

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ecif

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men

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dist

rict

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clud

ed in

App

endi

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hnol

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Acc

epta

nce

TA

RP

Con

tinue

to w

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with

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T

he T

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P partership is no longer

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activ

ities

pla

nned

and

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ipro

city

de

velo

p re

view

pro

toco

l for

in

pla

ce M

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taff

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hip

(T A

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inno

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wat

er B

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pa

rtic

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pro

prie

tary

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tem

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mm

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atte

nded

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b-co

mm

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mee

tings

spo

nsor

ed

and

agen

da in

ann

ual r

epor

t by

MA

DE

P as

par

t of

the

SW

Polic

y up

date

The

mee

tings

in

clud

ed d

evel

opin

g pr

otoc

ols

for

anal

yzin

g fi

eld

and

lab

test

s of

the

syst

ems

Sout

heas

t Exp

ress

way

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Conduct a study of the

Stud

y co

mpl

eted

pre

viou

sly

The

N

o fu

rthe

r ac

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plan

ned

BM

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ffec

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ess

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wat

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ualit

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-mon

th s

edim

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Proj

ect

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WQ

ls)

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cien

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mov

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ienc

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divi

dual

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for

deep

sum

ped

hood

ed c

atch

bas

ins

was 39

Page 17

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Highway Runoff

Env

Div

Con

sulta

nt

Dev

elop

and

cal

ibra

te

Con

tam

inan

t Mod

el

cont

amin

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ng m

odel

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dra

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rec

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mpl

eted

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tern

al r

evie

w T

his

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men

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suspended sediment

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sem

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mpo

unds

mea

sure

d in

flow-weighted composites of

stor

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ater

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lect

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rom

co

mm

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ighw

ay-d

rain

age

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eyan

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truc

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Mas

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two-

year

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repo

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rela

tion

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data

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and to annual average daily traffc

volu

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m c

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pla

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estim

ates

for

var

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af

fiia

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with

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dat

a pr

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ted

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tegr

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off

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abas

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ay

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trat

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ill s

ubm

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rt fo

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view

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lyse

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initi

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cate

th

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ality

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noff

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area

inc

ludi

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was

sign

ific

antly

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an th

e qu

ality

of

high

way

run

off

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re in

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stat

e of

Mas

sach

uset

ts A

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resu

lt su

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llect

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n In

ters

tate

195

in

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ion

and

on R

oute

6 in

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ch th

orou

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mbe

r 20

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USG

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ans

to is

sue

a dr

aft

mod

el to

use

this

pol

luta

nt d

ata

in th

e su

mm

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el is

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nd th

e hi

ghw

ay r

unof

f da

ta c

olle

ctio

n is

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mpl

eted

Mas

sHig

hway

will

be

gin

to u

se th

e m

odel

to r

evie

w

high

way

run

off

in c

ritic

al

wat

ersh

eds

Page 18

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

BM

P M

aint

enan

ce

Man

ual

Rig

ht o

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ay P

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valu

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n

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nfor

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iron

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Man

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o be

use

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a f

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nnel

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ovid

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ram

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eval

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tes

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r po

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ting

ston

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aint

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ce s

taff

w

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per

form

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drai

nage

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tem

m

aint

enan

ce

Environmental reviewed 17

canv

asse

s fo

r th

e pe

nnit

year

Tw

o of

them

wer

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nied

for

sal

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caus

e of

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lue

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ston

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er tr

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ghw

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runoff Of the canvasses that

resu

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in a

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wat

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trea

tmen

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delin

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prov

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fo

r fi

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ls

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it D

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Pol

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was

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2006

No firther action

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iron

men

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ill c

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re

view

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re

pres

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mph

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land

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as w

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ces

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char

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age

syst

em

2) E

nfor

ce th

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ovis

ions

thro

ugh

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re to

com

ply

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t Fo

llow

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tial i

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3) S

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ariz

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tions

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n in

ac

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by th

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epar

ent e

ither

le

tters

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en s

ent

annu

al r

epor

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roug

h th

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ate

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al s

offc

e or

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tric

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nitti

ng p

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ss f

or

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dra

ft o

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rain

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as r

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ed to

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bmit

to C

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rain

age

tie-i

n pe

nnits

app

lied

for

and

rece

ived

as

of th

is p

enni

t ye

ar

Page 19

NPD

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Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5H-

Post

Con

strc

tion

Run

off

Com

mis

sion

er L

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unof

f no

t mee

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the

NPD

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stri

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sHig

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t- O

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te

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iron

men

tal

MS4

req

uire

men

ts w

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forc

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t met

this

ta

ke a

ctio

n w

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e

Pollu

tion

to M

assH

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reac

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Mas

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MS4

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t re

quir

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ts a

re n

ot m

et

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inag

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stem

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d is

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cons

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Dis

tric

t 3-

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e N

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ll tr

espa

ssin

g an

d re

ferr

ed to

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(Rou

te 1

6 in

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don)

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and

AG

s o

ffce

by M

assH

ighw

ay

ruof

f in

to M

HD

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co

unse

l at t

he D

HD

s d

iscr

etio

n

cont

ribu

ting

to s

and

bar

form

atio

n at

the

outf

all b

ase

with

in th

e la

ke

Mas

sHig

hway

took

act

ion

by

impr

ovin

g th

e de

sign

of

the

CB

s leading to the outfall This was

the

requ

est o

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ter

com

plai

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of th

e sa

nd b

ar f

rom

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loca

l wat

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ed c

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ittee

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t Are

a R

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t E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

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dd la

ngua

ge to

new

leas

e M

easu

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e go

al c

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tion

requ

ired

to M

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torm

wat

er

of Way

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ts r

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ring

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who

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agem

ent H

andb

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velo

p or

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ld n

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anda

rds

on r

est a

rea propert leased from

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t the

st

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rds

with

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e St

orm

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er

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agem

ent H

andb

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and

the

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ts

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nspo

rtat

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luat

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Pla

nnin

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PO

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incl

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ntin

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to in

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tal c

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tions

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ronm

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l com

pone

nt in

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r en

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tal c

ompo

nent

in

the

fund

ing

prio

ritiz

atio

n ev

alua

tion

proc

edur

es

eval

uatio

n pr

oced

ure

ev

alua

tion

Pag

e 20

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Fede

ral E

nhan

cem

ent

Plan

ning

E

xplo

re o

ppor

tniti

es fo

r us

ing

Fund

ing

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dera

l enh

ance

men

t fun

ding

for

en

viro

nmen

tal r

esto

ratio

n an

d po

llutio

n ab

atem

ent p

roje

cts

Pa

rtic

ipat

e in

qua

rter

ly c

omm

ittee

m

eetin

gs

Mas

sHig

hway

is e

xplo

ring

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal

Plan

ning

age

ncie

s t(

)dev

elop

pr

ojec

ts u

sing

fed

eral

enh

ance

men

t fu

ndin

g fo

r st

orm

wat

er

Mas

sHig

hway

has

off

ered

to

par

tner

with

the

Low

ell

Reg

iona

l Was

tew

ater

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ity

(LR

WW

) to

des

ign

and

impl

emen

t tw

o st

orm

wat

er

man

agem

ent a

reas

alo

ng R

oute

11

0 in

Low

ell

The

pro

ject

wou

ld

incl

ude

the

desi

gn o

f a

shal

low

co

nvey

ance

fro

m R

oute

11 0 into

an u

ndev

elop

ed s

etba

ck a

reas

ow

ned

by th

e L

RW

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ID

bio-

rete

ntio

n sy

stem

wou

ld b

e de

sign

ed f

or th

is s

etba

ck a

rea

to

reta

in a

nd f

ilter

sto

rmw

ater

fro

m

two

segm

ents

of

Rou

te 1

10 o

wne

d by

Mas

sHig

hway

M

assH

ighw

ay o

ffer

ed to

com

mit

to lo

ng-t

erm

mai

nten

ance

of

this

sy

stem

incl

udin

g m

anag

emen

t of

vege

tatio

n r

emov

al o

f se

dim

ent

and

litte

r de

bris

fro

m c

urb

inle

ts

lead

ing

to th

e sy

stem

and

rem

oval

of

exc

ess

surf

ace

sedi

men

t fro

m

the

pret

reat

men

t for

ebay

s

Mas

sHig

hway

has

als

o co

mm

itted

to

ass

ist i

n th

e pr

ojec

t des

ign

and

prov

ide

traf

fic

supp

ort d

urin

g pr

ojec

t con

strc

tion

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

expl

ore

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal P

lann

ing

agen

cies

to

dev

elop

pro

ject

s us

ing

fede

ral

enha

ncem

ent f

undi

ng f

or

stor

mw

ater

Mas

sHig

hway

will

su

mm

ariz

e pr

ojec

t in

annu

al

repo

rt M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill b

egin

to

par

ticip

ate

in q

uart

erly

co

mm

ittee

mee

tings

LR

WW

has

not

rec

eive

d th

e 31

9 fu

ndin

g gr

ant i

t app

lied

for

and

the

proj

ect h

as n

ot m

oved

fo

rwar

d

Page 21

6 P

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Prev

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n an

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pera

tions

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Source Control - 511

Mas

sach

uset

ts T

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nnat

ion

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em

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Source Control- Adopt-a-

Hig

hway

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ce C

ontr

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cing

Pr

ogra

ms

and

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uced

Sa

lt A

reas

6A-

Source Control - Motorist

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ista

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ram

(f

onne

rly H

ELP

)

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an

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ratio

ns

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hway

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men

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MA

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ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n th

e ex

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g 51

1 Sy

stem

Con

tinue

to s

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rt th

is

prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

e-ic

ing

and

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uced

Sal

t Are

as

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ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

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or

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ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

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App

endi

x F

for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

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ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

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e 22

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ing

serv

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patr

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or

tow

truc

ks in

Pen

nit Y

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the

area

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er a

nd

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bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

NPD

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Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

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t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

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ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

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com

mitt

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ill c

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red

uced

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t zon

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nd

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ore

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ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

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ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

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tline

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etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

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anag

emen

t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

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age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

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200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

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ompl

eted

as

of A

pril

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pare

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an (

yap)

by

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eac

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200

9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

M

assH

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30

with

in 3

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ys 4

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mm

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ys o

f co

mpl

etio

n ac

tions

take

n in

pre

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an

nual

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rnat

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has

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pub

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d po

sted

on

the

web

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stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

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ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

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de

vege

tatio

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nd th

at

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use

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plic

atio

ns a

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alte

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an th

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alte

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cost

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here

the

use

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Source Control-

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tinue

par

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atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

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ort t

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ram

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tion

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nnit

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

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r 20

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icyc

le a

nd

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al Y

ear

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Bic

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and

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port

atio

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cycl

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and

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nd

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at t

he

local level

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cycl

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d $6

58 0

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ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

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prov

emen

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clud

ed in

all

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con

tinue

to

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into

all

new

hig

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igns

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w h

ighw

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esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

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vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

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gnag

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d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

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incl

udin

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chno

logi

es M

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stal

ls

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ng h

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ng s

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rt o

f fu

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ign

proj

ects

as

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annu

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even

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aint

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proc

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ing

hydr

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fitt

ings

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to s

alt

expo

sure

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Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

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stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

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stat

e R

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pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

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ams

supp

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pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

-I a

nd lD

-

Page

24

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

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ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

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vers

al W

aste

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sbes

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te

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land

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ping

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spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

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Prev

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nles

pons

e M

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ials

Man

agem

ent

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nwat

er P

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tion

Prev

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n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

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nive

rsal

Was

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anag

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apor

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over

y Sy

stem

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spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

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will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

Page 25

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

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tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

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strc

t m

aint

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ce p

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nnel

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tric

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a

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tra

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ided

fo

r 83

dis

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ance

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and

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ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

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nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

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sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

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mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

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hway

will

pro

vide

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tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

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llow

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ck tr

aini

ng T

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trai

ning

on

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prop

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tion

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ht to

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and

all r

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les

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ch)

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or T

ruck

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inin

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arch

)

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inin

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arch

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mal

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quip

men

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aint

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insa

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pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

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atio

n R

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al

(May

)

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iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

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atio

n R

emov

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(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

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rain

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man

d (y

ear

roun

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D

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C

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ue to

impl

emen

t M

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ay c

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to m

aint

ain

Mas

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wil

cont

inue

to

mai

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ance

sch

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e ou

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ppen

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and

reg

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com

plia

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ppen

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MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

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site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

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step

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viro

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st E

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ual o

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or

public information 3) Post

gene

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Faci

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spe

cifi

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cilit

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ted

on th

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tinue

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ach

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trib

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the

upda

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litie

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nvir

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enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

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a M

anag

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t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

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agem

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yste

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with

infr

astr

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fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

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plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

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has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

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tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

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anag

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Mas

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ha

s ha

d m

any

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the

year

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clus

ion

of

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outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

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anag

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tem

onc

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ntra

ct w

as is

sued

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will

impl

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t the

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arte

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with

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deve

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erna

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tern

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ctor

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orkf

low

ana

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sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

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and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

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drai

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her

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ts

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e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

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plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

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tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

-97-

001

6E-

Good Housekeeping

Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

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d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

Pollu

tion

Prev

entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

Page 30

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

hway

util

ized

73

tank

er

truc

ks w

ith s

pray

bar

s th

is s

easo

n

do th

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

y in

crea

sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

Enh

ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

C

orpo

ratio

n) f

or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

nd lo

cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

g I

t is

fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

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have received a number of requests

publ

ic f

or e

ase

of a

cces

s

and

have

bee

n ab

le to

res

pond

re

lativ

ely

quic

kly

Page 8

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

3C-

Dra

inag

e C

onne

ctio

n E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1

) Is

sue

Dra

inag

e C

onne

ctio

n ) Policy issued and posted on June

Con

tinue

to e

nfor

ce p

rovi

sion

s Po

licy

Polic

y

200

6 by

the

Chi

ef E

ngin

eer

-of

dra

inag

e co

nnec

tion

polic

y

mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e

2) Post copy of policy on

The Executive Offce of

Mas

sHig

hway

web

site

)

Polic

y po

sted

at h

ww

mhd

T

rans

pora

tion

Leg

al a

nd

stat

em

aus

de

fau1

tas

id=

cont

ent

Env

iron

men

tal S

ervi

ces

will

e

nvir

onie

n ub

licat

ions

02amp

sid=

abou

t ta

ke s

teps

to m

ake

the

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inga

e3)

Enf

orce

the

prov

isio

n th

roug

h T

ie-I

n Po

licy

a fo

rmal

refe

rral

s to

the

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

of

fce

)

No

refe

rral

s to

the

AG

off

ice

wer

e MassHighway SOP

nece

ssar

y

4) S

umm

ariz

e ac

tions

take

n in

the

annu

al r

epor

t 4)

See

App

endi

x C

for

det

ails

on

lette

rs s

ent t

o re

side

nces

bus

ines

ses

with

pot

entia

l illi

cit c

onne

ctio

ns th

is

permit term

3C-

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n St

anda

rd

Env

iron

men

ta1

Leg

al

Issu

e a

revi

sed

Dra

inag

e T

ie-

Inte

rnal

dra

ft o

f D

rain

age

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-In

SOP

Fina

lize

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n SO

P

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ratio

n Pr

oced

ure

SOP

Ann

ual r

epor

ts w

ill

draf

t was

rev

ised

to r

efle

ct f

orm

at o

f Su

bmit

to C

hief

Eng

inee

r fo

r (S

OP)

su

mm

ariz

e dr

aina

ge ti

e-in

per

mits

ne

w A

cces

s Pe

rmit

D

raft

is

sign

atur

e an

d is

suan

ce to

ap

plic

atio

ns a

nd p

erm

its is

sued

fi

naliz

ed a

nd b

eing

rev

iew

ed b

y D

epar

tmen

t pe

rmit

engi

neer

s

App

endi

x D

sum

mar

izes

the

stat

us o

f dr

aina

ge ti

e-in

per

mits

app

lied

for

and

rece

ived

as

ofth

is p

erm

it ye

ar

Ilic

it C

onne

ctio

n R

evie

w

Env

iron

men

tal

R

evie

w tw

enty

dis

char

ges

each

B

MP

Rev

ised

B

MP

Rev

ised

D

istr

icts

pe

rmit

year

for

pot

entia

l illi

cit

conn

ectio

ns

Page 9

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

pri

oriti

zed

list f

or I

DD

E

The

ID

DE

RFR

has

not

bee

n re

leas

ed

Rev

ise

RFR

to in

clud

e ne

wIl

icit

Con

nect

ion

Rev

iew

R

evis

ed

Dis

trct

s an

d in

clud

e in

Pen

nit Y

ear

5 ye

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as b

een

awai

ting

gene

ral p

enni

t req

uire

men

ts f

or

Ann

ual R

epor

t R

elea

se R

FR f

or

the

new

dra

ft g

ener

al p

enni

t fro

m

IDD

E R

elea

se R

FR A

war

d de

velo

pmen

t and

impl

emen

tatio

n EP A to understand the ili

cit

cont

ract

and

fin

aliz

e ID

DE

of

IDD

E p

rogr

am f

or w

ater

shed

s di

scha

rge

requ

irem

ents

whi

ch w

ill b

e pr

otoc

ol

on p

rior

itize

d lis

t Fi

eld

revi

ew

incl

uded

bef

ore

issu

ing

the

RFR

co

mpl

aint

s p

oten

tial I

DD

Es

Perfonn comprehensive

Dis

tric

ts r

evie

wed

pot

entia

l illi

cit

iden

tifie

d by

Dis

tric

t per

sonn

el

wea

ther

rev

iew

of

10

of

conn

ectio

ns A

ppen

dix

C in

clud

esdu

rng

the

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y in

ur

bani

zed

area

roa

ds th

is

mor

e de

tail

resp

onse

to m

unic

ipal

em

ail

sum

mer

re

ques

ting

susp

ect a

reas

and

or

fr

om p

ublic

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar

Fiel

d re

view

com

plai

nts

po

tent

ial I

DD

Es

iden

tifie

d by

D

istr

ict p

erso

nnel

dur

ing

the

IDDE work

in

resp

onse

to

mun

icip

al e

mai

l req

uest

ing

susp

ect a

reas

and

or

fro

m

publ

ic th

roug

hout

the

year

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

ofID

DE

ac

tivity

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

r Il

icit

Con

strc

tion

Prov

ide

trai

ning

on

illic

it A

ctio

n co

mpl

eted

in P

enni

t Yea

r 4

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

Con

nect

ion

Tra

inin

g co

nnec

tion

polic

y il

icit

conn

ectio

n id

entif

icat

ion

and

prot

ocol

for

rep

ortin

g du

ring

an

nual

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

r tr

aini

ng

sem

inar

s S

umm

ariz

e

of

atte

ndee

s in

ann

ual r

epor

t

Maintenance Staff Illicit

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

trai

ning

on

illic

it A

ctio

n co

mpl

eted

in P

enni

t Yea

r 4

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

Con

nect

ion

Tra

inin

g co

nnec

tion

polic

y il

icit

conn

ectio

n id

entif

icat

ion

and

prot

ocol

for

rep

ortin

g du

ring

an

nual

trai

ning

sem

inar

s fo

r m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Page 10

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

1t

4 C

onst

ruct

ion

Site

Sto

rmw

ater

Run

off C

ontr

ol

MassHighway Departent

Proj

ect D

evel

opm

ent amp

D

esig

n G

uide

MA

DE

P St

orm

wat

er

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y

NP

DE

S C

onst

ruct

ion

Gen

eral

Per

mit

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

ruct

ion

Pro

ject

s

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

rctio

n P

roje

cts

Con

stru

ctio

n

Dra

inag

e sy

stem

s fo

r M

assH

ighw

ay r

oadw

ays

will

be

desi

gned

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

Cha

pter

8 o

f th

e M

HD

Hig

hway

D

esig

n G

uide

and

com

p ni

on

man

uals

New

con

strc

tion

and

rede

velo

pmen

t act

iviti

es w

il co

mpl

y w

ith M

assa

chus

etts

D

EP

s S

torm

wat

er M

anag

emen

t Po

licy

and

Perf

orm

ance

St

anda

rds

unde

r th

e W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct a

nd C

lean

Wat

er

Act

Sec

tion

401

1) F

ile N

OIs

for

new

pro

ject

s w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an o

ne a

cre

2)

Sum

mar

ize

NO

Is is

sued

to

Mas

sHig

hway

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

con

tinue

to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

M

anag

emen

t Pol

icy

whe

n pr

ojec

ts

are

subj

ect

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in

urba

nize

d ar

eas

36 N

OIs

wer

e fi

ed d

urin

g Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

The

per

mits

are

list

ed in

Appendix H

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

will

co

ntin

ue to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y w

hen

proj

ects

are

sub

ject

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in u

rban

ized

are

as

Con

tinue

to f

ie N

Ols

for

new

pr

ojec

ts w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an

an a

cre

Oth

er S

tate

Env

iron

men

tal

Env

iron

men

tal

Proj

ects

will

con

tinue

to b

e R

egul

atio

ns o

r Po

licy

Constrction Projects

desi

gned

and

con

stru

cted

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith a

ll ap

plic

able

st

ate

and

fede

ral e

nvir

onm

enta

l re

gula

tions

or

polic

y (e

W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct 4

04)

The

Env

iron

men

tal S

ectio

n T

he p

roce

ss o

f de

sign

rev

iew

re

view

s al

l pro

ject

s at

the

25

and pre-constrction

desi

gn s

tage

to d

eter

min

e w

hat

coor

dina

tion

will

con

tinue

en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its a

re

requ

ired

The

Dis

tric

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l Eng

inee

r or

eq

uiva

lent

Dis

tric

t con

stru

ctio

n st

aff

pers

on a

ttend

s al

l pre

shyconstrction meetings with the

sele

cted

con

trac

tor

to r

evie

w

perm

it re

quir

emen

ts f

or th

e pr

ojec

t

Page 11

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

Sto

nn

Env

iron

men

tal

Des

ign

proj

ects

in u

rban

ized

M

assH

ighw

ay r

equi

res

that

all

new

M

assH

ighw

ay w

il re

quir

e th

at

Wat

er H

andb

ook

Con

strc

tion

Pro

ject

s ax

eas

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith

constrction and redevelopment

all n

ew c

onst

rctio

n an

d H

andb

ook

activ

ities

und

erta

ken

by

rede

velo

pmen

t act

iviti

es

Mas

sHig

hway

or

by o

ther

s th

at

unde

rtak

en b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

r ar

e fu

ded

in w

hole

or

in p

ar b

y by

oth

ers

that

are

fun

ded

in

Mas

sHig

hway

com

ply

with

the

who

le o

r in

par

by

Han

dboo

k

Mas

sHig

hway

com

ply

with

the

Han

dboo

k

Stan

dard

Spe

cifi

catio

n fo

r E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

eros

ion

and

Incl

usio

n of

suc

h co

ntro

ls is

Su

ch c

ontr

ols

will

con

tinue

to b

e H

ighw

ay a

nd B

ridg

es

Con

stru

ctio

n P

roje

cts

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n co

ntro

ls in

st

anda

rd p

ract

ice

for

cons

truc

tion

incl

uded

in c

onst

rctio

n co

nstr

ctio

n co

ntra

cts

co

ntra

cts

issu

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay

cont

ract

s is

sued

by

Mas

sHig

hway

A r

evis

ed c

ontr

act i

tem

sp

ecifi

catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

each

con

trac

t whi

ch r

equi

res

a detailed Stonn Water Pollution

Prev

entio

n Pl

an (

SWPP

P) E

rosi

on

Con

trol

Pla

n (E

CP)

for

all

proj

ects

(e

xcep

t min

or -

suc

h as

sig

nage

gr

ass

mow

ing

etc

) H

avin

g th

e co

ntra

ctor

dev

elop

the

SWPP

P an

d E

CP

(rat

her

than

the

desi

gner

) ha

s be

en a

ccep

ted

by th

e C

onse

rvat

ion

Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

y C

ertif

icat

e no

obj

ectio

n ha

s be

en r

aise

d on

a

proj

ect-

by-p

roje

ct b

asis

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l Continue funding the

Moved to MCM

sinc

e fo

cus

of

Nee

ds P

rogr

am)

Con

stru

ctio

n M

assH

ighw

ay R

esea

rch

Nee

ds

research program

is now for

Prog

ram

so

urce

con

trol

inst

ead

of

cons

truc

tion

Page 12

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Pre-Constrction Meeting

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal S

taff

M

assH

ighw

ay r

evie

ws

the

NPD

ES

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Rev

iew

ofN

PDE

S St

aff

Con

stru

ctio

n R

evie

w N

PDE

S re

quir

emen

ts a

t Constrction GP requirements w

ith

revi

ew th

e N

PDE

S C

onst

ruct

ion

Con

strc

tion

GP

the

appl

icab

le p

re-c

onst

ruct

ion

Con

trac

tors

at t

he p

re-c

onst

rctio

n G

P re

quir

emen

ts w

ith

requ

irem

ents

m

eetin

gs T

hese

mee

tings

incl

ude

meeting Environmental engineer

Con

trac

tors

at

the

pre-

outli

ning

the

requ

irem

ents

of

the

atte

nds

all p

re-c

onst

rctio

n co

nstr

uctio

n m

eetin

g

Con

stru

ctio

n G

ener

al P

erm

it an

d m

eetin

gs w

hich

invo

lve

iden

tify

the

role

s an

d en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its n

ot li

mite

d responsibilities of Mass Highway

to N

PDE

S T

here

fore

ero

sion

an

d th

e C

ontr

acto

r

cont

rol d

iscu

ssed

at a

ll pr

e-co

n m

eetin

gs

Con

trac

t Bid

Ite

m a

nd

Con

stru

ctio

n S

ectio

n

Prep

are

a C

ontr

act B

id I

tem

and

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

Spec

ial P

rovi

sion

for

C

ontr

acts

Sp

ecia

l Pro

visi

on f

or in

clus

ion

in

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n co

nstr

ctio

n co

ntra

cts

to b

e A

rev

ised

con

trac

t ite

m

Prevention Plans

adve

rtis

ed f

or b

ids

whi

ch e

xcee

d sp

ecifi

catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

(SW

PPPs

) th

e on

e-ac

re d

istu

banc

e ea

ch c

ontr

act w

hich

req

uire

s a

thre

shol

d

deta

iled

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n P

reve

ntio

n P

lan

(SW

PP

P)

Ero

sion

C

ontr

ol P

lan

(EC

P) f

or a

ll pr

ojec

ts

( ex

cept

min

or -

suc

h as

sig

nage

gr

ass

mow

ing

etc

) Having the

cont

ract

or d

evel

op th

e SW

PPP

and

EC

P (r

athe

r th

an th

e de

sign

er)

has

been

acc

epte

d by

the

Con

serv

atio

n Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

y C

ertif

icat

e no

obj

ectio

n ha

s be

en r

aise

d on

a

proj

ect-

by-p

roje

ct b

asis

Fiel

d G

uide

on

Ero

sion

C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

e fi

eld

guid

e an

d is

sue

to

Stat

e G

uide

dev

elop

men

t is

90

C

ompl

ete

guid

e an

d in

tern

al

Prev

entio

n an

d Se

dim

ent

Chi

ef E

ngin

eer

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

rs

com

plet

e I

nter

nal r

evie

ws

are

reV

iew

s

Con

trol

pe

ndin

g N

ew m

ater

ial a

s w

ell a

s co

mpo

st a

nd m

ulch

will

be

incl

uded

Page 13

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

e a

SWPP

P G

uida

nce

for

Mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e in

Per

mt

Con

tinue

use

by

Con

trac

tors

on

Prev

entio

n Pl

an (

SWPP

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trac

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Non

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Con

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Spe

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nd f

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agencies Ultimately the

docu

men

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duct

ann

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strc

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Div

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1 M

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agem

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21

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32

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be

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icat

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of M

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eria

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tem

ber

2007

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velo

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in M

arch

200

9

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Ero

sion

and

Sed

imen

t Constrction Section

Perf

orm

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ld te

sts

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In

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tech

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Mai

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ay w

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thei

r M

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pond

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ubm

itted

in a

tim

ely

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mitt

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mel

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anne

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man

ner

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strc

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off

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plia

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in p

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ent

whe

n w

arra

nted

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Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

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Permit Year 6

Stan

dard

Pra

ctic

es M

emo

Constrction Section

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pre

pare

and

A separate SOP for constrction

No

furt

her

actio

n w

aran

ted

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sue

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tand

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not

dev

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ed D

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nnit

to Constrction Engineers on the

Yea

r 4

the

Dis

tric

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strc

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prot

ocol

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proc

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on

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over

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nstr

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n pr

oj e

cts

of

any

illic

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scha

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dur

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constrction and provided training

to th

e R

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sHig

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tenn

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nted

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trac

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Insp

ecto

r Constrction Section

Mod

ify

NPD

ES

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P ite

m to

M

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cur

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nd h

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clud

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lf d

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ng

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lopi

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aini

ng p

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ams

and

day

trai

ning

whe

n SW

PPP

item

re

quir

emen

t Pr

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aini

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sulta

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ram

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Stor

mw

ater

Man

agem

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n N

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Mas

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nn

Env

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men

tal

Secu

re D

EP

ratif

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ion

for

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sura

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goal

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plet

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r M

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ater

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ay S

tonn

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inal

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plet

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Rev

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Ch

4 o

f th

e E

nvir

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enta

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evis

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hapt

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with

in 9

mon

ths

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sHig

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beg

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ise

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ssue

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dboo

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hang

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nn

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ents

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docu

men

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ng r

elea

sed

Page 16

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5A-

Rev

ise

Ch

5 o

f the

E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

evis

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hapt

er 5

with

in 9

mon

ths

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sHig

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beg

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ater

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thei

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ontin

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spec

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sum

mar

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cord

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wat

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spec

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Stud

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ped

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atch

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Page 17

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ater

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Highway Runoff

Env

Div

Con

sulta

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and

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and

oth

ers

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lyse

s of

initi

al d

ata

indi

cate

th

at th

e qu

ality

of

high

way

ru

noff

fro

m th

e so

uthe

rn c

oast

al

area

inc

ludi

ng C

ape

Cod

was

sign

ific

antly

dif

fere

nt th

an th

e qu

ality

of

high

way

run

off

colle

cted

els

ewhe

re in

the

stat

e of

Mas

sach

uset

ts A

s a

resu

lt su

pple

men

tal d

ata

is b

eing

co

llect

ed o

n In

ters

tate

195

in

Mar

ion

and

on R

oute

6 in

H

arw

ch th

orou

gh S

epte

mbe

r 20

09

USG

S pl

ans

to is

sue

a dr

aft

mod

el to

use

this

pol

luta

nt d

ata

in th

e su

mm

er o

f200

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nce

the

SEL

DM

mod

el is

issu

ed a

nd th

e hi

ghw

ay r

unof

f da

ta c

olle

ctio

n is

co

mpl

eted

Mas

sHig

hway

will

be

gin

to u

se th

e m

odel

to r

evie

w

high

way

run

off

in c

ritic

al

wat

ersh

eds

Page 18

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

BM

P M

aint

enan

ce

Man

ual

Rig

ht o

f W

ay P

arce

l E

valu

atio

n

5H-

Post

Con

stru

ctio

n R

unof

f E

nfor

cem

ent-

Ilic

it

Env

iron

men

tal

M

aint

enan

ce

Env

iron

men

tal

Com

mis

sion

er

Leg

al

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

BM

P M

aint

enan

ce

Man

ual t

o be

use

d as

a f

ield

gu

ide

by m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Pr

ovid

e tr

aini

ng o

n th

e B

MP

Mai

nten

ance

Man

ual

Dev

elop

and

impl

emen

t a

prog

ram

of

eval

uatin

g pa

rcel

s w

hich

are

can

dida

tes

for

disp

osal

by

Mas

sHig

hway

for

thei

r po

tent

ial i

n si

ting

ston

n w

ater

B

MPs

1) D

evel

op p

olic

y fo

r ad

dres

sing

un

auth

oriz

ed c

onne

ctio

ns to

the

Rem

ove

Cha

nges

to B

MP

5B

na

rrat

ive

incl

ude

the

man

ual u

sed

as g

uida

nce

by m

aint

enan

ce s

taff

w

hile

per

form

ing

drai

nage

sys

tem

m

aint

enan

ce

Environmental reviewed 17

canv

asse

s fo

r th

e pe

nnit

year

Tw

o of

them

wer

e de

nied

for

sal

e be

caus

e of

thei

r va

lue

for

ston

nwat

er tr

eatm

ent o

f hi

ghw

ay

runoff Of the canvasses that

resu

lted

in a

sal

e s

tonn

wat

er

trea

tmen

t gui

delin

es w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r fi

ve p

arce

ls

Ilic

it D

isch

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Pol

icy

was

issu

ed

in J

une

2006

No firther action

Env

iron

men

tal w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

can

vass

es a

s th

ey a

re

pres

ente

d T

he e

mph

asis

will

re

mai

n on

kee

ping

par

cels

of

land

that

are

hig

hly

suita

ble

for

ston

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er tr

eatm

ent (

as w

ell a

s w

etla

nd r

eplic

atio

n) I

n in

stan

ces

whe

re a

sal

e w

ould

be

mor

e be

nefi

cial

any

cha

nce

to

offe

r in

fonn

atio

n or

gui

danc

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st

onnw

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trea

tmen

t will

be

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tione

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ithin

the

com

men

tary

Enf

orce

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isch

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Dis

char

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bitio

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y

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nfor

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inag

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l

Tie

-In

Polic

y D

istr

cts

Mas

sHig

hway

s d

rain

age

syst

em

2) E

nfor

ce th

e pr

ovis

ions

thro

ugh

Failu

re to

com

ply

with

the

Dep

t Fo

llow

up

on p

oten

tial i

licit

refe

rral

s to

the

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

re

ques

t will

nec

essi

tate

fur

ther

di

scha

rges

whe

re e

nfor

cem

ent

3) S

umm

ariz

e ac

tions

take

n in

ac

tion

by th

e D

epar

ent e

ither

le

tters

hav

e be

en s

ent

annu

al r

epor

t th

roug

h th

e St

ate

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rney

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ener

al s

offc

e or

the

Dis

tric

t A

ppen

dix

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clud

es m

ore

deta

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elop

pen

nitti

ng p

roce

ss f

or

Inte

rnal

dra

ft o

f D

rain

age

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inag

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n SO

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adja

cent

pro

pert

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ch w

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as r

evis

ed to

ref

lect

Su

bmit

to C

hief

Eng

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r fo

r lik

e to

tie

into

Mas

sHig

hway

fo

nnat

of

new

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ess

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it

sign

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dr

aina

ge s

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is f

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and

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arte

nt

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ram

and

sum

mar

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actio

ns

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penn

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ann

ual

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rt

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endi

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sum

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stat

us

of d

rain

age

tie-i

n pe

nnits

app

lied

for

and

rece

ived

as

of th

is p

enni

t ye

ar

Page 19

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5H-

Post

Con

strc

tion

Run

off

Com

mis

sion

er L

egaV

R

unof

f no

t mee

ting

the

NPD

ES

Eac

h di

stri

ct r

epor

ted

that

no

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Enf

orce

men

t- O

ffsi

te

Env

iron

men

tal

MS4

req

uire

men

ts w

hich

is

offs

ite r

unof

f en

forc

emen

t met

this

ta

ke a

ctio

n w

hen

thes

e

Pollu

tion

to M

assH

ighw

ay

reac

hing

the

Mas

sHig

hway

MS4

re

quir

emen

t re

quir

emen

ts a

re n

ot m

et

Dra

inag

e Sy

stem

an

d is

not

cov

ered

und

er 5

H-1

or

5H-2

may

be

cons

ider

ed

Dis

tric

t 3-

Lak

e N

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uc O

utfa

ll tr

espa

ssin

g an

d re

ferr

ed to

the

(Rou

te 1

6 in

Men

don)

Upl

and

AG

s o

ffce

by M

assH

ighw

ay

ruof

f in

to M

HD

CB

s is

co

unse

l at t

he D

HD

s d

iscr

etio

n

cont

ribu

ting

to s

and

bar

form

atio

n at

the

outf

all b

ase

with

in th

e la

ke

Mas

sHig

hway

took

act

ion

by

impr

ovin

g th

e de

sign

of

the

CB

s leading to the outfall This was

the

requ

est o

fDE

P af

ter

com

plai

nts

of th

e sa

nd b

ar f

rom

the

loca

l wat

ersh

ed c

omm

ittee

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t Are

a R

edev

elop

men

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

ight

A

dd la

ngua

ge to

new

leas

e M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

to M

eet S

torm

wat

er

of Way

agre

emen

ts r

equi

ring

less

ees

who

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agem

ent H

andb

ook

rede

velo

p or

bui

ld n

ew b

uild

ings

St

anda

rds

on r

est a

rea propert leased from

Mas

sHig

hway

to

mee

t the

st

anda

rds

with

in th

e St

orm

Wat

er

Man

agem

ent H

andb

ook

and

the

SWM

P re

quir

emen

ts

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Eva

luat

ion

Pla

nnin

g M

PO

s C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

MPO

s co

ntin

ued

to in

clud

e th

e C

ontin

ue to

incl

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teri

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nmen

tal c

onsi

dera

tions

in

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ronm

enta

l com

pone

nt in

thei

r en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompo

nent

in

the

fund

ing

prio

ritiz

atio

n ev

alua

tion

proc

edur

es

eval

uatio

n pr

oced

ure

ev

alua

tion

Pag

e 20

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Fede

ral E

nhan

cem

ent

Plan

ning

E

xplo

re o

ppor

tniti

es fo

r us

ing

Fund

ing

Fe

dera

l enh

ance

men

t fun

ding

for

en

viro

nmen

tal r

esto

ratio

n an

d po

llutio

n ab

atem

ent p

roje

cts

Pa

rtic

ipat

e in

qua

rter

ly c

omm

ittee

m

eetin

gs

Mas

sHig

hway

is e

xplo

ring

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal

Plan

ning

age

ncie

s t(

)dev

elop

pr

ojec

ts u

sing

fed

eral

enh

ance

men

t fu

ndin

g fo

r st

orm

wat

er

Mas

sHig

hway

has

off

ered

to

par

tner

with

the

Low

ell

Reg

iona

l Was

tew

ater

Util

ity

(LR

WW

) to

des

ign

and

impl

emen

t tw

o st

orm

wat

er

man

agem

ent a

reas

alo

ng R

oute

11

0 in

Low

ell

The

pro

ject

wou

ld

incl

ude

the

desi

gn o

f a

shal

low

co

nvey

ance

fro

m R

oute

11 0 into

an u

ndev

elop

ed s

etba

ck a

reas

ow

ned

by th

e L

RW

WU

A L

ID

bio-

rete

ntio

n sy

stem

wou

ld b

e de

sign

ed f

or th

is s

etba

ck a

rea

to

reta

in a

nd f

ilter

sto

rmw

ater

fro

m

two

segm

ents

of

Rou

te 1

10 o

wne

d by

Mas

sHig

hway

M

assH

ighw

ay o

ffer

ed to

com

mit

to lo

ng-t

erm

mai

nten

ance

of

this

sy

stem

incl

udin

g m

anag

emen

t of

vege

tatio

n r

emov

al o

f se

dim

ent

and

litte

r de

bris

fro

m c

urb

inle

ts

lead

ing

to th

e sy

stem

and

rem

oval

of

exc

ess

surf

ace

sedi

men

t fro

m

the

pret

reat

men

t for

ebay

s

Mas

sHig

hway

has

als

o co

mm

itted

to

ass

ist i

n th

e pr

ojec

t des

ign

and

prov

ide

traf

fic

supp

ort d

urin

g pr

ojec

t con

strc

tion

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

expl

ore

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal P

lann

ing

agen

cies

to

dev

elop

pro

ject

s us

ing

fede

ral

enha

ncem

ent f

undi

ng f

or

stor

mw

ater

Mas

sHig

hway

will

su

mm

ariz

e pr

ojec

t in

annu

al

repo

rt M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill b

egin

to

par

ticip

ate

in q

uart

erly

co

mm

ittee

mee

tings

LR

WW

has

not

rec

eive

d th

e 31

9 fu

ndin

g gr

ant i

t app

lied

for

and

the

proj

ect h

as n

ot m

oved

fo

rwar

d

Page 21

6 P

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tion

Prev

entio

n an

d G

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Hou

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g in

Mun

icip

al O

pera

tions

6A-

Source Control - 511

Mas

sach

uset

ts T

rave

ler

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em

6A-

Source Control- Adopt-a-

Hig

hway

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Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Dei

cing

Pr

ogra

ms

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

6A-

Source Control - Motorist

Ass

ista

nce

Prog

ram

(f

onne

rly H

ELP

)

Pro

ject

Cle

an

Ope

ratio

ns

Ado

pt-a

-Hig

hway

O

pera

tions

Env

iron

men

tal

D

istr

icts

MA

P Pr

ogra

m

Ope

ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n th

e ex

istin

g 51

1 Sy

stem

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt th

is

prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sal

t Are

as

Prog

ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

ocat

or

Prog

ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

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gram

s

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endi

x F

for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

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ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

rov

ing

serv

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patr

ols

or

tow

truc

ks in

Pen

nit Y

ear

6 in

the

area

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cest

er a

nd

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assi

sts

disa

bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

The

Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

conv

ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

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com

mitt

ee w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

Five

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r 20

09-2

013

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etat

ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

ou

tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

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t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

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9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

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herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

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s

yet c

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of A

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pare

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l Pl

an (

yap)

by

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9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

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ys 4

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mm

ariz

e da

ys o

f co

mpl

etio

n ac

tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

ar in

an

nual

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ort

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prog

ram

occ

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erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

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d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

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ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

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ed w

ould

cos

t mor

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agem

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Sour

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Pr

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24

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

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annu

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aini

ng to

at

leas

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pe

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gs w

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inte

r of

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agem

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Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

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late

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Stor

m W

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Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

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Stor

m W

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Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

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hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

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aint

enan

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stor

age

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ndbo

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enta

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dboo

k

Pag

e 28

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

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agem

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k system 2) Populate pr

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con

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any

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the

year

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fr

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oth

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will

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tinue

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scus

sion

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po

pula

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aina

ge s

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m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

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ient

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anne

r

Pag

e 29

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ES

Stor

m W

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Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

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its

cont

ract

ors

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hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

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inue

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disp

ose

of

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con

tinue

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ose

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tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

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did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

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app

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collect and dispose of 1 60

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will

be

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tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

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ubic

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ds

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onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

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l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

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iron

men

tal

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luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

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d H

ouse

keep

ing

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evis

ed

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tion

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entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

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ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

hway

util

ized

73

tank

er

truc

ks w

ith s

pray

bar

s th

is s

easo

n

do th

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

y in

crea

sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

Enh

ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

C

orpo

ratio

n) f

or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

nd lo

cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

g I

t is

fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

ote)

and

co

mm

unic

ates

eve

ry m

onth

with

th

em

Alte

rnat

ive

Tec

hnol

ogie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

trai

n W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

use

Pre

-Mix

max

imiz

e th

e us

e of

Pre

mix

and

an

d w

ork

with

the

dist

rict

s to

ens

ure

and

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e di

cers

in

liqui

d ca

lciu

m c

hlor

ide

as

all i

nvol

ved

in a

red

uce

salt

zone

are

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith R

educ

ed S

alt

alte

rnat

ive

deic

ers

to r

educ

e th

e aw

are

of th

e ca

use

and

effe

ct o

f de

-Z

ones

qu

antit

y of

gra

nula

r so

dium

ic

ing

chem

ical

s O

ne p

erce

nt o

fthi

s ch

lori

de a

nd s

houl

d cl

osel

y pe

nnit

year

s to

tal u

se o

f de

icer

was

m

onito

r re

duce

d sa

lt zo

nes

deri

ved

fonn

alte

rnat

ive

duri

ng s

tonn

s to

ens

ure

the

tech

nolo

gies

pr

oper

tim

ing

of s

alt

appl

icat

ions

and

to m

inim

ize

the

pote

ntia

l for

ove

ruse

of

deic

ing

chem

ical

s

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e ye

ar

Fiel

d re

view

com

plai

nts

po

tent

ial I

DD

Es

iden

tifie

d by

D

istr

ict p

erso

nnel

dur

ing

the

IDDE work

in

resp

onse

to

mun

icip

al e

mai

l req

uest

ing

susp

ect a

reas

and

or

fro

m

publ

ic th

roug

hout

the

year

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

ofID

DE

ac

tivity

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

r Il

icit

Con

strc

tion

Prov

ide

trai

ning

on

illic

it A

ctio

n co

mpl

eted

in P

enni

t Yea

r 4

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

Con

nect

ion

Tra

inin

g co

nnec

tion

polic

y il

icit

conn

ectio

n id

entif

icat

ion

and

prot

ocol

for

rep

ortin

g du

ring

an

nual

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

r tr

aini

ng

sem

inar

s S

umm

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e

of

atte

ndee

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ann

ual r

epor

t

Maintenance Staff Illicit

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

trai

ning

on

illic

it A

ctio

n co

mpl

eted

in P

enni

t Yea

r 4

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

Con

nect

ion

Tra

inin

g co

nnec

tion

polic

y il

icit

conn

ectio

n id

entif

icat

ion

and

prot

ocol

for

rep

ortin

g du

ring

an

nual

trai

ning

sem

inar

s fo

r m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Page 10

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

1t

4 C

onst

ruct

ion

Site

Sto

rmw

ater

Run

off C

ontr

ol

MassHighway Departent

Proj

ect D

evel

opm

ent amp

D

esig

n G

uide

MA

DE

P St

orm

wat

er

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y

NP

DE

S C

onst

ruct

ion

Gen

eral

Per

mit

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

ruct

ion

Pro

ject

s

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

rctio

n P

roje

cts

Con

stru

ctio

n

Dra

inag

e sy

stem

s fo

r M

assH

ighw

ay r

oadw

ays

will

be

desi

gned

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

Cha

pter

8 o

f th

e M

HD

Hig

hway

D

esig

n G

uide

and

com

p ni

on

man

uals

New

con

strc

tion

and

rede

velo

pmen

t act

iviti

es w

il co

mpl

y w

ith M

assa

chus

etts

D

EP

s S

torm

wat

er M

anag

emen

t Po

licy

and

Perf

orm

ance

St

anda

rds

unde

r th

e W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct a

nd C

lean

Wat

er

Act

Sec

tion

401

1) F

ile N

OIs

for

new

pro

ject

s w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an o

ne a

cre

2)

Sum

mar

ize

NO

Is is

sued

to

Mas

sHig

hway

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

con

tinue

to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

M

anag

emen

t Pol

icy

whe

n pr

ojec

ts

are

subj

ect

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in

urba

nize

d ar

eas

36 N

OIs

wer

e fi

ed d

urin

g Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

The

per

mits

are

list

ed in

Appendix H

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

will

co

ntin

ue to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y w

hen

proj

ects

are

sub

ject

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in u

rban

ized

are

as

Con

tinue

to f

ie N

Ols

for

new

pr

ojec

ts w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an

an a

cre

Oth

er S

tate

Env

iron

men

tal

Env

iron

men

tal

Proj

ects

will

con

tinue

to b

e R

egul

atio

ns o

r Po

licy

Constrction Projects

desi

gned

and

con

stru

cted

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith a

ll ap

plic

able

st

ate

and

fede

ral e

nvir

onm

enta

l re

gula

tions

or

polic

y (e

W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct 4

04)

The

Env

iron

men

tal S

ectio

n T

he p

roce

ss o

f de

sign

rev

iew

re

view

s al

l pro

ject

s at

the

25

and pre-constrction

desi

gn s

tage

to d

eter

min

e w

hat

coor

dina

tion

will

con

tinue

en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its a

re

requ

ired

The

Dis

tric

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l Eng

inee

r or

eq

uiva

lent

Dis

tric

t con

stru

ctio

n st

aff

pers

on a

ttend

s al

l pre

shyconstrction meetings with the

sele

cted

con

trac

tor

to r

evie

w

perm

it re

quir

emen

ts f

or th

e pr

ojec

t

Page 11

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

Sto

nn

Env

iron

men

tal

Des

ign

proj

ects

in u

rban

ized

M

assH

ighw

ay r

equi

res

that

all

new

M

assH

ighw

ay w

il re

quir

e th

at

Wat

er H

andb

ook

Con

strc

tion

Pro

ject

s ax

eas

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith

constrction and redevelopment

all n

ew c

onst

rctio

n an

d H

andb

ook

activ

ities

und

erta

ken

by

rede

velo

pmen

t act

iviti

es

Mas

sHig

hway

or

by o

ther

s th

at

unde

rtak

en b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

r ar

e fu

ded

in w

hole

or

in p

ar b

y by

oth

ers

that

are

fun

ded

in

Mas

sHig

hway

com

ply

with

the

who

le o

r in

par

by

Han

dboo

k

Mas

sHig

hway

com

ply

with

the

Han

dboo

k

Stan

dard

Spe

cifi

catio

n fo

r E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

eros

ion

and

Incl

usio

n of

suc

h co

ntro

ls is

Su

ch c

ontr

ols

will

con

tinue

to b

e H

ighw

ay a

nd B

ridg

es

Con

stru

ctio

n P

roje

cts

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n co

ntro

ls in

st

anda

rd p

ract

ice

for

cons

truc

tion

incl

uded

in c

onst

rctio

n co

nstr

ctio

n co

ntra

cts

co

ntra

cts

issu

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay

cont

ract

s is

sued

by

Mas

sHig

hway

A r

evis

ed c

ontr

act i

tem

sp

ecifi

catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

each

con

trac

t whi

ch r

equi

res

a detailed Stonn Water Pollution

Prev

entio

n Pl

an (

SWPP

P) E

rosi

on

Con

trol

Pla

n (E

CP)

for

all

proj

ects

(e

xcep

t min

or -

suc

h as

sig

nage

gr

ass

mow

ing

etc

) H

avin

g th

e co

ntra

ctor

dev

elop

the

SWPP

P an

d E

CP

(rat

her

than

the

desi

gner

) ha

s be

en a

ccep

ted

by th

e C

onse

rvat

ion

Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

y C

ertif

icat

e no

obj

ectio

n ha

s be

en r

aise

d on

a

proj

ect-

by-p

roje

ct b

asis

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l Continue funding the

Moved to MCM

sinc

e fo

cus

of

Nee

ds P

rogr

am)

Con

stru

ctio

n M

assH

ighw

ay R

esea

rch

Nee

ds

research program

is now for

Prog

ram

so

urce

con

trol

inst

ead

of

cons

truc

tion

Page 12

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Pre-Constrction Meeting

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal S

taff

M

assH

ighw

ay r

evie

ws

the

NPD

ES

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Rev

iew

ofN

PDE

S St

aff

Con

stru

ctio

n R

evie

w N

PDE

S re

quir

emen

ts a

t Constrction GP requirements w

ith

revi

ew th

e N

PDE

S C

onst

ruct

ion

Con

strc

tion

GP

the

appl

icab

le p

re-c

onst

ruct

ion

Con

trac

tors

at t

he p

re-c

onst

rctio

n G

P re

quir

emen

ts w

ith

requ

irem

ents

m

eetin

gs T

hese

mee

tings

incl

ude

meeting Environmental engineer

Con

trac

tors

at

the

pre-

outli

ning

the

requ

irem

ents

of

the

atte

nds

all p

re-c

onst

rctio

n co

nstr

uctio

n m

eetin

g

Con

stru

ctio

n G

ener

al P

erm

it an

d m

eetin

gs w

hich

invo

lve

iden

tify

the

role

s an

d en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its n

ot li

mite

d responsibilities of Mass Highway

to N

PDE

S T

here

fore

ero

sion

an

d th

e C

ontr

acto

r

cont

rol d

iscu

ssed

at a

ll pr

e-co

n m

eetin

gs

Con

trac

t Bid

Ite

m a

nd

Con

stru

ctio

n S

ectio

n

Prep

are

a C

ontr

act B

id I

tem

and

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

Spec

ial P

rovi

sion

for

C

ontr

acts

Sp

ecia

l Pro

visi

on f

or in

clus

ion

in

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n co

nstr

ctio

n co

ntra

cts

to b

e A

rev

ised

con

trac

t ite

m

Prevention Plans

adve

rtis

ed f

or b

ids

whi

ch e

xcee

d sp

ecifi

catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

(SW

PPPs

) th

e on

e-ac

re d

istu

banc

e ea

ch c

ontr

act w

hich

req

uire

s a

thre

shol

d

deta

iled

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n P

reve

ntio

n P

lan

(SW

PP

P)

Ero

sion

C

ontr

ol P

lan

(EC

P) f

or a

ll pr

ojec

ts

( ex

cept

min

or -

suc

h as

sig

nage

gr

ass

mow

ing

etc

) Having the

cont

ract

or d

evel

op th

e SW

PPP

and

EC

P (r

athe

r th

an th

e de

sign

er)

has

been

acc

epte

d by

the

Con

serv

atio

n Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

y C

ertif

icat

e no

obj

ectio

n ha

s be

en r

aise

d on

a

proj

ect-

by-p

roje

ct b

asis

Fiel

d G

uide

on

Ero

sion

C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

e fi

eld

guid

e an

d is

sue

to

Stat

e G

uide

dev

elop

men

t is

90

C

ompl

ete

guid

e an

d in

tern

al

Prev

entio

n an

d Se

dim

ent

Chi

ef E

ngin

eer

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

rs

com

plet

e I

nter

nal r

evie

ws

are

reV

iew

s

Con

trol

pe

ndin

g N

ew m

ater

ial a

s w

ell a

s co

mpo

st a

nd m

ulch

will

be

incl

uded

Page 13

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

e a

SWPP

P G

uida

nce

for

Mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e in

Per

mt

Con

tinue

use

by

Con

trac

tors

on

Prev

entio

n Pl

an (

SWPP

P)

Dis

tric

ts

Con

trac

tors

doc

umen

t on

Yea

r 4

SW

PP

P b

id it

em to

incl

ude

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s

Gui

danc

e M

anua

l for

M

assH

ighw

ay c

onst

rctio

n an

Ero

sion

Con

trol

Pla

n is

now

Con

trac

tors

pr

ojec

ts I

mpl

emen

t use

of t

he

incl

uded

in a

ll co

ntra

cts

do

cum

ent o

n al

l app

ropr

iate

M

assH

ighw

ay p

roje

cts

Onc

e co

ntra

ctor

s be

gin

to u

se th

e do

cum

ent

it m

ay b

e re

vise

d if

ne

cess

ary

to a

ddre

ss in

put

4L-

Tra

inin

g Construction Section

4L-

Non

-Tra

ditio

nal E

rosi

on

Lan

dsca

ping

Sec

tion

Con

trol

Spe

cifi

catio

ns

rece

ived

inte

rnal

ly a

nd f

rom

agencies Ultimately the

docu

men

t will

be

conv

erte

d in

to a

computer program

Con

duct

ann

ual E

rosi

on

Con

strc

tion

Div

isio

n D

istr

cts

1 M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue

Pre

vent

ion

and

Sed

imen

t Con

trol

an

d 5

trai

ned

134

staf

f mem

bers

this

tr

aini

ng o

n to

pics

sim

ilar

to

Tra

inin

g fo

r M

assH

ighw

ay

year Distrcts 2 and 4 trainings will

thos

e di

scus

sed

in th

e pa

st

Constrction Personnel

occu

r in

May

200

9 T

he tr

aini

ngs

Hol

d D

istr

ict 2

and

4 tr

aini

ng

Sum

mar

ize

of

atte

ndee

s an

d in

clud

ed a

rev

iew

of

basi

c er

osio

n to

pics

cov

ered

co

ntro

l mea

sure

s d

iese

l ret

rofi

t aw

aren

ess

and

air

qual

ity is

sues

A

sian

long

-hom

ed b

eetle

in

fest

atio

n a

nd h

azar

dous

was

te

man

agem

ent

Bel

ow is

a li

st o

f se

min

ar d

ates

and

a

ttend

ing

D

istr

ct 1

21

909

37

Distrct 2 to be held in

May

D

istr

ct 3

32

509

48

Dis

tric

t 4 to

be

held

in M

ay

Dis

trct

5 2

11

09 4

9

Dev

elop

spe

cific

atio

ns fo

r no

n-M

assH

ighw

ay h

as d

evel

oped

two

Fiel

d ap

plic

atio

n of

thes

e ne

w

trad

ition

al e

rosi

on c

ontr

ols

and

new

spe

cific

atio

ns

spec

ific

atio

ns w

ill b

egin

as

eval

uate

res

earc

h be

ing

cond

ucte

d ap

prop

riate

situ

atio

ns a

rse

by o

ther

sta

te D

OT

s th

at c

an b

e 1)

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ded

com

post

for

slo

pe

acce

pted

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Mas

sHig

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re

stor

atio

n D

evel

oped

in

Publ

icat

ion

of M

ass

Hig

hway

R

esea

rch

and

Mat

eria

ls S

ectio

n

Sep

tem

ber

2007

re

sear

ch o

n co

mpo

st u

se

As

new

tech

nolo

gies

are

de

velo

ped

rev

iew

and

dev

elop

2)

Fibe

r c

ompo

st f

illed

tube

s fo

r sp

ecif

icat

ions

for

add

ition

al

sedi

men

t cap

ture

in li

eu o

f ha

y er

osio

n co

ntro

ls

bale

s D

evel

oped

in M

arch

200

9

Page 14

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Ero

sion

and

Sed

imen

t Constrction Section

Perf

orm

fie

ld te

sts

of n

ew e

rosi

on

Wor

ked

perf

orm

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tham

In

clud

e fi

ber

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niqu

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trol

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icts

Lan

dsca

ping

an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol m

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ials

on

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ter

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et p

roje

ct is

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eld

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al

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pro

ject

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repa

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tern

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on

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cule

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ctiv

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s of

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new

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plet

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incl

uded

in th

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de

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k pe

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r M

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tiviti

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cons

trct

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activ

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a

timel

y m

anne

r

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pond

ed to

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assH

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ill r

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nd to

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itted

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tim

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in p

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ent

whe

n w

arra

nted

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Stan

dard

Pra

ctic

es M

emo

Constrction Section

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pre

pare

and

A separate SOP for constrction

No

furt

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actio

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ted

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sue

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tand

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ctic

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emo

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urin

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nnit

to Constrction Engineers on the

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the

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tric

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strc

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it D

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proc

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low

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nstr

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oj e

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of

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to th

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tenn

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r Constrction Section

Mod

ify

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alf

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lf d

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ams

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ning

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aini

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iting

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agem

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n N

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men

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nn

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iron

men

tal

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re D

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ratif

icat

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plet

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plet

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4 o

f th

e E

nvir

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enta

l R

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er 4

with

in 9

mon

ths

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sHig

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beg

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ise

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nn

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ents

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men

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ng r

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5A-

Rev

ise

Ch

5 o

f the

E

nvir

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enta

l R

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with

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mon

ths

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beg

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rm

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ater

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aint

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ce

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tinue

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plem

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ntai

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thei

r M

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ontin

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m W

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agem

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Permit Year 6

Highway Runoff

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Div

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sulta

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

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Permit Year 6

BM

P M

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dix

C in

clud

es m

ore

deta

il

Dev

elop

pen

nitti

ng p

roce

ss f

or

Inte

rnal

dra

ft o

f D

rain

age

Tie

-F

inal

ize

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n SO

P

adja

cent

pro

pert

ies

whi

ch w

ould

SO

P dr

aft w

as r

evis

ed to

ref

lect

Su

bmit

to C

hief

Eng

inee

r fo

r lik

e to

tie

into

Mas

sHig

hway

fo

nnat

of

new

Acc

ess

Penn

it

sign

atur

e an

d is

suan

ce to

dr

aina

ge s

yste

m I

mpl

emen

t D

raft

is f

inal

ized

and

bei

ng

Dep

arte

nt

prog

ram

and

sum

mar

ize

actio

ns

revi

ewed

by

penn

it en

gine

ers

ta

ken

unde

r pr

ogra

m in

ann

ual

repo

rt

App

endi

x D

sum

mar

izes

the

stat

us

of d

rain

age

tie-i

n pe

nnits

app

lied

for

and

rece

ived

as

of th

is p

enni

t ye

ar

Page 19

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5H-

Post

Con

strc

tion

Run

off

Com

mis

sion

er L

egaV

R

unof

f no

t mee

ting

the

NPD

ES

Eac

h di

stri

ct r

epor

ted

that

no

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Enf

orce

men

t- O

ffsi

te

Env

iron

men

tal

MS4

req

uire

men

ts w

hich

is

offs

ite r

unof

f en

forc

emen

t met

this

ta

ke a

ctio

n w

hen

thes

e

Pollu

tion

to M

assH

ighw

ay

reac

hing

the

Mas

sHig

hway

MS4

re

quir

emen

t re

quir

emen

ts a

re n

ot m

et

Dra

inag

e Sy

stem

an

d is

not

cov

ered

und

er 5

H-1

or

5H-2

may

be

cons

ider

ed

Dis

tric

t 3-

Lak

e N

ipm

uc O

utfa

ll tr

espa

ssin

g an

d re

ferr

ed to

the

(Rou

te 1

6 in

Men

don)

Upl

and

AG

s o

ffce

by M

assH

ighw

ay

ruof

f in

to M

HD

CB

s is

co

unse

l at t

he D

HD

s d

iscr

etio

n

cont

ribu

ting

to s

and

bar

form

atio

n at

the

outf

all b

ase

with

in th

e la

ke

Mas

sHig

hway

took

act

ion

by

impr

ovin

g th

e de

sign

of

the

CB

s leading to the outfall This was

the

requ

est o

fDE

P af

ter

com

plai

nts

of th

e sa

nd b

ar f

rom

the

loca

l wat

ersh

ed c

omm

ittee

Res

t Are

a R

edev

elop

men

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

ight

A

dd la

ngua

ge to

new

leas

e M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

to M

eet S

torm

wat

er

of Way

agre

emen

ts r

equi

ring

less

ees

who

Man

agem

ent H

andb

ook

rede

velo

p or

bui

ld n

ew b

uild

ings

St

anda

rds

on r

est a

rea propert leased from

Mas

sHig

hway

to

mee

t the

st

anda

rds

with

in th

e St

orm

Wat

er

Man

agem

ent H

andb

ook

and

the

SWM

P re

quir

emen

ts

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Eva

luat

ion

Pla

nnin

g M

PO

s C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

MPO

s co

ntin

ued

to in

clud

e th

e C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

Cri

teri

a en

viro

nmen

tal c

onsi

dera

tions

in

envi

ronm

enta

l com

pone

nt in

thei

r en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompo

nent

in

the

fund

ing

prio

ritiz

atio

n ev

alua

tion

proc

edur

es

eval

uatio

n pr

oced

ure

ev

alua

tion

Pag

e 20

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Fede

ral E

nhan

cem

ent

Plan

ning

E

xplo

re o

ppor

tniti

es fo

r us

ing

Fund

ing

Fe

dera

l enh

ance

men

t fun

ding

for

en

viro

nmen

tal r

esto

ratio

n an

d po

llutio

n ab

atem

ent p

roje

cts

Pa

rtic

ipat

e in

qua

rter

ly c

omm

ittee

m

eetin

gs

Mas

sHig

hway

is e

xplo

ring

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal

Plan

ning

age

ncie

s t(

)dev

elop

pr

ojec

ts u

sing

fed

eral

enh

ance

men

t fu

ndin

g fo

r st

orm

wat

er

Mas

sHig

hway

has

off

ered

to

par

tner

with

the

Low

ell

Reg

iona

l Was

tew

ater

Util

ity

(LR

WW

) to

des

ign

and

impl

emen

t tw

o st

orm

wat

er

man

agem

ent a

reas

alo

ng R

oute

11

0 in

Low

ell

The

pro

ject

wou

ld

incl

ude

the

desi

gn o

f a

shal

low

co

nvey

ance

fro

m R

oute

11 0 into

an u

ndev

elop

ed s

etba

ck a

reas

ow

ned

by th

e L

RW

WU

A L

ID

bio-

rete

ntio

n sy

stem

wou

ld b

e de

sign

ed f

or th

is s

etba

ck a

rea

to

reta

in a

nd f

ilter

sto

rmw

ater

fro

m

two

segm

ents

of

Rou

te 1

10 o

wne

d by

Mas

sHig

hway

M

assH

ighw

ay o

ffer

ed to

com

mit

to lo

ng-t

erm

mai

nten

ance

of

this

sy

stem

incl

udin

g m

anag

emen

t of

vege

tatio

n r

emov

al o

f se

dim

ent

and

litte

r de

bris

fro

m c

urb

inle

ts

lead

ing

to th

e sy

stem

and

rem

oval

of

exc

ess

surf

ace

sedi

men

t fro

m

the

pret

reat

men

t for

ebay

s

Mas

sHig

hway

has

als

o co

mm

itted

to

ass

ist i

n th

e pr

ojec

t des

ign

and

prov

ide

traf

fic

supp

ort d

urin

g pr

ojec

t con

strc

tion

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

expl

ore

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal P

lann

ing

agen

cies

to

dev

elop

pro

ject

s us

ing

fede

ral

enha

ncem

ent f

undi

ng f

or

stor

mw

ater

Mas

sHig

hway

will

su

mm

ariz

e pr

ojec

t in

annu

al

repo

rt M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill b

egin

to

par

ticip

ate

in q

uart

erly

co

mm

ittee

mee

tings

LR

WW

has

not

rec

eive

d th

e 31

9 fu

ndin

g gr

ant i

t app

lied

for

and

the

proj

ect h

as n

ot m

oved

fo

rwar

d

Page 21

6 P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n an

d G

ood

Hou

seke

epin

g in

Mun

icip

al O

pera

tions

6A-

Source Control - 511

Mas

sach

uset

ts T

rave

ler

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em

6A-

Source Control- Adopt-a-

Hig

hway

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Dei

cing

Pr

ogra

ms

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

6A-

Source Control - Motorist

Ass

ista

nce

Prog

ram

(f

onne

rly H

ELP

)

Pro

ject

Cle

an

Ope

ratio

ns

Ado

pt-a

-Hig

hway

O

pera

tions

Env

iron

men

tal

D

istr

icts

MA

P Pr

ogra

m

Ope

ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n th

e ex

istin

g 51

1 Sy

stem

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt th

is

prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sal

t Are

as

Prog

ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

ocat

or

Prog

ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

See

App

endi

x F

for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

rov

ing

serv

ice

patr

ols

or

tow

truc

ks in

Pen

nit Y

ear

6 in

the

area

s of

Bos

ton

Wor

cest

er a

nd

Springfield This service not only

assi

sts

disa

bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

The

Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

conv

ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

The

com

mitt

ee w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

Five

-Yea

r 20

09-2

013

Veg

etat

ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

ou

tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

emen

t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

2)

200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

izer

s

yet c

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eted

as

of A

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pare

a Y

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y O

pera

tiona

l Pl

an (

yap)

by

Apr

il of

eac

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200

9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

0 da

ys 4

) Su

mm

ariz

e da

ys o

f co

mpl

etio

n ac

tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

ar in

an

nual

rep

ort

4) N

o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

d in

20

08 H

erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

epea

ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

iew

ed w

ould

cos

t mor

e th

an th

e us

e of

con

vent

iona

l he

rbic

ides

The

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

6A-

Source Control-

Hav

Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

Page 23

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

wal

king

inc

ludi

ng o

n-ro

ad a

nd

650

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off-

road

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he

local level

$392

000

was

use

d fo

r bi

cycl

e an

d $6

58 0

00 w

ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

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fe

Pro

gram

Bud

get

R

oute

to S

choo

l Pro

gram

Bud

get

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol-

Hig

hway

H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

es 3

) In

stal

l VM

S on

on

sel

ect r

oads

to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

oadw

ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

oten

tial s

afet

y dr

iver

aw

aren

ess

4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

E

nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

F A

ctiv

e P

PT

F w

as m

aint

aine

d N

o M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

roug

hout

the

penT

it te

nT 2

) w

ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

8

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

of a

ctio

ns

Act

ions

on

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ics

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uctio

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ach

pollu

tion

Initiated testing of vegetable-

prev

entio

n in

itiat

ive

incl

uded

in

base

d hy

drau

lic o

il in

hea

vyth

e SW

M in

the

annu

al r

epor

t equipmentplow trcks

Initi

ated

test

ing

of c

lose

d-lo

op

cran

kcas

e oi

l dra

inin

g sy

stem

E

valu

ated

and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

aulic

fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

Bay

stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

ams

supp

ort t

hese

pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

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24

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

A

sbes

tos

Solid

Was

te

Roa

dsid

e Is

sues

T

ans

Wet

land

s R

ecor

dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

sHig

hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

1 di

strc

t m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

ovem

ber

4 5

a

nd

of2

008

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Snow

and

Ice

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

App

endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

) Po

st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

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l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

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ills

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licy

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Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

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aint

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ce

BM

P 6E

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tion

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P

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valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

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tiviti

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luat

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has

been

rem

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d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

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ch B

asin

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nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

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ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

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embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

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plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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ater

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agem

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Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

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y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

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ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

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nnat

ion

Syst

em (

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IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

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illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

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deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

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ouza

Sha

piro

and

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lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

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util

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tank

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pray

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is s

easo

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do th

is n

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sari

ly b

y in

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sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

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ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

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tinue

to p

rovi

de s

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t M

assH

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as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

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pro

vide

C

orpo

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or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

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te a

nd lo

cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

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fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

ote)

and

co

mm

unic

ates

eve

ry m

onth

with

th

em

Alte

rnat

ive

Tec

hnol

ogie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

trai

n W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

use

Pre

-Mix

max

imiz

e th

e us

e of

Pre

mix

and

an

d w

ork

with

the

dist

rict

s to

ens

ure

and

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e di

cers

in

liqui

d ca

lciu

m c

hlor

ide

as

all i

nvol

ved

in a

red

uce

salt

zone

are

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith R

educ

ed S

alt

alte

rnat

ive

deic

ers

to r

educ

e th

e aw

are

of th

e ca

use

and

effe

ct o

f de

-Z

ones

qu

antit

y of

gra

nula

r so

dium

ic

ing

chem

ical

s O

ne p

erce

nt o

fthi

s ch

lori

de a

nd s

houl

d cl

osel

y pe

nnit

year

s to

tal u

se o

f de

icer

was

m

onito

r re

duce

d sa

lt zo

nes

deri

ved

fonn

alte

rnat

ive

duri

ng s

tonn

s to

ens

ure

the

tech

nolo

gies

pr

oper

tim

ing

of s

alt

appl

icat

ions

and

to m

inim

ize

the

pote

ntia

l for

ove

ruse

of

deic

ing

chem

ical

s

Page 35

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Res

earc

h

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

has

join

ed C

lear

R

oads

pro

gram

and

will

co

ntin

ue to

exp

lore

mov

ing

forw

ard

on o

ther

pro

ject

s

Sum

mar

ize

rese

arch

per

fonn

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

be

activ

e MassHighway wil pa

ricip

ate

in th

e m

embe

r in

the

Cle

ar R

oads

pro

gram

an

nual

mee

ting

sche

dule

d fo

r la

te

Dur

ing

this

pen

nit y

ear

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fun

ded

July

in W

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nsin

re

sear

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roje

cts

wer

e on

goin

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hey

rang

ed f

orm

cor

rect

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mic

al te

stin

g pr

otoc

ols

to e

ffect

ive

use

of a

nti-

icin

g ch

emic

als

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earc

h on

new

met

hods

of

rem

ovin

g sn

ow f

ocus

ed o

n be

com

ing

mor

e ef

fcie

nt w

ith s

now

and

ice

oper

atio

ns T

his

was

acc

ompl

ishe

d by

bet

ter

appl

icat

ion

met

hods

co

rrec

t tim

ing

of s

now

and

ice

rem

oval

and

usi

ng p

rope

r ch

emic

als

Cle

ar R

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has

als

o un

dert

aken

a

Cos

t Ben

efit

stud

y to

eva

luat

e th

e re

al c

ost o

f ef

fici

ency

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ooks

at t

he

adva

ntag

e of

new

tech

nolo

gy a

nd

give

s to

ols

to ju

stif

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e us

e of

new

te

chno

logi

es

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n

Mas

sHig

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Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l

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ds P

rogr

am

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stru

ctio

n (P

revi

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000

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initi

al s

tage

s of

the

contract have been met Work

is

cont

inue

thro

ugho

ut th

e su

mm

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ter

oper

atio

ns w

il be

sch

edul

ed

to c

omm

ence

in D

ecem

ber

of 2

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wil

begi

n m

appi

ng

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rink

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er S

uppl

y Z

one

II a

rea

for

use

in th

e pr

ogra

m Page 36

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

7 B

MPs

for

Mee

ting

Tot

al M

axim

um D

aily

Loa

d (T

MD

L)

Was

te L

oad

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catio

ns (

WL

A)

if ap

plic

able

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land

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tect

ion

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E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s

(WP A) Compliance

will

com

ply

with

the

WPA

and

re

quire

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the

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requ

ired

by th

e W

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) W

hen

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s ar

e id

entif

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Mas

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will

wor

k w

ith

the

appr

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agen

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to

desi

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Env

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TM

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Permit Year 6

Env

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Dev

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Permit Year 6

1t

4 C

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Mas

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nn

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ccep

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Commissions and

whe

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EP

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m W

ater

Man

agem

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lan

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Permit Year 6

Pre-Constrction Meeting

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal

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requ

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the

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the

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role

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adve

rtis

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(SW

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lutio

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min

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been

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the

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serv

atio

n Commissions and

whe

re D

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Page 13

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

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SWPP

P G

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Tra

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Non

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docu

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m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Ero

sion

and

Sed

imen

t Constrction Section

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Stan

dard

Pra

ctic

es M

emo

Constrction Section

Mas

sHig

hway

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pre

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and

A separate SOP for constrction

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Page 16

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Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5A-

Rev

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Ch

5 o

f the

E

nvir

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Stor

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Man

agem

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

BM

P M

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Permit Year 6

5H-

Post

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Stor

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Man

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Annual Report

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Ope

ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n th

e ex

istin

g 51

1 Sy

stem

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt th

is

prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sal

t Are

as

Prog

ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

ocat

or

Prog

ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

See

App

endi

x F

for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

rov

ing

serv

ice

patr

ols

or

tow

truc

ks in

Pen

nit Y

ear

6 in

the

area

s of

Bos

ton

Wor

cest

er a

nd

Springfield This service not only

assi

sts

disa

bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

The

Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

conv

ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

The

com

mitt

ee w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

Five

-Yea

r 20

09-2

013

Veg

etat

ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

ou

tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

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t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

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200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

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yet c

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as

of A

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pera

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an (

yap)

by

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eac

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200

9 ya

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ill b

e po

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to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

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assH

ighw

ay w

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30

with

in 3

0 da

ys 4

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mm

ariz

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ys o

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mpl

etio

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tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

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an

nual

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ort

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o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

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20

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erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

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nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

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ater

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and

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ed f

or r

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ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

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alte

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ive

prac

tices

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ould

cos

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an th

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con

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rbic

ides

The

alte

rnat

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prac

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w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

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Source Control-

Hav

Pl

anin

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Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

Page 23

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

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king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

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ay

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king

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get f

or M

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ay

wal

king

inc

ludi

ng o

n-ro

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nd

650

329

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off-

road

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he

local level

$392

000

was

use

d fo

r bi

cycl

e an

d $6

58 0

00 w

ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

e Sa

fe

Pro

gram

Bud

get

R

oute

to S

choo

l Pro

gram

Bud

get

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol-

Hig

hway

H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

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mes

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sig

ns

grad

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stal

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on

sel

ect r

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to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

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ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

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to p

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tial s

afet

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aw

aren

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4)

Incl

ude

haza

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ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

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nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

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ctiv

e P

PT

F w

as m

aint

aine

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o M

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ay w

ill c

ontin

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th

roug

hout

the

penT

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) w

ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

8

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

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ovid

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mm

ary

of a

ctio

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ions

on

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uctio

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on e

ach

pollu

tion

Initiated testing of vegetable-

prev

entio

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itiat

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incl

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in

base

d hy

drau

lic o

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hea

vyth

e SW

M in

the

annu

al r

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t equipmentplow trcks

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ated

test

ing

of c

lose

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op

cran

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inin

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stem

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valu

ated

and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

aulic

fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

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stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

ams

supp

ort t

hese

pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

-I a

nd lD

-

Page

24

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

A

sbes

tos

Solid

Was

te

Roa

dsid

e Is

sues

T

ans

Wet

land

s R

ecor

dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

sHig

hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

Page 25

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

1 di

strc

t m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

ovem

ber

4 5

a

nd

of2

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tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Snow

and

Ice

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

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rain

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to th

e 20

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st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

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inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

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t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

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r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

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e hi

ghw

ay s

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roug

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mai

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n th

e hi

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m

in A

ppen

dix

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SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

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basi

n cl

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ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

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str

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and

sy

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aina

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f th

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nual

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or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

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f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

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viro

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tal c

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st E

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ual o

n M

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ay w

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te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

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dboo

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w

ebsi

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or p

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spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

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wer

e cr

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d in

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he E

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ual

and

the

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lity

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iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

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ay w

eb s

ite

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it Y

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dra

ft o

f th

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plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

-97-

001

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Good Housekeeping

Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

Goo

d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

Pollu

tion

Prev

entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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ater

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agem

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Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

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Page 39

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

1t

4 C

onst

ruct

ion

Site

Sto

rmw

ater

Run

off C

ontr

ol

MassHighway Departent

Proj

ect D

evel

opm

ent amp

D

esig

n G

uide

MA

DE

P St

orm

wat

er

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y

NP

DE

S C

onst

ruct

ion

Gen

eral

Per

mit

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

ruct

ion

Pro

ject

s

Env

iron

men

tal

C

onst

rctio

n P

roje

cts

Con

stru

ctio

n

Dra

inag

e sy

stem

s fo

r M

assH

ighw

ay r

oadw

ays

will

be

desi

gned

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

Cha

pter

8 o

f th

e M

HD

Hig

hway

D

esig

n G

uide

and

com

p ni

on

man

uals

New

con

strc

tion

and

rede

velo

pmen

t act

iviti

es w

il co

mpl

y w

ith M

assa

chus

etts

D

EP

s S

torm

wat

er M

anag

emen

t Po

licy

and

Perf

orm

ance

St

anda

rds

unde

r th

e W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct a

nd C

lean

Wat

er

Act

Sec

tion

401

1) F

ile N

OIs

for

new

pro

ject

s w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an o

ne a

cre

2)

Sum

mar

ize

NO

Is is

sued

to

Mas

sHig

hway

in a

nnua

l rep

ort

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

con

tinue

to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

M

anag

emen

t Pol

icy

whe

n pr

ojec

ts

are

subj

ect

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in

urba

nize

d ar

eas

36 N

OIs

wer

e fi

ed d

urin

g Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

The

per

mits

are

list

ed in

Appendix H

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e de

sign

ed in

co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith th

e er

osio

n an

d se

dim

ent c

ontr

ol r

equi

rem

ents

in

the

desi

gn g

uide

Mas

sHig

hway

des

igns

will

co

ntin

ue to

com

ply

with

the

Stor

mw

ater

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y w

hen

proj

ects

are

sub

ject

to th

e W

P A

or

with

in u

rban

ized

are

as

Con

tinue

to f

ie N

Ols

for

new

pr

ojec

ts w

hich

dis

turb

mor

e th

an

an a

cre

Oth

er S

tate

Env

iron

men

tal

Env

iron

men

tal

Proj

ects

will

con

tinue

to b

e R

egul

atio

ns o

r Po

licy

Constrction Projects

desi

gned

and

con

stru

cted

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith a

ll ap

plic

able

st

ate

and

fede

ral e

nvir

onm

enta

l re

gula

tions

or

polic

y (e

W

etla

nds

Prot

ectio

n A

ct 4

04)

The

Env

iron

men

tal S

ectio

n T

he p

roce

ss o

f de

sign

rev

iew

re

view

s al

l pro

ject

s at

the

25

and pre-constrction

desi

gn s

tage

to d

eter

min

e w

hat

coor

dina

tion

will

con

tinue

en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its a

re

requ

ired

The

Dis

tric

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l Eng

inee

r or

eq

uiva

lent

Dis

tric

t con

stru

ctio

n st

aff

pers

on a

ttend

s al

l pre

shyconstrction meetings with the

sele

cted

con

trac

tor

to r

evie

w

perm

it re

quir

emen

ts f

or th

e pr

ojec

t

Page 11

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

Sto

nn

Env

iron

men

tal

Des

ign

proj

ects

in u

rban

ized

M

assH

ighw

ay r

equi

res

that

all

new

M

assH

ighw

ay w

il re

quir

e th

at

Wat

er H

andb

ook

Con

strc

tion

Pro

ject

s ax

eas

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith

constrction and redevelopment

all n

ew c

onst

rctio

n an

d H

andb

ook

activ

ities

und

erta

ken

by

rede

velo

pmen

t act

iviti

es

Mas

sHig

hway

or

by o

ther

s th

at

unde

rtak

en b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

r ar

e fu

ded

in w

hole

or

in p

ar b

y by

oth

ers

that

are

fun

ded

in

Mas

sHig

hway

com

ply

with

the

who

le o

r in

par

by

Han

dboo

k

Mas

sHig

hway

com

ply

with

the

Han

dboo

k

Stan

dard

Spe

cifi

catio

n fo

r E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

eros

ion

and

Incl

usio

n of

suc

h co

ntro

ls is

Su

ch c

ontr

ols

will

con

tinue

to b

e H

ighw

ay a

nd B

ridg

es

Con

stru

ctio

n P

roje

cts

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n co

ntro

ls in

st

anda

rd p

ract

ice

for

cons

truc

tion

incl

uded

in c

onst

rctio

n co

nstr

ctio

n co

ntra

cts

co

ntra

cts

issu

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay

cont

ract

s is

sued

by

Mas

sHig

hway

A r

evis

ed c

ontr

act i

tem

sp

ecifi

catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

each

con

trac

t whi

ch r

equi

res

a detailed Stonn Water Pollution

Prev

entio

n Pl

an (

SWPP

P) E

rosi

on

Con

trol

Pla

n (E

CP)

for

all

proj

ects

(e

xcep

t min

or -

suc

h as

sig

nage

gr

ass

mow

ing

etc

) H

avin

g th

e co

ntra

ctor

dev

elop

the

SWPP

P an

d E

CP

(rat

her

than

the

desi

gner

) ha

s be

en a

ccep

ted

by th

e C

onse

rvat

ion

Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

y C

ertif

icat

e no

obj

ectio

n ha

s be

en r

aise

d on

a

proj

ect-

by-p

roje

ct b

asis

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l Continue funding the

Moved to MCM

sinc

e fo

cus

of

Nee

ds P

rogr

am)

Con

stru

ctio

n M

assH

ighw

ay R

esea

rch

Nee

ds

research program

is now for

Prog

ram

so

urce

con

trol

inst

ead

of

cons

truc

tion

Page 12

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Pre-Constrction Meeting

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal S

taff

M

assH

ighw

ay r

evie

ws

the

NPD

ES

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Rev

iew

ofN

PDE

S St

aff

Con

stru

ctio

n R

evie

w N

PDE

S re

quir

emen

ts a

t Constrction GP requirements w

ith

revi

ew th

e N

PDE

S C

onst

ruct

ion

Con

strc

tion

GP

the

appl

icab

le p

re-c

onst

ruct

ion

Con

trac

tors

at t

he p

re-c

onst

rctio

n G

P re

quir

emen

ts w

ith

requ

irem

ents

m

eetin

gs T

hese

mee

tings

incl

ude

meeting Environmental engineer

Con

trac

tors

at

the

pre-

outli

ning

the

requ

irem

ents

of

the

atte

nds

all p

re-c

onst

rctio

n co

nstr

uctio

n m

eetin

g

Con

stru

ctio

n G

ener

al P

erm

it an

d m

eetin

gs w

hich

invo

lve

iden

tify

the

role

s an

d en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

its n

ot li

mite

d responsibilities of Mass Highway

to N

PDE

S T

here

fore

ero

sion

an

d th

e C

ontr

acto

r

cont

rol d

iscu

ssed

at a

ll pr

e-co

n m

eetin

gs

Con

trac

t Bid

Ite

m a

nd

Con

stru

ctio

n S

ectio

n

Prep

are

a C

ontr

act B

id I

tem

and

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

Spec

ial P

rovi

sion

for

C

ontr

acts

Sp

ecia

l Pro

visi

on f

or in

clus

ion

in

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n co

nstr

ctio

n co

ntra

cts

to b

e A

rev

ised

con

trac

t ite

m

Prevention Plans

adve

rtis

ed f

or b

ids

whi

ch e

xcee

d sp

ecifi

catio

n is

now

incl

uded

in

(SW

PPPs

) th

e on

e-ac

re d

istu

banc

e ea

ch c

ontr

act w

hich

req

uire

s a

thre

shol

d

deta

iled

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n P

reve

ntio

n P

lan

(SW

PP

P)

Ero

sion

C

ontr

ol P

lan

(EC

P) f

or a

ll pr

ojec

ts

( ex

cept

min

or -

suc

h as

sig

nage

gr

ass

mow

ing

etc

) Having the

cont

ract

or d

evel

op th

e SW

PPP

and

EC

P (r

athe

r th

an th

e de

sign

er)

has

been

acc

epte

d by

the

Con

serv

atio

n Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

es a

Wat

er Q

ualit

y C

ertif

icat

e no

obj

ectio

n ha

s be

en r

aise

d on

a

proj

ect-

by-p

roje

ct b

asis

Fiel

d G

uide

on

Ero

sion

C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

e fi

eld

guid

e an

d is

sue

to

Stat

e G

uide

dev

elop

men

t is

90

C

ompl

ete

guid

e an

d in

tern

al

Prev

entio

n an

d Se

dim

ent

Chi

ef E

ngin

eer

Res

iden

t Eng

inee

rs

com

plet

e I

nter

nal r

evie

ws

are

reV

iew

s

Con

trol

pe

ndin

g N

ew m

ater

ial a

s w

ell a

s co

mpo

st a

nd m

ulch

will

be

incl

uded

Page 13

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

e a

SWPP

P G

uida

nce

for

Mea

sura

ble

goal

com

plet

e in

Per

mt

Con

tinue

use

by

Con

trac

tors

on

Prev

entio

n Pl

an (

SWPP

P)

Dis

tric

ts

Con

trac

tors

doc

umen

t on

Yea

r 4

SW

PP

P b

id it

em to

incl

ude

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s

Gui

danc

e M

anua

l for

M

assH

ighw

ay c

onst

rctio

n an

Ero

sion

Con

trol

Pla

n is

now

Con

trac

tors

pr

ojec

ts I

mpl

emen

t use

of t

he

incl

uded

in a

ll co

ntra

cts

do

cum

ent o

n al

l app

ropr

iate

M

assH

ighw

ay p

roje

cts

Onc

e co

ntra

ctor

s be

gin

to u

se th

e do

cum

ent

it m

ay b

e re

vise

d if

ne

cess

ary

to a

ddre

ss in

put

4L-

Tra

inin

g Construction Section

4L-

Non

-Tra

ditio

nal E

rosi

on

Lan

dsca

ping

Sec

tion

Con

trol

Spe

cifi

catio

ns

rece

ived

inte

rnal

ly a

nd f

rom

agencies Ultimately the

docu

men

t will

be

conv

erte

d in

to a

computer program

Con

duct

ann

ual E

rosi

on

Con

strc

tion

Div

isio

n D

istr

cts

1 M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue

Pre

vent

ion

and

Sed

imen

t Con

trol

an

d 5

trai

ned

134

staf

f mem

bers

this

tr

aini

ng o

n to

pics

sim

ilar

to

Tra

inin

g fo

r M

assH

ighw

ay

year Distrcts 2 and 4 trainings will

thos

e di

scus

sed

in th

e pa

st

Constrction Personnel

occu

r in

May

200

9 T

he tr

aini

ngs

Hol

d D

istr

ict 2

and

4 tr

aini

ng

Sum

mar

ize

of

atte

ndee

s an

d in

clud

ed a

rev

iew

of

basi

c er

osio

n to

pics

cov

ered

co

ntro

l mea

sure

s d

iese

l ret

rofi

t aw

aren

ess

and

air

qual

ity is

sues

A

sian

long

-hom

ed b

eetle

in

fest

atio

n a

nd h

azar

dous

was

te

man

agem

ent

Bel

ow is

a li

st o

f se

min

ar d

ates

and

a

ttend

ing

D

istr

ct 1

21

909

37

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May

D

istr

ct 3

32

509

48

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tric

t 4 to

be

held

in M

ay

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trct

5 2

11

09 4

9

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elop

spe

cific

atio

ns fo

r no

n-M

assH

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as d

evel

oped

two

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d ap

plic

atio

n of

thes

e ne

w

trad

ition

al e

rosi

on c

ontr

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and

new

spe

cific

atio

ns

spec

ific

atio

ns w

ill b

egin

as

eval

uate

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h be

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prop

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situ

atio

ns a

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te D

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an b

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post

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pe

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stor

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Publ

icat

ion

of M

ass

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R

esea

rch

and

Mat

eria

ls S

ectio

n

Sep

tem

ber

2007

re

sear

ch o

n co

mpo

st u

se

As

new

tech

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gies

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velo

ped

rev

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Fibe

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men

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f ha

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n co

ntro

ls

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oped

in M

arch

200

9

Page 14

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Ero

sion

and

Sed

imen

t Constrction Section

Perf

orm

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ld te

sts

of n

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cern

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bmitt

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nstr

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es

cons

trct

ion

activ

ities

a

timel

y m

anne

r

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sHig

hway

res

pond

ed to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill r

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nd to

co

ncer

ns s

ubm

itted

in a

tim

ely

conc

erns

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mitt

ed in

a ti

mel

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anne

r

man

ner

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strc

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off

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plia

nce

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l as

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plet

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plia

nce

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ts b

y th

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nalti

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duct

ions

or

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in p

aym

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whe

n w

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tric

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acts

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sue

was

res

olve

d

dedu

ctio

ns o

r de

lays

in p

aym

ent

whe

n w

arra

nted

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agem

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Stan

dard

Pra

ctic

es M

emo

Constrction Section

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pre

pare

and

A separate SOP for constrction

No

furt

her

actio

n w

aran

ted

is

sue

a S

tand

ard

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ctic

es m

emo

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dev

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urin

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nnit

to Constrction Engineers on the

Yea

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the

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tric

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strc

tion

prot

ocol

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it D

isch

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offces were provide with the

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proc

edur

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fol

low

on

disc

over

y co

nstr

uctio

n pr

oj e

cts

of

any

illic

it di

scha

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ing

constrction and provided training

to th

e R

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sHig

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tenn

ined

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trac

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ecto

r Constrction Section

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ify

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nd h

alf

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inin

g in

clud

e ha

lf d

ay tr

aini

ng

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aini

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ams

and

day

trai

ning

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n SW

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item

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quir

emen

t Pr

ovid

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aini

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iting

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ram

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trai

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ruct

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mw

ater

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agem

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n N

ew D

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men

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nn

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iron

men

tal

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re D

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ratif

icat

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plet

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ce

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plet

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4 o

f th

e E

nvir

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enta

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with

in 9

mon

ths

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sHig

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beg

un to

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ssue

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hang

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nn

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rem

ents

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ners

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in I

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r of

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men

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5A-

Rev

ise

Ch

5 o

f the

E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

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hapt

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with

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mon

ths

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beg

un to

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ise

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rm

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ater

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men

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dway

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aint

enan

ce

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tinue

to im

plem

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ntai

ned

thei

r M

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ontin

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nten

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gram

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in

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aint

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ith T

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ific

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sum

mar

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cord

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with

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wat

ersh

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ific

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ents

of

this

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gree

men

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ual r

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agem

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Permit Year 6

Highway Runoff

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sulta

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men

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gin

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odel

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w

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agem

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Permit Year 6

BM

P M

aint

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Man

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enni

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ar

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Con

strc

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Env

iron

men

tal

MS4

req

uire

men

ts w

hich

is

offs

ite r

unof

f en

forc

emen

t met

this

ta

ke a

ctio

n w

hen

thes

e

Pollu

tion

to M

assH

ighw

ay

reac

hing

the

Mas

sHig

hway

MS4

re

quir

emen

t re

quir

emen

ts a

re n

ot m

et

Dra

inag

e Sy

stem

an

d is

not

cov

ered

und

er 5

H-1

or

5H-2

may

be

cons

ider

ed

Dis

tric

t 3-

Lak

e N

ipm

uc O

utfa

ll tr

espa

ssin

g an

d re

ferr

ed to

the

(Rou

te 1

6 in

Men

don)

Upl

and

AG

s o

ffce

by M

assH

ighw

ay

ruof

f in

to M

HD

CB

s is

co

unse

l at t

he D

HD

s d

iscr

etio

n

cont

ribu

ting

to s

and

bar

form

atio

n at

the

outf

all b

ase

with

in th

e la

ke

Mas

sHig

hway

took

act

ion

by

impr

ovin

g th

e de

sign

of

the

CB

s leading to the outfall This was

the

requ

est o

fDE

P af

ter

com

plai

nts

of th

e sa

nd b

ar f

rom

the

loca

l wat

ersh

ed c

omm

ittee

Res

t Are

a R

edev

elop

men

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

ight

A

dd la

ngua

ge to

new

leas

e M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

to M

eet S

torm

wat

er

of Way

agre

emen

ts r

equi

ring

less

ees

who

Man

agem

ent H

andb

ook

rede

velo

p or

bui

ld n

ew b

uild

ings

St

anda

rds

on r

est a

rea propert leased from

Mas

sHig

hway

to

mee

t the

st

anda

rds

with

in th

e St

orm

Wat

er

Man

agem

ent H

andb

ook

and

the

SWM

P re

quir

emen

ts

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Eva

luat

ion

Pla

nnin

g M

PO

s C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

MPO

s co

ntin

ued

to in

clud

e th

e C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

Cri

teri

a en

viro

nmen

tal c

onsi

dera

tions

in

envi

ronm

enta

l com

pone

nt in

thei

r en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompo

nent

in

the

fund

ing

prio

ritiz

atio

n ev

alua

tion

proc

edur

es

eval

uatio

n pr

oced

ure

ev

alua

tion

Pag

e 20

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Fede

ral E

nhan

cem

ent

Plan

ning

E

xplo

re o

ppor

tniti

es fo

r us

ing

Fund

ing

Fe

dera

l enh

ance

men

t fun

ding

for

en

viro

nmen

tal r

esto

ratio

n an

d po

llutio

n ab

atem

ent p

roje

cts

Pa

rtic

ipat

e in

qua

rter

ly c

omm

ittee

m

eetin

gs

Mas

sHig

hway

is e

xplo

ring

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal

Plan

ning

age

ncie

s t(

)dev

elop

pr

ojec

ts u

sing

fed

eral

enh

ance

men

t fu

ndin

g fo

r st

orm

wat

er

Mas

sHig

hway

has

off

ered

to

par

tner

with

the

Low

ell

Reg

iona

l Was

tew

ater

Util

ity

(LR

WW

) to

des

ign

and

impl

emen

t tw

o st

orm

wat

er

man

agem

ent a

reas

alo

ng R

oute

11

0 in

Low

ell

The

pro

ject

wou

ld

incl

ude

the

desi

gn o

f a

shal

low

co

nvey

ance

fro

m R

oute

11 0 into

an u

ndev

elop

ed s

etba

ck a

reas

ow

ned

by th

e L

RW

WU

A L

ID

bio-

rete

ntio

n sy

stem

wou

ld b

e de

sign

ed f

or th

is s

etba

ck a

rea

to

reta

in a

nd f

ilter

sto

rmw

ater

fro

m

two

segm

ents

of

Rou

te 1

10 o

wne

d by

Mas

sHig

hway

M

assH

ighw

ay o

ffer

ed to

com

mit

to lo

ng-t

erm

mai

nten

ance

of

this

sy

stem

incl

udin

g m

anag

emen

t of

vege

tatio

n r

emov

al o

f se

dim

ent

and

litte

r de

bris

fro

m c

urb

inle

ts

lead

ing

to th

e sy

stem

and

rem

oval

of

exc

ess

surf

ace

sedi

men

t fro

m

the

pret

reat

men

t for

ebay

s

Mas

sHig

hway

has

als

o co

mm

itted

to

ass

ist i

n th

e pr

ojec

t des

ign

and

prov

ide

traf

fic

supp

ort d

urin

g pr

ojec

t con

strc

tion

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

expl

ore

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal P

lann

ing

agen

cies

to

dev

elop

pro

ject

s us

ing

fede

ral

enha

ncem

ent f

undi

ng f

or

stor

mw

ater

Mas

sHig

hway

will

su

mm

ariz

e pr

ojec

t in

annu

al

repo

rt M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill b

egin

to

par

ticip

ate

in q

uart

erly

co

mm

ittee

mee

tings

LR

WW

has

not

rec

eive

d th

e 31

9 fu

ndin

g gr

ant i

t app

lied

for

and

the

proj

ect h

as n

ot m

oved

fo

rwar

d

Page 21

6 P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n an

d G

ood

Hou

seke

epin

g in

Mun

icip

al O

pera

tions

6A-

Source Control - 511

Mas

sach

uset

ts T

rave

ler

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em

6A-

Source Control- Adopt-a-

Hig

hway

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Dei

cing

Pr

ogra

ms

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

6A-

Source Control - Motorist

Ass

ista

nce

Prog

ram

(f

onne

rly H

ELP

)

Pro

ject

Cle

an

Ope

ratio

ns

Ado

pt-a

-Hig

hway

O

pera

tions

Env

iron

men

tal

D

istr

icts

MA

P Pr

ogra

m

Ope

ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n th

e ex

istin

g 51

1 Sy

stem

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt th

is

prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sal

t Are

as

Prog

ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

ocat

or

Prog

ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

See

App

endi

x F

for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

rov

ing

serv

ice

patr

ols

or

tow

truc

ks in

Pen

nit Y

ear

6 in

the

area

s of

Bos

ton

Wor

cest

er a

nd

Springfield This service not only

assi

sts

disa

bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

The

Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

conv

ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

The

com

mitt

ee w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

Five

-Yea

r 20

09-2

013

Veg

etat

ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

ou

tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

emen

t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

2)

200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

izer

s

yet c

ompl

eted

as

of A

pril

17 2

009

2)

Pre

pare

a Y

earl

y O

pera

tiona

l Pl

an (

yap)

by

Apr

il of

eac

h 3)

200

9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

0 da

ys 4

) Su

mm

ariz

e da

ys o

f co

mpl

etio

n ac

tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

ar in

an

nual

rep

ort

4) N

o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

d in

20

08 H

erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

epea

ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

iew

ed w

ould

cos

t mor

e th

an th

e us

e of

con

vent

iona

l he

rbic

ides

The

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

6A-

Source Control-

Hav

Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

Page 23

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

wal

king

inc

ludi

ng o

n-ro

ad a

nd

650

329

$1

0 86

1 54

7

off-

road

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he

local level

$392

000

was

use

d fo

r bi

cycl

e an

d $6

58 0

00 w

ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

e Sa

fe

Pro

gram

Bud

get

R

oute

to S

choo

l Pro

gram

Bud

get

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol-

Hig

hway

H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

es 3

) In

stal

l VM

S on

on

sel

ect r

oads

to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

oadw

ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

oten

tial s

afet

y dr

iver

aw

aren

ess

4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

E

nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

F A

ctiv

e P

PT

F w

as m

aint

aine

d N

o M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

roug

hout

the

penT

it te

nT 2

) w

ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

8

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

of a

ctio

ns

Act

ions

on

Tox

ics

Use

Red

uctio

nta

ken

on e

ach

pollu

tion

Initiated testing of vegetable-

prev

entio

n in

itiat

ive

incl

uded

in

base

d hy

drau

lic o

il in

hea

vyth

e SW

M in

the

annu

al r

epor

t equipmentplow trcks

Initi

ated

test

ing

of c

lose

d-lo

op

cran

kcas

e oi

l dra

inin

g sy

stem

E

valu

ated

and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

aulic

fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

Bay

stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

ams

supp

ort t

hese

pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

-I a

nd lD

-

Page

24

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

A

sbes

tos

Solid

Was

te

Roa

dsid

e Is

sues

T

ans

Wet

land

s R

ecor

dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

sHig

hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

1 di

strc

t m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

ovem

ber

4 5

a

nd

of2

008

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Snow

and

Ice

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

App

endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

) Po

st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

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Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

Goo

d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

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tion

Prev

entio

n P

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ams

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n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

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luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

Page 30

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ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

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ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

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Gro

und

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d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

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And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

hway

util

ized

73

tank

er

truc

ks w

ith s

pray

bar

s th

is s

easo

n

do th

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

y in

crea

sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

Enh

ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

C

orpo

ratio

n) f

or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

nd lo

cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

g I

t is

fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

ote)

and

co

mm

unic

ates

eve

ry m

onth

with

th

em

Alte

rnat

ive

Tec

hnol

ogie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

trai

n W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

use

Pre

-Mix

max

imiz

e th

e us

e of

Pre

mix

and

an

d w

ork

with

the

dist

rict

s to

ens

ure

and

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e di

cers

in

liqui

d ca

lciu

m c

hlor

ide

as

all i

nvol

ved

in a

red

uce

salt

zone

are

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith R

educ

ed S

alt

alte

rnat

ive

deic

ers

to r

educ

e th

e aw

are

of th

e ca

use

and

effe

ct o

f de

-Z

ones

qu

antit

y of

gra

nula

r so

dium

ic

ing

chem

ical

s O

ne p

erce

nt o

fthi

s ch

lori

de a

nd s

houl

d cl

osel

y pe

nnit

year

s to

tal u

se o

f de

icer

was

m

onito

r re

duce

d sa

lt zo

nes

deri

ved

fonn

alte

rnat

ive

duri

ng s

tonn

s to

ens

ure

the

tech

nolo

gies

pr

oper

tim

ing

of s

alt

appl

icat

ions

and

to m

inim

ize

the

pote

ntia

l for

ove

ruse

of

deic

ing

chem

ical

s

Page 35

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Res

earc

h

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

has

join

ed C

lear

R

oads

pro

gram

and

will

co

ntin

ue to

exp

lore

mov

ing

forw

ard

on o

ther

pro

ject

s

Sum

mar

ize

rese

arch

per

fonn

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

be

activ

e MassHighway wil pa

ricip

ate

in th

e m

embe

r in

the

Cle

ar R

oads

pro

gram

an

nual

mee

ting

sche

dule

d fo

r la

te

Dur

ing

this

pen

nit y

ear

5-6

fun

ded

July

in W

isco

nsin

re

sear

ch p

roje

cts

wer

e on

goin

g T

hey

rang

ed f

orm

cor

rect

che

mic

al te

stin

g pr

otoc

ols

to e

ffect

ive

use

of a

nti-

icin

g ch

emic

als

Res

earc

h on

new

met

hods

of

rem

ovin

g sn

ow f

ocus

ed o

n be

com

ing

mor

e ef

fcie

nt w

ith s

now

and

ice

oper

atio

ns T

his

was

acc

ompl

ishe

d by

bet

ter

appl

icat

ion

met

hods

co

rrec

t tim

ing

of s

now

and

ice

rem

oval

and

usi

ng p

rope

r ch

emic

als

Cle

ar R

oads

has

als

o un

dert

aken

a

Cos

t Ben

efit

stud

y to

eva

luat

e th

e re

al c

ost o

f ef

fici

ency

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ooks

at t

he

adva

ntag

e of

new

tech

nolo

gy a

nd

give

s to

ols

to ju

stif

y th

e us

e of

new

te

chno

logi

es

Add

n

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l

Nee

ds P

rogr

am

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stru

ctio

n (P

revi

ousl

y in

dica

ted

as

BM

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bu

t foc

us o

f research program

is

now

for source control instead

of c

onst

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ion)

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acto

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at A

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tions

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ipm

ent h

as b

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exec

uted

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aw

arde

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he f

undi

ng

is

$300

000

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initi

al s

tage

s of

the

contract have been met Work

is

cont

inue

thro

ugho

ut th

e su

mm

er

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ter

oper

atio

ns w

il be

sch

edul

ed

to c

omm

ence

in D

ecem

ber

of 2

009

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sHig

hway

wil

begi

n m

appi

ng

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ic D

rink

ing

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er S

uppl

y Z

one

II a

rea

for

use

in th

e pr

ogra

m Page 36

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

7 B

MPs

for

Mee

ting

Tot

al M

axim

um D

aily

Loa

d (T

MD

L)

Was

te L

oad

Allo

catio

ns (

WL

A)

if ap

plic

able

Wet

land

Pro

tect

ion

Act

E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s

(WP A) Compliance

will

com

ply

with

the

WPA

and

re

quire

d by

the

WP

A

requ

ired

by th

e W

P A

ME

SA 2

) W

hen

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s ar

e id

entif

ied

Mas

sHig

hway

will

wor

k w

ith

the

appr

opri

ate

agen

cies

to

desi

gn th

e pr

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t to

min

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pact

s

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er Q

ualit

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nvir

onm

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l M

assa

chus

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ater

C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

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com

ply

with

MA

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W

ater

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lity

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tific

atio

n W

ater

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lity

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tific

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icat

ion

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ualit

y ce

rtif

icat

ion

requ

irem

ents

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egul

atio

ns

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ulat

ions

re

view

of

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proj

ect b

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ural

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itage

pro

gram

and

U

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sh a

nd W

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en

dang

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itat i

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appe

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proj

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icin

ity

will

be

com

plie

d w

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hene

ver

they

are

app

licab

le

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cklis

t E

nvir

onm

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l C

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ete

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ical

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lusi

on (

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appr

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al

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lusi

on C

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list f

or a

ll ch

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ists

wer

e co

mpl

eted

and

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heck

lists

for

the

CU

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fed

eral

ly-

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s th

at

appr

oved

for

all

fede

rally

-aid

ed

aided constrction advertising

utili

ze f

eder

al f

unds

pr

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ts a

dver

tised

for

con

strc

tion

prog

ram

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plet

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is c

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list a

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nit

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des

ign

stag

e fo

r ot

her

proj

ect

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r 6

th

at r

ecei

ves

fede

ral f

unds

Page 37

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Env

iron

men

tal S

ite D

ata

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

an

envi

ronm

enta

l site

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assH

ighw

ay h

as p

repa

red

this

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naliz

e fo

nn a

nd b

egin

to im

plem

ent

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C

onst

ruct

ion

data

fon

n fo

r re

view

by

fonn

to r

evie

w p

oten

tial i

mpa

cts

of

at 2

5 D

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n st

age

de

sign

ers

with

Env

iron

men

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a project to a variety of resource

staf

f at

25

Des

ign

Im

plem

ent

area

s as

par

t of

com

plia

nce

with

on

all

proj

ects

th

e N

PDE

S C

onst

rctio

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wat

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date

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nual

ly

to m

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mm

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d ac

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mem

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omm

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er in

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on

any

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datio

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mm

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in A

ppen

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G

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

TM

DL

Wat

ersh

ed R

evie

w

Env

iron

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tal

Dev

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pri

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list o

f M

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in th

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naliz

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aw

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riorit

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list

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of

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for

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to

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pact

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sign

to

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or

prev

ent a

dver

se

effe

cts

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Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

Sto

nn

Env

iron

men

tal

Des

ign

proj

ects

in u

rban

ized

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at

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a detailed Stonn Water Pollution

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for

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proj

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or -

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the

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en a

ccep

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by th

e C

onse

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Commissions and

whe

re D

EP

issu

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Wat

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ertif

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obj

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stru

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research program

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urce

con

trol

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ead

of

cons

truc

tion

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Pre-Constrction Meeting

Dis

tric

t Env

iron

men

tal

Dis

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iron

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taff

M

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evie

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the

NPD

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Mas

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quir

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requ

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m

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hese

mee

tings

incl

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meeting Environmental engineer

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trac

tors

at

the

pre-

outli

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the

requ

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of

the

atte

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all p

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stru

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iden

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the

role

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viro

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erm

its n

ot li

mite

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to N

PDE

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here

fore

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d th

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at a

ll pr

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trac

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are

a C

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and

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Spec

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rovi

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for

C

ontr

acts

Sp

ecia

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visi

on f

or in

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ion

in

Stor

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Pol

lutio

n co

nstr

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to b

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rev

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con

trac

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m

Prevention Plans

adve

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ids

whi

ch e

xcee

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catio

n is

now

incl

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in

(SW

PPPs

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banc

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hich

req

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Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n P

reve

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lan

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lan

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or a

ll pr

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cept

min

or -

suc

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cont

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e SW

PPP

and

EC

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an th

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has

been

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the

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serv

atio

n Commissions and

whe

re D

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Wat

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agem

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Stor

m W

ater

Pol

lutio

n C

onst

ruct

ion

Sec

tion

Pr

epar

e a

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P G

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nce

for

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goal

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mt

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put

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Tra

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4L-

Non

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Spe

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rece

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ly a

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agencies Ultimately the

docu

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Ero

sion

and

Sed

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agem

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Permit Year 6

Stan

dard

Pra

ctic

es M

emo

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Mas

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m W

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Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5A-

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agem

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Permit Year 6

Highway Runoff

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onm

enta

l

Tie

-In

Polic

y D

istr

cts

Mas

sHig

hway

s d

rain

age

syst

em

2) E

nfor

ce th

e pr

ovis

ions

thro

ugh

Failu

re to

com

ply

with

the

Dep

t Fo

llow

up

on p

oten

tial i

licit

refe

rral

s to

the

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

re

ques

t will

nec

essi

tate

fur

ther

di

scha

rges

whe

re e

nfor

cem

ent

3) S

umm

ariz

e ac

tions

take

n in

ac

tion

by th

e D

epar

ent e

ither

le

tters

hav

e be

en s

ent

annu

al r

epor

t th

roug

h th

e St

ate

Atto

rney

G

ener

al s

offc

e or

the

Dis

tric

t A

ppen

dix

C in

clud

es m

ore

deta

il

Dev

elop

pen

nitti

ng p

roce

ss f

or

Inte

rnal

dra

ft o

f D

rain

age

Tie

-F

inal

ize

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n SO

P

adja

cent

pro

pert

ies

whi

ch w

ould

SO

P dr

aft w

as r

evis

ed to

ref

lect

Su

bmit

to C

hief

Eng

inee

r fo

r lik

e to

tie

into

Mas

sHig

hway

fo

nnat

of

new

Acc

ess

Penn

it

sign

atur

e an

d is

suan

ce to

dr

aina

ge s

yste

m I

mpl

emen

t D

raft

is f

inal

ized

and

bei

ng

Dep

arte

nt

prog

ram

and

sum

mar

ize

actio

ns

revi

ewed

by

penn

it en

gine

ers

ta

ken

unde

r pr

ogra

m in

ann

ual

repo

rt

App

endi

x D

sum

mar

izes

the

stat

us

of d

rain

age

tie-i

n pe

nnits

app

lied

for

and

rece

ived

as

of th

is p

enni

t ye

ar

Page 19

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5H-

Post

Con

strc

tion

Run

off

Com

mis

sion

er L

egaV

R

unof

f no

t mee

ting

the

NPD

ES

Eac

h di

stri

ct r

epor

ted

that

no

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Enf

orce

men

t- O

ffsi

te

Env

iron

men

tal

MS4

req

uire

men

ts w

hich

is

offs

ite r

unof

f en

forc

emen

t met

this

ta

ke a

ctio

n w

hen

thes

e

Pollu

tion

to M

assH

ighw

ay

reac

hing

the

Mas

sHig

hway

MS4

re

quir

emen

t re

quir

emen

ts a

re n

ot m

et

Dra

inag

e Sy

stem

an

d is

not

cov

ered

und

er 5

H-1

or

5H-2

may

be

cons

ider

ed

Dis

tric

t 3-

Lak

e N

ipm

uc O

utfa

ll tr

espa

ssin

g an

d re

ferr

ed to

the

(Rou

te 1

6 in

Men

don)

Upl

and

AG

s o

ffce

by M

assH

ighw

ay

ruof

f in

to M

HD

CB

s is

co

unse

l at t

he D

HD

s d

iscr

etio

n

cont

ribu

ting

to s

and

bar

form

atio

n at

the

outf

all b

ase

with

in th

e la

ke

Mas

sHig

hway

took

act

ion

by

impr

ovin

g th

e de

sign

of

the

CB

s leading to the outfall This was

the

requ

est o

fDE

P af

ter

com

plai

nts

of th

e sa

nd b

ar f

rom

the

loca

l wat

ersh

ed c

omm

ittee

Res

t Are

a R

edev

elop

men

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

ight

A

dd la

ngua

ge to

new

leas

e M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

to M

eet S

torm

wat

er

of Way

agre

emen

ts r

equi

ring

less

ees

who

Man

agem

ent H

andb

ook

rede

velo

p or

bui

ld n

ew b

uild

ings

St

anda

rds

on r

est a

rea propert leased from

Mas

sHig

hway

to

mee

t the

st

anda

rds

with

in th

e St

orm

Wat

er

Man

agem

ent H

andb

ook

and

the

SWM

P re

quir

emen

ts

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Eva

luat

ion

Pla

nnin

g M

PO

s C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

MPO

s co

ntin

ued

to in

clud

e th

e C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

Cri

teri

a en

viro

nmen

tal c

onsi

dera

tions

in

envi

ronm

enta

l com

pone

nt in

thei

r en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompo

nent

in

the

fund

ing

prio

ritiz

atio

n ev

alua

tion

proc

edur

es

eval

uatio

n pr

oced

ure

ev

alua

tion

Pag

e 20

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Fede

ral E

nhan

cem

ent

Plan

ning

E

xplo

re o

ppor

tniti

es fo

r us

ing

Fund

ing

Fe

dera

l enh

ance

men

t fun

ding

for

en

viro

nmen

tal r

esto

ratio

n an

d po

llutio

n ab

atem

ent p

roje

cts

Pa

rtic

ipat

e in

qua

rter

ly c

omm

ittee

m

eetin

gs

Mas

sHig

hway

is e

xplo

ring

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal

Plan

ning

age

ncie

s t(

)dev

elop

pr

ojec

ts u

sing

fed

eral

enh

ance

men

t fu

ndin

g fo

r st

orm

wat

er

Mas

sHig

hway

has

off

ered

to

par

tner

with

the

Low

ell

Reg

iona

l Was

tew

ater

Util

ity

(LR

WW

) to

des

ign

and

impl

emen

t tw

o st

orm

wat

er

man

agem

ent a

reas

alo

ng R

oute

11

0 in

Low

ell

The

pro

ject

wou

ld

incl

ude

the

desi

gn o

f a

shal

low

co

nvey

ance

fro

m R

oute

11 0 into

an u

ndev

elop

ed s

etba

ck a

reas

ow

ned

by th

e L

RW

WU

A L

ID

bio-

rete

ntio

n sy

stem

wou

ld b

e de

sign

ed f

or th

is s

etba

ck a

rea

to

reta

in a

nd f

ilter

sto

rmw

ater

fro

m

two

segm

ents

of

Rou

te 1

10 o

wne

d by

Mas

sHig

hway

M

assH

ighw

ay o

ffer

ed to

com

mit

to lo

ng-t

erm

mai

nten

ance

of

this

sy

stem

incl

udin

g m

anag

emen

t of

vege

tatio

n r

emov

al o

f se

dim

ent

and

litte

r de

bris

fro

m c

urb

inle

ts

lead

ing

to th

e sy

stem

and

rem

oval

of

exc

ess

surf

ace

sedi

men

t fro

m

the

pret

reat

men

t for

ebay

s

Mas

sHig

hway

has

als

o co

mm

itted

to

ass

ist i

n th

e pr

ojec

t des

ign

and

prov

ide

traf

fic

supp

ort d

urin

g pr

ojec

t con

strc

tion

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

expl

ore

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal P

lann

ing

agen

cies

to

dev

elop

pro

ject

s us

ing

fede

ral

enha

ncem

ent f

undi

ng f

or

stor

mw

ater

Mas

sHig

hway

will

su

mm

ariz

e pr

ojec

t in

annu

al

repo

rt M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill b

egin

to

par

ticip

ate

in q

uart

erly

co

mm

ittee

mee

tings

LR

WW

has

not

rec

eive

d th

e 31

9 fu

ndin

g gr

ant i

t app

lied

for

and

the

proj

ect h

as n

ot m

oved

fo

rwar

d

Page 21

6 P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n an

d G

ood

Hou

seke

epin

g in

Mun

icip

al O

pera

tions

6A-

Source Control - 511

Mas

sach

uset

ts T

rave

ler

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em

6A-

Source Control- Adopt-a-

Hig

hway

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Dei

cing

Pr

ogra

ms

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

6A-

Source Control - Motorist

Ass

ista

nce

Prog

ram

(f

onne

rly H

ELP

)

Pro

ject

Cle

an

Ope

ratio

ns

Ado

pt-a

-Hig

hway

O

pera

tions

Env

iron

men

tal

D

istr

icts

MA

P Pr

ogra

m

Ope

ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n th

e ex

istin

g 51

1 Sy

stem

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt th

is

prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sal

t Are

as

Prog

ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

ocat

or

Prog

ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

See

App

endi

x F

for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

rov

ing

serv

ice

patr

ols

or

tow

truc

ks in

Pen

nit Y

ear

6 in

the

area

s of

Bos

ton

Wor

cest

er a

nd

Springfield This service not only

assi

sts

disa

bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

The

Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

conv

ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

The

com

mitt

ee w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

Five

-Yea

r 20

09-2

013

Veg

etat

ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

ou

tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

emen

t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

2)

200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

izer

s

yet c

ompl

eted

as

of A

pril

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2)

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pare

a Y

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y O

pera

tiona

l Pl

an (

yap)

by

Apr

il of

eac

h 3)

200

9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

0 da

ys 4

) Su

mm

ariz

e da

ys o

f co

mpl

etio

n ac

tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

ar in

an

nual

rep

ort

4) N

o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

d in

20

08 H

erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

epea

ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

iew

ed w

ould

cos

t mor

e th

an th

e us

e of

con

vent

iona

l he

rbic

ides

The

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

6A-

Source Control-

Hav

Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

Page 23

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

wal

king

inc

ludi

ng o

n-ro

ad a

nd

650

329

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off-

road

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he

local level

$392

000

was

use

d fo

r bi

cycl

e an

d $6

58 0

00 w

ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

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fe

Pro

gram

Bud

get

R

oute

to S

choo

l Pro

gram

Bud

get

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol-

Hig

hway

H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

es 3

) In

stal

l VM

S on

on

sel

ect r

oads

to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

oadw

ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

oten

tial s

afet

y dr

iver

aw

aren

ess

4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

E

nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

F A

ctiv

e P

PT

F w

as m

aint

aine

d N

o M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

roug

hout

the

penT

it te

nT 2

) w

ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

8

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

of a

ctio

ns

Act

ions

on

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ics

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uctio

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ach

pollu

tion

Initiated testing of vegetable-

prev

entio

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incl

uded

in

base

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lic o

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the

annu

al r

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ated

test

ing

of c

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d-lo

op

cran

kcas

e oi

l dra

inin

g sy

stem

E

valu

ated

and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

aulic

fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

Bay

stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

ams

supp

ort t

hese

pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

-I a

nd lD

-

Page

24

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

A

sbes

tos

Solid

Was

te

Roa

dsid

e Is

sues

T

ans

Wet

land

s R

ecor

dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

sHig

hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

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m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

1 di

strc

t m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

ovem

ber

4 5

a

nd

of2

008

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Snow

and

Ice

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

App

endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

) Po

st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

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Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

Goo

d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

Pollu

tion

Prev

entio

n P

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ams

to d

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min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

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tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

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reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

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use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

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And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

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tis K

roko

s in

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e A

sh C

aroz

za

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ouza

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piro

and

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lis in

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oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

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atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

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lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

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llutio

n Pr

even

tion

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delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

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iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

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util

ized

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tank

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ith s

pray

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is s

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do th

is n

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sari

ly b

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sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

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ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

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tinue

to p

rovi

de s

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as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

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ith c

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t con

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reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

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use

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ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

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uixo

te

fore

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cont

ract

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pro

vide

C

orpo

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or o

ur w

eath

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up-t

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te a

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cal w

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repo

rtin

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fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

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e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

ote)

and

co

mm

unic

ates

eve

ry m

onth

with

th

em

Alte

rnat

ive

Tec

hnol

ogie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

trai

n W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

use

Pre

-Mix

max

imiz

e th

e us

e of

Pre

mix

and

an

d w

ork

with

the

dist

rict

s to

ens

ure

and

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e di

cers

in

liqui

d ca

lciu

m c

hlor

ide

as

all i

nvol

ved

in a

red

uce

salt

zone

are

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith R

educ

ed S

alt

alte

rnat

ive

deic

ers

to r

educ

e th

e aw

are

of th

e ca

use

and

effe

ct o

f de

-Z

ones

qu

antit

y of

gra

nula

r so

dium

ic

ing

chem

ical

s O

ne p

erce

nt o

fthi

s ch

lori

de a

nd s

houl

d cl

osel

y pe

nnit

year

s to

tal u

se o

f de

icer

was

m

onito

r re

duce

d sa

lt zo

nes

deri

ved

fonn

alte

rnat

ive

duri

ng s

tonn

s to

ens

ure

the

tech

nolo

gies

pr

oper

tim

ing

of s

alt

appl

icat

ions

and

to m

inim

ize

the

pote

ntia

l for

ove

ruse

of

deic

ing

chem

ical

s

Page 35

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Res

earc

h

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

has

join

ed C

lear

R

oads

pro

gram

and

will

co

ntin

ue to

exp

lore

mov

ing

forw

ard

on o

ther

pro

ject

s

Sum

mar

ize

rese

arch

per

fonn

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

be

activ

e MassHighway wil pa

ricip

ate

in th

e m

embe

r in

the

Cle

ar R

oads

pro

gram

an

nual

mee

ting

sche

dule

d fo

r la

te

Dur

ing

this

pen

nit y

ear

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fun

ded

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in W

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nsin

re

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roje

cts

wer

e on

goin

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hey

rang

ed f

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cor

rect

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mic

al te

stin

g pr

otoc

ols

to e

ffect

ive

use

of a

nti-

icin

g ch

emic

als

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earc

h on

new

met

hods

of

rem

ovin

g sn

ow f

ocus

ed o

n be

com

ing

mor

e ef

fcie

nt w

ith s

now

and

ice

oper

atio

ns T

his

was

acc

ompl

ishe

d by

bet

ter

appl

icat

ion

met

hods

co

rrec

t tim

ing

of s

now

and

ice

rem

oval

and

usi

ng p

rope

r ch

emic

als

Cle

ar R

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has

als

o un

dert

aken

a

Cos

t Ben

efit

stud

y to

eva

luat

e th

e re

al c

ost o

f ef

fici

ency

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ooks

at t

he

adva

ntag

e of

new

tech

nolo

gy a

nd

give

s to

ols

to ju

stif

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e us

e of

new

te

chno

logi

es

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n

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l

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ds P

rogr

am

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stru

ctio

n (P

revi

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dica

ted

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bu

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us o

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now

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he f

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ng

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000

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initi

al s

tage

s of

the

contract have been met Work

is

cont

inue

thro

ugho

ut th

e su

mm

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ter

oper

atio

ns w

il be

sch

edul

ed

to c

omm

ence

in D

ecem

ber

of 2

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sHig

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wil

begi

n m

appi

ng

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ic D

rink

ing

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er S

uppl

y Z

one

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rea

for

use

in th

e pr

ogra

m Page 36

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

7 B

MPs

for

Mee

ting

Tot

al M

axim

um D

aily

Loa

d (T

MD

L)

Was

te L

oad

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catio

ns (

WL

A)

if ap

plic

able

Wet

land

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tect

ion

Act

E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s

(WP A) Compliance

will

com

ply

with

the

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and

re

quire

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the

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ired

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e W

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hen

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s ar

e id

entif

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sHig

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will

wor

k w

ith

the

appr

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desi

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Mai

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cons

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activ

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a

timel

y m

anne

r

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pond

ed to

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assH

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itted

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tim

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m W

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Stan

dard

Pra

ctic

es M

emo

Constrction Section

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pre

pare

and

A separate SOP for constrction

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furt

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tand

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nnit

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agem

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nn

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men

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ratif

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f th

e E

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mon

ths

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nn

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5A-

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5 o

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nvir

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mon

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agem

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Permit Year 6

Highway Runoff

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Stor

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Man

agem

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Permit Year 6

BM

P M

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ent

annu

al r

epor

t th

roug

h th

e St

ate

Atto

rney

G

ener

al s

offc

e or

the

Dis

tric

t A

ppen

dix

C in

clud

es m

ore

deta

il

Dev

elop

pen

nitti

ng p

roce

ss f

or

Inte

rnal

dra

ft o

f D

rain

age

Tie

-F

inal

ize

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n SO

P

adja

cent

pro

pert

ies

whi

ch w

ould

SO

P dr

aft w

as r

evis

ed to

ref

lect

Su

bmit

to C

hief

Eng

inee

r fo

r lik

e to

tie

into

Mas

sHig

hway

fo

nnat

of

new

Acc

ess

Penn

it

sign

atur

e an

d is

suan

ce to

dr

aina

ge s

yste

m I

mpl

emen

t D

raft

is f

inal

ized

and

bei

ng

Dep

arte

nt

prog

ram

and

sum

mar

ize

actio

ns

revi

ewed

by

penn

it en

gine

ers

ta

ken

unde

r pr

ogra

m in

ann

ual

repo

rt

App

endi

x D

sum

mar

izes

the

stat

us

of d

rain

age

tie-i

n pe

nnits

app

lied

for

and

rece

ived

as

of th

is p

enni

t ye

ar

Page 19

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5H-

Post

Con

strc

tion

Run

off

Com

mis

sion

er L

egaV

R

unof

f no

t mee

ting

the

NPD

ES

Eac

h di

stri

ct r

epor

ted

that

no

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Enf

orce

men

t- O

ffsi

te

Env

iron

men

tal

MS4

req

uire

men

ts w

hich

is

offs

ite r

unof

f en

forc

emen

t met

this

ta

ke a

ctio

n w

hen

thes

e

Pollu

tion

to M

assH

ighw

ay

reac

hing

the

Mas

sHig

hway

MS4

re

quir

emen

t re

quir

emen

ts a

re n

ot m

et

Dra

inag

e Sy

stem

an

d is

not

cov

ered

und

er 5

H-1

or

5H-2

may

be

cons

ider

ed

Dis

tric

t 3-

Lak

e N

ipm

uc O

utfa

ll tr

espa

ssin

g an

d re

ferr

ed to

the

(Rou

te 1

6 in

Men

don)

Upl

and

AG

s o

ffce

by M

assH

ighw

ay

ruof

f in

to M

HD

CB

s is

co

unse

l at t

he D

HD

s d

iscr

etio

n

cont

ribu

ting

to s

and

bar

form

atio

n at

the

outf

all b

ase

with

in th

e la

ke

Mas

sHig

hway

took

act

ion

by

impr

ovin

g th

e de

sign

of

the

CB

s leading to the outfall This was

the

requ

est o

fDE

P af

ter

com

plai

nts

of th

e sa

nd b

ar f

rom

the

loca

l wat

ersh

ed c

omm

ittee

Res

t Are

a R

edev

elop

men

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

ight

A

dd la

ngua

ge to

new

leas

e M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

to M

eet S

torm

wat

er

of Way

agre

emen

ts r

equi

ring

less

ees

who

Man

agem

ent H

andb

ook

rede

velo

p or

bui

ld n

ew b

uild

ings

St

anda

rds

on r

est a

rea propert leased from

Mas

sHig

hway

to

mee

t the

st

anda

rds

with

in th

e St

orm

Wat

er

Man

agem

ent H

andb

ook

and

the

SWM

P re

quir

emen

ts

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Eva

luat

ion

Pla

nnin

g M

PO

s C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

MPO

s co

ntin

ued

to in

clud

e th

e C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

Cri

teri

a en

viro

nmen

tal c

onsi

dera

tions

in

envi

ronm

enta

l com

pone

nt in

thei

r en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompo

nent

in

the

fund

ing

prio

ritiz

atio

n ev

alua

tion

proc

edur

es

eval

uatio

n pr

oced

ure

ev

alua

tion

Pag

e 20

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Fede

ral E

nhan

cem

ent

Plan

ning

E

xplo

re o

ppor

tniti

es fo

r us

ing

Fund

ing

Fe

dera

l enh

ance

men

t fun

ding

for

en

viro

nmen

tal r

esto

ratio

n an

d po

llutio

n ab

atem

ent p

roje

cts

Pa

rtic

ipat

e in

qua

rter

ly c

omm

ittee

m

eetin

gs

Mas

sHig

hway

is e

xplo

ring

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal

Plan

ning

age

ncie

s t(

)dev

elop

pr

ojec

ts u

sing

fed

eral

enh

ance

men

t fu

ndin

g fo

r st

orm

wat

er

Mas

sHig

hway

has

off

ered

to

par

tner

with

the

Low

ell

Reg

iona

l Was

tew

ater

Util

ity

(LR

WW

) to

des

ign

and

impl

emen

t tw

o st

orm

wat

er

man

agem

ent a

reas

alo

ng R

oute

11

0 in

Low

ell

The

pro

ject

wou

ld

incl

ude

the

desi

gn o

f a

shal

low

co

nvey

ance

fro

m R

oute

11 0 into

an u

ndev

elop

ed s

etba

ck a

reas

ow

ned

by th

e L

RW

WU

A L

ID

bio-

rete

ntio

n sy

stem

wou

ld b

e de

sign

ed f

or th

is s

etba

ck a

rea

to

reta

in a

nd f

ilter

sto

rmw

ater

fro

m

two

segm

ents

of

Rou

te 1

10 o

wne

d by

Mas

sHig

hway

M

assH

ighw

ay o

ffer

ed to

com

mit

to lo

ng-t

erm

mai

nten

ance

of

this

sy

stem

incl

udin

g m

anag

emen

t of

vege

tatio

n r

emov

al o

f se

dim

ent

and

litte

r de

bris

fro

m c

urb

inle

ts

lead

ing

to th

e sy

stem

and

rem

oval

of

exc

ess

surf

ace

sedi

men

t fro

m

the

pret

reat

men

t for

ebay

s

Mas

sHig

hway

has

als

o co

mm

itted

to

ass

ist i

n th

e pr

ojec

t des

ign

and

prov

ide

traf

fic

supp

ort d

urin

g pr

ojec

t con

strc

tion

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

expl

ore

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal P

lann

ing

agen

cies

to

dev

elop

pro

ject

s us

ing

fede

ral

enha

ncem

ent f

undi

ng f

or

stor

mw

ater

Mas

sHig

hway

will

su

mm

ariz

e pr

ojec

t in

annu

al

repo

rt M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill b

egin

to

par

ticip

ate

in q

uart

erly

co

mm

ittee

mee

tings

LR

WW

has

not

rec

eive

d th

e 31

9 fu

ndin

g gr

ant i

t app

lied

for

and

the

proj

ect h

as n

ot m

oved

fo

rwar

d

Page 21

6 P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n an

d G

ood

Hou

seke

epin

g in

Mun

icip

al O

pera

tions

6A-

Source Control - 511

Mas

sach

uset

ts T

rave

ler

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em

6A-

Source Control- Adopt-a-

Hig

hway

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Dei

cing

Pr

ogra

ms

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

6A-

Source Control - Motorist

Ass

ista

nce

Prog

ram

(f

onne

rly H

ELP

)

Pro

ject

Cle

an

Ope

ratio

ns

Ado

pt-a

-Hig

hway

O

pera

tions

Env

iron

men

tal

D

istr

icts

MA

P Pr

ogra

m

Ope

ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n th

e ex

istin

g 51

1 Sy

stem

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt th

is

prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sal

t Are

as

Prog

ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

ocat

or

Prog

ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

See

App

endi

x F

for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

rov

ing

serv

ice

patr

ols

or

tow

truc

ks in

Pen

nit Y

ear

6 in

the

area

s of

Bos

ton

Wor

cest

er a

nd

Springfield This service not only

assi

sts

disa

bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

The

Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

conv

ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

The

com

mitt

ee w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

Five

-Yea

r 20

09-2

013

Veg

etat

ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

ou

tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

emen

t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

2)

200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

izer

s

yet c

ompl

eted

as

of A

pril

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2)

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pare

a Y

earl

y O

pera

tiona

l Pl

an (

yap)

by

Apr

il of

eac

h 3)

200

9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

0 da

ys 4

) Su

mm

ariz

e da

ys o

f co

mpl

etio

n ac

tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

ar in

an

nual

rep

ort

4) N

o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

d in

20

08 H

erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

epea

ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

iew

ed w

ould

cos

t mor

e th

an th

e us

e of

con

vent

iona

l he

rbic

ides

The

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

6A-

Source Control-

Hav

Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

Page 23

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

wal

king

inc

ludi

ng o

n-ro

ad a

nd

650

329

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off-

road

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he

local level

$392

000

was

use

d fo

r bi

cycl

e an

d $6

58 0

00 w

ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

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fe

Pro

gram

Bud

get

R

oute

to S

choo

l Pro

gram

Bud

get

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol-

Hig

hway

H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

es 3

) In

stal

l VM

S on

on

sel

ect r

oads

to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

oadw

ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

oten

tial s

afet

y dr

iver

aw

aren

ess

4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

E

nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

F A

ctiv

e P

PT

F w

as m

aint

aine

d N

o M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

roug

hout

the

penT

it te

nT 2

) w

ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

8

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

of a

ctio

ns

Act

ions

on

Tox

ics

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uctio

nta

ken

on e

ach

pollu

tion

Initiated testing of vegetable-

prev

entio

n in

itiat

ive

incl

uded

in

base

d hy

drau

lic o

il in

hea

vyth

e SW

M in

the

annu

al r

epor

t equipmentplow trcks

Initi

ated

test

ing

of c

lose

d-lo

op

cran

kcas

e oi

l dra

inin

g sy

stem

E

valu

ated

and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

aulic

fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

Bay

stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

ams

supp

ort t

hese

pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

-I a

nd lD

-

Page

24

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

A

sbes

tos

Solid

Was

te

Roa

dsid

e Is

sues

T

ans

Wet

land

s R

ecor

dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

sHig

hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

1 di

strc

t m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

ovem

ber

4 5

a

nd

of2

008

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Snow

and

Ice

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

App

endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

) Po

st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

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ills

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licy

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Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

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istin

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aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

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ouse

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tion

Prev

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even

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ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

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vise

d ac

tiviti

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luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

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ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

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ach

publ

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ell

incl

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emed

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Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

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hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

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lace

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on n

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age

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ach

publ

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lean

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nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

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iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

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ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

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brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

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tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

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lt sp

illag

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sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

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or n

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tora

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tal s

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thro

ugho

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ate

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repa

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ill m

aint

ain

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salt

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roug

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year

fa

cilit

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pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

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of is

sues

with

san

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to

pile

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lo

cate

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etla

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r zo

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whe

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allo

ws

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whe

n th

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part

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ds

stor

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pile

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peci

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non-

win

ter

mon

ths

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ring

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likel

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y-ga

uge

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ethy

lene

tarp

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tarp

co

uld

be p

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d ba

ck o

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before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

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irec

tor

has

cont

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impr

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ecto

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ontin

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rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

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prov

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our

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agem

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iron

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port

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salt

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mic

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Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

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nvir

onm

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ill c

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sed

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use

of

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a p

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i-ic

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for

ecas

ting

is w

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d W

eath

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iron

men

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wil

ensu

re th

at

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site

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ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

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wo

new

sys

tem

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ill b

e ad

ded

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nnat

ion

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tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

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sHig

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rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

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cont

ract

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rge

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e R

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dist

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r al

tern

ativ

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nvol

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use

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antit

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nula

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dium

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houl

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nnit

year

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tal u

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m

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duce

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lt zo

nes

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alte

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duri

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tonn

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tech

nolo

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to m

inim

ize

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pote

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ruse

of

deic

ing

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ical

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Page 35

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Res

earc

h

Ope

ratio

ns

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sHig

hway

has

join

ed C

lear

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pro

gram

and

will

co

ntin

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exp

lore

mov

ing

forw

ard

on o

ther

pro

ject

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mar

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activ

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ricip

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NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

7 B

MPs

for

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ting

Tot

al M

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agem

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Permit Year 6

5A-

Rev

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Ch

5 o

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aint

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agem

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Highway Runoff

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Page 18

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agem

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Permit Year 6

BM

P M

aint

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Man

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ovid

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5H-

Post

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Stor

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

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cem

ent

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ning

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xplo

re o

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tniti

es fo

r us

ing

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ing

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dera

l enh

ance

men

t fun

ding

for

en

viro

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tal r

esto

ratio

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d po

llutio

n ab

atem

ent p

roje

cts

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rtic

ipat

e in

qua

rter

ly c

omm

ittee

m

eetin

gs

Mas

sHig

hway

is e

xplo

ring

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal

Plan

ning

age

ncie

s t(

)dev

elop

pr

ojec

ts u

sing

fed

eral

enh

ance

men

t fu

ndin

g fo

r st

orm

wat

er

Mas

sHig

hway

has

off

ered

to

par

tner

with

the

Low

ell

Reg

iona

l Was

tew

ater

Util

ity

(LR

WW

) to

des

ign

and

impl

emen

t tw

o st

orm

wat

er

man

agem

ent a

reas

alo

ng R

oute

11

0 in

Low

ell

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pro

ject

wou

ld

incl

ude

the

desi

gn o

f a

shal

low

co

nvey

ance

fro

m R

oute

11 0 into

an u

ndev

elop

ed s

etba

ck a

reas

ow

ned

by th

e L

RW

WU

A L

ID

bio-

rete

ntio

n sy

stem

wou

ld b

e de

sign

ed f

or th

is s

etba

ck a

rea

to

reta

in a

nd f

ilter

sto

rmw

ater

fro

m

two

segm

ents

of

Rou

te 1

10 o

wne

d by

Mas

sHig

hway

M

assH

ighw

ay o

ffer

ed to

com

mit

to lo

ng-t

erm

mai

nten

ance

of

this

sy

stem

incl

udin

g m

anag

emen

t of

vege

tatio

n r

emov

al o

f se

dim

ent

and

litte

r de

bris

fro

m c

urb

inle

ts

lead

ing

to th

e sy

stem

and

rem

oval

of

exc

ess

surf

ace

sedi

men

t fro

m

the

pret

reat

men

t for

ebay

s

Mas

sHig

hway

has

als

o co

mm

itted

to

ass

ist i

n th

e pr

ojec

t des

ign

and

prov

ide

traf

fic

supp

ort d

urin

g pr

ojec

t con

strc

tion

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

expl

ore

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal P

lann

ing

agen

cies

to

dev

elop

pro

ject

s us

ing

fede

ral

enha

ncem

ent f

undi

ng f

or

stor

mw

ater

Mas

sHig

hway

will

su

mm

ariz

e pr

ojec

t in

annu

al

repo

rt M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill b

egin

to

par

ticip

ate

in q

uart

erly

co

mm

ittee

mee

tings

LR

WW

has

not

rec

eive

d th

e 31

9 fu

ndin

g gr

ant i

t app

lied

for

and

the

proj

ect h

as n

ot m

oved

fo

rwar

d

Page 21

6 P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n an

d G

ood

Hou

seke

epin

g in

Mun

icip

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pera

tions

6A-

Source Control - 511

Mas

sach

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ler

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em

6A-

Source Control- Adopt-a-

Hig

hway

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Dei

cing

Pr

ogra

ms

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

6A-

Source Control - Motorist

Ass

ista

nce

Prog

ram

(f

onne

rly H

ELP

)

Pro

ject

Cle

an

Ope

ratio

ns

Ado

pt-a

-Hig

hway

O

pera

tions

Env

iron

men

tal

D

istr

icts

MA

P Pr

ogra

m

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ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n th

e ex

istin

g 51

1 Sy

stem

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt th

is

prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

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ing

and

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uced

Sal

t Are

as

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ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

ocat

or

Prog

ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

See

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endi

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for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

rov

ing

serv

ice

patr

ols

or

tow

truc

ks in

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nit Y

ear

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the

area

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Bos

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cest

er a

nd

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assi

sts

disa

bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

The

Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

conv

ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

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com

mitt

ee w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

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r 20

09-2

013

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ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

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tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

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t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

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200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

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yet c

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of A

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an (

yap)

by

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200

9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

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assH

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ay w

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ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

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ys 4

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mm

ariz

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ys o

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mpl

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tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

ar in

an

nual

rep

ort

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o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

d in

20

08 H

erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

epea

ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

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ed w

ould

cos

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e th

an th

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e of

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iona

l he

rbic

ides

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alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

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Source Control-

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Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

Page 23

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

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king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

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ay

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king

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or M

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wal

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inc

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nd

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ovem

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at t

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use

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cycl

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d $6

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ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

e Sa

fe

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gram

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get

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oute

to S

choo

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gram

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get

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ce C

ontr

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Hig

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H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

es 3

) In

stal

l VM

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on

sel

ect r

oads

to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

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ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

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tial s

afet

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iver

aw

aren

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4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

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ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

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nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

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ctiv

e P

PT

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as m

aint

aine

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o M

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ay w

ill c

ontin

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th

roug

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the

penT

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ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

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supp

ort t

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prog

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ions

on

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prev

entio

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incl

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in

base

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hea

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the

annu

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valu

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and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

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fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

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Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

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hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

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stat

e R

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pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

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supp

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spon

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d by

thes

e pr

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ms

are

disc

usse

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BM

P lD

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nd lD

-

Page

24

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

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Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

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ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

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eria

ls

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aste

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land

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ping

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spec

tions

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ater

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lity

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E

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agem

ent

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n Stonnwater Phase 2

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ardo

us M

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M

anag

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t H

azar

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Was

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nive

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apor

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over

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stem

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spec

tion

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(con

tinue

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low

)

Mas

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will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

Page 25

NPD

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

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tric

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n N

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ber

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training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

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tric

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n Fe

brua

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trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

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tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

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tric

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n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

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and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

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aini

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ovid

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or 9

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tra

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ere

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for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

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st a

nd

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incl

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rect

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mat

eria

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er ti

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onm

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pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

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wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

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late

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es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

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ble

for

snow

and

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at

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o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

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Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

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rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

App

endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

) Po

st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

-97-

001

6E-

Good Housekeeping

Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

Goo

d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

Pollu

tion

Prev

entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

Page 30

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

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util

ized

73

tank

er

truc

ks w

ith s

pray

bar

s th

is s

easo

n

do th

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

y in

crea

sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

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ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

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ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

C

orpo

ratio

n) f

or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

nd lo

cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

g I

t is

fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

ote)

and

co

mm

unic

ates

eve

ry m

onth

with

th

em

Alte

rnat

ive

Tec

hnol

ogie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

trai

n W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

use

Pre

-Mix

max

imiz

e th

e us

e of

Pre

mix

and

an

d w

ork

with

the

dist

rict

s to

ens

ure

and

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e di

cers

in

liqui

d ca

lciu

m c

hlor

ide

as

all i

nvol

ved

in a

red

uce

salt

zone

are

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith R

educ

ed S

alt

alte

rnat

ive

deic

ers

to r

educ

e th

e aw

are

of th

e ca

use

and

effe

ct o

f de

-Z

ones

qu

antit

y of

gra

nula

r so

dium

ic

ing

chem

ical

s O

ne p

erce

nt o

fthi

s ch

lori

de a

nd s

houl

d cl

osel

y pe

nnit

year

s to

tal u

se o

f de

icer

was

m

onito

r re

duce

d sa

lt zo

nes

deri

ved

fonn

alte

rnat

ive

duri

ng s

tonn

s to

ens

ure

the

tech

nolo

gies

pr

oper

tim

ing

of s

alt

appl

icat

ions

and

to m

inim

ize

the

pote

ntia

l for

ove

ruse

of

deic

ing

chem

ical

s

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agem

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Permit Year 6

Res

earc

h

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

has

join

ed C

lear

R

oads

pro

gram

and

will

co

ntin

ue to

exp

lore

mov

ing

forw

ard

on o

ther

pro

ject

s

Sum

mar

ize

rese

arch

per

fonn

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

be

activ

e MassHighway wil pa

ricip

ate

in th

e m

embe

r in

the

Cle

ar R

oads

pro

gram

an

nual

mee

ting

sche

dule

d fo

r la

te

Dur

ing

this

pen

nit y

ear

5-6

fun

ded

July

in W

isco

nsin

re

sear

ch p

roje

cts

wer

e on

goin

g T

hey

rang

ed f

orm

cor

rect

che

mic

al te

stin

g pr

otoc

ols

to e

ffect

ive

use

of a

nti-

icin

g ch

emic

als

Res

earc

h on

new

met

hods

of

rem

ovin

g sn

ow f

ocus

ed o

n be

com

ing

mor

e ef

fcie

nt w

ith s

now

and

ice

oper

atio

ns T

his

was

acc

ompl

ishe

d by

bet

ter

appl

icat

ion

met

hods

co

rrec

t tim

ing

of s

now

and

ice

rem

oval

and

usi

ng p

rope

r ch

emic

als

Cle

ar R

oads

has

als

o un

dert

aken

a

Cos

t Ben

efit

stud

y to

eva

luat

e th

e re

al c

ost o

f ef

fici

ency

It l

ooks

at t

he

adva

ntag

e of

new

tech

nolo

gy a

nd

give

s to

ols

to ju

stif

y th

e us

e of

new

te

chno

logi

es

Add

n

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l

Nee

ds P

rogr

am

Con

stru

ctio

n (P

revi

ousl

y in

dica

ted

as

BM

P 4G

bu

t foc

us o

f research program

is

now

for source control instead

of c

onst

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ion)

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acto

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and

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tions

and

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ipm

ent h

as b

een

exec

uted

and

aw

arde

d T

he f

undi

ng

is

$300

000

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initi

al s

tage

s of

the

contract have been met Work

is

cont

inue

thro

ugho

ut th

e su

mm

er

Win

ter

oper

atio

ns w

il be

sch

edul

ed

to c

omm

ence

in D

ecem

ber

of 2

009

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

begi

n m

appi

ng

Publ

ic D

rink

ing

Wat

er S

uppl

y Z

one

II a

rea

for

use

in th

e pr

ogra

m Page 36

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Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

7 B

MPs

for

Mee

ting

Tot

al M

axim

um D

aily

Loa

d (T

MD

L)

Was

te L

oad

Allo

catio

ns (

WL

A)

if ap

plic

able

Wet

land

Pro

tect

ion

Act

E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s

(WP A) Compliance

will

com

ply

with

the

WPA

and

re

quire

d by

the

WP

A

requ

ired

by th

e W

P A

ME

SA 2

) W

hen

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s ar

e id

entif

ied

Mas

sHig

hway

will

wor

k w

ith

the

appr

opri

ate

agen

cies

to

desi

gn th

e pr

ojec

t to

min

imiz

e th

e im

pact

s

401

Wat

er Q

ualit

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nvir

onm

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l M

assa

chus

etts

s 4

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ater

C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

MA

401

C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

MA

401

W

ater

Qua

lity

Cer

tific

atio

n W

ater

Qua

lity

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tific

atio

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ertif

icat

ion

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ualit

y ce

rtif

icat

ion

requ

irem

ents

whi

ch in

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egul

atio

ns

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ulat

ions

re

view

of

the

proj

ect b

y M

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ural

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itage

pro

gram

and

U

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sh a

nd W

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en

dang

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itat i

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appe

d in

the

proj

ect v

icin

ity

will

be

com

plie

d w

ith w

hene

ver

they

are

app

licab

le

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cklis

t E

nvir

onm

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l C

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al

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lusi

on (

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list f

or a

ll ch

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wer

e co

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and

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lists

for

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CU

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fed

eral

ly-

Mas

sHig

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pro

ject

s th

at

appr

oved

for

all

fede

rally

-aid

ed

aided constrction advertising

utili

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eder

al f

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pr

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ts a

dver

tised

for

con

strc

tion

prog

ram

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plet

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list a

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nit

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stag

e fo

r ot

her

proj

ect

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r 6

th

at r

ecei

ves

fede

ral f

unds

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Env

iron

men

tal S

ite D

ata

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

an

envi

ronm

enta

l site

M

assH

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as p

repa

red

this

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naliz

e fo

nn a

nd b

egin

to im

plem

ent

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onst

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ion

data

fon

n fo

r re

view

by

fonn

to r

evie

w p

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tial i

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of

at 2

5 D

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sign

ers

with

Env

iron

men

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staf

f at

25

Des

ign

Im

plem

ent

area

s as

par

t of

com

plia

nce

with

on

all

proj

ects

th

e N

PDE

S C

onst

rctio

n an

d M

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general pennit This fonn includes

revi

ew o

f di

scha

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for

pot

entia

l im

pact

to O

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s s

ensi

tive

area

s en

dang

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spe

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im

pair

ed

wat

ers

and

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ap

prov

ed T

MD

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raft

fon

n ha

s be

en d

evel

oped

and

is b

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re

view

ed in

tern

ally

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iron

men

tal

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TM

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omm

enda

tion

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endi

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incl

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ted

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tinue

to r

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raft

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y T

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y T

able

of

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nd im

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ent T

MD

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repo

rt w

ill b

e up

date

d an

nual

ly

to m

eet T

MD

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ecom

men

datio

ns

reco

mm

ende

d ac

tiviti

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to r

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rep

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hav

e M

assH

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ay s

taff

mem

bers

and

po

ssib

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aliz

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prev

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any

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ble

goal

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disc

uss

how

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sHig

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can

be

mor

e in

volv

ed in

the

deve

lopm

ent

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ch in

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plem

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r M

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cifi

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men

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ns

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mm

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tions

in A

ppen

dix

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

TM

DL

Wat

ersh

ed R

evie

w

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

pri

oriti

zed

list o

f M

assH

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in th

e pr

oces

s of

Fi

naliz

e R

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ssue

RFR

and

aw

ard

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DL

wat

ersh

eds

to a

sses

s fi

naliz

ing

an R

FR f

or th

is w

ork

to

con

sulta

nt D

evel

op p

riorit

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d on

pol

luta

nts

and

Mas

sHig

hway

has

com

mitt

ed 1

of

TM

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wat

ersh

eds

base

d on

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assH

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ay c

ontr

ibut

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ion

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pact

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pa

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omm

issi

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alte

r th

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sign

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miti

gate

or

prev

ent a

dver

se

effe

cts

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Ero

sion

and

Sed

imen

t Constrction Section

Perf

orm

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ld te

sts

of n

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on

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clud

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ntai

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r M

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cons

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activ

ities

a

timel

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anne

r

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pond

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ill r

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ubm

itted

in a

tim

ely

conc

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mel

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ner

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plet

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pr

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ts b

y th

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in p

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ent

whe

n w

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ted

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tric

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stru

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olve

d

dedu

ctio

ns o

r de

lays

in p

aym

ent

whe

n w

arra

nted

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Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

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Permit Year 6

Stan

dard

Pra

ctic

es M

emo

Constrction Section

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pre

pare

and

A separate SOP for constrction

No

furt

her

actio

n w

aran

ted

is

sue

a S

tand

ard

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ctic

es m

emo

was

not

dev

elop

ed D

urin

g Pe

nnit

to Constrction Engineers on the

Yea

r 4

the

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tric

t Con

strc

tion

prot

ocol

for

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it D

isch

arge

offces were provide with the

Detection and Elimination during

proc

edur

es to

fol

low

on

disc

over

y co

nstr

uctio

n pr

oj e

cts

of

any

illic

it di

scha

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dur

ing

constrction and provided training

to th

e R

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sHig

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de

tenn

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w

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ecto

r Constrction Section

Mod

ify

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alf

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inin

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clud

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lf d

ay tr

aini

ng

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ng p

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ams

and

day

trai

ning

whe

n SW

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item

re

quir

emen

t Pr

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aini

ng

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plie

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ram

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ater

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agem

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men

t

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nn

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iron

men

tal

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re D

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ratif

icat

ion

for

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sura

ble

goal

com

plet

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r M

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ork

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ater

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ook

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s be

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visi

on w

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ce

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plet

ed

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Rev

ise

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4 o

f th

e E

nvir

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enta

l R

evis

e C

hapt

er 4

with

in 9

mon

ths

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sHig

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has

beg

un to

rev

ise

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ssue

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dboo

k w

ith c

hang

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nn

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k to

add

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ch

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d T

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rem

ents

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ners

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in I

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r of

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men

t bei

ng r

elea

sed

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5A-

Rev

ise

Ch

5 o

f the

E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

evis

e C

hapt

er 5

with

in 9

mon

ths

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sHig

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has

beg

un to

rev

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ssue

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k w

ith c

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sHig

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rm

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ater

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t bei

ng r

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sed

Mas

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dway

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aint

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ce

Con

tinue

to im

plem

ent

Mas

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mai

ntai

ned

thei

r M

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ay w

ill c

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ue to

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nten

ance

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gram

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aint

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uded

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ce s

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in

the

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in

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sum

mar

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cord

ance

with

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wat

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spec

ific

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ents

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this

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mm

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nsor

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agen

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ann

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par

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the

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date

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mee

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eld

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test

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syst

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nvir

onm

enta

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ped

hood

ed c

atch

bas

ins

was 39

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m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Highway Runoff

Env

Div

Con

sulta

nt

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elop

and

cal

ibra

te

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inan

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rt fo

r re

view

by

Mas

sHig

hway

and

oth

ers

Ana

lyse

s of

initi

al d

ata

indi

cate

th

at th

e qu

ality

of

high

way

ru

noff

fro

m th

e so

uthe

rn c

oast

al

area

inc

ludi

ng C

ape

Cod

was

sign

ific

antly

dif

fere

nt th

an th

e qu

ality

of

high

way

run

off

colle

cted

els

ewhe

re in

the

stat

e of

Mas

sach

uset

ts A

s a

resu

lt su

pple

men

tal d

ata

is b

eing

co

llect

ed o

n In

ters

tate

195

in

Mar

ion

and

on R

oute

6 in

H

arw

ch th

orou

gh S

epte

mbe

r 20

09

USG

S pl

ans

to is

sue

a dr

aft

mod

el to

use

this

pol

luta

nt d

ata

in th

e su

mm

er o

f200

9 O

nce

the

SEL

DM

mod

el is

issu

ed a

nd th

e hi

ghw

ay r

unof

f da

ta c

olle

ctio

n is

co

mpl

eted

Mas

sHig

hway

will

be

gin

to u

se th

e m

odel

to r

evie

w

high

way

run

off

in c

ritic

al

wat

ersh

eds

Page 18

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

BM

P M

aint

enan

ce

Man

ual

Rig

ht o

f W

ay P

arce

l E

valu

atio

n

5H-

Post

Con

stru

ctio

n R

unof

f E

nfor

cem

ent-

Ilic

it

Env

iron

men

tal

M

aint

enan

ce

Env

iron

men

tal

Com

mis

sion

er

Leg

al

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

BM

P M

aint

enan

ce

Man

ual t

o be

use

d as

a f

ield

gu

ide

by m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Pr

ovid

e tr

aini

ng o

n th

e B

MP

Mai

nten

ance

Man

ual

Dev

elop

and

impl

emen

t a

prog

ram

of

eval

uatin

g pa

rcel

s w

hich

are

can

dida

tes

for

disp

osal

by

Mas

sHig

hway

for

thei

r po

tent

ial i

n si

ting

ston

n w

ater

B

MPs

1) D

evel

op p

olic

y fo

r ad

dres

sing

un

auth

oriz

ed c

onne

ctio

ns to

the

Rem

ove

Cha

nges

to B

MP

5B

na

rrat

ive

incl

ude

the

man

ual u

sed

as g

uida

nce

by m

aint

enan

ce s

taff

w

hile

per

form

ing

drai

nage

sys

tem

m

aint

enan

ce

Environmental reviewed 17

canv

asse

s fo

r th

e pe

nnit

year

Tw

o of

them

wer

e de

nied

for

sal

e be

caus

e of

thei

r va

lue

for

ston

nwat

er tr

eatm

ent o

f hi

ghw

ay

runoff Of the canvasses that

resu

lted

in a

sal

e s

tonn

wat

er

trea

tmen

t gui

delin

es w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r fi

ve p

arce

ls

Ilic

it D

isch

arge

Pol

icy

was

issu

ed

in J

une

2006

No firther action

Env

iron

men

tal w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

can

vass

es a

s th

ey a

re

pres

ente

d T

he e

mph

asis

will

re

mai

n on

kee

ping

par

cels

of

land

that

are

hig

hly

suita

ble

for

ston

nwat

er tr

eatm

ent (

as w

ell a

s w

etla

nd r

eplic

atio

n) I

n in

stan

ces

whe

re a

sal

e w

ould

be

mor

e be

nefi

cial

any

cha

nce

to

offe

r in

fonn

atio

n or

gui

danc

e on

st

onnw

ater

trea

tmen

t will

be

men

tione

d w

ithin

the

com

men

tary

Enf

orce

Ilic

it D

isch

arge

Prohibition Policy

Dis

char

ge P

rohi

bitio

n

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y

5H-

Post

Con

stru

ctio

n R

unof

f C

omm

issi

oner

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E

nfor

cem

ent-

Dra

inag

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l

Tie

-In

Polic

y D

istr

cts

Mas

sHig

hway

s d

rain

age

syst

em

2) E

nfor

ce th

e pr

ovis

ions

thro

ugh

Failu

re to

com

ply

with

the

Dep

t Fo

llow

up

on p

oten

tial i

licit

refe

rral

s to

the

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

re

ques

t will

nec

essi

tate

fur

ther

di

scha

rges

whe

re e

nfor

cem

ent

3) S

umm

ariz

e ac

tions

take

n in

ac

tion

by th

e D

epar

ent e

ither

le

tters

hav

e be

en s

ent

annu

al r

epor

t th

roug

h th

e St

ate

Atto

rney

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ener

al s

offc

e or

the

Dis

tric

t A

ppen

dix

C in

clud

es m

ore

deta

il

Dev

elop

pen

nitti

ng p

roce

ss f

or

Inte

rnal

dra

ft o

f D

rain

age

Tie

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inal

ize

Dra

inag

e T

ie-I

n SO

P

adja

cent

pro

pert

ies

whi

ch w

ould

SO

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aft w

as r

evis

ed to

ref

lect

Su

bmit

to C

hief

Eng

inee

r fo

r lik

e to

tie

into

Mas

sHig

hway

fo

nnat

of

new

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ess

Penn

it

sign

atur

e an

d is

suan

ce to

dr

aina

ge s

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m I

mpl

emen

t D

raft

is f

inal

ized

and

bei

ng

Dep

arte

nt

prog

ram

and

sum

mar

ize

actio

ns

revi

ewed

by

penn

it en

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ers

ta

ken

unde

r pr

ogra

m in

ann

ual

repo

rt

App

endi

x D

sum

mar

izes

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stat

us

of d

rain

age

tie-i

n pe

nnits

app

lied

for

and

rece

ived

as

of th

is p

enni

t ye

ar

Page 19

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5H-

Post

Con

strc

tion

Run

off

Com

mis

sion

er L

egaV

R

unof

f no

t mee

ting

the

NPD

ES

Eac

h di

stri

ct r

epor

ted

that

no

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Enf

orce

men

t- O

ffsi

te

Env

iron

men

tal

MS4

req

uire

men

ts w

hich

is

offs

ite r

unof

f en

forc

emen

t met

this

ta

ke a

ctio

n w

hen

thes

e

Pollu

tion

to M

assH

ighw

ay

reac

hing

the

Mas

sHig

hway

MS4

re

quir

emen

t re

quir

emen

ts a

re n

ot m

et

Dra

inag

e Sy

stem

an

d is

not

cov

ered

und

er 5

H-1

or

5H-2

may

be

cons

ider

ed

Dis

tric

t 3-

Lak

e N

ipm

uc O

utfa

ll tr

espa

ssin

g an

d re

ferr

ed to

the

(Rou

te 1

6 in

Men

don)

Upl

and

AG

s o

ffce

by M

assH

ighw

ay

ruof

f in

to M

HD

CB

s is

co

unse

l at t

he D

HD

s d

iscr

etio

n

cont

ribu

ting

to s

and

bar

form

atio

n at

the

outf

all b

ase

with

in th

e la

ke

Mas

sHig

hway

took

act

ion

by

impr

ovin

g th

e de

sign

of

the

CB

s leading to the outfall This was

the

requ

est o

fDE

P af

ter

com

plai

nts

of th

e sa

nd b

ar f

rom

the

loca

l wat

ersh

ed c

omm

ittee

Res

t Are

a R

edev

elop

men

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

ight

A

dd la

ngua

ge to

new

leas

e M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

to M

eet S

torm

wat

er

of Way

agre

emen

ts r

equi

ring

less

ees

who

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agem

ent H

andb

ook

rede

velo

p or

bui

ld n

ew b

uild

ings

St

anda

rds

on r

est a

rea propert leased from

Mas

sHig

hway

to

mee

t the

st

anda

rds

with

in th

e St

orm

Wat

er

Man

agem

ent H

andb

ook

and

the

SWM

P re

quir

emen

ts

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Eva

luat

ion

Pla

nnin

g M

PO

s C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

MPO

s co

ntin

ued

to in

clud

e th

e C

ontin

ue to

incl

ude

Cri

teri

a en

viro

nmen

tal c

onsi

dera

tions

in

envi

ronm

enta

l com

pone

nt in

thei

r en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompo

nent

in

the

fund

ing

prio

ritiz

atio

n ev

alua

tion

proc

edur

es

eval

uatio

n pr

oced

ure

ev

alua

tion

Pag

e 20

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Fede

ral E

nhan

cem

ent

Plan

ning

E

xplo

re o

ppor

tniti

es fo

r us

ing

Fund

ing

Fe

dera

l enh

ance

men

t fun

ding

for

en

viro

nmen

tal r

esto

ratio

n an

d po

llutio

n ab

atem

ent p

roje

cts

Pa

rtic

ipat

e in

qua

rter

ly c

omm

ittee

m

eetin

gs

Mas

sHig

hway

is e

xplo

ring

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal

Plan

ning

age

ncie

s t(

)dev

elop

pr

ojec

ts u

sing

fed

eral

enh

ance

men

t fu

ndin

g fo

r st

orm

wat

er

Mas

sHig

hway

has

off

ered

to

par

tner

with

the

Low

ell

Reg

iona

l Was

tew

ater

Util

ity

(LR

WW

) to

des

ign

and

impl

emen

t tw

o st

orm

wat

er

man

agem

ent a

reas

alo

ng R

oute

11

0 in

Low

ell

The

pro

ject

wou

ld

incl

ude

the

desi

gn o

f a

shal

low

co

nvey

ance

fro

m R

oute

11 0 into

an u

ndev

elop

ed s

etba

ck a

reas

ow

ned

by th

e L

RW

WU

A L

ID

bio-

rete

ntio

n sy

stem

wou

ld b

e de

sign

ed f

or th

is s

etba

ck a

rea

to

reta

in a

nd f

ilter

sto

rmw

ater

fro

m

two

segm

ents

of

Rou

te 1

10 o

wne

d by

Mas

sHig

hway

M

assH

ighw

ay o

ffer

ed to

com

mit

to lo

ng-t

erm

mai

nten

ance

of

this

sy

stem

incl

udin

g m

anag

emen

t of

vege

tatio

n r

emov

al o

f se

dim

ent

and

litte

r de

bris

fro

m c

urb

inle

ts

lead

ing

to th

e sy

stem

and

rem

oval

of

exc

ess

surf

ace

sedi

men

t fro

m

the

pret

reat

men

t for

ebay

s

Mas

sHig

hway

has

als

o co

mm

itted

to

ass

ist i

n th

e pr

ojec

t des

ign

and

prov

ide

traf

fic

supp

ort d

urin

g pr

ojec

t con

strc

tion

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

expl

ore

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal P

lann

ing

agen

cies

to

dev

elop

pro

ject

s us

ing

fede

ral

enha

ncem

ent f

undi

ng f

or

stor

mw

ater

Mas

sHig

hway

will

su

mm

ariz

e pr

ojec

t in

annu

al

repo

rt M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill b

egin

to

par

ticip

ate

in q

uart

erly

co

mm

ittee

mee

tings

LR

WW

has

not

rec

eive

d th

e 31

9 fu

ndin

g gr

ant i

t app

lied

for

and

the

proj

ect h

as n

ot m

oved

fo

rwar

d

Page 21

6 P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n an

d G

ood

Hou

seke

epin

g in

Mun

icip

al O

pera

tions

6A-

Source Control - 511

Mas

sach

uset

ts T

rave

ler

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em

6A-

Source Control- Adopt-a-

Hig

hway

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Dei

cing

Pr

ogra

ms

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

6A-

Source Control - Motorist

Ass

ista

nce

Prog

ram

(f

onne

rly H

ELP

)

Pro

ject

Cle

an

Ope

ratio

ns

Ado

pt-a

-Hig

hway

O

pera

tions

Env

iron

men

tal

D

istr

icts

MA

P Pr

ogra

m

Ope

ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n th

e ex

istin

g 51

1 Sy

stem

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt th

is

prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sal

t Are

as

Prog

ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

ocat

or

Prog

ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

See

App

endi

x F

for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

rov

ing

serv

ice

patr

ols

or

tow

truc

ks in

Pen

nit Y

ear

6 in

the

area

s of

Bos

ton

Wor

cest

er a

nd

Springfield This service not only

assi

sts

disa

bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

The

Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

conv

ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

The

com

mitt

ee w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

Five

-Yea

r 20

09-2

013

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etat

ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

ou

tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

emen

t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

2)

200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

izer

s

yet c

ompl

eted

as

of A

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pare

a Y

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y O

pera

tiona

l Pl

an (

yap)

by

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il of

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h 3)

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9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

0 da

ys 4

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mm

ariz

e da

ys o

f co

mpl

etio

n ac

tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

ar in

an

nual

rep

ort

4) N

o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

d in

20

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erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

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ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

iew

ed w

ould

cos

t mor

e th

an th

e us

e of

con

vent

iona

l he

rbic

ides

The

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

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Source Control-

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Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

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ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

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king

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get f

or M

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ay

wal

king

inc

ludi

ng o

n-ro

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nd

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off-

road

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he

local level

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000

was

use

d fo

r bi

cycl

e an

d $6

58 0

00 w

ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

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fe

Pro

gram

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oute

to S

choo

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gram

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get

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol-

Hig

hway

H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

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orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

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ns

grad

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stal

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on

sel

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to im

prov

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prov

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to p

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tial s

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4)

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ude

haza

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ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

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des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

E

nvir

onm

enta

l I)

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ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

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e P

PT

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as m

aint

aine

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th

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penT

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con

serv

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n ac

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supp

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his

prog

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mm

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of a

ctio

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ions

on

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prev

entio

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ive

incl

uded

in

base

d hy

drau

lic o

il in

hea

vyth

e SW

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the

annu

al r

epor

t equipmentplow trcks

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test

ing

of c

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op

cran

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g sy

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and

rec

omm

ende

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even

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aint

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ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

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fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

Bay

stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

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ams

supp

ort t

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pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

-I a

nd lD

-

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24

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

A

sbes

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Solid

Was

te

Roa

dsid

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sues

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ans

Wet

land

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dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

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Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

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hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

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Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

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tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

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2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

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tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

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and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

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tric

t 4 O

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and

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h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

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8 tr

aini

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ovid

ed f

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strc

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aint

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ce p

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tric

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tra

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fo

r 83

dis

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mai

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ance

per

sonn

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inin

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held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

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teen

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sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

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er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

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ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

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inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

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t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

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pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

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yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

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fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

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gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

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f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

) Po

st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

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plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

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opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

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s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

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orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

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istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

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et S

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ping

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eria

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ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

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tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

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onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

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l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

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Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

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d H

ouse

keep

ing

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evis

ed

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tion

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entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

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ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

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luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

hway

util

ized

73

tank

er

truc

ks w

ith s

pray

bar

s th

is s

easo

n

do th

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

y in

crea

sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

Enh

ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

C

orpo

ratio

n) f

or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

nd lo

cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

g I

t is

fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

ote)

and

co

mm

unic

ates

eve

ry m

onth

with

th

em

Alte

rnat

ive

Tec

hnol

ogie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

trai

n W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

use

Pre

-Mix

max

imiz

e th

e us

e of

Pre

mix

and

an

d w

ork

with

the

dist

rict

s to

ens

ure

and

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e di

cers

in

liqui

d ca

lciu

m c

hlor

ide

as

all i

nvol

ved

in a

red

uce

salt

zone

are

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith R

educ

ed S

alt

alte

rnat

ive

deic

ers

to r

educ

e th

e aw

are

of th

e ca

use

and

effe

ct o

f de

-Z

ones

qu

antit

y of

gra

nula

r so

dium

ic

ing

chem

ical

s O

ne p

erce

nt o

fthi

s ch

lori

de a

nd s

houl

d cl

osel

y pe

nnit

year

s to

tal u

se o

f de

icer

was

m

onito

r re

duce

d sa

lt zo

nes

deri

ved

fonn

alte

rnat

ive

duri

ng s

tonn

s to

ens

ure

the

tech

nolo

gies

pr

oper

tim

ing

of s

alt

appl

icat

ions

and

to m

inim

ize

the

pote

ntia

l for

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Res

earc

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7 B

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Permit Year 6

Env

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Permit Year 6

TM

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Stan

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agem

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Permit Year 6

5A-

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agem

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Permit Year 6

BM

P M

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5H-

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Stor

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prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sal

t Are

as

Prog

ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

ocat

or

Prog

ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

See

App

endi

x F

for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

rov

ing

serv

ice

patr

ols

or

tow

truc

ks in

Pen

nit Y

ear

6 in

the

area

s of

Bos

ton

Wor

cest

er a

nd

Springfield This service not only

assi

sts

disa

bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

The

Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

conv

ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

The

com

mitt

ee w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

Five

-Yea

r 20

09-2

013

Veg

etat

ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

ou

tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

emen

t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

2)

200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

izer

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yet c

ompl

eted

as

of A

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009

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pare

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pera

tiona

l Pl

an (

yap)

by

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eac

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200

9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

0 da

ys 4

) Su

mm

ariz

e da

ys o

f co

mpl

etio

n ac

tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

ar in

an

nual

rep

ort

4) N

o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

d in

20

08 H

erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

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ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

iew

ed w

ould

cos

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e th

an th

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e of

con

vent

iona

l he

rbic

ides

The

alte

rnat

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prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

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Source Control-

Hav

Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

Page 23

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

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king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

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ay

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king

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get f

or M

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ay

wal

king

inc

ludi

ng o

n-ro

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nd

650

329

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off-

road

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he

local level

$392

000

was

use

d fo

r bi

cycl

e an

d $6

58 0

00 w

ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

e Sa

fe

Pro

gram

Bud

get

R

oute

to S

choo

l Pro

gram

Bud

get

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol-

Hig

hway

H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

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stal

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on

sel

ect r

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to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

oadw

ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

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tial s

afet

y dr

iver

aw

aren

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4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

E

nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

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ctiv

e P

PT

F w

as m

aint

aine

d N

o M

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ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

roug

hout

the

penT

it te

nT 2

) w

ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

8

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

of a

ctio

ns

Act

ions

on

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uctio

nta

ken

on e

ach

pollu

tion

Initiated testing of vegetable-

prev

entio

n in

itiat

ive

incl

uded

in

base

d hy

drau

lic o

il in

hea

vyth

e SW

M in

the

annu

al r

epor

t equipmentplow trcks

Initi

ated

test

ing

of c

lose

d-lo

op

cran

kcas

e oi

l dra

inin

g sy

stem

E

valu

ated

and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

aulic

fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

Bay

stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

ams

supp

ort t

hese

pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

-I a

nd lD

-

Page

24

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

A

sbes

tos

Solid

Was

te

Roa

dsid

e Is

sues

T

ans

Wet

land

s R

ecor

dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

sHig

hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

Page 25

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

1 di

strc

t m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

ovem

ber

4 5

a

nd

of2

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tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Snow

and

Ice

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

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t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

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d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

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m th

roug

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mai

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n th

e hi

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m

in A

ppen

dix

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SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

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ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

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cts

str

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ping

and

sy

stem

mai

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aina

ge s

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f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

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viro

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tal c

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st E

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ual o

n M

assH

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ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

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w

ebsi

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or p

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spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

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wer

e cr

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199

5 T

he E

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ual

and

the

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lity

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iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

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ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

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dra

ft o

f th

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plet

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com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

-97-

001

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Good Housekeeping

Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

Goo

d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

Pollu

tion

Prev

entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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ater

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Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

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ater

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

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Highway Runoff

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agem

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Permit Year 6

BM

P M

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enan

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Man

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enni

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ar

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5H-

Post

Con

strc

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off

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Pag

e 20

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Stor

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agem

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Fede

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ign

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tinue

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pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal P

lann

ing

agen

cies

to

dev

elop

pro

ject

s us

ing

fede

ral

enha

ncem

ent f

undi

ng f

or

stor

mw

ater

Mas

sHig

hway

will

su

mm

ariz

e pr

ojec

t in

annu

al

repo

rt M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill b

egin

to

par

ticip

ate

in q

uart

erly

co

mm

ittee

mee

tings

LR

WW

has

not

rec

eive

d th

e 31

9 fu

ndin

g gr

ant i

t app

lied

for

and

the

proj

ect h

as n

ot m

oved

fo

rwar

d

Page 21

6 P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n an

d G

ood

Hou

seke

epin

g in

Mun

icip

al O

pera

tions

6A-

Source Control - 511

Mas

sach

uset

ts T

rave

ler

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em

6A-

Source Control- Adopt-a-

Hig

hway

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Dei

cing

Pr

ogra

ms

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

6A-

Source Control - Motorist

Ass

ista

nce

Prog

ram

(f

onne

rly H

ELP

)

Pro

ject

Cle

an

Ope

ratio

ns

Ado

pt-a

-Hig

hway

O

pera

tions

Env

iron

men

tal

D

istr

icts

MA

P Pr

ogra

m

Ope

ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n th

e ex

istin

g 51

1 Sy

stem

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt th

is

prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sal

t Are

as

Prog

ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

ocat

or

Prog

ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

See

App

endi

x F

for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

rov

ing

serv

ice

patr

ols

or

tow

truc

ks in

Pen

nit Y

ear

6 in

the

area

s of

Bos

ton

Wor

cest

er a

nd

Springfield This service not only

assi

sts

disa

bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

The

Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

conv

ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

The

com

mitt

ee w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

Five

-Yea

r 20

09-2

013

Veg

etat

ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

ou

tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

emen

t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

2)

200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

izer

s

yet c

ompl

eted

as

of A

pril

17 2

009

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pare

a Y

earl

y O

pera

tiona

l Pl

an (

yap)

by

Apr

il of

eac

h 3)

200

9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

0 da

ys 4

) Su

mm

ariz

e da

ys o

f co

mpl

etio

n ac

tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

ar in

an

nual

rep

ort

4) N

o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

d in

20

08 H

erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

epea

ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

iew

ed w

ould

cos

t mor

e th

an th

e us

e of

con

vent

iona

l he

rbic

ides

The

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

6A-

Source Control-

Hav

Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

Page 23

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

wal

king

inc

ludi

ng o

n-ro

ad a

nd

650

329

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0 86

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7

off-

road

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he

local level

$392

000

was

use

d fo

r bi

cycl

e an

d $6

58 0

00 w

ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

e Sa

fe

Pro

gram

Bud

get

R

oute

to S

choo

l Pro

gram

Bud

get

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol-

Hig

hway

H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

es 3

) In

stal

l VM

S on

on

sel

ect r

oads

to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

oadw

ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

oten

tial s

afet

y dr

iver

aw

aren

ess

4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

E

nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

F A

ctiv

e P

PT

F w

as m

aint

aine

d N

o M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

roug

hout

the

penT

it te

nT 2

) w

ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

8

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

of a

ctio

ns

Act

ions

on

Tox

ics

Use

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uctio

nta

ken

on e

ach

pollu

tion

Initiated testing of vegetable-

prev

entio

n in

itiat

ive

incl

uded

in

base

d hy

drau

lic o

il in

hea

vyth

e SW

M in

the

annu

al r

epor

t equipmentplow trcks

Initi

ated

test

ing

of c

lose

d-lo

op

cran

kcas

e oi

l dra

inin

g sy

stem

E

valu

ated

and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

aulic

fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

Bay

stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

ams

supp

ort t

hese

pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

-I a

nd lD

-

Page

24

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

A

sbes

tos

Solid

Was

te

Roa

dsid

e Is

sues

T

ans

Wet

land

s R

ecor

dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

sHig

hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

Page 25

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

1 di

strc

t m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

ovem

ber

4 5

a

nd

of2

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tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Snow

and

Ice

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

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t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

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fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

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ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

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cts

str

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ping

and

sy

stem

mai

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ance

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r dr

aina

ge s

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m

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f th

e an

nual

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ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

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st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

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dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

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ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

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plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

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tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

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anag

emen

t A

fter

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se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

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ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

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dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

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l at

Mas

sach

uset

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licy

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MM

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Env

iron

men

tal

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aint

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ram

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rogr

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valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

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luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

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ect

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nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

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r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

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plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

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nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

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illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

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Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

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e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

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wer

e lo

cate

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etz

in

activ

ities

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tis K

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oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

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lon

resi

denc

e in

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ankl

in P

apir

io in

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cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

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inst

alle

d at

Car

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res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

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as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

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Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

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irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

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Dir

ecto

r w

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agem

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Annual Report

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enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

See

App

endi

x F

for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

rov

ing

serv

ice

patr

ols

or

tow

truc

ks in

Pen

nit Y

ear

6 in

the

area

s of

Bos

ton

Wor

cest

er a

nd

Springfield This service not only

assi

sts

disa

bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

The

Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

conv

ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

The

com

mitt

ee w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

Five

-Yea

r 20

09-2

013

Veg

etat

ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

ou

tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

emen

t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

2)

200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

izer

s

yet c

ompl

eted

as

of A

pril

17 2

009

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pare

a Y

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y O

pera

tiona

l Pl

an (

yap)

by

Apr

il of

eac

h 3)

200

9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

0 da

ys 4

) Su

mm

ariz

e da

ys o

f co

mpl

etio

n ac

tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

ar in

an

nual

rep

ort

4) N

o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

d in

20

08 H

erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

epea

ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

iew

ed w

ould

cos

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e th

an th

e us

e of

con

vent

iona

l he

rbic

ides

The

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

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Source Control-

Hav

Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

Page 23

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

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king

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get f

or M

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ay

wal

king

inc

ludi

ng o

n-ro

ad a

nd

650

329

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7

off-

road

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he

local level

$392

000

was

use

d fo

r bi

cycl

e an

d $6

58 0

00 w

ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

e Sa

fe

Pro

gram

Bud

get

R

oute

to S

choo

l Pro

gram

Bud

get

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol-

Hig

hway

H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

es 3

) In

stal

l VM

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on

sel

ect r

oads

to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

oadw

ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

oten

tial s

afet

y dr

iver

aw

aren

ess

4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

E

nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

F A

ctiv

e P

PT

F w

as m

aint

aine

d N

o M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

roug

hout

the

penT

it te

nT 2

) w

ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

8

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

of a

ctio

ns

Act

ions

on

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ics

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uctio

nta

ken

on e

ach

pollu

tion

Initiated testing of vegetable-

prev

entio

n in

itiat

ive

incl

uded

in

base

d hy

drau

lic o

il in

hea

vyth

e SW

M in

the

annu

al r

epor

t equipmentplow trcks

Initi

ated

test

ing

of c

lose

d-lo

op

cran

kcas

e oi

l dra

inin

g sy

stem

E

valu

ated

and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

aulic

fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

Bay

stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

ams

supp

ort t

hese

pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

-I a

nd lD

-

Page

24

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

A

sbes

tos

Solid

Was

te

Roa

dsid

e Is

sues

T

ans

Wet

land

s R

ecor

dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

sHig

hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

Page 25

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

1 di

strc

t m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

ovem

ber

4 5

a

nd

of2

008

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Snow

and

Ice

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

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endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

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st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

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ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

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Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

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sHig

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will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

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nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

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dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

-97-

001

6E-

Good Housekeeping

Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

Goo

d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

Pollu

tion

Prev

entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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m W

ater

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agem

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lan

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Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

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ES

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m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

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sHig

hway

for

thei

r po

tent

ial i

n si

ting

ston

n w

ater

B

MPs

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op p

olic

y fo

r ad

dres

sing

un

auth

oriz

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onne

ctio

ns to

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ove

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nges

to B

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na

rrat

ive

incl

ude

the

man

ual u

sed

as g

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nce

by m

aint

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ce s

taff

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per

form

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drai

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sys

tem

m

aint

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ce

Environmental reviewed 17

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asse

s fo

r th

e pe

nnit

year

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o of

them

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nied

for

sal

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e of

thei

r va

lue

for

ston

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er tr

eatm

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f hi

ghw

ay

runoff Of the canvasses that

resu

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in a

sal

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wat

er

trea

tmen

t gui

delin

es w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r fi

ve p

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ls

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it D

isch

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icy

was

issu

ed

in J

une

2006

No firther action

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iron

men

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ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

can

vass

es a

s th

ey a

re

pres

ente

d T

he e

mph

asis

will

re

mai

n on

kee

ping

par

cels

of

land

that

are

hig

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suita

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for

ston

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er tr

eatm

ent (

as w

ell a

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etla

nd r

eplic

atio

n) I

n in

stan

ces

whe

re a

sal

e w

ould

be

mor

e be

nefi

cial

any

cha

nce

to

offe

r in

fonn

atio

n or

gui

danc

e on

st

onnw

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trea

tmen

t will

be

men

tione

d w

ithin

the

com

men

tary

Enf

orce

Ilic

it D

isch

arge

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Dis

char

ge P

rohi

bitio

n

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y

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Post

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stru

ctio

n R

unof

f C

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issi

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nfor

cem

ent-

Dra

inag

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l

Tie

-In

Polic

y D

istr

cts

Mas

sHig

hway

s d

rain

age

syst

em

2) E

nfor

ce th

e pr

ovis

ions

thro

ugh

Failu

re to

com

ply

with

the

Dep

t Fo

llow

up

on p

oten

tial i

licit

refe

rral

s to

the

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

re

ques

t will

nec

essi

tate

fur

ther

di

scha

rges

whe

re e

nfor

cem

ent

3) S

umm

ariz

e ac

tions

take

n in

ac

tion

by th

e D

epar

ent e

ither

le

tters

hav

e be

en s

ent

annu

al r

epor

t th

roug

h th

e St

ate

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rney

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ener

al s

offc

e or

the

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tric

t A

ppen

dix

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clud

es m

ore

deta

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elop

pen

nitti

ng p

roce

ss f

or

Inte

rnal

dra

ft o

f D

rain

age

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inal

ize

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inag

e T

ie-I

n SO

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adja

cent

pro

pert

ies

whi

ch w

ould

SO

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aft w

as r

evis

ed to

ref

lect

Su

bmit

to C

hief

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inee

r fo

r lik

e to

tie

into

Mas

sHig

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fo

nnat

of

new

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ess

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it

sign

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dr

aina

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is f

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and

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nt

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ram

and

sum

mar

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actio

ns

revi

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penn

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unde

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m in

ann

ual

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rt

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sum

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stat

us

of d

rain

age

tie-i

n pe

nnits

app

lied

for

and

rece

ived

as

of th

is p

enni

t ye

ar

Page 19

NPD

ES

Stor

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ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

5H-

Post

Con

strc

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off

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mis

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er L

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unof

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t mee

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Eac

h di

stri

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that

no

Mas

sHig

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will

con

tinue

to

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men

t- O

ffsi

te

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iron

men

tal

MS4

req

uire

men

ts w

hich

is

offs

ite r

unof

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forc

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t met

this

ta

ke a

ctio

n w

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thes

e

Pollu

tion

to M

assH

ighw

ay

reac

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the

Mas

sHig

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MS4

re

quir

emen

t re

quir

emen

ts a

re n

ot m

et

Dra

inag

e Sy

stem

an

d is

not

cov

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und

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or

5H-2

may

be

cons

ider

ed

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tric

t 3-

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e N

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ll tr

espa

ssin

g an

d re

ferr

ed to

the

(Rou

te 1

6 in

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don)

Upl

and

AG

s o

ffce

by M

assH

ighw

ay

ruof

f in

to M

HD

CB

s is

co

unse

l at t

he D

HD

s d

iscr

etio

n

cont

ribu

ting

to s

and

bar

form

atio

n at

the

outf

all b

ase

with

in th

e la

ke

Mas

sHig

hway

took

act

ion

by

impr

ovin

g th

e de

sign

of

the

CB

s leading to the outfall This was

the

requ

est o

fDE

P af

ter

com

plai

nts

of th

e sa

nd b

ar f

rom

the

loca

l wat

ersh

ed c

omm

ittee

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t Are

a R

edev

elop

men

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

ight

A

dd la

ngua

ge to

new

leas

e M

easu

rabl

e go

al c

ompl

ete

N

o ac

tion

requ

ired

to M

eet S

torm

wat

er

of Way

agre

emen

ts r

equi

ring

less

ees

who

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agem

ent H

andb

ook

rede

velo

p or

bui

ld n

ew b

uild

ings

St

anda

rds

on r

est a

rea propert leased from

Mas

sHig

hway

to

mee

t the

st

anda

rds

with

in th

e St

orm

Wat

er

Man

agem

ent H

andb

ook

and

the

SWM

P re

quir

emen

ts

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Eva

luat

ion

Pla

nnin

g M

PO

s C

ontin

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incl

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MPO

s co

ntin

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to in

clud

e th

e C

ontin

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incl

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teri

a en

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nmen

tal c

onsi

dera

tions

in

envi

ronm

enta

l com

pone

nt in

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r en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompo

nent

in

the

fund

ing

prio

ritiz

atio

n ev

alua

tion

proc

edur

es

eval

uatio

n pr

oced

ure

ev

alua

tion

Pag

e 20

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Fede

ral E

nhan

cem

ent

Plan

ning

E

xplo

re o

ppor

tniti

es fo

r us

ing

Fund

ing

Fe

dera

l enh

ance

men

t fun

ding

for

en

viro

nmen

tal r

esto

ratio

n an

d po

llutio

n ab

atem

ent p

roje

cts

Pa

rtic

ipat

e in

qua

rter

ly c

omm

ittee

m

eetin

gs

Mas

sHig

hway

is e

xplo

ring

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal

Plan

ning

age

ncie

s t(

)dev

elop

pr

ojec

ts u

sing

fed

eral

enh

ance

men

t fu

ndin

g fo

r st

orm

wat

er

Mas

sHig

hway

has

off

ered

to

par

tner

with

the

Low

ell

Reg

iona

l Was

tew

ater

Util

ity

(LR

WW

) to

des

ign

and

impl

emen

t tw

o st

orm

wat

er

man

agem

ent a

reas

alo

ng R

oute

11

0 in

Low

ell

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pro

ject

wou

ld

incl

ude

the

desi

gn o

f a

shal

low

co

nvey

ance

fro

m R

oute

11 0 into

an u

ndev

elop

ed s

etba

ck a

reas

ow

ned

by th

e L

RW

WU

A L

ID

bio-

rete

ntio

n sy

stem

wou

ld b

e de

sign

ed f

or th

is s

etba

ck a

rea

to

reta

in a

nd f

ilter

sto

rmw

ater

fro

m

two

segm

ents

of

Rou

te 1

10 o

wne

d by

Mas

sHig

hway

M

assH

ighw

ay o

ffer

ed to

com

mit

to lo

ng-t

erm

mai

nten

ance

of

this

sy

stem

incl

udin

g m

anag

emen

t of

vege

tatio

n r

emov

al o

f se

dim

ent

and

litte

r de

bris

fro

m c

urb

inle

ts

lead

ing

to th

e sy

stem

and

rem

oval

of

exc

ess

surf

ace

sedi

men

t fro

m

the

pret

reat

men

t for

ebay

s

Mas

sHig

hway

has

als

o co

mm

itted

to

ass

ist i

n th

e pr

ojec

t des

ign

and

prov

ide

traf

fic

supp

ort d

urin

g pr

ojec

t con

strc

tion

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

expl

ore

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal P

lann

ing

agen

cies

to

dev

elop

pro

ject

s us

ing

fede

ral

enha

ncem

ent f

undi

ng f

or

stor

mw

ater

Mas

sHig

hway

will

su

mm

ariz

e pr

ojec

t in

annu

al

repo

rt M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill b

egin

to

par

ticip

ate

in q

uart

erly

co

mm

ittee

mee

tings

LR

WW

has

not

rec

eive

d th

e 31

9 fu

ndin

g gr

ant i

t app

lied

for

and

the

proj

ect h

as n

ot m

oved

fo

rwar

d

Page 21

6 P

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tion

Prev

entio

n an

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Mun

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al O

pera

tions

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Source Control - 511

Mas

sach

uset

ts T

rave

ler

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em

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Source Control- Adopt-a-

Hig

hway

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ce C

ontr

ol -

Dei

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Pr

ogra

ms

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

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Source Control - Motorist

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ista

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(f

onne

rly H

ELP

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Mai

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n th

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stem

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tinue

to s

uppo

rt th

is

prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

e-ic

ing

and

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uced

Sal

t Are

as

Prog

ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

ocat

or

Prog

ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

See

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endi

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for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

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ing

serv

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patr

ols

or

tow

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ks in

Pen

nit Y

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the

area

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er a

nd

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assi

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bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

NPD

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Stor

m W

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Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

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Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

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w

ill b

e re

conv

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in S

prin

g 20

09

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com

mitt

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ill c

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ue to

re

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red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

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nvir

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enta

l 1)

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ener

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eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

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r 20

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yap and po

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the

disc

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pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

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the

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appl

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of p

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assH

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cide

Alte

rnat

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sted

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web

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stu

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at

the

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ay o

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tatio

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at

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use

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ted

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atio

ns a

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l he

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alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

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red

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d

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par

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n in

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assH

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ay c

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Mas

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will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

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m W

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

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Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

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tanc

e an

d Fi

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r 20

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nd

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ear

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e T

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port

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n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

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or M

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mea

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s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

es 3

) In

stal

l VM

S on

on

sel

ect r

oads

to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

oadw

ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

oten

tial s

afet

y dr

iver

aw

aren

ess

4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

E

nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

F A

ctiv

e P

PT

F w

as m

aint

aine

d N

o M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

roug

hout

the

penT

it te

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) w

ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

8

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

of a

ctio

ns

Act

ions

on

Tox

ics

Use

Red

uctio

nta

ken

on e

ach

pollu

tion

Initiated testing of vegetable-

prev

entio

n in

itiat

ive

incl

uded

in

base

d hy

drau

lic o

il in

hea

vyth

e SW

M in

the

annu

al r

epor

t equipmentplow trcks

Initi

ated

test

ing

of c

lose

d-lo

op

cran

kcas

e oi

l dra

inin

g sy

stem

E

valu

ated

and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

aulic

fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

Bay

stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

ams

supp

ort t

hese

pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

-I a

nd lD

-

Page

24

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

A

sbes

tos

Solid

Was

te

Roa

dsid

e Is

sues

T

ans

Wet

land

s R

ecor

dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

sHig

hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

Page 25

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

1 di

strc

t m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

ovem

ber

4 5

a

nd

of2

008

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Snow

and

Ice

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

App

endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

) Po

st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

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ills

DE

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licy

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Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

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g M

aint

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ce

BM

P 6E

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ouse

keep

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evis

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tion

Prev

entio

n P

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even

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ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

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tiviti

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luat

ion

has

been

rem

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d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

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ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

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e go

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keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

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ch B

asin

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nvir

onm

enta

l

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rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

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lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

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nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

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ect

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nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

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plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

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Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

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ouza

Sha

piro

and

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lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

hway

util

ized

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tank

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truc

ks w

ith s

pray

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is s

easo

n

do th

is n

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sari

ly b

y in

crea

sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

Enh

ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

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tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

C

orpo

ratio

n) f

or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

nd lo

cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

g I

t is

fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

ote)

and

co

mm

unic

ates

eve

ry m

onth

with

th

em

Alte

rnat

ive

Tec

hnol

ogie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

trai

n W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

use

Pre

-Mix

max

imiz

e th

e us

e of

Pre

mix

and

an

d w

ork

with

the

dist

rict

s to

ens

ure

and

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e di

cers

in

liqui

d ca

lciu

m c

hlor

ide

as

all i

nvol

ved

in a

red

uce

salt

zone

are

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith R

educ

ed S

alt

alte

rnat

ive

deic

ers

to r

educ

e th

e aw

are

of th

e ca

use

and

effe

ct o

f de

-Z

ones

qu

antit

y of

gra

nula

r so

dium

ic

ing

chem

ical

s O

ne p

erce

nt o

fthi

s ch

lori

de a

nd s

houl

d cl

osel

y pe

nnit

year

s to

tal u

se o

f de

icer

was

m

onito

r re

duce

d sa

lt zo

nes

deri

ved

fonn

alte

rnat

ive

duri

ng s

tonn

s to

ens

ure

the

tech

nolo

gies

pr

oper

tim

ing

of s

alt

appl

icat

ions

and

to m

inim

ize

the

pote

ntia

l for

ove

ruse

of

deic

ing

chem

ical

s

Page 35

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ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Res

earc

h

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

has

join

ed C

lear

R

oads

pro

gram

and

will

co

ntin

ue to

exp

lore

mov

ing

forw

ard

on o

ther

pro

ject

s

Sum

mar

ize

rese

arch

per

fonn

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

be

activ

e MassHighway wil pa

ricip

ate

in th

e m

embe

r in

the

Cle

ar R

oads

pro

gram

an

nual

mee

ting

sche

dule

d fo

r la

te

Dur

ing

this

pen

nit y

ear

5-6

fun

ded

July

in W

isco

nsin

re

sear

ch p

roje

cts

wer

e on

goin

g T

hey

rang

ed f

orm

cor

rect

che

mic

al te

stin

g pr

otoc

ols

to e

ffect

ive

use

of a

nti-

icin

g ch

emic

als

Res

earc

h on

new

met

hods

of

rem

ovin

g sn

ow f

ocus

ed o

n be

com

ing

mor

e ef

fcie

nt w

ith s

now

and

ice

oper

atio

ns T

his

was

acc

ompl

ishe

d by

bet

ter

appl

icat

ion

met

hods

co

rrec

t tim

ing

of s

now

and

ice

rem

oval

and

usi

ng p

rope

r ch

emic

als

Cle

ar R

oads

has

als

o un

dert

aken

a

Cos

t Ben

efit

stud

y to

eva

luat

e th

e re

al c

ost o

f ef

fici

ency

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ooks

at t

he

adva

ntag

e of

new

tech

nolo

gy a

nd

give

s to

ols

to ju

stif

y th

e us

e of

new

te

chno

logi

es

Add

n

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l

Nee

ds P

rogr

am

Con

stru

ctio

n (P

revi

ousl

y in

dica

ted

as

BM

P 4G

bu

t foc

us o

f research program

is

now

for source control instead

of c

onst

ruct

ion)

Contract for study on Critical

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ratio

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istin

g 51

1 Sy

stem

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt th

is

prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sal

t Are

as

Prog

ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

ocat

or

Prog

ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

See

App

endi

x F

for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

rov

ing

serv

ice

patr

ols

or

tow

truc

ks in

Pen

nit Y

ear

6 in

the

area

s of

Bos

ton

Wor

cest

er a

nd

Springfield This service not only

assi

sts

disa

bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

NPD

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Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

The

Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

conv

ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

The

com

mitt

ee w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

Five

-Yea

r 20

09-2

013

Veg

etat

ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

ou

tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

emen

t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

2)

200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

izer

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yet c

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eted

as

of A

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pare

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pera

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l Pl

an (

yap)

by

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eac

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200

9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

0 da

ys 4

) Su

mm

ariz

e da

ys o

f co

mpl

etio

n ac

tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

ar in

an

nual

rep

ort

4) N

o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

d in

20

08 H

erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

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ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

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ed w

ould

cos

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e th

an th

e us

e of

con

vent

iona

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rbic

ides

The

alte

rnat

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prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

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Source Control-

Hav

Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

Page 23

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

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ay

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king

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get f

or M

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ay

wal

king

inc

ludi

ng o

n-ro

ad a

nd

650

329

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7

off-

road

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he

local level

$392

000

was

use

d fo

r bi

cycl

e an

d $6

58 0

00 w

ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

e Sa

fe

Pro

gram

Bud

get

R

oute

to S

choo

l Pro

gram

Bud

get

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol-

Hig

hway

H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

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stal

l VM

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on

sel

ect r

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to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

oadw

ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

oten

tial s

afet

y dr

iver

aw

aren

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4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

E

nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

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ctiv

e P

PT

F w

as m

aint

aine

d N

o M

assH

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ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

roug

hout

the

penT

it te

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) w

ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

8

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

of a

ctio

ns

Act

ions

on

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uctio

nta

ken

on e

ach

pollu

tion

Initiated testing of vegetable-

prev

entio

n in

itiat

ive

incl

uded

in

base

d hy

drau

lic o

il in

hea

vyth

e SW

M in

the

annu

al r

epor

t equipmentplow trcks

Initi

ated

test

ing

of c

lose

d-lo

op

cran

kcas

e oi

l dra

inin

g sy

stem

E

valu

ated

and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

aulic

fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

Bay

stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

ams

supp

ort t

hese

pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

-I a

nd lD

-

Page

24

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

A

sbes

tos

Solid

Was

te

Roa

dsid

e Is

sues

T

ans

Wet

land

s R

ecor

dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

sHig

hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

Page 25

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

1 di

strc

t m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

ovem

ber

4 5

a

nd

of2

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tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Snow

and

Ice

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

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inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

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t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

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d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

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m th

roug

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tch

mai

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n th

e hi

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m

in A

ppen

dix

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SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

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ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

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cts

str

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ping

and

sy

stem

mai

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ance

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gula

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aina

ge s

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f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

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viro

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tal c

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st E

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ual o

n M

assH

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ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

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dboo

k on

w

ebsi

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or p

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ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

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d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

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ual

and

the

Faci

lity

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iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

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ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

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plet

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litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

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001

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Good Housekeeping

Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

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d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

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tion

Prev

entio

n P

rogr

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to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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ater

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Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Fede

ral E

nhan

cem

ent

Plan

ning

E

xplo

re o

ppor

tniti

es fo

r us

ing

Fund

ing

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dera

l enh

ance

men

t fun

ding

for

en

viro

nmen

tal r

esto

ratio

n an

d po

llutio

n ab

atem

ent p

roje

cts

Pa

rtic

ipat

e in

qua

rter

ly c

omm

ittee

m

eetin

gs

Mas

sHig

hway

is e

xplo

ring

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal

Plan

ning

age

ncie

s t(

)dev

elop

pr

ojec

ts u

sing

fed

eral

enh

ance

men

t fu

ndin

g fo

r st

orm

wat

er

Mas

sHig

hway

has

off

ered

to

par

tner

with

the

Low

ell

Reg

iona

l Was

tew

ater

Util

ity

(LR

WW

) to

des

ign

and

impl

emen

t tw

o st

orm

wat

er

man

agem

ent a

reas

alo

ng R

oute

11

0 in

Low

ell

The

pro

ject

wou

ld

incl

ude

the

desi

gn o

f a

shal

low

co

nvey

ance

fro

m R

oute

11 0 into

an u

ndev

elop

ed s

etba

ck a

reas

ow

ned

by th

e L

RW

WU

A L

ID

bio-

rete

ntio

n sy

stem

wou

ld b

e de

sign

ed f

or th

is s

etba

ck a

rea

to

reta

in a

nd f

ilter

sto

rmw

ater

fro

m

two

segm

ents

of

Rou

te 1

10 o

wne

d by

Mas

sHig

hway

M

assH

ighw

ay o

ffer

ed to

com

mit

to lo

ng-t

erm

mai

nten

ance

of

this

sy

stem

incl

udin

g m

anag

emen

t of

vege

tatio

n r

emov

al o

f se

dim

ent

and

litte

r de

bris

fro

m c

urb

inle

ts

lead

ing

to th

e sy

stem

and

rem

oval

of

exc

ess

surf

ace

sedi

men

t fro

m

the

pret

reat

men

t for

ebay

s

Mas

sHig

hway

has

als

o co

mm

itted

to

ass

ist i

n th

e pr

ojec

t des

ign

and

prov

ide

traf

fic

supp

ort d

urin

g pr

ojec

t con

strc

tion

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

expl

ore

the

pote

ntia

l for

pro

ject

s w

ith r

egio

nal P

lann

ing

agen

cies

to

dev

elop

pro

ject

s us

ing

fede

ral

enha

ncem

ent f

undi

ng f

or

stor

mw

ater

Mas

sHig

hway

will

su

mm

ariz

e pr

ojec

t in

annu

al

repo

rt M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill b

egin

to

par

ticip

ate

in q

uart

erly

co

mm

ittee

mee

tings

LR

WW

has

not

rec

eive

d th

e 31

9 fu

ndin

g gr

ant i

t app

lied

for

and

the

proj

ect h

as n

ot m

oved

fo

rwar

d

Page 21

6 P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n an

d G

ood

Hou

seke

epin

g in

Mun

icip

al O

pera

tions

6A-

Source Control - 511

Mas

sach

uset

ts T

rave

ler

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em

6A-

Source Control- Adopt-a-

Hig

hway

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Dei

cing

Pr

ogra

ms

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

6A-

Source Control - Motorist

Ass

ista

nce

Prog

ram

(f

onne

rly H

ELP

)

Pro

ject

Cle

an

Ope

ratio

ns

Ado

pt-a

-Hig

hway

O

pera

tions

Env

iron

men

tal

D

istr

icts

MA

P Pr

ogra

m

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ratio

ns

Mai

ntai

n th

e ex

istin

g 51

1 Sy

stem

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt th

is

prog

ram

by

mai

ntai

ning

sig

ns in

ar

eas

whe

re th

e pr

ogra

m is

ac

tive

Sum

mar

ize

num

ber

of

road miles cleaned

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sal

t Are

as

Prog

ram

s

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de 2

2 H

ighw

ay E

mer

genc

y L

ocat

or

Prog

ram

(H

EL

P) v

ans

and

or

tow trcks

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is s

yste

m

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

th

is p

rogr

am A

ppro

xim

atel

y 70

m

iles

wer

e cl

eane

d ea

ch q

uart

er

durin

g th

is p

enni

t yea

r to

talin

g ap

prox

imat

ely

280

mile

s

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

supp

ort t

he D

e-ic

ing

and

Red

uced

Sa

lt A

reas

Pro

gram

s

See

App

endi

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for

mor

e in

fonn

atio

n on

wel

l rep

lace

men

ts

and

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

(B

MP

6G)

Mas

sHig

hway

has

con

tinue

d to

pr

ovid

e 22

rov

ing

serv

ice

patr

ols

or

tow

truc

ks in

Pen

nit Y

ear

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the

area

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Bos

ton

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er a

nd

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assi

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disa

bled

mot

oris

ts a

lso

reduces traffc congestion

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

The

Sal

t Mat

eria

l usa

ge c

omm

ittee

w

ill b

e re

conv

ened

in S

prin

g 20

09

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com

mitt

ee w

ill c

ontin

ue to

re

view

red

uced

sal

t zon

es a

nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ive

BM

Ps w

ithin

th

ese

area

s

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

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r 20

09-2

013

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ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

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s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

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g M

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t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

2)

200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

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yet c

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of A

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l Pl

an (

yap)

by

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9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

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assH

ighw

ay w

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ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

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ys 4

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mm

ariz

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ys o

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mpl

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tions

take

n in

pre

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ar in

an

nual

rep

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o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

d in

20

08 H

erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

epea

ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

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ed w

ould

cos

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e th

an th

e us

e of

con

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iona

l he

rbic

ides

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alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

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Source Control-

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Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

Page 23

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

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king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

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ay

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king

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or M

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nd

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at t

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use

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cycl

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d $6

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ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

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ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

e Sa

fe

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gram

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get

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oute

to S

choo

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gram

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get

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ce C

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Hig

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H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

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) In

stal

l VM

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on

sel

ect r

oads

to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

oadw

ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

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tial s

afet

y dr

iver

aw

aren

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4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

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ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

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nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

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ctiv

e P

PT

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as m

aint

aine

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o M

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ay w

ill c

ontin

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th

roug

hout

the

penT

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ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

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200

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supp

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prog

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on

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prev

entio

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incl

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in

base

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hea

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the

annu

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t equipmentplow trcks

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g sy

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valu

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and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

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ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

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fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

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Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

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hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

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stat

e R

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pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

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supp

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pro

gram

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spon

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d by

thes

e pr

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ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

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nd lD

-

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24

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

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ardo

us W

aste

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azar

dous

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eria

ls

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spec

tions

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lity

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agem

ent

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ardo

us M

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M

anag

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azar

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apor

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over

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stem

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spec

tion

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S

(con

tinue

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low

)

Mas

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will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

Page 25

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m W

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

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late

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ow

and

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oval

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tric

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mai

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ance

per

sonn

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tric

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brua

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ning

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ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

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n O

ctob

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and

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and

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tra

inin

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ere

prov

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fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

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ance

per

sonn

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tric

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ovem

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and

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and

on D

ecem

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nd 4

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tra

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mat

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mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

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wil

agai

n pr

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e an

nual

trai

ning

on

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late

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es e

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men

t and

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eria

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for

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o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

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Stor

m W

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Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

App

endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

) Po

st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

-97-

001

6E-

Good Housekeeping

Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

Goo

d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

Pollu

tion

Prev

entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

Page 30

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

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util

ized

73

tank

er

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ith s

pray

bar

s th

is s

easo

n

do th

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

y in

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sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

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ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

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tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

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ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

C

orpo

ratio

n) f

or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

nd lo

cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

g I

t is

fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

ote)

and

co

mm

unic

ates

eve

ry m

onth

with

th

em

Alte

rnat

ive

Tec

hnol

ogie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

trai

n W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

use

Pre

-Mix

max

imiz

e th

e us

e of

Pre

mix

and

an

d w

ork

with

the

dist

rict

s to

ens

ure

and

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e di

cers

in

liqui

d ca

lciu

m c

hlor

ide

as

all i

nvol

ved

in a

red

uce

salt

zone

are

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith R

educ

ed S

alt

alte

rnat

ive

deic

ers

to r

educ

e th

e aw

are

of th

e ca

use

and

effe

ct o

f de

-Z

ones

qu

antit

y of

gra

nula

r so

dium

ic

ing

chem

ical

s O

ne p

erce

nt o

fthi

s ch

lori

de a

nd s

houl

d cl

osel

y pe

nnit

year

s to

tal u

se o

f de

icer

was

m

onito

r re

duce

d sa

lt zo

nes

deri

ved

fonn

alte

rnat

ive

duri

ng s

tonn

s to

ens

ure

the

tech

nolo

gies

pr

oper

tim

ing

of s

alt

appl

icat

ions

and

to m

inim

ize

the

pote

ntia

l for

ove

ruse

of

deic

ing

chem

ical

s

Page 35

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ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Res

earc

h

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

has

join

ed C

lear

R

oads

pro

gram

and

will

co

ntin

ue to

exp

lore

mov

ing

forw

ard

on o

ther

pro

ject

s

Sum

mar

ize

rese

arch

per

fonn

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

be

activ

e MassHighway wil pa

ricip

ate

in th

e m

embe

r in

the

Cle

ar R

oads

pro

gram

an

nual

mee

ting

sche

dule

d fo

r la

te

Dur

ing

this

pen

nit y

ear

5-6

fun

ded

July

in W

isco

nsin

re

sear

ch p

roje

cts

wer

e on

goin

g T

hey

rang

ed f

orm

cor

rect

che

mic

al te

stin

g pr

otoc

ols

to e

ffect

ive

use

of a

nti-

icin

g ch

emic

als

Res

earc

h on

new

met

hods

of

rem

ovin

g sn

ow f

ocus

ed o

n be

com

ing

mor

e ef

fcie

nt w

ith s

now

and

ice

oper

atio

ns T

his

was

acc

ompl

ishe

d by

bet

ter

appl

icat

ion

met

hods

co

rrec

t tim

ing

of s

now

and

ice

rem

oval

and

usi

ng p

rope

r ch

emic

als

Cle

ar R

oads

has

als

o un

dert

aken

a

Cos

t Ben

efit

stud

y to

eva

luat

e th

e re

al c

ost o

f ef

fici

ency

It l

ooks

at t

he

adva

ntag

e of

new

tech

nolo

gy a

nd

give

s to

ols

to ju

stif

y th

e us

e of

new

te

chno

logi

es

Add

n

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l

Nee

ds P

rogr

am

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stru

ctio

n (P

revi

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y in

dica

ted

as

BM

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bu

t foc

us o

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is

now

for source control instead

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ipm

ent h

as b

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exec

uted

and

aw

arde

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he f

undi

ng

is

$300

000

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initi

al s

tage

s of

the

contract have been met Work

is

cont

inue

thro

ugho

ut th

e su

mm

er

Win

ter

oper

atio

ns w

il be

sch

edul

ed

to c

omm

ence

in D

ecem

ber

of 2

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wil

begi

n m

appi

ng

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ic D

rink

ing

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er S

uppl

y Z

one

II a

rea

for

use

in th

e pr

ogra

m Page 36

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

7 B

MPs

for

Mee

ting

Tot

al M

axim

um D

aily

Loa

d (T

MD

L)

Was

te L

oad

Allo

catio

ns (

WL

A)

if ap

plic

able

Wet

land

Pro

tect

ion

Act

E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s

(WP A) Compliance

will

com

ply

with

the

WPA

and

re

quire

d by

the

WP

A

requ

ired

by th

e W

P A

ME

SA 2

) W

hen

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s ar

e id

entif

ied

Mas

sHig

hway

will

wor

k w

ith

the

appr

opri

ate

agen

cies

to

desi

gn th

e pr

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t to

min

imiz

e th

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pact

s

401

Wat

er Q

ualit

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nvir

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l M

assa

chus

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ater

C

ontin

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com

ply

with

MA

401

C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

MA

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W

ater

Qua

lity

Cer

tific

atio

n W

ater

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lity

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tific

atio

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icat

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ualit

y ce

rtif

icat

ion

requ

irem

ents

whi

ch in

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egul

atio

ns

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ulat

ions

re

view

of

the

proj

ect b

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ural

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itage

pro

gram

and

U

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sh a

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en

dang

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itat i

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appe

d in

the

proj

ect v

icin

ity

will

be

com

plie

d w

ith w

hene

ver

they

are

app

licab

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cklis

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nvir

onm

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l C

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lusi

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list f

or a

ll ch

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wer

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lists

for

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CU

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fed

eral

ly-

Mas

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pro

ject

s th

at

appr

oved

for

all

fede

rally

-aid

ed

aided constrction advertising

utili

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eder

al f

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pr

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ts a

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for

con

strc

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ram

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plet

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stag

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r ot

her

proj

ect

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th

at r

ecei

ves

fede

ral f

unds

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Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Env

iron

men

tal S

ite D

ata

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

an

envi

ronm

enta

l site

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assH

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as p

repa

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this

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naliz

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nn a

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to im

plem

ent

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onst

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data

fon

n fo

r re

view

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fonn

to r

evie

w p

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of

at 2

5 D

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with

Env

iron

men

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staf

f at

25

Des

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Im

plem

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area

s as

par

t of

com

plia

nce

with

on

all

proj

ects

th

e N

PDE

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onst

rctio

n an

d M

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general pennit This fonn includes

revi

ew o

f di

scha

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for

pot

entia

l im

pact

to O

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s s

ensi

tive

area

s en

dang

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spe

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im

pair

ed

wat

ers

and

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prov

ed T

MD

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raft

fon

n ha

s be

en d

evel

oped

and

is b

eing

re

view

ed in

tern

ally

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iron

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tal

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TM

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omm

enda

tion

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endi

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ted

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tinue

to r

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raft

and

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y T

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able

of

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MD

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nd im

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ent T

MD

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repo

rt w

ill b

e up

date

d an

nual

ly

to m

eet T

MD

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ecom

men

datio

ns

reco

mm

ende

d ac

tiviti

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hen

to r

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hich

rep

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hav

e M

assH

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ay s

taff

mem

bers

and

po

ssib

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aliz

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the

prev

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mis

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on

any

rel

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ble

goal

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disc

uss

how

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sHig

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can

be

mor

e in

volv

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deve

lopm

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plem

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r M

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cifi

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men

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ns

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mm

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tions

in A

ppen

dix

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Page 38

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

TM

DL

Wat

ersh

ed R

evie

w

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

pri

oriti

zed

list o

f M

assH

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in th

e pr

oces

s of

Fi

naliz

e R

FR I

ssue

RFR

and

aw

ard

TM

DL

wat

ersh

eds

to a

sses

s fi

naliz

ing

an R

FR f

or th

is w

ork

to

con

sulta

nt D

evel

op p

riorit

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d on

pol

luta

nts

and

Mas

sHig

hway

has

com

mitt

ed 1

of

TM

DL

wat

ersh

eds

base

d on

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pa

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dver

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Prev

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Mun

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6A-

Source Control - 511

Mas

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Info

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Source Control- Adopt-a-

Hig

hway

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Sour

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ontr

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Dei

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Pr

ogra

ms

and

Red

uced

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lt A

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Source Control - Motorist

Ass

ista

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Prog

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(f

onne

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ELP

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an

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ratio

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stem

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tinue

to s

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prog

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ns in

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num

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of

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2 H

ighw

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or

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and

or

tow trcks

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tinue

s to

sup

port

th

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m

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tinue

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sup

port

th

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rogr

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m

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talin

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prox

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280

mile

s

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wil

cont

inue

to

supp

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he D

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and

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lt A

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gram

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mor

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fonn

atio

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wel

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lace

men

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and

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MP

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pr

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Stor

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

syst

em

Mas

sHig

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will

con

tinue

to

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

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eria

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ill b

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conv

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mitt

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re

view

red

uced

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nd

expl

ore

alte

rnat

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BM

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th

ese

area

s

Mas

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will

con

tinue

to

prov

ide

rovi

ng s

ervi

ce p

atro

ls o

r to

w tr

ucks

for

the

next

fou

r ye

ars

Pag

e 22

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

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Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

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VM

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enta

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elop

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atio

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plet

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he

Mas

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will

com

plet

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M

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roug

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nnit

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NPD

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

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Plan

ning

Pr

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chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

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all

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con

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ty

into

all

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igns

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w h

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supp

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vide

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vehi

cle

haza

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incl

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chno

logi

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stal

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and

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BM

P lD

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24

NPD

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Stor

m W

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Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

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fac

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pe

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nel r

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usek

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ng s

pill

prev

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Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

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9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

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ce f

acili

ty p

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incl

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nel r

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and

spi

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Stor

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Man

agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

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rain

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Hig

hway

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ratio

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Prov

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annu

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at

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sup

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late

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December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

App

endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

) Po

st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

-97-

001

6E-

Good Housekeeping

Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

Goo

d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

Pollu

tion

Prev

entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

Page 30

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Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

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NPD

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

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util

ized

73

tank

er

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ith s

pray

bar

s th

is s

easo

n

do th

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

y in

crea

sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

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ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

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ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

C

orpo

ratio

n) f

or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

nd lo

cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

g I

t is

fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

ote)

and

co

mm

unic

ates

eve

ry m

onth

with

th

em

Alte

rnat

ive

Tec

hnol

ogie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

trai

n W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

use

Pre

-Mix

max

imiz

e th

e us

e of

Pre

mix

and

an

d w

ork

with

the

dist

rict

s to

ens

ure

and

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e di

cers

in

liqui

d ca

lciu

m c

hlor

ide

as

all i

nvol

ved

in a

red

uce

salt

zone

are

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith R

educ

ed S

alt

alte

rnat

ive

deic

ers

to r

educ

e th

e aw

are

of th

e ca

use

and

effe

ct o

f de

-Z

ones

qu

antit

y of

gra

nula

r so

dium

ic

ing

chem

ical

s O

ne p

erce

nt o

fthi

s ch

lori

de a

nd s

houl

d cl

osel

y pe

nnit

year

s to

tal u

se o

f de

icer

was

m

onito

r re

duce

d sa

lt zo

nes

deri

ved

fonn

alte

rnat

ive

duri

ng s

tonn

s to

ens

ure

the

tech

nolo

gies

pr

oper

tim

ing

of s

alt

appl

icat

ions

and

to m

inim

ize

the

pote

ntia

l for

ove

ruse

of

deic

ing

chem

ical

s

Page 35

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Res

earc

h

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

has

join

ed C

lear

R

oads

pro

gram

and

will

co

ntin

ue to

exp

lore

mov

ing

forw

ard

on o

ther

pro

ject

s

Sum

mar

ize

rese

arch

per

fonn

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

be

activ

e MassHighway wil pa

ricip

ate

in th

e m

embe

r in

the

Cle

ar R

oads

pro

gram

an

nual

mee

ting

sche

dule

d fo

r la

te

Dur

ing

this

pen

nit y

ear

5-6

fun

ded

July

in W

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nsin

re

sear

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roje

cts

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e on

goin

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hey

rang

ed f

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cor

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che

mic

al te

stin

g pr

otoc

ols

to e

ffect

ive

use

of a

nti-

icin

g ch

emic

als

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earc

h on

new

met

hods

of

rem

ovin

g sn

ow f

ocus

ed o

n be

com

ing

mor

e ef

fcie

nt w

ith s

now

and

ice

oper

atio

ns T

his

was

acc

ompl

ishe

d by

bet

ter

appl

icat

ion

met

hods

co

rrec

t tim

ing

of s

now

and

ice

rem

oval

and

usi

ng p

rope

r ch

emic

als

Cle

ar R

oads

has

als

o un

dert

aken

a

Cos

t Ben

efit

stud

y to

eva

luat

e th

e re

al c

ost o

f ef

fici

ency

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ooks

at t

he

adva

ntag

e of

new

tech

nolo

gy a

nd

give

s to

ols

to ju

stif

y th

e us

e of

new

te

chno

logi

es

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n

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l

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ds P

rogr

am

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stru

ctio

n (P

revi

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dica

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bu

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now

for source control instead

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aw

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he f

undi

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000

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initi

al s

tage

s of

the

contract have been met Work

is

cont

inue

thro

ugho

ut th

e su

mm

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ter

oper

atio

ns w

il be

sch

edul

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to c

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ence

in D

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n m

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rink

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er S

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one

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rea

for

use

in th

e pr

ogra

m Page 36

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

7 B

MPs

for

Mee

ting

Tot

al M

axim

um D

aily

Loa

d (T

MD

L)

Was

te L

oad

Allo

catio

ns (

WL

A)

if ap

plic

able

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land

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tect

ion

Act

E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

All

Mas

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pro

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s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s

(WP A) Compliance

will

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ply

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the

WPA

and

re

quire

d by

the

WP

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requ

ired

by th

e W

P A

ME

SA 2

) W

hen

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s ar

e id

entif

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Mas

sHig

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will

wor

k w

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the

appr

opri

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agen

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to

desi

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min

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lity

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lity

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fed

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pro

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at

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for

all

fede

rally

-aid

ed

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Page 37

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Env

iron

men

tal S

ite D

ata

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

an

envi

ronm

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as p

repa

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plem

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fon

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Page 38

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

TM

DL

Wat

ersh

ed R

evie

w

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

pri

oriti

zed

list o

f M

assH

ighw

ay is

in th

e pr

oces

s of

Fi

naliz

e R

FR I

ssue

RFR

and

aw

ard

TM

DL

wat

ersh

eds

to a

sses

s fi

naliz

ing

an R

FR f

or th

is w

ork

to

con

sulta

nt D

evel

op p

riorit

ies

list

base

d on

pol

luta

nts

and

Mas

sHig

hway

has

com

mitt

ed 1

of

TM

DL

wat

ersh

eds

base

d on

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontr

ibut

ing

mill

ion

dolla

rs f

or th

e co

ntra

ct

cont

ribu

ting

area

s R

ecei

ve

area

s A

sses

s 20

o

f co

mpl

eted

USG

S m

odel

by

sum

mer

w

ater

shed

s w

ith T

MD

Ls

each

M

assH

ighw

ay s

con

sulta

nt is

20

09

year

onc

e th

e U

SG

S

crea

ting

a lis

t of

wat

er b

odie

s w

ith

Con

tam

inan

t Mod

el is

St

orm

wat

er I

mpa

ired

TM

DL

as

Onc

e th

e T

MD

L w

ater

shed

s ar

e co

mpl

eted

(sc

hedu

led

for

rece

ntly

def

ined

by

DE

P as

par

t of

defi

ned

the

cons

ulta

nt w

ill c

reat

e D

ecem

ber

2008

) S

umm

ariz

e th

eir

Reg

ulat

ed I

mpe

rvio

us A

rea

spec

ific

wat

ersh

ed m

aps

and

revi

ew

asse

ssm

ent a

nd o

utco

me

(RIA

) dr

aft p

erm

it t

hat h

ave

them

with

Mas

sHig

hway

sta

ff to

in

clud

ing

impl

emen

tatio

n M

assH

igliw

ay o

utfa

lls a

ccor

ding

id

entif

y po

ssib

ilitie

s fo

r B

MP

sc

hedu

les

for

BM

Ps if

to

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

or

inst

alla

tion

The

BM

Ps

iden

tifie

d de

term

ined

nec

essa

ry i

n ea

ch

Mas

sHig

hway

roa

d la

yer

(if

not i

n w

ill b

e su

mm

ariz

ed in

a ta

ble

BM

Ps

annu

al r

epor

t ur

bani

zed

area

)

will

be

base

d on

the

phos

phor

us

infi

ltrat

ion

guid

ance

giv

en to

us

by

DE

P at

our

Mid

dles

ex T

urnp

ike

mee

ting

and

as o

utlin

ed in

DE

P

draf

t RIA

per

mit

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

pro

vide

the

Salt

Ove

rall

ISA

387

21 S

alt

Con

tinue

to a

ddre

ss n

ew a

nd e

xist

ing

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

with

a

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

bud

get i

s sa

lt co

mpl

aint

s

fund

ing

leve

l app

ropr

iate

to

$4 7

5 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Cul

tura

l Res

ourc

es

Cul

tura

l Res

ourc

es

Rev

iew

all

proj

ects

for

impa

cts

Mea

sura

ble

goal

met

The

re h

ave

Con

tinue

to r

evie

w p

roje

cts

for

Rev

iew

D

epar

tmen

t to

his

tori

c pr

oper

ties

at th

e 25

been

no

inst

ance

s du

ring

the

past

im

pact

s to

his

tori

c pr

oper

ties

at th

e de

sign

pha

se I

f a

pote

ntia

l ye

ar w

here

sto

rm w

ater

impa

cts

25

Des

ign

Stag

e im

pact

is fo

und

the

Dep

arte

nt

have

adv

erse

ly a

ffect

ed a

ny

wor

ks w

ith th

e de

sign

er

Nat

iona

l Reg

iste

r-lis

ted

or e

ligib

le

(Mas

sHig

hway

or

cons

ulta

nt )

pa

rtie

s

and

Mas

sach

uset

ts H

isto

rica

l C

omm

issi

on to

alte

r th

e de

sign

to

miti

gate

or

prev

ent a

dver

se

effe

cts

Page 39

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

VM

P E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

Dev

elop

a g

ener

ic V

eget

atio

n 1)

Mas

sHig

hway

com

plet

ed T

he

Mas

sHig

hway

will

com

plet

e its

M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (V

MP)

whi

ch

Five

-Yea

r 20

09-2

013

Veg

etat

ion

2009

yap and po

st it

on

the

web

ou

tline

s m

etho

ds o

f m

inim

izin

g M

anag

emen

t Pla

n an

d po

sted

it o

n within 30 days of completion

the

disc

harg

e of

pol

luta

nts

the

web

re

late

d to

the

stor

age

and

appl

icat

ion

of p

estic

ides

2)

200

9 ya

p is

und

erw

ay b

ut n

ot

herb

icid

es a

nd f

ertil

izer

s

yet c

ompl

eted

as

of A

pril

17 2

009

2)

Pre

pare

a Y

earl

y O

pera

tiona

l Pl

an (

yap)

by

Apr

il of

eac

h 3)

200

9 ya

p w

ill b

e po

sted

to th

e year 3) Post yap on web

site

M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite w

ithin

30

with

in 3

0 da

ys 4

) Su

mm

ariz

e da

ys o

f co

mpl

etio

n ac

tions

take

n in

pre

viou

s ye

ar in

an

nual

rep

ort

4) N

o Sp

ray

prog

ram

occ

urre

d in

20

08 H

erbi

cide

Alte

rnat

ives

R

esea

rch

has

been

pub

lishe

d an

d po

sted

on

the

web

The

stu

dy lo

oked

at

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

es to

herbicides and the effcacy of the

tye

of h

erbi

cide

s us

ed b

y M

assH

ighw

ay o

n ro

adsi

de

vege

tatio

n T

he r

epor

t fou

nd th

at

beca

use

of th

e co

st o

f m

ater

ials

and

ne

ed f

or r

epea

ted

seas

onal

ap

plic

atio

ns a

ll of

the

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

rev

iew

ed w

ould

cos

t mor

e th

an th

e us

e of

con

vent

iona

l he

rbic

ides

The

alte

rnat

ive

prac

tices

w

ill b

e us

eful

and

the

cost

will

be

just

ifie

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

the

use

of c

onve

ntio

nal h

erbi

cide

s is

un

desi

red

or p

rohi

bite

d

6A-

Source Control-

Hav

Pl

anin

g

Con

tinue

par

icip

atio

n in

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

rides

harn

g ac

tiviti

es th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

the

dura

tion

ofth

e pe

nnit

tenn

Page 23

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

Plan

ning

Pr

ovid

e te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e an

d Fi

scal

Yea

r 20

08 B

icyc

le a

nd

Fisc

al Y

ear

2009

Bic

ycle

and

A

ltern

ativ

e T

rans

port

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r bi

cycl

ing

and

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

Wal

king

Bud

get f

or M

assH

ighw

ay

wal

king

inc

ludi

ng o

n-ro

ad a

nd

650

329

$1

0 86

1 54

7

off-

road

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he

local level

$392

000

was

use

d fo

r bi

cycl

e an

d $6

58 0

00 w

ill b

e us

ed f

or b

icyc

le

wal

king

infr

astr

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts

and

wal

king

infr

astr

uctu

re

as p

art o

f th

e Sa

fe R

oute

to S

choo

l im

prov

emen

ts a

s pa

rt o

f th

e Sa

fe

Pro

gram

Bud

get

R

oute

to S

choo

l Pro

gram

Bud

get

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol-

Hig

hway

H

ighw

ay D

esig

n I)

Inc

orpo

rate

saf

ety

mea

sure

s Sa

fety

mea

sure

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

all

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Safe

ty

into

all

new

hig

hway

des

igns

ne

w h

ighw

ay d

esig

ns in

clud

ing

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

2)

Pro

vide

sig

nage

to w

am o

f ap

prop

riat

e si

gnag

e an

d ev

olvi

ng

vehi

cle

haza

rds

incl

udin

g te

chno

logi

es M

assH

ighw

ay in

stal

ls

tippi

ng h

azar

ds a

nd s

teep

an

d m

aint

ains

veh

icle

mes

sage

sig

ns

grad

es 3

) In

stal

l VM

S on

on

sel

ect r

oads

to im

prov

e dr

iver

se

lect

ed r

oadw

ays

to im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

to p

oten

tial s

afet

y dr

iver

aw

aren

ess

4)

Incl

ude

haza

rds

ev

olvi

ng s

afet

y te

chno

logi

es a

s pa

rt o

f fu

ture

hig

hway

des

ign

proj

ects

as

they

are

dev

elop

ed

6A-

Sour

ce C

ontr

ol -

TU

RA

E

nvir

onm

enta

l I)

Mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

PPT

F A

ctiv

e P

PT

F w

as m

aint

aine

d N

o M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

th

roug

hout

the

penT

it te

nT 2

) w

ater

con

serv

atio

n ac

tiviti

es in

200

8

supp

ort t

his

prog

ram

Pr

ovid

e su

mm

ary

of a

ctio

ns

Act

ions

on

Tox

ics

Use

Red

uctio

nta

ken

on e

ach

pollu

tion

Initiated testing of vegetable-

prev

entio

n in

itiat

ive

incl

uded

in

base

d hy

drau

lic o

il in

hea

vyth

e SW

M in

the

annu

al r

epor

t equipmentplow trcks

Initi

ated

test

ing

of c

lose

d-lo

op

cran

kcas

e oi

l dra

inin

g sy

stem

E

valu

ated

and

rec

omm

ende

d pr

even

tativ

e m

aint

enan

ce

proc

edur

e fo

r ra

pidl

y co

rrod

ing

hydr

aulic

fitt

ings

due

to s

alt

expo

sure

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

MT

AP

Bay

stat

e C

ontin

ue to

sup

port

MT

AP

and

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to s

uppo

rt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Roa

ds

Bay

stat

e R

oads

pro

gram

th

ese

prog

ram

s S

peci

fic p

rogr

ams

supp

ort t

hese

pro

gram

s

spon

sore

d by

thes

e pr

ogra

ms

are

disc

usse

d in

BM

P lD

-I a

nd lD

-

Page

24

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 300

mai

nten

ance

fac

ility

pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng s

pill

prev

entio

n

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

dur

ng th

e w

inte

r of

2008

200

9 fo

r 33

5 m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ty p

erso

nnel

T

rain

ing

incl

uded

dis

cuss

ion

of th

e fo

llow

ing

topi

cs

Haz

ardo

us W

aste

H

azar

dous

Mat

eria

ls

Uni

vers

al W

aste

A

sbes

tos

Solid

Was

te

Roa

dsid

e Is

sues

T

ans

Wet

land

s R

ecor

dkee

ping

In

spec

tions

W

ater

Qua

lity

SOPs

E

mer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Spil

Prev

entio

nles

pons

e M

ater

ials

Man

agem

ent

Ston

nwat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Stonnwater Phase 2

Haz

ardo

us M

ater

ials

M

anag

emen

t H

azar

dous

Was

te M

anag

emen

t U

nive

rsal

Was

te M

anag

emen

t V

apor

Rec

over

y Sy

stem

In

spec

tion

IDD

E

OW

S

(con

tinue

d be

low

)

Mas

sHig

hway

will

aga

in p

rovi

de

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel r

egar

ding

goo

d ho

usek

eepi

ng p

ract

ices

and

spi

ll pr

even

tion

Page 25

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

h

and

on D

ecem

ber

2 a

nd 4

o

f200

8 tr

aini

ngs

wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

1 di

strc

t m

aint

enan

ce p

erso

nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

ovem

ber

4 5

a

nd

of2

008

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Snow

and

Ice

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

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endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

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E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

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or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

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st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

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d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

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lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

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dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

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ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

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trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

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e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

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plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

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1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

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e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

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ng B

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drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

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e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

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tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

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nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

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for

cal

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t A

fter

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se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

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velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

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istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

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tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

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str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

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ds

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cover 3) Waste material from

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tons

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sw

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dr

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sto

nn

wat

er B

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g m

aint

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ce w

ill b

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spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

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iron

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valu

atio

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ditio

nal o

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luat

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has

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rem

oved

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d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

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MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

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od h

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keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

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ch B

asin

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nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

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ect

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nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

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embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

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tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

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r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

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plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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ater

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agem

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Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

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sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

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tis K

roko

s in

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e A

sh C

aroz

za

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piro

and

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lis in

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oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

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lon

resi

denc

e in

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ankl

in P

apir

io in

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cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

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res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

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agem

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Permit Year 6

6A-

Sour

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24

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Stor

m W

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Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

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ee T

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spi

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agem

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Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

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Stor

m W

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Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

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Stor

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Man

agem

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lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

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Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

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oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

-97-

001

6E-

Good Housekeeping

Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

Goo

d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

Pollu

tion

Prev

entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

Page 30

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

hway

util

ized

73

tank

er

truc

ks w

ith s

pray

bar

s th

is s

easo

n

do th

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

y in

crea

sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

Enh

ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

C

orpo

ratio

n) f

or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

nd lo

cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

g I

t is

fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

ote)

and

co

mm

unic

ates

eve

ry m

onth

with

th

em

Alte

rnat

ive

Tec

hnol

ogie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

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l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

App

endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

) Po

st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

-97-

001

6E-

Good Housekeeping

Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

Goo

d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

Pollu

tion

Prev

entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

Page 30

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

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util

ized

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tank

er

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ith s

pray

bar

s th

is s

easo

n

do th

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

y in

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sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

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ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

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ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

C

orpo

ratio

n) f

or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

nd lo

cal w

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er

repo

rtin

g I

t is

fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

ote)

and

co

mm

unic

ates

eve

ry m

onth

with

th

em

Alte

rnat

ive

Tec

hnol

ogie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

trai

n W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

use

Pre

-Mix

max

imiz

e th

e us

e of

Pre

mix

and

an

d w

ork

with

the

dist

rict

s to

ens

ure

and

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e di

cers

in

liqui

d ca

lciu

m c

hlor

ide

as

all i

nvol

ved

in a

red

uce

salt

zone

are

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith R

educ

ed S

alt

alte

rnat

ive

deic

ers

to r

educ

e th

e aw

are

of th

e ca

use

and

effe

ct o

f de

-Z

ones

qu

antit

y of

gra

nula

r so

dium

ic

ing

chem

ical

s O

ne p

erce

nt o

fthi

s ch

lori

de a

nd s

houl

d cl

osel

y pe

nnit

year

s to

tal u

se o

f de

icer

was

m

onito

r re

duce

d sa

lt zo

nes

deri

ved

fonn

alte

rnat

ive

duri

ng s

tonn

s to

ens

ure

the

tech

nolo

gies

pr

oper

tim

ing

of s

alt

appl

icat

ions

and

to m

inim

ize

the

pote

ntia

l for

ove

ruse

of

deic

ing

chem

ical

s

Page 35

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ater

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

Res

earc

h

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

has

join

ed C

lear

R

oads

pro

gram

and

will

co

ntin

ue to

exp

lore

mov

ing

forw

ard

on o

ther

pro

ject

s

Sum

mar

ize

rese

arch

per

fonn

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

be

activ

e MassHighway wil pa

ricip

ate

in th

e m

embe

r in

the

Cle

ar R

oads

pro

gram

an

nual

mee

ting

sche

dule

d fo

r la

te

Dur

ing

this

pen

nit y

ear

5-6

fun

ded

July

in W

isco

nsin

re

sear

ch p

roje

cts

wer

e on

goin

g T

hey

rang

ed f

orm

cor

rect

che

mic

al te

stin

g pr

otoc

ols

to e

ffect

ive

use

of a

nti-

icin

g ch

emic

als

Res

earc

h on

new

met

hods

of

rem

ovin

g sn

ow f

ocus

ed o

n be

com

ing

mor

e ef

fcie

nt w

ith s

now

and

ice

oper

atio

ns T

his

was

acc

ompl

ishe

d by

bet

ter

appl

icat

ion

met

hods

co

rrec

t tim

ing

of s

now

and

ice

rem

oval

and

usi

ng p

rope

r ch

emic

als

Cle

ar R

oads

has

als

o un

dert

aken

a

Cos

t Ben

efit

stud

y to

eva

luat

e th

e re

al c

ost o

f ef

fici

ency

It l

ooks

at t

he

adva

ntag

e of

new

tech

nolo

gy a

nd

give

s to

ols

to ju

stif

y th

e us

e of

new

te

chno

logi

es

Add

n

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l

Nee

ds P

rogr

am

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stru

ctio

n (P

revi

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dica

ted

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BM

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bu

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now

for source control instead

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aw

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he f

undi

ng

is

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000

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initi

al s

tage

s of

the

contract have been met Work

is

cont

inue

thro

ugho

ut th

e su

mm

er

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ter

oper

atio

ns w

il be

sch

edul

ed

to c

omm

ence

in D

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of 2

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n m

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rink

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er S

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one

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rea

for

use

in th

e pr

ogra

m Page 36

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

7 B

MPs

for

Mee

ting

Tot

al M

axim

um D

aily

Loa

d (T

MD

L)

Was

te L

oad

Allo

catio

ns (

WL

A)

if ap

plic

able

Wet

land

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tect

ion

Act

E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s

(WP A) Compliance

will

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ply

with

the

WPA

and

re

quire

d by

the

WP

A

requ

ired

by th

e W

P A

ME

SA 2

) W

hen

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s ar

e id

entif

ied

Mas

sHig

hway

will

wor

k w

ith

the

appr

opri

ate

agen

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to

desi

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min

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pact

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Wat

er Q

ualit

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nvir

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chus

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C

ontin

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MA

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com

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ater

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lity

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tific

atio

n W

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lity

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ualit

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rtif

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requ

irem

ents

whi

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re

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proj

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pro

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and

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en

dang

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appe

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proj

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ity

will

be

com

plie

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hene

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they

are

app

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onm

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or a

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fed

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ly-

Mas

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pro

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s th

at

appr

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for

all

fede

rally

-aid

ed

aided constrction advertising

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ts a

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Env

iron

men

tal S

ite D

ata

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

an

envi

ronm

enta

l site

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as p

repa

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fon

n fo

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Des

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par

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on

all

proj

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th

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n an

d M

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revi

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for

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pact

to O

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and

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enda

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ill b

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nual

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mm

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taff

mem

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and

po

ssib

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prev

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disc

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how

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can

be

mor

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tions

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Stor

m W

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Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

TM

DL

Wat

ersh

ed R

evie

w

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

pri

oriti

zed

list o

f M

assH

ighw

ay is

in th

e pr

oces

s of

Fi

naliz

e R

FR I

ssue

RFR

and

aw

ard

TM

DL

wat

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to a

sses

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an R

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or th

is w

ork

to

con

sulta

nt D

evel

op p

riorit

ies

list

base

d on

pol

luta

nts

and

Mas

sHig

hway

has

com

mitt

ed 1

of

TM

DL

wat

ersh

eds

base

d on

M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontr

ibut

ing

mill

ion

dolla

rs f

or th

e co

ntra

ct

cont

ribu

ting

area

s R

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ve

area

s A

sses

s 20

o

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mpl

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by

sum

mer

w

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ith T

MD

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each

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con

sulta

nt is

20

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year

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e U

SG

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ting

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t of

wat

er b

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ith

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tam

inan

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el is

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orm

wat

er I

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TM

DL

as

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e T

MD

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ater

shed

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e co

mpl

eted

(sc

hedu

led

for

rece

ntly

def

ined

by

DE

P as

par

t of

defi

ned

the

cons

ulta

nt w

ill c

reat

e D

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ber

2008

) S

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us A

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spec

ific

wat

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revi

ew

asse

ssm

ent a

nd o

utco

me

(RIA

) dr

aft p

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it t

hat h

ave

them

with

Mas

sHig

hway

sta

ff to

in

clud

ing

impl

emen

tatio

n M

assH

igliw

ay o

utfa

lls a

ccor

ding

id

entif

y po

ssib

ilitie

s fo

r B

MP

sc

hedu

les

for

BM

Ps if

to

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

or

inst

alla

tion

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BM

Ps

iden

tifie

d de

term

ined

nec

essa

ry i

n ea

ch

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d la

yer

(if

not i

n w

ill b

e su

mm

ariz

ed in

a ta

ble

BM

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annu

al r

epor

t ur

bani

zed

area

)

will

be

base

d on

the

phos

phor

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infi

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ion

guid

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giv

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us

by

DE

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our

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and

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per

mit

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387

21 S

alt

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tinue

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ddre

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bud

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lt co

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aint

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fund

ing

leve

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ropr

iate

to

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lt re

late

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all

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re h

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for

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D

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ties

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ance

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pact

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his

tori

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pha

se I

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pact

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und

the

Dep

arte

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have

adv

erse

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ffect

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ny

wor

ks w

ith th

e de

sign

er

Nat

iona

l Reg

iste

r-lis

ted

or e

ligib

le

(Mas

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or

cons

ulta

nt )

pa

rtie

s

and

Mas

sach

uset

ts H

isto

rica

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omm

issi

on to

alte

r th

e de

sign

to

miti

gate

or

prev

ent a

dver

se

effe

cts

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6Bshy

cont

d

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Prov

ide

annu

al tr

aini

ng to

at

leas

t 200

sup

ervi

sors

and

drv

ers

annu

ally

on

the

late

st o

n sn

ow

and

ice

rem

oval

Dis

tric

t 1 O

n N

ovem

ber

20 2

008

training Was provided for 48 distrct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 2 O

n Fe

brua

r 17

2

009

trai

ning

s w

ere

prov

ided

for

58

dist

rct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 3 O

n O

ctob

er 3

0 November 13

and

20th

and

December 2

tra

inin

gs w

ere

prov

ided

fo

r 55

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Dis

tric

t 4 O

n N

ovem

ber

18th

and

19t

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and

on D

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ber

2 a

nd 4

o

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aini

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wer

e pr

ovid

ed f

or 9

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strc

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aint

enan

ce p

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nnel

Dis

tric

t 5 O

n N

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ber

4 5

a

nd

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tra

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ere

prov

ided

fo

r 83

dis

trct

mai

nten

ance

per

sonn

el

Snow

and

Ice

Tra

inin

gs w

ere

held

for

each of the 5 distrcts Over 300 state

pers

onne

l atte

nded

Fif

teen

ses

sion

s w

ere

held

bet

wee

n O

ctob

er 1

st a

nd

December 1 of2008 Topics covered

incl

uded

cor

rect

use

of

mat

eria

ls

prop

er ti

min

g e

nvir

onm

enta

l im

pact

of

mat

eria

ls a

nd r

educ

ed s

alt z

ones

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

agai

n pr

ovid

e an

nual

trai

ning

on

the

late

st

tech

niqu

es e

quip

men

t and

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

for

snow

and

ice

rem

oval

at

a s

imila

r le

vel t

o Pe

rmit

Yea

r 6

Pag

e 26

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

Ope

ratio

ns

Ens

ure

all e

quip

men

t and

T

rain

ing

wer

e he

ld th

roug

hout

the

Mas

sHig

hway

will

pro

vide

Vac

tor

vehi

cle

oper

ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

ved

year

on

topi

cs a

s fo

llow

s

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng T

ree

Tru

ck tr

aini

ng

trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

Rig

ht to

Kno

w (

Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

sher

cou

rses

per

tain

ing

of th

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd v

ehic

les

W o

rkzo

ne S

afet

y T

rain

ing

to th

e 20

08 li

st

they operate

(Mar

ch)

Atte

nuat

or T

ruck

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

)

Swee

per

Tra

inin

g (M

arch

-A

pril)

S

mal

l Pow

er E

quip

men

t M

aint

enan

ce (

Apr

il)

Cha

insa

w S

afet

y (A

pril)

O

ver

Und

er th

e G

uard

rail

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(May

)

Env

iron

men

tal T

rain

ing

amp

Her

bici

de V

eget

atio

n R

emov

al

(Jun

e)

Snow

amp I

ce T

rain

ing

(S

epte

mbe

r)

Inci

dent

Com

man

d (y

ear

roun

d)

Ope

ratio

n of

Lif

t Tru

ck

equi

pmen

t O

pera

tion

of tr

aile

r an

d tr

ck

mou

nted

impa

ct a

ttenu

ator

s

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ued

to m

aint

ain

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

cont

inue

to

mai

nten

ance

sch

edul

e ou

tline

d th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m th

roug

h ca

tch

mai

ntai

n th

e hi

ghw

ay s

yste

m

in A

ppen

dix

E o

fthe

SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

h ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

e co

ntra

cts

str

eet s

wee

ping

and

sy

stem

mai

nten

ance

See

App

endi

x re

gula

r dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

E o

f th

e an

nual

rep

ort f

or a

sum

mar

y m

aint

enan

ce in

com

plia

nce

with

of

com

plia

nce

A

ppen

dix

E o

f the

SW

MP

Pag

e 27

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

Mas

sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

ial

stor

age

yard

s an

d cr

eate

s a

site

sp

ecif

ic f

acili

ty h

andb

ook

that

pr

ovid

es in

form

atio

n on

ne

cess

ary

step

s to

en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e 2

) Po

st E

MS

Man

ual o

n M

assH

ighw

ay w

ebsi

te f

or

public information 3) Post

gene

ric

Faci

lity

Han

dboo

k on

w

ebsi

te f

or p

ublic

info

rmat

ion

Site

spe

cifi

c fa

cilit

y ha

ndbo

oks

wer

e cr

eate

d in

199

5 T

he E

MS

Man

ual

and

the

Faci

lity

Env

iron

men

tal

Han

dboo

k w

ere

both

pos

ted

on th

e M

assH

ighw

ay w

eb s

ite

In P

erm

it Y

ear

6 a

dra

ft o

f th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual w

as

com

plet

ed A

n up

date

of

the

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k w

as a

lso

com

plet

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

mai

ntai

n en

viro

nmen

tal c

ompl

ianc

e at

thei

r m

aint

enan

ce f

acili

ties

by

com

plyi

ng w

ith e

ach

faci

lity

E

nvir

onm

enta

l Fac

ility

Han

dboo

k

Dis

trbu

te th

e up

date

d E

MS

Man

ual

for

revi

ew b

y th

e E

nvir

onm

enta

l D

epar

tent

Dis

trib

ute

the

upda

ted

Faci

litie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Pag

e 28

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

Env

iron

men

tal

1) D

evel

op w

ork

man

agem

ent

Dat

a M

anag

emen

t Wor

k system 2) Populate pr

ogra

m

Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

with

infr

astr

uctu

e in

fonn

atio

n as

ava

ilabl

e 3

) Im

plem

ent

syst

em a

nd b

egin

to r

ecor

d m

aint

enan

ce a

ctiv

ities

in th

ese

wat

ersh

eds

Mas

sHig

hway

has

issu

ed a

con

trac

t to

Car

tegr

aph

to p

rovi

de A

sset

M

anag

emen

t sys

tem

Mas

sHig

hway

ha

s ha

d m

any

mee

tings

thro

ugho

ut

the

year

to d

iscu

ss th

e in

clus

ion

of

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

into

the

asse

t m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

onc

e th

e co

ntra

ct w

as is

sued

Mas

sHig

hway

will

impl

emen

t the

C

arte

grap

h so

ftw

are

with

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

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and

for

cal

l m

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emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

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dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

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mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

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l at

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sach

uset

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ills

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men

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aint

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ce

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valu

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rem

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d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

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ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

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the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

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prov

ide

a be

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use

of

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urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

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e go

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keep

ing

and

pollu

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prev

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um

cont

rol m

easu

re

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ch B

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nvir

onm

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n M

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eted

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nex

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ulat

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ance

pr

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ach

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the

stud

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s de

cide

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not

an

nual

rep

ort

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tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

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plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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ater

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agem

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Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

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ouza

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piro

and

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lis in

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oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

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iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

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ES

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m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

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util

ized

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tank

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ith s

pray

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easo

n

do th

is n

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ly b

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sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

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ance

d W

eath

er

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iron

men

tal

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tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

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ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

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orpo

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or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

nd lo

cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

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fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

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TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

ote)

and

co

mm

unic

ates

eve

ry m

onth

with

th

em

Alte

rnat

ive

Tec

hnol

ogie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

trai

n W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

use

Pre

-Mix

max

imiz

e th

e us

e of

Pre

mix

and

an

d w

ork

with

the

dist

rict

s to

ens

ure

and

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e di

cers

in

liqui

d ca

lciu

m c

hlor

ide

as

all i

nvol

ved

in a

red

uce

salt

zone

are

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith R

educ

ed S

alt

alte

rnat

ive

deic

ers

to r

educ

e th

e aw

are

of th

e ca

use

and

effe

ct o

f de

-Z

ones

qu

antit

y of

gra

nula

r so

dium

ic

ing

chem

ical

s O

ne p

erce

nt o

fthi

s ch

lori

de a

nd s

houl

d cl

osel

y pe

nnit

year

s to

tal u

se o

f de

icer

was

m

onito

r re

duce

d sa

lt zo

nes

deri

ved

fonn

alte

rnat

ive

duri

ng s

tonn

s to

ens

ure

the

tech

nolo

gies

pr

oper

tim

ing

of s

alt

appl

icat

ions

and

to m

inim

ize

the

pote

ntia

l for

ove

ruse

of

deic

ing

chem

ical

s

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ater

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agem

ent P

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Res

earc

h

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

has

join

ed C

lear

R

oads

pro

gram

and

will

co

ntin

ue to

exp

lore

mov

ing

forw

ard

on o

ther

pro

ject

s

Sum

mar

ize

rese

arch

per

fonn

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

be

activ

e MassHighway wil pa

ricip

ate

in th

e m

embe

r in

the

Cle

ar R

oads

pro

gram

an

nual

mee

ting

sche

dule

d fo

r la

te

Dur

ing

this

pen

nit y

ear

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fun

ded

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in W

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nsin

re

sear

ch p

roje

cts

wer

e on

goin

g T

hey

rang

ed f

orm

cor

rect

che

mic

al te

stin

g pr

otoc

ols

to e

ffect

ive

use

of a

nti-

icin

g ch

emic

als

Res

earc

h on

new

met

hods

of

rem

ovin

g sn

ow f

ocus

ed o

n be

com

ing

mor

e ef

fcie

nt w

ith s

now

and

ice

oper

atio

ns T

his

was

acc

ompl

ishe

d by

bet

ter

appl

icat

ion

met

hods

co

rrec

t tim

ing

of s

now

and

ice

rem

oval

and

usi

ng p

rope

r ch

emic

als

Cle

ar R

oads

has

als

o un

dert

aken

a

Cos

t Ben

efit

stud

y to

eva

luat

e th

e re

al c

ost o

f ef

fici

ency

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ooks

at t

he

adva

ntag

e of

new

tech

nolo

gy a

nd

give

s to

ols

to ju

stif

y th

e us

e of

new

te

chno

logi

es

Add

n

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l

Nee

ds P

rogr

am

Con

stru

ctio

n (P

revi

ousl

y in

dica

ted

as

BM

P 4G

bu

t foc

us o

f research program

is

now

for source control instead

of c

onst

ruct

ion)

Contract for study on Critical

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ratio

nal F

acto

rs th

at A

ffect

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d Sa

lt U

sage

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ffci

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adin

g O

pera

tions

and

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ent h

as b

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uted

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initi

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tage

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contract have been met Work

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cont

inue

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mm

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ter

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rea

for

use

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e pr

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m Page 36

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

7 B

MPs

for

Mee

ting

Tot

al M

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um D

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MD

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if ap

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nvir

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ME

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com

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pote

ntia

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pact

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e id

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Mas

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wor

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appr

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ves

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Env

iron

men

tal S

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Dev

elop

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as p

repa

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naliz

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nn a

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to im

plem

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data

fon

n fo

r re

view

by

fonn

to r

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tial i

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of

at 2

5 D

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n st

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a project to a variety of resource

staf

f at

25

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ign

Im

plem

ent

area

s as

par

t of

com

plia

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with

on

all

proj

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th

e N

PDE

S C

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rctio

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d M

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general pennit This fonn includes

revi

ew o

f di

scha

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for

pot

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pact

to O

RW

s s

ensi

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area

s en

dang

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im

pair

ed

wat

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and

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with

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prov

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n ha

s be

en d

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and

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view

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tern

ally

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annu

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tabl

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ill b

e up

date

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nual

ly

to m

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mm

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d ac

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taff

mem

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and

po

ssib

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been

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the

prev

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omm

issi

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met

with

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er in

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08 to

on

any

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disc

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mor

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lopm

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plem

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cifi

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ecom

men

datio

ns

reco

mm

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tions

in A

ppen

dix

G

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ater

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agem

ent P

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Annual Report

Permit Year 6

TM

DL

Wat

ersh

ed R

evie

w

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

pri

oriti

zed

list o

f M

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in th

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oces

s of

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naliz

e R

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ssue

RFR

and

aw

ard

TM

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wat

ersh

eds

to a

sses

s fi

naliz

ing

an R

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or th

is w

ork

to

con

sulta

nt D

evel

op p

riorit

ies

list

base

d on

pol

luta

nts

and

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sHig

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com

mitt

ed 1

of

TM

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wat

ersh

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d on

M

assH

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(RIA

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them

with

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in

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ing

impl

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tatio

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ccor

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id

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ssib

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r B

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sc

hedu

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for

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to

the

outf

all i

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inst

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iden

tifie

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ry i

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not i

n w

ill b

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mm

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ed in

a ta

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annu

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bani

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area

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phos

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infi

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our

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ting

and

as o

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per

mit

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nvir

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tinue

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bud

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fund

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ropr

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to

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Rev

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impa

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Mea

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goal

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been

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have

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ny

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pa

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and

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omm

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on to

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to

miti

gate

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prev

ent a

dver

se

effe

cts

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agem

ent P

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Permit Year 6

6B-

Em

ploy

ee T

rain

ing

Hig

hway

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ratio

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men

t and

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ld th

roug

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pro

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tor

vehi

cle

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ator

s ha

ve r

ecei

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year

on

topi

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s fo

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aini

ng T

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aini

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trai

ning

on

the

prop

er o

pera

tion

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ht to

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Janu

ar)

and

all r

efre

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cou

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per

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of th

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nd v

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W o

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to th

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(Mar

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)

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aint

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pril)

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ver

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er th

e G

uard

rail

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bici

de V

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n R

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(May

)

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iron

men

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rain

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amp

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bici

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impl

emen

t M

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ain

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ghw

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mai

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dix

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SWM

basin cleaning contracts s

tree

t th

roug

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basi

n cl

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swee

ping

and

reg

ular

dra

inag

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str

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and

sy

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sum

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e 27

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

D

istr

icts

1)

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sHig

hway

rev

iew

ed e

ach

of th

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd m

ater

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stor

age

yard

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d cr

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site

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or

public information 3) Post

gene

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6 a

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upda

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nvir

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enta

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dboo

k

Pag

e 28

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

6C-

Mai

nten

ance

Rec

ord

and

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agem

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year

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her

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als

o ev

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l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

-97-

001

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Good Housekeeping

Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

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d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

Pollu

tion

Prev

entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

Page 30

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

hway

util

ized

73

tank

er

truc

ks w

ith s

pray

bar

s th

is s

easo

n

do th

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

y in

crea

sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

Enh

ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

C

orpo

ratio

n) f

or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

nd lo

cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

g I

t is

fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

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the

deve

lopm

ent o

f an

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an fo

r P

hase

1 I

mpl

emen

tatio

n pl

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ill in

clud

e a

revi

ew o

fMas

sHig

hway

s b

usin

ess

proc

ess

requ

irem

ents

for

ass

et a

nd

wor

k m

anag

emen

t in

clud

ing

revi

ews

of o

rgan

izat

iona

l str

uctu

re

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n ob

ject

ives

int

erna

l an

d ex

tern

al in

flue

ncin

g fa

ctor

s w

orkf

low

ana

lysi

s a

nd a

sset

m

anag

emen

t pol

icie

s p

lans

pr

oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

-97-

001

6E-

Good Housekeeping

Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

Goo

d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

Pollu

tion

Prev

entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

hway

util

ized

73

tank

er

truc

ks w

ith s

pray

bar

s th

is s

easo

n

do th

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

y in

crea

sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

Enh

ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

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oces

ses

and

pro

cedu

res

Pha

se 1

will include the 17 000 stormwater

outf

alls

map

ped

duri

ng B

MP

3Bshy

drai

nage

inve

ntor

y an

d ot

her

asse

ts

Phas

e 1

will

als

o ev

alua

te th

e ap

plic

abili

ty o

f us

ing

Car

tegr

aph

to

trac

k Sn

ow a

nd I

ce o

pera

tions

to

trac

k pe

nnits

and

for

cal

l m

anag

emen

t A

fter

Pha

se I

the

fr

amew

ork

and

impl

emen

tatio

n m

odel

s de

velo

ped

will

be

used

to

expa

nd C

areg

raph

impl

emen

tatio

n to

oth

er a

sset

s su

ch a

s gu

ardr

ail

pavement markings

dra

inag

e sy

stem

map

ping

and

oth

ers

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

di

scus

sion

reg

ardi

ng h

ow to

po

pula

te th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m

info

nnat

ion

in th

e m

ost e

ffic

ient

m

anne

r

Pag

e 29

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Was

te D

ispo

sal

Dis

tric

ts

I) S

tree

t sw

eepi

ng w

aste

will

be

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

Mas

sHig

hway

and

its

cont

ract

ors

reus

ed in

app

ropr

iate

slo

pe

cont

inue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

will

con

tinue

to p

rope

rly

disp

ose

of

stab

iliza

tion

and

road

wor

k w

aste

Mas

sHig

hway

did

not

hav

e w

aste

pr

ojec

ts in

com

plia

nce

with

an

app

ropr

iate

opp

ortn

ity to

reu

se

SOP

whe

n ap

prop

riat

e 2

) st

reet

sw

eepi

ng w

aste

D

istr

ict 1

ant

icip

ates

that

it w

ill

Stre

et S

wee

ping

mat

eria

l whi

ch

collect and dispose of 1 60

0 cu

bic

can

not b

e re

used

will

be

Dis

tric

t I r

epor

ted

that

it r

emov

ed

yard

s of

str

eet s

wee

ping

s in

the

next

di

spos

ed o

f at

land

fills

as

daily

an

d di

spos

ed o

f 3 2

34 c

ubic

yar

ds

6 m

onth

s

cover 3) Waste material from

156

tons

) of

sw

eepi

ng m

ater

ials

dr

aina

ge s

truc

tues

and

sto

nn

wat

er B

MP

s re

mov

ed d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce w

ill b

e di

spos

ed o

f ac

cord

ing

to

Reu

se a

nd

Dis

posa

l of C

onta

min

ated

Soi

l at

Mas

sach

uset

ts L

andf

ills

DE

P Po

licy

CO

MM

-97-

001

6E-

Good Housekeeping

Env

iron

men

tal

Eva

luat

e ex

istin

g M

aint

enan

ce

BM

P 6E

Goo

d H

ouse

keep

ing

R

evis

ed

Pollu

tion

Prev

entio

n P

rogr

ams

to d

eter

min

e Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Prog

ram

P

rogr

am E

valu

atio

n ad

ditio

nal o

r re

vise

d ac

tiviti

es

Eva

luat

ion

has

been

rem

oved

(an

d w

hich

wou

ld in

crea

se

the

subs

eque

nt B

MPs

ren

umbe

red)

ef

fect

iven

ess

and

usef

ulne

ss o

f si

nce

the

addi

tion

of B

MP

6F

the

prog

ram

s

thro

ugh

6Q

prov

ide

a be

tter

use

of

reso

urce

s w

ith a

n in

crea

sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

Page 30

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

hway

util

ized

73

tank

er

truc

ks w

ith s

pray

bar

s th

is s

easo

n

do th

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

y in

crea

sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

Enh

ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

C

orpo

ratio

n) f

or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

nd lo

cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

g I

t is

fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

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sed

impa

ct

on m

eetin

g th

e go

od h

ouse

keep

ing

and

pollu

tion

prev

entio

n m

inim

um

cont

rol m

easu

re

Cat

ch B

asin

E

nvir

onm

enta

l

1) P

rovi

de a

nnua

l rep

ort o

n M

assH

ighw

ay h

as c

ompl

eted

yea

r 2

Fina

lize

repo

rt a

nd in

clud

e in

nex

t A

ccum

ulat

ion

Proj

ect

Mai

nten

ance

pr

ogre

ss e

ach

Dec

embe

r an

d of

the

stud

y an

d ha

s de

cide

d to

not

an

nual

rep

ort

Dis

tric

ts

incl

ude

sum

ary

in a

nnua

l m

ove

forw

ard

with

Yea

r 3

due

to th

e re

port

2)

Com

plet

e a

stud

y of

in

cons

iste

ncie

s of

the

data

de

bris

acc

umul

atio

n in

cat

ch

accu

mul

ated

Mas

sHig

hway

ba

sins

3)

Bas

ed o

n th

e re

sults

co

nsul

tant

is p

repa

ring

a d

raft

fin

al

of th

e st

udy

rev

ise

the

exis

ting

repo

rt s

umm

arzi

ng th

e fin

ding

s

clea

ning

sch

edul

e an

d SO

P fo

r ca

tch

basi

n cl

eani

ng

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

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Permit Year 6

Polic

y an

d Pr

ogra

m

Env

irou

men

tal

Rev

iew

Salt

Rem

edia

tion

Prog

ram

E

nvir

oum

enta

l M

aint

enan

ce

Dis

tric

ts

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

at le

ast b

iann

ually

eva

luat

e its

sn

ow a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l pol

icie

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pro

gram

s in

or

der

to m

ake

adju

stm

ents

bas

ed

on d

ata

and

expe

rienc

e a

nd to

re

spon

d to

cha

ngin

g co

nditi

ons

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith a

fu

ndin

g le

vel a

ppro

pria

te to

qu

ickl

y ad

dres

s sa

lt re

late

d co

mpl

aint

s

Mas

sHig

hway

eva

luat

ed a

nd

revi

ewed

the

prog

ram

pol

icie

s a

nd

proc

edur

es in

Apr

il an

d th

roug

hout

th

e su

mm

er M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of R

oadw

ay W

eath

er

Info

nnat

ion

Syst

em (

RW

IS)

util

ized

pr

e-w

ettn

g on

all

salt

spre

ader

s to

re

duce

bo

unce

and

sca

tter

util

ized

a

R T

3 fr

ictio

n m

eter

to e

valu

ate

prop

er ti

min

g fo

r sa

lt ap

plic

atio

n

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

ref

ine

the

use

of a

nti-

icin

g te

chni

ques

Fund

ing

prov

ided

thro

ugh

new

ISA

shy$4

75 m

illio

n th

roug

h Ju

ne 2

011

Liq

uid

deic

ing

was

use

d pr

ior

to

ston

ns T

here

was

exp

ande

d us

e of

m

agne

sium

chl

orid

e in

low

-sal

t zo

nes

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d th

e D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y have begun

Con

tinue

to e

valu

ate

prog

ram

and

im

plem

ent c

hang

es a

s de

tenn

ined

be

nefi

cial

Inc

reas

e us

e of

C

lose

d L

oop

Gro

und

Spee

d C

ontr

olle

r

The

use

of

liqui

d de

icin

g w

ill

cont

inue

to e

xpan

d

The

And

over

run

off

stud

y an

d D

edha

m-W

estw

ood

aqui

fer

stud

y w

ill c

ontin

ue

Mon

itori

ng o

f pu

blic

wat

er s

uppl

y wells will continue

The

Pub

lic W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x in

clud

ed in

the

Janu

ary

2008

SW

MP

is in

clud

ed a

s A

ppen

dix

F of

this

an

nual

rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell

incl

uded

in th

e Sa

lt R

emed

iatio

n Pr

ogra

m

Pag

e 31

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

Mas

sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

Mas

sHig

hway

rep

lace

d a

tota

l of

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f ni

ne w

ells

this

yea

r ba

sed

on n

eed

pr

ivat

e w

ells

and

rep

lace

men

t wel

l T

he w

ells

wer

e lo

cate

d at

Mor

etz

in

activ

ities

O

tis K

roko

s in

War

e A

sh C

aroz

za

DeS

ouza

Sha

piro

and

Val

lis in

B

oxfo

rd a

nd B

aess

ler

in T

opsf

ield

Con

tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

is o

f pr

ivat

e w

ells

Tre

atm

ent s

yste

ms

inst

alle

d at

Fal

lon

resi

denc

e in

Fr

ankl

in P

apir

io in

Be1

cher

tow

n an

d V

allis

in B

oxfo

rd D

rain

age

syst

em

inst

alle

d at

Car

ozza

res

iden

ce in

B

oxfo

rd

An

upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

W

ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

App

endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

Gui

delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

re M

H in

tend

s to

Mas

sHig

hway

util

ized

73

tank

er

truc

ks w

ith s

pray

bar

s th

is s

easo

n

do th

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

y in

crea

sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

Enh

ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Con

tinue

to p

rovi

de s

uffi

cien

t M

assH

ighw

ay h

as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

t Fo

reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

C

orpo

ratio

n) f

or o

ur w

eath

er

up-t

o-da

te a

nd lo

cal w

eath

er

repo

rtin

g I

t is

fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

ote)

and

co

mm

unic

ates

eve

ry m

onth

with

th

em

Alte

rnat

ive

Tec

hnol

ogie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

trai

n W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

use

Pre

-Mix

max

imiz

e th

e us

e of

Pre

mix

and

an

d w

ork

with

the

dist

rict

s to

ens

ure

and

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e di

cers

in

liqui

d ca

lciu

m c

hlor

ide

as

all i

nvol

ved

in a

red

uce

salt

zone

are

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith R

educ

ed S

alt

alte

rnat

ive

deic

ers

to r

educ

e th

e aw

are

of th

e ca

use

and

effe

ct o

f de

-Z

ones

qu

antit

y of

gra

nula

r so

dium

ic

ing

chem

ical

s O

ne p

erce

nt o

fthi

s ch

lori

de a

nd s

houl

d cl

osel

y pe

nnit

year

s to

tal u

se o

f de

icer

was

m

onito

r re

duce

d sa

lt zo

nes

deri

ved

fonn

alte

rnat

ive

duri

ng s

tonn

s to

ens

ure

the

tech

nolo

gies

pr

oper

tim

ing

of s

alt

appl

icat

ions

and

to m

inim

ize

the

pote

ntia

l for

ove

ruse

of

deic

ing

chem

ical

s

Page 35

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Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

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Res

earc

h

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

has

join

ed C

lear

R

oads

pro

gram

and

will

co

ntin

ue to

exp

lore

mov

ing

forw

ard

on o

ther

pro

ject

s

Sum

mar

ize

rese

arch

per

fonn

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

be

activ

e MassHighway wil pa

ricip

ate

in th

e m

embe

r in

the

Cle

ar R

oads

pro

gram

an

nual

mee

ting

sche

dule

d fo

r la

te

Dur

ing

this

pen

nit y

ear

5-6

fun

ded

July

in W

isco

nsin

re

sear

ch p

roje

cts

wer

e on

goin

g T

hey

rang

ed f

orm

cor

rect

che

mic

al te

stin

g pr

otoc

ols

to e

ffect

ive

use

of a

nti-

icin

g ch

emic

als

Res

earc

h on

new

met

hods

of

rem

ovin

g sn

ow f

ocus

ed o

n be

com

ing

mor

e ef

fcie

nt w

ith s

now

and

ice

oper

atio

ns T

his

was

acc

ompl

ishe

d by

bet

ter

appl

icat

ion

met

hods

co

rrec

t tim

ing

of s

now

and

ice

rem

oval

and

usi

ng p

rope

r ch

emic

als

Cle

ar R

oads

has

als

o un

dert

aken

a

Cos

t Ben

efit

stud

y to

eva

luat

e th

e re

al c

ost o

f ef

fici

ency

It l

ooks

at t

he

adva

ntag

e of

new

tech

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Permit Year 6

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Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

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Ope

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l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

Con

t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

hway

hir

ed a

Dir

ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

with

ov

er 2

0 ye

ars

of e

xper

ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

Salt

Stor

age

Bes

t E

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

ighw

ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

OP

and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

Po

llutio

n Pr

even

tion

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delin

es o

n D

eici

ng C

hem

ical

w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

ge C

ontin

ue to

follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

hway

SO

P fo

r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

ood

appl

icat

ion

We

will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

Hou

seke

epin

g

The

Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

Dei

cing

Che

mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

p on

the

road

as

wel

l as

at

Mas

sHig

hway

Fac

ilitie

s

the training

the depot

Con

tinue

to f

ollo

w F

acili

ty

Env

iron

men

tal H

andb

ook

guid

elin

es a

t mai

nten

ance

fa

cilit

ies

Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

ch to

sno

w a

nd ic

e co

ntro

l st

anda

rd to

ol f

or s

now

and

ice

and

will

incr

ease

the

use

of a

nti-

cont

rol

icin

g in

the

futu

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H in

tend

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Mas

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util

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pray

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easo

n

do th

is n

ot n

eces

sari

ly b

y in

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sing

the number of trcks utilized r

athe

r by

pro

per

utili

zatio

n of

this

te

chno

logy

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ance

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

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tinue

to p

rovi

de s

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cien

t M

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as a

5 y

ear

cont

ract

C

ontin

ue w

ith c

uren

t con

trac

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reca

stin

g In

fonn

atio

n fu

ndin

g to

use

wea

ther

w

ith D

TN

(th

roug

h Q

uixo

te

fore

cast

ing

cont

ract

or to

pro

vide

C

orpo

ratio

n) f

or o

ur w

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er

up-t

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te a

nd lo

cal w

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er

repo

rtin

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t is

fund

ed a

t in

fonn

atio

n du

ring

sno

w a

nd ic

e ap

prox

imat

ely

$29

000

each

yea

r se

ason

D

TN

and

Mas

siIi

ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

nce

calls

to d

iscu

ss

how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

hway

wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

T

wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

Info

nnat

ion

Sys

tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

ote)

and

co

mm

unic

ates

eve

ry m

onth

with

th

em

Alte

rnat

ive

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hnol

ogie

s E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

trai

n W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

use

Pre

-Mix

max

imiz

e th

e us

e of

Pre

mix

and

an

d w

ork

with

the

dist

rict

s to

ens

ure

and

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e di

cers

in

liqui

d ca

lciu

m c

hlor

ide

as

all i

nvol

ved

in a

red

uce

salt

zone

are

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith R

educ

ed S

alt

alte

rnat

ive

deic

ers

to r

educ

e th

e aw

are

of th

e ca

use

and

effe

ct o

f de

-Z

ones

qu

antit

y of

gra

nula

r so

dium

ic

ing

chem

ical

s O

ne p

erce

nt o

fthi

s ch

lori

de a

nd s

houl

d cl

osel

y pe

nnit

year

s to

tal u

se o

f de

icer

was

m

onito

r re

duce

d sa

lt zo

nes

deri

ved

fonn

alte

rnat

ive

duri

ng s

tonn

s to

ens

ure

the

tech

nolo

gies

pr

oper

tim

ing

of s

alt

appl

icat

ions

and

to m

inim

ize

the

pote

ntia

l for

ove

ruse

of

deic

ing

chem

ical

s

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agem

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Permit Year 6

Res

earc

h

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

has

join

ed C

lear

R

oads

pro

gram

and

will

co

ntin

ue to

exp

lore

mov

ing

forw

ard

on o

ther

pro

ject

s

Sum

mar

ize

rese

arch

per

fonn

ed

Mas

sHig

hway

con

tinue

s to

be

activ

e MassHighway wil pa

ricip

ate

in th

e m

embe

r in

the

Cle

ar R

oads

pro

gram

an

nual

mee

ting

sche

dule

d fo

r la

te

Dur

ing

this

pen

nit y

ear

5-6

fun

ded

July

in W

isco

nsin

re

sear

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roje

cts

wer

e on

goin

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hey

rang

ed f

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cor

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che

mic

al te

stin

g pr

otoc

ols

to e

ffect

ive

use

of a

nti-

icin

g ch

emic

als

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earc

h on

new

met

hods

of

rem

ovin

g sn

ow f

ocus

ed o

n be

com

ing

mor

e ef

fcie

nt w

ith s

now

and

ice

oper

atio

ns T

his

was

acc

ompl

ishe

d by

bet

ter

appl

icat

ion

met

hods

co

rrec

t tim

ing

of s

now

and

ice

rem

oval

and

usi

ng p

rope

r ch

emic

als

Cle

ar R

oads

has

als

o un

dert

aken

a

Cos

t Ben

efit

stud

y to

eva

luat

e th

e re

al c

ost o

f ef

fici

ency

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ooks

at t

he

adva

ntag

e of

new

tech

nolo

gy a

nd

give

s to

ols

to ju

stif

y th

e us

e of

new

te

chno

logi

es

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n

Mas

sHig

hway

Res

earc

h E

nvir

onm

enta

l

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ds P

rogr

am

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stru

ctio

n (P

revi

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dica

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BM

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bu

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now

for source control instead

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ipm

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as b

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exec

uted

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aw

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he f

undi

ng

is

$300

000

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initi

al s

tage

s of

the

contract have been met Work

is

cont

inue

thro

ugho

ut th

e su

mm

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ter

oper

atio

ns w

il be

sch

edul

ed

to c

omm

ence

in D

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of 2

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begi

n m

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rink

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er S

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rea

for

use

in th

e pr

ogra

m Page 36

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Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

7 B

MPs

for

Mee

ting

Tot

al M

axim

um D

aily

Loa

d (T

MD

L)

Was

te L

oad

Allo

catio

ns (

WL

A)

if ap

plic

able

Wet

land

Pro

tect

ion

Act

E

nvir

onm

enta

l 1)

All

Mas

sHig

hway

pro

ject

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s C

ontin

ue to

com

ply

with

ME

SA a

s

(WP A) Compliance

will

com

ply

with

the

WPA

and

re

quire

d by

the

WP

A

requ

ired

by th

e W

P A

ME

SA 2

) W

hen

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s ar

e id

entif

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Mas

sHig

hway

will

wor

k w

ith

the

appr

opri

ate

agen

cies

to

desi

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t to

min

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pact

s

401

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er Q

ualit

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nvir

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assa

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C

ontin

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com

ply

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ater

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lity

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tific

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ater

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lity

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tific

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ualit

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rtif

icat

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requ

irem

ents

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and

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proj

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ity

will

be

com

plie

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app

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fed

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pro

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s th

at

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for

all

fede

rally

-aid

ed

aided constrction advertising

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Env

iron

men

tal S

ite D

ata

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

an

envi

ronm

enta

l site

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as p

repa

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this

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naliz

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plem

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fon

n fo

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par

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on

all

proj

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th

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pact

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nual

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mm

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can

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

TM

DL

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evie

w

Env

iron

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pri

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list o

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in th

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ssue

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and

aw

ard

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to a

sses

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riorit

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pol

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and

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sHig

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com

mitt

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of

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eds

base

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con

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nt is

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e U

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ith

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tam

inan

t Mod

el is

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orm

wat

er I

mpa

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TM

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as

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e th

e T

MD

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ater

shed

s ar

e co

mpl

eted

(sc

hedu

led

for

rece

ntly

def

ined

by

DE

P as

par

t of

defi

ned

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cons

ulta

nt w

ill c

reat

e D

ecem

ber

2008

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ariz

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eir

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mpe

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us A

rea

spec

ific

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ew

asse

ssm

ent a

nd o

utco

me

(RIA

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aft p

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it t

hat h

ave

them

with

Mas

sHig

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sta

ff to

in

clud

ing

impl

emen

tatio

n M

assH

igliw

ay o

utfa

lls a

ccor

ding

id

entif

y po

ssib

ilitie

s fo

r B

MP

sc

hedu

les

for

BM

Ps if

to

the

outf

all i

nven

tory

or

inst

alla

tion

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BM

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iden

tifie

d de

term

ined

nec

essa

ry i

n ea

ch

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d la

yer

(if

not i

n w

ill b

e su

mm

ariz

ed in

a ta

ble

BM

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annu

al r

epor

t ur

bani

zed

area

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be

base

d on

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phos

phor

us

infi

ltrat

ion

guid

ance

giv

en to

us

by

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our

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dles

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ting

and

as o

utlin

ed in

DE

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draf

t RIA

per

mit

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ram

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nvir

onm

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l C

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ue to

pro

vide

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rall

ISA

387

21 S

alt

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tinue

to a

ddre

ss n

ew a

nd e

xist

ing

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edia

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ram

with

a

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edia

tion

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ram

bud

get i

s sa

lt co

mpl

aint

s

fund

ing

leve

l app

ropr

iate

to

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n th

roug

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ne 2

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qu

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y ad

dres

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lt re

late

d co

mpl

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tura

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all

proj

ects

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cts

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re h

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pact

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se I

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arte

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have

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iona

l Reg

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ligib

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or

cons

ulta

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pa

rtie

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and

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uset

ts H

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rica

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omm

issi

on to

alte

r th

e de

sign

to

miti

gate

or

prev

ent a

dver

se

effe

cts

Page 39

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Cle

an W

ell I

nitia

tive

Env

iron

men

tal

Prov

ide

a co

ntin

ued

leve

l of

fund

ing

that

will

allo

w

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sHig

hway

to c

ompl

ete

up to

20

rep

lace

men

t wel

ls p

er y

ear

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sHig

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rep

lace

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tota

l of

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tinue

sam

plin

g an

d an

alys

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f ni

ne w

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this

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r ba

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on n

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pr

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e w

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in

activ

ities

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f pr

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ells

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atm

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ms

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alle

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lon

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ankl

in P

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cher

tow

n an

d V

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in B

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rain

age

syst

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inst

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iden

ce in

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oxfo

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upda

ted

vers

ion

of th

e Pu

blic

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ell S

uppl

y M

atri

x is

incl

uded

as

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endi

x F

of th

is a

nnua

l rep

ort t

o su

mm

ariz

e th

e cu

rren

t sta

tus

of e

ach

publ

ic w

ell i

nclu

ded

in th

e C

lean

W

ell I

nitia

tive

Prog

ram

Page 32

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

Rev

iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

Gam

brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

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t

All

Dis

tric

ts r

epai

red

vari

ous

salt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

M

assH

ighw

ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

hout

the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

assH

ighw

ay h

as p

urch

ased

pi

les

lo

cate

san

d pi

les

outs

ide

and

used

cov

ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

sibl

e th

e de

part

men

t will

wor

k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

pile

s un

der

cove

r es

peci

ally

dur

ing

the

non-

win

ter

mon

ths

Thi

s co

uld

be

acco

mpl

ishe

d by

sto

ring

san

d within sheds or m

ore

likel

y

usin

g a

heav

y-ga

uge

poly

ethy

lene

tarp

The

tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

D

irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

ove

Dir

ecto

r w

ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

fPersonnel In October 2006

salt

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uper

vsio

n of

deicing operations

Mas

sHig

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hir

ed a

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ecto

r deicing operations

of S

now

amp I

ce O

pera

tions

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ov

er 2

0 ye

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of e

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ienc

e in

winter operations t

o im

prov

e sa

lt m

anag

emen

t and

su

perv

isio

n of

dei

cing

o erations

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age

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t E

nvir

onm

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l C

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t sal

t M

assH

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ay c

ontin

ues

to tr

ain

We

will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

M

anag

emen

t Pra

ctic

es

stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

EP

pers

onne

l util

izin

g th

is S

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and

pers

onne

l and

hir

ed c

ontr

acto

rs to

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llutio

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even

tion

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delin

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n D

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hem

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w

orks

dili

gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

emin

d fo

llow

all

SOPs

rel

ativ

e to

sal

t S

tora

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follo

w

and

trai

n al

l sno

w a

nd ic

e pe

rson

nel

hand

ling

sto

rage

and

pro

per

Mas

sHig

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r th

e on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f G

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appl

icat

ion

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will

con

tinue

to

Man

agem

ent o

f Sa

nd a

nd

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seke

epin

g

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Env

iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

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cing

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mic

als

at

grou

p ha

s be

en in

volv

ed a

s pa

rt o

f st

ewar

dshi

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the

road

as

wel

l as

at

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ilitie

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the training

the depot

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tinue

to f

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acili

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iron

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tal H

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t mai

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cilit

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Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

ighw

ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

ighw

ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

hway

has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

ing

by 1

5 th

is y

ear

ap

proa

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sno

w a

nd ic

e co

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ol f

or s

now

and

ice

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will

incr

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the

use

of a

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futu

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TN

and

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ghw

ay h

old

mon

thly

con

fere

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calls

to d

iscu

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how

wel

l the

for

ecas

ting

is w

orki

ng

Roa

d W

eath

er

Env

iron

men

tal

Mas

sHig

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wil

ensu

re th

at

All

site

s ha

ve b

een

mai

ntai

ned

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wo

new

sys

tem

s w

ill b

e ad

ded

this

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nnat

ion

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tem

th

ese

stat

ions

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

Mas

sHig

hway

rec

eive

s w

eekl

y st

atus

su

mer

so

as

to r

emai

n fu

lly f

uctio

nal

repo

rts

from

the

cont

ract

or in

cha

rge

of th

e R

WIS

sys

tem

s (Q

uixi

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and

co

mm

unic

ates

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ry m

onth

with

th

em

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rnat

ive

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hnol

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s E

nvir

onm

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assH

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ill c

ontin

ue to

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ill c

ontin

ue to

trai

n W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

use

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max

imiz

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e us

e of

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mix

and

an

d w

ork

with

the

dist

rict

s to

ens

ure

and

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e di

cers

in

liqui

d ca

lciu

m c

hlor

ide

as

all i

nvol

ved

in a

red

uce

salt

zone

are

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith R

educ

ed S

alt

alte

rnat

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deic

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to r

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e aw

are

of th

e ca

use

and

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f de

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qu

antit

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nula

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dium

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chem

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ne p

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nt o

fthi

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lori

de a

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houl

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nnit

year

s to

tal u

se o

f de

icer

was

m

onito

r re

duce

d sa

lt zo

nes

deri

ved

fonn

alte

rnat

ive

duri

ng s

tonn

s to

ens

ure

the

tech

nolo

gies

pr

oper

tim

ing

of s

alt

appl

icat

ions

and

to m

inim

ize

the

pote

ntia

l for

ove

ruse

of

deic

ing

chem

ical

s

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NPD

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Res

earc

h

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

has

join

ed C

lear

R

oads

pro

gram

and

will

co

ntin

ue to

exp

lore

mov

ing

forw

ard

on o

ther

pro

ject

s

Sum

mar

ize

rese

arch

per

fonn

ed

Mas

sHig

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con

tinue

s to

be

activ

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ricip

ate

in th

e m

embe

r in

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Cle

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pro

gram

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nual

mee

ting

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r la

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ing

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pen

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ded

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of a

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earc

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new

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ovin

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ocus

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and

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was

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ter

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icat

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hods

co

rrec

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of s

now

and

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rem

oval

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rope

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give

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stif

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e us

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new

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n

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earc

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nvir

onm

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rogr

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stru

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e su

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ter

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Stor

m W

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

7 B

MPs

for

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ting

Tot

al M

axim

um D

aily

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d (T

MD

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te L

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A)

if ap

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land

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tect

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nvir

onm

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pro

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com

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ME

SA a

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com

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the

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hen

pote

ntia

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pact

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e id

entif

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Mas

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will

wor

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the

appr

opri

ate

agen

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to

desi

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min

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fede

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Page 37

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Stor

m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Env

iron

men

tal S

ite D

ata

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men

tal

Dev

elop

an

envi

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assH

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as p

repa

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this

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naliz

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nn a

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egin

to im

plem

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onst

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data

fon

n fo

r re

view

by

fonn

to r

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oten

tial i

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of

at 2

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age

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a project to a variety of resource

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f at

25

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plem

ent

area

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par

t of

com

plia

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on

all

proj

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th

e N

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d M

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revi

ew o

f di

scha

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for

pot

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l im

pact

to O

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ensi

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area

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dang

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spe

cies

im

pair

ed

wat

ers

and

wat

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prov

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s be

en d

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view

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iron

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tabl

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MD

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plem

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ill b

e up

date

d an

nual

ly

to m

eet T

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men

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mm

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d ac

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orts

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e M

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taff

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and

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ssib

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aliz

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prev

ious

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omm

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mis

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on

any

rel

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disc

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plem

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m W

ater

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agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

TM

DL

Wat

ersh

ed R

evie

w

Env

iron

men

tal

Dev

elop

pri

oriti

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list o

f M

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in th

e pr

oces

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naliz

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ssue

RFR

and

aw

ard

TM

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wat

ersh

eds

to a

sses

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naliz

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an R

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or th

is w

ork

to

con

sulta

nt D

evel

op p

riorit

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list

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pol

luta

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and

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mitt

ed 1

of

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mill

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ribu

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by

sum

mer

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ith T

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e T

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ater

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e co

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rece

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them

with

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ff to

in

clud

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impl

emen

tatio

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utfa

lls a

ccor

ding

id

entif

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ssib

ilitie

s fo

r B

MP

sc

hedu

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for

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to

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outf

all i

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inst

alla

tion

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tifie

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term

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essa

ry i

n ea

ch

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yer

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not i

n w

ill b

e su

mm

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a ta

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be

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phos

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our

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mit

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tinue

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ropr

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se I

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ater

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have

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ny

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ks w

ith th

e de

sign

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l Reg

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or

cons

ulta

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pa

rtie

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and

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omm

issi

on to

alte

r th

e de

sign

to

miti

gate

or

prev

ent a

dver

se

effe

cts

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Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Salt

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Ope

ratio

ns

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

Stor

age

re

plac

e or

rep

air

inad

equa

te s

alt

stor

age

shed

s a

s w

ell a

s co

ver

sand

pile

s an

dor

mov

e th

em o

ut

of w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

nes

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iew

she

ds I

ncre

ased

ca

paci

ty o

f so

me

shed

s m

ay b

e ju

stif

ied

beca

use

salt

stor

age

need

s ha

ve g

row

n ov

er ti

me

and

or b

ecau

se th

e sh

ed is

in a

se

nsiti

ve a

rea

and

the

salt

load

ing

oper

atio

ns c

all f

or b

ette

r co

ntai

nmen

t In

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

cons

ider

atio

n sh

ould

be

give

n to

th

e us

e of

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brel

sty

le s

heds

th

at p

rovi

de f

or th

e en

tire

oper

atio

n to

be

cond

ucte

d un

der

cove

r to

min

imiz

e sa

lt sp

illag

e outside ofthe shed

Mas

sHig

hway

will

con

tinue

to

prio

ritiz

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

sele

ctio

n of

par

cels

bei

ng

cons

ider

ed f

or n

ew s

alt s

tora

ge

faci

litie

s c

onsi

derin

g op

erat

iona

l nee

ds a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ettin

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t

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tric

ts r

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vari

ous

salt

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insp

ect f

abri

c sh

eds

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

ate

sh

eds

for

repa

ir n

eeds

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ay r

epai

red

num

erou

s M

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ay w

ill m

aint

ain

the

salt

shed

s th

roug

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the

year

fa

cilit

y re

pair

con

trac

t(s)

to p

rovi

de

for

nece

ssar

y re

pair

s

Page 33

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ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Rev

iew

San

d Pi

les

W

hen

notif

ied

of is

sues

with

san

d C

ontin

ue to

mon

itor

exis

ting

sand

co

nt

Mas

sHig

hway

will

str

ive

to

pile

s M

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as p

urch

ased

pi

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lo

cate

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d pi

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outs

ide

and

used

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ers

for

them

w

etla

nd b

uffe

r zo

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whe

neve

r sp

ace

allo

ws

How

ever

whe

n th

is is

not

pos

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part

men

t will

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k to

war

ds

stor

ing

sand

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der

cove

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peci

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ing

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non-

win

ter

mon

ths

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be

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ring

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d within sheds or m

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g a

heav

y-ga

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poly

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lene

tarp

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tarp

co

uld

be p

eele

d ba

ck o

nce

before winter operations

and

th

en c

over

ed a

gain

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e se

ason

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irec

tor

has

cont

inue

d to

impr

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ecto

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ill c

ontin

ue to

ove

rsee

salt

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agem

ent a

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on o

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salt

man

agem

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uper

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n of

deicing operations

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now

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winter operations t

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prov

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lt m

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t and

su

perv

isio

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t E

nvir

onm

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impl

emen

t sal

t M

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ontin

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to tr

ain

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will

con

tinue

to w

ork

with

our

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t Pra

ctic

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stor

age

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith D

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pers

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l util

izin

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is S

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and

pers

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w

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gent

ly e

ach

year

to r

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llow

all

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rel

ativ

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sal

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w

and

trai

n al

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w a

nd ic

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nel

hand

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pro

per

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the

impo

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appl

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agem

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f Sa

nd a

nd

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iron

men

tal

emph

asiz

e th

e im

port

ance

of

salt

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cing

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mic

als

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grou

p ha

s be

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f st

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road

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wel

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acili

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iron

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t mai

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cilit

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Pag

e 34

NPD

ES

Stor

m W

ater

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Annual Report

Permit Year 6

Equ

ipm

ent I

mpr

ovem

ents

E

nvir

onm

enta

l M

assH

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ay w

ill c

ontin

ue to

M

assH

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ay in

crea

sed

the

use

of

Mas

sHig

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has

a p

roac

tive

expa

nd th

e us

e of

ant

i-ic

ing

as a

an

ti-ic

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by 1

5 th

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Rev

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San

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pa

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Equ

ipm

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mpr

ovem

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E

nvir

onm

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ay w

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Res

earc

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hway

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give

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7 B

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Env

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Res

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