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Nominations for a Citizens Advisory Committee related to the South Weymouth Naval Air Station

In the Environmental Monitor there is a notice for nominations for a Citizens
Advisory Committee related to the South Weymouth Naval Air Station
Redevelopment EOEA# 11085R.

Here is the information from the Enviromental Monitor and the MEPA
regulations, 301 CMR 11.09 Special Review Procedures 301 CMR 11.00:
"Secretary Durand is accepting applications for a proposed Citizens Advisory
Committee to assist in the environmental Review of the Redevelopment of the
South Weymouth Naval Air Station, as proposed in the MEPA Certificate on the
Special Review Procedure dated October 11, 2000.

Nominations must be made in writing to Secretary Durand and should contain an
indication of the applicant's interest in the project, his or her
affiliation, and an indication of what qualifications the applicant would
bring to the committee. It is expected that the committee will be diverse in
affiliation and experience and will fairly represent a range of viewpoints
regarding the project. Applications will be accepted until August 31, 2001,
following which Secretary Durand will appoint the committee."
Nominations should be sent to:
Secretary Bob Durand
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
251 Causeway Street
Boston, MA 02114
Attn: Dick Foster MEPA Unit"
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301 CMR 11.09 SPECIAL REVIEW PROCEDURES 301 CMR 11.00: MEPA REGULATIONS
Section 11.09: Special Review Procedures
(1) General. With the consent of the Proponent, and after consulting with
any Participating Agency, the Secretary may establish a Special Review
Procedure for a Project, notwithstanding the other provisions of 301 CMR
11.00. Among other things, a Special Review Procedure may provide for:
review documents other than ENFs and EIRs and other periodic reports to be filed
and reviewed; shortened or extended review periods; review of a Project in
phases; lapses of time between review documents not requiring a Notice of Project
Change; coordination or consolidation of MEPA review with other
environmental or development review and permitting processes; and establishment of a CAC.
The final review document called for in a Special Review Procedure shall be
considered a final EIR. A Special Review Procedure may be appropriate, for
example, for reviewing a proposed program, regulations, policy, or other
Project in which there is more than one Proponent or more than one
Participating Agency with a significant role, or a Project that is
undefined or is expected to evolve during MEPA review, or a Project that may benefit
the environment if there is early Commencement of a portion of the Project. The
Secretary may establish a Special Review Procedure for a Project regardless
of its size or complexity.
(2) Establishment. The Proponent shall ordinarily request a Special
Review Procedure prior to or when filing the ENF. In the certificate establishing
the Special Review Procedure, the Secretary shall find that a Special Review
Procedure shall serve the purposes of MEPA, including providing meaningful
opportunities for public review, analysis of alternatives, and
consideration of cumulative environmental impacts. The Proponent may file a Notice of
Project Change after the Secretary's decision on the ENF to request a
Special Review Procedure or to modify a previously established Special Review
Procedure. The Secretary shall publish notice in the Environmental Monitor
of: the establishment of a Special Review Procedure; any modification of a
Special Review Procedure; the establishment of a CAC; significant events in a
Special Review Procedure including meetings of the CAC; and the availability of
review documents called for in a Special Review Procedure.
(3) Citizens Advisory Committee. When establishing or modifying a Special
Review Procedure, the Secretary shall ordinarily (in the case of a Project
undertaken by an Agency) or may (in the case of a Project undertaken by a
Person) establish a CAC to assist in reviewing the Project.
(a) Membership of CAC. The CAC shall ordinarily consist of at least ten
Persons appointed by the Secretary. The Secretary shall solicit
nominations for the CAC when announcing its establishment or modification in the
Environmental Monitor from those individuals and entities whose interests
are affected by the Project, including any neighbor, neighborhood
association, ad-hoc committee, business or non-profit organization,
Agency, Federal, municipal, or regional governmental entity, or other
organization. The Proponent shall be entitled to one representative on the CAC. The
membership of the CAC shall be diverse in affiliation and experience and
fairly represent a range of viewpoints.
(b) Role of CAC During Special Review Procedure. The CAC shall
ordinarily participate in the Special Review Procedure by advising in the
Secretary's establishment of the Special Review Procedure and review of review
documents called for in the Special Review Procedure, and in the Proponent's review
of detailed scopes of service for the consultant and preliminary review of
the consultant work product.
(c) Meetings of CAC. The CAC shall establish its own schedule of
meetings. The CAC may establish working groups on particular aspects of the Project
or issues within the Scope. The CAC shall be entitled to meet monthly with
the Proponent and its consultants and shall be kept informed of progress on
any review document called for in the Special Review Procedure. The CAC may
direct questions concerning the Special Review Procedure to the Proponent
or the Secretary.
(d) Staff for CAC. The Secretary may require the Proponent to provide
staff support to the CAC such as secretarial services, keeping of minutes,
mailings, and arrangement of meetings. In the case of a Project
undertaken by an Agency, the Secretary may require the Proponent to transfer funds
to assist the Secretary in maintaining the CAC.
(e) Document Review by CAC. The Proponent shall ordinarily submit a
draft of any review document called for in the Special Review Procedure to the
CAC at least one month prior to filing the review document with the
Secretary. The CAC may suggest changes or additions to the review document prior to
the Proponent filing the review document with the Secretary. The CAC may file
its comments with the Secretary prior to or when the Proponent files the
review document with the Secretary. The CAC shall present a consensus in
its comments to the extent to which its members have reached a consensus,
although it may present the diverse views of its members when consensus
has not or cannot be attained. The Proponent shall distribute any comments of
the CAC or its members with the filed review document, provided that the
CAC or its members file the comments with the Secretary prior to the
Secretary publishing notice of the availability of the filed review document in the
Environmental Monitor.
(f) Role of CAC After Special Review Procedure. After the Proponent
files the final review document called for in the Special Review Procedure, the
CAC may consult with the Secretary and the Proponent to determine whether
it shall have any role in any future actions on the Project.
(4) Eligible Projects.
(a) Programmatic Review. The Secretary may establish a Special Review
Procedure on the implementation of a program, the promulgation of new or
revised regulations, or the development of a policy. Programmatic Review
may be appropriate, for example, if the cumulative environmental impacts of
Projects requiring individual Agency Actions taken in accordance with the
program, regulations or policy may not otherwise be subject to adequate
MEPA review or may have similar environmental impacts such that a common
assessment may be necessary or appropriate. Programmatic Review shall be
designed to assist an Agency in fulfilling its obligations in accordance
with M.G.L. c. 30, section 61 and 301 CMR 11.12(1) to review
periodically,
to evaluate, and to determine the potential significant environmental
impacts of its implementation of its programs, regulations, and policies.
(b) Area-Wide Review. The Secretary may establish a Special Review
Procedure if a Project may affect a large area or several sites.
Area-Wide
Review may be appropriate, for example, for master plan areas, watersheds
and other ecosystems, roadway and utility corridors, redevelopment areas,
major public facilities, or large developments to be constructed in
phases. Area-Wide Review shall be designed to assist a Proponent in establishing
a future baseline in relation to which a Project and its alternatives can
be described and analyzed and its potential environmental impacts and
mitigation measures can be assessed.
(c) Coordinated Review. The Secretary may establish a Special Review
Procedure for a Project to coordinate or consolidate MEPA review with
other environmental or development review and permitting processes conducted by
any Agency or Federal, municipal, or regional governmental entity.
Coordinated Review may be appropriate, for example, if there is a
comprehensive review or permitting process by a Federal, municipal, or
regional governmental entity that provides meaningful opportunities for
public review, analyzes alternatives, and considers cumulative impacts.
Coordinated Review shall be designed to assist the Secretary in adopting
scoping decisions by the Agency or entity, deferring to its scoping
decisions, issuing joint scoping decisions or accepting a review document
prepared in accordance with the statutes and regulations of the Agency or
entity as the full or partial equivalent of an ENF, EIR, or other review
document.
(d) Other Special Review. The Secretary may establish a Special Review
Procedure for any other Project.
(5) Presumptive Filings. Unless the Secretary has indicated otherwise in
the certificate establishing the Special Review Procedure, the Proponent shall
file a final Special Review Procedure review document within 18 months
following that certificate, and shall file a new Special Review Procedure
review document within two years following the certificate on the final
Special Review Procedure review document. The Secretary may deem the
Special Review Procedure closed if the Proponent fails to file a timely review
document. The Secretary shall state in the certificate establishing the
Special Review Procedure when the Proponent shall file any interim review
documents and shall establish the conditions under which the Proponent
shall file a Notice of Project Change.
(6) Individual Agency Actions.The Secretary shall state in the certificate
on the final Special Review Procedure review document whether and to what
extent an individual Agency Action taken in accordance with or as part of the
Project subject to the Special Review Procedure shall require further MEPA review.
The Secretary may find that an individual Agency Action does not require an ENF
if it is subject to specified conditions or restrictions, that an ENF is
required but may deal with some issues by reference to the Special Review Procedure,
or that an ENF is required but that an EIR is presumed not to be required
except under circumstances identified during review of the ENF.

COMPARE (Citizens Opposing the Megamall and Proposed Access Road Extension)
Box 890024 Weymouth, MA 02189
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