Applicant presents NOI for driveway through 100‑ft buffer; DEP requested NHESP input
Applicant opened a Notice of Intent for a driveway that will cross the outer 90–100 feet of the buffer at 423 Old Aire Road; MassDEP provided comments and asked the commission to wait for Natural Heritage (NHESP) comments before closing the hearing. The commission agreed DEP comments would be addressed through the ERSAC/ stormwater peer review process.
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At the Oct. 13 meeting the commission opened a Notice of Intent for work at 423 Old Aire Road that includes a 12‑foot paved driveway through the outer portion of a 100‑foot wetland buffer. Frank Hartland (speaker 12), representing the applicant, said the total disturbance is about 1,240 square feet and that the project includes compensatory conservation — roughly 12 acres proposed to be protected or subject to a permanent restriction.
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