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Prevent Excessive Clear-cutting
Prevent Excessive Clear-cutting
In this one project, Eversource plans to clear-cut 278 acres to widen their powerline corridor through 11 towns. Instead, they should cut only as much as is necessary to protect the powerlines. They have not used due care to distinguish between trees that pose risks and those that do not.
Project name: WT-11 Transmission Right-of-Way Reliability Program (TRRP) Project
Towns impacted: Northfield, Erving, Wendell, Montague, Leverett, Shutesbury, Pelham, Belchertown, Amherst, Granby, and Ludlow
Status: The MA Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) office has issued a certificate for Eversource's draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR), with a stipulation that Eversource should continue to refine its plan. This certificate allows Eversource to proceed with writing their Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), and they are tentatively targeting an August submittal to the EEA. At that time, there will be a 30-day public comment period. Eversource will also need other permits, and towns' Conservation Commissions will also be involved.
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