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January 23, 2018
Sarah I. LaValley, Conservation, Preservation and Land Use Planner
Northampton Conservation Commission
City Hall
Northampton, Massachusetts 01060
RE: Notice of Intent For Existing Home Maintenance
Existing Single Family Home (Helen Hayward, Owner)
Map 25 Lot 007
#142 Riverbank Road, Northampton, MA
Background:
As requested Cold Spring Environmental Consultant’s staff visited the above
site to identify the existence of any regulated resource areas that are to the
Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act MGL c 131, s 40 and local Resource
Bylaws.
The owner Helen Hayward has requested that Cold Spring file this NOI pursuant
to the Conservation’s determination of applicability dated December 2017. The
NOI is submitted work conducted by Hayward’s contractor’s to maintain the
dwelling. Work is reported to have included: Exterior Repainting, New Windows,
Deck (replacement) as well as a Title 5 Septic Inspection. As part of the
inspection, it was determined by the writer and Dan Wasiuk of the Northampton
City Health Department that the Septic Tank (component only) needed immediate
replacement under 310 CMR 15.00 (Title 5). The tank was immediately replaced
in the exact location of the prior tank and grade returned to original
condition with grass seed applied.
The subject site is located on the west bank of the Connecticut River and East
side of Riverbank Road. The property exists a residential dwelling built
circa 1930, perched center on the lot between the River and the Road upon deep
river terrace soils. The small deck is located on the southeast corner of the
dwelling, portion of which appears to have had a deck or patio under some of
the same portion in the past from historical aerials. The balance of the yard
exists as a grassy terrace with some growth of small trees at the margins.
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The deck appears to be above 100 year flood elevations but within the 500 year
zone from GIS and FEMA maps. All work areas in the Riverfront appear
previously developed or graded in the past.
Method of Identification & Resource type:
Reconnaissance review was conducted using USGS, and Mass GIS maps, no survey
was available. Riverbank review was conducted in January 2018 by staff
Hydrogeologists at Cold Spring Environmental Consultants, consistent with the
methodology based on the Bordering Vegetated Wetlands (310 CMR 10.55) and the
DEP Handbook “Delineating Bordering Vegetated Wetlands under the Massachusetts
Wetland Protection Act (1995). Consideration of slope vegetative community,
hydric soil coloration/characteristics, topography, hydrology and function
were considered during evaluation. The top of bank is generally stable and
more than 30 feet from the work area conducted.
All above noted locations are referenced on the Aerial Site Plan and
construction details. Erosion control & observation does not appear necessary
as the surface appears stable with vegetative regrowth at this time.
It was our intent to request that the completed work be reviewed and filed
relative to the Determination as shown, and is not presented as an actual
delineation or survey for proposed work at this time.
Sincerely,
Cold Spring Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Alan E. Weiss, M.S.
Principal Hydrogeologist
Registered Sanitarian License #933
Licensed Site Professional #6442
Massachusetts Soil Evaluator # 2568
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