44-095 440Rocky HillSeptic ECert.pdf
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Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Resource Protection - Wetlands WPA Emergency Certification Form
Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act M.G.L. c. 131, §40
A. Emergency Information
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Issuance From: Northampton
Issuing Authority
1. Site Location: 440 Rocky Hill Road
2 Reason for Emergency:
Failed Septic System Discharging to Ground Surface
3. Applicant to perform work: Alan Weiss
4. Public agency to perform work or public agency ordering the work to be performed:
Northampton Health Department
5. Date of Site Visit: Start Date: End Date*:
September 28, 2023
October 2, 2023
November 2, 2023
* no later than 30 days from start date or 60 days in the
case of an Immediate Response Action approved by
DEP to address an oil/hazardous material release.
6. Work to be allowed*:
Construction of effluent disposal system in accordance with August 11 2023 Septic System Repair Plan prepared by Cold Spring Environmental Consultants. Erosion control to be installed at limit of work and maintained until site stabilized and revegetated.
* May not include work beyond that necessary to abate the emergency.
B. Signatures
Certified to be an Emergency by this Issuing Authority. Signatures are made in accordance with M.G.L. c.110G and pursuant to the board’s electronic signature authorization vote on May 14, 2020
Signatures:
Sarah I. LaValley, agent
Chairman (or designee)
October 2, 2023
Date
A copy of this form must be provided to the appropriate DEP Regional Office.
WPA Emergency Certification Rev. 01/31/0 Page 2 of 2
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Resource Protection - Wetlands WPA Emergency Certification Form
Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act M.G.L. c. 131, §40
C. General Conditions
1. Failure to comply with all conditions stated herein, and with all related statutes and other regulatory measures, shall be deemed cause to revoke or modify this Emergency Certification or subject to enforcement action. 2. This Emergency Certification does not grant any property rights or any exclusive privileges; it does not authorize any injury to private property or invasion of property rights. 3. This Emergency Certification does not relieve the applicant or any other person of the necessity of complying with all other applicable federal, state, or local statutes, ordinances, bylaws, or regulations.
4. Any work conducted beyond that described above, and any work conducted beyond that necessary to abate the emergency, shall require the filing of a Notice of Intent. 5. The Agent or members of the Conservation Commission and the Department of Environmental Protection shall have the right to enter and inspect the area subject to this Emergency Certification at reasonable hours to evaluate compliance with this Certification, and may require the submittal of any data deemed necessary by the Conservation Commission or the Department for that evaluation. 6. This Emergency Certification shall apply to any contractor or any other person performing work authorized under this Certification. 7. No work may be authorized beyond 30 days from the date of this certification without written approval
of the Department.
D. Special Conditions
E. Appeals
The Department may, on its own motion or at the request of any person, review: an emergency certification issued by a conservation commission and any work permitted thereunder; a denial by a conservation commission of a request for emergency certification; or the failure by a conservation commission to act within 24 hours of a request for emergency certification. Such review shall not operate to stay the work permitted by the emergency certification unless the Department specifically so orders. The Department’s review shall be conducted within seven days of: issuance by a conservation commission of the emergency certification; denial by a conservation commission of the emergency certification; or failure by a conservation commission to act within 24 hours of a request for emergency certification. If certification was improperly granted, or the work allowed thereunder is excessive or not required to protect the health and safety of citizens of the Commonwealth, the Department may revoke the emergency certification, condition the work permitted thereunder, or take such other action as it deems appropriate.
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