25-078 86 Riverbank Tree Emergency CertificationMassachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
ILIBureau of Resource Protection - Wetlands
WPA Emergency Certification Form
Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act M.G.L. c. 131, §40
A. Emergency Information
Important:
When filling out Issuance From:
forms on the
computer, use 1. Site Location
only the tab
Northampton
Issuing Authority
86 Riverbank Road
key to move 2 Reason for Emergency:
your cursor -
do not use the Dead_ tree dropping large libs durings wind and rain
return key.
3. Applicant to perform work: John Citro and Karen Provost
4. Public agency to perform work or public agency ordering the work to be performed:
5. Date of Site Visit: Start Date: End Date`:
May 4, 2016 May 10, 2016 June 10, 2016
* 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 oilihazardous material release.
6. Work to be allowed":
Cutting of one dead tree located within riverfront area to the Connecticut River
" May not include work beyond that necessary to abate the emergency.
B. Signatures
Certified to be an Emergency by this Issuing Authority.
Cha' man (or designee) Qat
A copy of this form must be provided to the appropriate DEP Regional Office.
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Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
L " i 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
Trunk to be cut above ground, roots to remain. No bank disturbance of any kind is permitted.
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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