COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
July 2, 2021
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that application has been made on behalf of the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission for the approval of the Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) for the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission to acquire certain lands or rights of land in Blandford, Massachusetts for public water supply protection purposes, said land in question being identified as Lot 2 and Lot 3 of Map 403 Parcel 6.2, having been recorded in the Hampden Country Register of Deeds in Book 23128, Page 420, located at Gibbs Road within the watershed of Little River.

In response to said application, the MassDEP acting under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 39B and Section 41, as amended and each and every other act thereto enabling, will hold a hearing, remotely, on Friday, July 16, 2021 at 10:00 am. Access to the hearing is as follows:

Topic: DWP Land Acq permit WS 26 SWSC
Time: Jul 16, 2021 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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The plan showing the land in question is on file electronically with the MassDEP and within their office located at 436 Dwight Street, Springfield, MA 0 I I 03 and in the office ofthe Town Clerk of Blandford. Said plan is entitled “Plan of Land in Blandford. Massachusetts prepared for William B. Hull, LLC. July 14, 2020.” A copy of the plan can be requested by contacting Christine Simard at 413-755-2147 or at [email protected].

Comments pertaining to this matter may be made orally at the time of the hearing or submitted in writing at any time before July 23, 2021 5:00 p.m., addressed to MassDEP, Christine Simard, Department of Environmental Protection – WERO, 436 Dwight Street, Springfield, MA 01103.

By Order of the Department of Environmental Protection.
Deirdre Doherty