Do you know what a "Senstive Area" is?

APPENDIX C Mass. Dept. Conservation & Recreation (2011-2015) [PDF]

Sensitive Site Buffers

Sensitive Areas, shall refer to any areas, within rights-of-way, including but not limited to the following, in which public health, environmental or agricultural concerns warrant special protection to further minimize risks of unreasonable adverse effects:

(a) within the primary recharge area of a public drinking water supply well;
(b) within 400 feet of any surface water used as a public water supply;
(c) within 100 feet of any identified private drinking water supply well;
(d) within 100 feet of any standing or flowing water;
(e) within 100 feet of any wetland;
(f) within 100 feet of any agricultural or inhabited area.

Non-sensitive areas are upland and/or track without proximate sensitive areas, and do
not require specific precautions or herbicide restrictions.