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.

Newton 21 Day Notice: MBTA herbicide spraying

7/11/2011 Update:  I called Mark Lacombe of Northern Tree. He informed me that the City of Newton has received the official 21 day notice of the July herbicide application.  I've left a message for Anne Phelps, Newton's Sr. Environmental Planner and Dr. Dori Zaleznik, Health Commissioner requesting a copy of the notice so that the Green Decade/Newton can notify residents.

Re:  DCR plans for spraying Hammond Pond Reservation, Saw Mill Brook Reservation, Quinobequin Road, and Hammond Pond Pkwy. 

I will be attending the public hearing on Tuesday July 12 (11:30 am -12:30 pm) about the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) 5-year vegetation management plan.  The hearing is at the UMASS Eastern Extension Center, Waltham Field Station, upstairs conference room, 240 Beaver St., Waltham.  Please let me know if you are interested in observing or sending comments.

See the 6/15/2011 Newton Herbicide Update here>  http://tinyurl.com/UpdateJune152011  

For this and related information go to> Don't Spray 'em. Outsmart 'em. 

Questions? Ellie 617-965-9637,  Green Decade info@greendecade.org, 617-965-1995

Updates about 2010 Herbicide Application

Update from Michael McClean, Michael.Mcclean@state.ma.us
Pesticide Bureau as of 4/13/2011

CSX Railroad

20’ spray pattern (10’ off center of track)

Application Rate: 30 gallons of mixture/acre

2.42 acres/mile

7 miles of track in Newton

Pesticides applied on ballast (tracks):

Razor Pro – 2quarts of concentrate/30 gallons

Oust XP – 4 ounces of concentrate/30 gallons

Escort – 2 ounces of concentrate/ 30 gallons

Total usage of pesticides concentrates in Newton:

Razor Pro – 33.9 quarts or 4.84 quarts/mile

Oust XP – 67.9 ounces or 9.7 ounces/mile

Escort – 33.9 ounces or 4.84 ounces/mile

Mass Pike

1’-3’ spray pattern to shoulder and medians

Application Rate: average 3.21 gallons of mixture/mile

10.4 miles of treated in Newton (5.2 east bound, 5.2 west bound)

Pesticides applied on Mass Pike:

Accord Concentrate- 2.5 gallons of concentrate/100 gallons

Oust- 2 ounces of concentrate/100 gallons

Total usage of pesticide concentrates in Newton:

Accord Concentrate – 0.835 gallons or 0.080 gallons/mile

Oust – 0.668 ounces or 0.064 ounces /mile

Updates as of 4/20/2011 regarding pesticide applications 2010.

Let me know if these links don't work for you.

[ ] NOTICE MBTA CFPA Advertiesment.pdf (application/pdf) 42K

[ ] CSX RWC App Records AR-M257_20110319_033430.pdf (application/pdf) 2365K

[ ] DCR Application Record.pdf (application/pdf) 294K

[ ] Mass Pike 2010 spray notice 6-5-10.pdf (application/pdf) 269K

[ ] Mass Pike Application Records.pdf (application/pdf) 1482K

[ ] MBTA Application Records.pdf (application/pdf) 587K

"I am waiting on a couple of other piece of info to calculate the use in Newton for MBTA and DCR." MMcClean.

"I am still hoping to obtain the information in a simple format that shows what, where and when." Ellie