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Assembly Square Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR)
(PDF containing links to other PDF documents)
(note that some of the PDF documents can be quite large, so allow extra time for downloading)
In accordance with Section 11.07(5) of the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) regulations at
301 CMR 11.00, FR Sturtevant Street, LLC, an affiliate of Federal Realty Investment Trust,
is submitting this Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR)
covering more than 5 million square feet in the
Assembly Square Mixed-Use Redevelopment, in the Assembly Square area of Somerville, Massachusetts.
Comments are due on August 8th to Secretary Ian A. Bowles, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs,
Attn: Ms. Deirdre Buckley, MEPA Analyst, email: Deirdre.Buckley(at)state.ma.us
Please refer to the project by name and include the official EEA number 13989.
Go to the documents …
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IKEA and Our Mystic River Waterfront: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
Op Ed by MVTF member Wig Zamore, Somerville Journal, Thursday, April 10th
Next Monday, April 14th, is the last day the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection will accept public comments on how to improve the proposed Assembly Square IKEA, and lessen its impacts on the public’s right to freely travel to and enjoy our Mystic River waterfront.
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IKEA Chapter 91 License Application
(large PDF file, 16 megabytes, allow some time to download)
Comments due to Alexander Strysky at Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MEPA) by 4 p.m. on April 14th, email
See also
Massachusetts Waterways Regulations relevant to the IKEA filing (pdf)
(most revelant are sections 9.51 and 9.52, also important are sections 9.01-9.05 and 9.33-9.36)
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Mystic View Task Force and Developers Announce Settlement Agreement
On October 17, 2006, the Mystic View Task Force and Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRIT) and IKEA announced that they had reached a settlement of long-standing Assembly Square disputes…
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DCR Begins Mystic River Parkland Planning
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation held the first of three planned community meetings for the Mystic River Reservation Master Plan...
[that] attracted members of the public with a diverse range of concerns about the river reservation, as well as five state legislators...
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The community goes high tech for pollution monitoring
An intrepid network of Somerville residents that has collaborated with the Tufts Community Research Center has been concerned about the pollution coming from the major highways in their city for some time.
Recently, the Mystic View Task Force (MVTF) contracted with AResearch, Inc. of Billerica, MA to use high-end research technology to measure the pollution that they have been complaining about in public hearings...
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MAPC Begins Mystic River Corridor Strategy Project
The objective is to create a collective vision for future land use along the river by identifying opportunities for conservation and development and encouraging the exchange of information between communities about their individual plans. This is a broader project than the ongoing study of state-owned parkland along the Mystic River being carried out by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation...
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6/16/08 Community Meeting on the Mystic River Reservation Master Plan
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Monday, June 16, 2008
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
William A. Shoemaker Boat House
Tufts University
300 River’s Edge Drive (177 Corporation Way on Google Maps)
Medford, MA
The meeting will include a presentation of the Draft Master Plan, followed by smaller group discussions on specific topics, including:
- Open Space and Recreation Programming
- Conservation Plans
- Pathways
- River and Riverfront Access
For more information, contact:
Dan Driscoll at (617) 626-1438 or Dan.Driscoll(at)state.ma.us
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