Happenings
Environmental Permitting Services for MassDOT Bridge Replacements
BSC has been providing environmental permitting services for a variety of MassDOT bridge rehabilitation and replacement projects. These projects involve preparation of environmental documentation in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. Representative tasks have included: conducting desktop/database hazardous waste release review; NEPA – Categorical Exclusion (CE) Checklists; wetland resource area delineation; USACE Section 404…Read More
On-Call Siting and Permitting for Eversource Energy
BSC is providing on-call environmental siting and permitting services to Eversource, in Connecticut and Massachusetts, under an on-call Master Services Agreement (MSA). Under this on-call, BSC provides a range of environmental siting and permitting services to Eversource and its individual operating units to allow them to build and maintain their energy infrastructure and keep the…Read More
Interstate Reliability Project
BSC Group was retained by National Grid to provide support for New England East-West Solution (NEEWS), a suite of projects design to address threats to the reliability of the region’s transmission system. The IRP portion of the NEEWS suite includes the construction of a 345-kV transmission line from Millbury, MA to West Farnum, a 15.4-mile…Read More
Crosby Corner Interchange Safety Improvement Project
BSC acted as the environmental monitor during the construction of the Route 2 safety improvement project to ensure compliance with the DEP variance, the Army Corps of Engineers Individual permit, and the NDPDES permit program. Requirements include construction monitoring and reporting, preparation of requests for plan changes, and wetland mitigation monitoring and design. As part…Read More
Cambridge Discovery Park
BSC played an integral role in permitting for the development of Cambridge Discovery Park, requiring close coordination with the Cambridge Planning Board (Project Review Special Permit, Flood Plain Overlay District Special Permit, and District 4 Dimensional Relief Special Permit); Cambridge and Arlington Conservation Commissions (ANRADs, Superseding Order of Conditions and NOIs); Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act…Read More
Lagoon Pond Bascule Bridge Replacement
BSC served as the prime consultant, providing ecological, environmental permitting, and survey services to MassDOT for the replacement of the bascule bridge carrying Beach Road over Lagoon Pond in Oak Bluffs/Tisbury, MA. The bridge was structurally deficient when BSC was selected to assist with the design and permitting for permanent replacement of the bridge. BSC…Read MorePages: