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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
y DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
-- WESTERN REGIONAL OFFICE
436 Dwight Street•Springfield,Massachusetts 01103• (413)784-1100
DEVAL L. PATRICK IAN A.BOWLES
Secretary
Governor
T1M0'P14Y P.MURRAY ARLE.EN O'DONNELL
Lieutenant Governor Commissioner
June 5,2007
Mr. Anthony L. Patillo
Building Commissioner,Zoning Enforcement Officer
212 Main Street, Rm 100
Northampton, MA 01060 RE: Northampton
Patrick J. Melnik Building Permit Owner/Applications
Haydenville Road(Map 06 Parcel 061)&
Evergreen Road opposite Chestnut Avenue
636 Associates Construction Management Inc at 3 lots on or
abutting 320 Turkey Hill Road
Dear Mr.Patillo,
After learning of construction that may constitute a public water system on Haydenville Road, Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Protection(MassDEP) staff reviewed files in the Northampton building,planning and
health offices. As a result of that review,MassDEP staff identified proposed facilities that appear to meet the
definition of a Public Water System and require MassDEP prior approval under 310 CMR 22.00, before
construction of the facilities, including the buildings.
MassDEP Drinking Water regulations define a public water system as a system that regularly serves twenty-five
(25)or more persons for sixty (60)days per year. Facilities with thirteen or more bedrooms exceed this threshold.
The combined bedrooms and wells on common property are counted together to identify the total bedrooms of a
facility.
Mass DEP staff review indicates that the proposed condominium on Haydenville Road would contain sixteen(16)
bedrooms, If served by a common well or wells on commonly owned property,the proposed subdivision on
Evergreen Road would likely exceed the threshold as well. Also, a Turkey Hill Road condominium proposal for
three buildings, each with nine(9)bedrooms, for a total of twenty-seven(27)bedrooms,exceeds the threshold.
Until such time as the owners and/or applicants resolve these issues through compliance with all Public Water
System requirements,or Mass DEP determines that the project does not meet the definition of a Public Water
System,MassDEP requests that no further building permits be issued. If you have any questions regarding this
letter, please contact Douglas Paine at(413)755-2281.
Res ecytfi-ttlhy., ,CJ?-"-4
elydre Cabral
Drinking Water/Municipal Services Chief
Bureau of Resource Protection
Cc: Boston-DWP;Northampton Board of Health,Planning Depts,Northampton Water Department
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phis information is available in alternate format.Call Donald M.Gomes,ADA Coordinator at 617-556-1057.TDD Service-1-800-298-2207.
DEP on the World Wide Web. httpil/www.mass.gov/dep
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