NORWOOD MEMORIAL AIRPORT 

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FROM: 

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RE: 

MEMO 

Chris Donovan, Boston Executive Helicopters 

Russ Maguire 

Norwood Airport Commission 

BEH Fuel Farm Proposal 

TODAY' S DATE: July 12, 2013 

Good afternoon Chris, 

Yesterday, you should have received an e-mail notification regarding the Norwood 

Airport Commission (NAC) meeting set for next Wednesday, July 17, at noon. Specific 

to your fuel farm, I've included Boston Executive Helicopters on the agenda. 

My June 24, 2013 e-mail/letter to you was prompted by two overriding concerns that the 

NAC considered at that time to be unresolved: 

1) Gate 3 taxi-lane object-free area (OFA) 

2) BEH fueling plan 

Specific to the OF A concern: Following our June 27th site meeting (with FAA, 

MassDOT, BEH, Norwood Fire, Mark Ryan, Jeff Adler and myself, in attendance), I 

received from FAA its final determinations. This followed your 7460 construction filings 

to the agency, which noted the planned use of a crane and the revised location for your 

underground storage tanks (UST). Earlier this week, I forwarded these FAA final 

determinations electronically to each NAC member, and I included on this e-mail 

distribution Lt. Paul Butters of the Norwood Fire Department. 

Notwithstanding any additional issues or concerns posed by the Airport Commission next 

Wednesday, the FAA determinations-plus supporting information from its aviation 

planner, Lisa Lesperance-have answered my questions relative to the OFA issue. 

However, as an aside: In the packets for Wednesday's Airport Commission meeting, I've 

also enclosed the hard copy of each FAA determination, along with a line drawing that 

you had filed along with your 7460 application, showing the revised location of your 

underground storage tanks, now east of your proposed building, rather than north of the 

building. Since the NAC may ask for or require an updated set of plans from your 

engineer, Hal Choubah, reflecting this change, to save time, I would put this out to you as 

a consideration in advance of the meeting. Also, prior to Wednesday, you may want to 

check in with AI Goetz of the Norwood Conservation Commission, to see whether the 
revised UST location requires any administrative updates to his department; agam, to 

save time and satisfy all municipal needs. 

On the second concern noted in my June 24th e-mail/letter-a BEH fueling plan-! have 

yet to receive this. I would recommend that you have it ready and available, preferably in 

writing, prior to Wednesday's meeting. In talking to the Airport Commission about this 

particular concern, my understanding is that he board would like to know BEH's fuel 

loading/unloading procedures, proposed fueling location(s), etc. I'm aware that, at the 

June 24th site meeting, with Airport Commission Vice-Chair, Mark Ryan, in attendance, 

we did get into some discussion on these points. But, as a matter of record, and for the 

benefit of the entire board, I would put as much of your fueling lan in writing as 

po-ssible. Lending reasonable specificity to the document should help put to rest the 

board's concern, that BEH fueling will be conducted in a manner consistent with 

regulations, standards ana best management practices, with minimal impact to other 

airport tenants and users. In addition, perhaps as a preamble, I'd include in your fueling 

plan the following: 

A statement regarding your interest in commercial fueling vs. self-fueling, if~ in 

act, as you've stated in meetings, you still plan to seek a commercial fueling permit on 

the Norwood Airport; as well as your proposed start date to begin commercial fueling 

operations, pending approval by the NAC and local Fire Department; 

If you do plan to operate a commercial fueling business, a statement indicating 

how much apron space your company might be seeking, if any, under a land lease with 

the NAC, in order to support this endeavor. 

Finally, I received your draft construction schedule. Thank you. I would expect that the 

outcome of Wednesday's Airport Commission meeting should help to guide your 

company forward with regard to this schedule. 

See you Wednesday.