Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 302 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION › Title 302 CMR 8.00 - Major Capital Improvements Within The Mt. Greylock State Reservation › Section 8.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Abutting Reservation Land
: That area
				of land within the Mt. Greylock State Reservation, also known as a portion of
				the Theil Farm, shown on a plan of land on file at the Department's office,
				entitled "Land to be used in connection with the operation of the Greylock Glen
				Recreational Facilities", all as more particularly bounded and described in St.
				1985, c. 676.
Board
: Board of Environmental
				Management.
Conceptual Plan
: A plan, consisting
				of drawings and text, prepared by the Department or by those entities
				authorized by the Department, which specifies the scope, intent, general
				features, significant impacts, relationship to other elements of the
				Reservation, budget and any valid alternatives of each specific major capital
				improvement included in the Major Capital Improvements Plan.
Department
: Department of
				Environmental Management.
Facilities
: Any improvement which
				alters the natural environment, constructed by the Department or by those
				entities authorized by the Department, including but not limited to roads,
				parking lots, trails for hiking or skiing, utilities (above and below ground,
				including systems for water supply and sewage disposal), campgrounds, ponds and
				structures including temporary or permanent buildings, towers, monuments and
				memorials, monitoring equipment for the transmission of intelligence or visual
				images, fences, dams and signs, except for those signs specifically exempted
				herein.
Land
: That area of land in Berkshire
				County, also known as Greylock Glen, as shown on a plan of land on file at the
				Department's office, entitled "Land to be Acquired in Connection with the
				Development of Greylock Glen" all as more particularly bounded and described in
				St. 1985, c. 676.
Lands
: the land and the abutting
				reservation land.
Maintenance
: performance of routine
				services on a facility to allow it to continue its intended function.
Major Capital Improvement
: a new
				visual, or physical addition to or expansion of the facilities or natural
				resource alteration activities presently existing or any expansion of such
				facilities or natural resource alteration activities including, but not limited
				to those actions that:
(a) expand the existing physical plant
(b) cause a significant change in appearance or visual
				impact
(c) affect the summit area of the Mt. Greylock State
				Reservation, within the Reservation, a ¾ mile radius including the Mount
				Greylock War Memorial Area
(d) expand the trail system, other than routine trail
				improvement by the Appalachian Mountain Club and trailmaintenance work carried
				out be the Department or by those entities authorized by the Department
(e) expand the campgrounds or parking lots
(f) involve road construction or reconstruction.
Major Capital Improvements Plan
: a
				document and accompanying map, prepared by the Department, which outlines all
				major capital improvements proposed to be made in the reservation for a five
				year period. Such plan shall include:
(a) description of each proposed improvement
(b) the anticipated cost for each proposed improvement
(c) the location of each proposed improvement
(d) information regarding the effect on the environment of each
				proposed improvement
(e) alternatives, if any, to each proposed improvement
(f) a statement regarding the priority, logical sequence,
				design time and other implementation constraints of each proposed improvement
				and
(g) a statement of whether each proposed improvement represents
				an expansion or significant revision of the physical plant or whether it
				represents repair or maintenance of the physical plant.
Natural Resource Alteration
				Activities
: Work or projects, undertaken by the Department or by
				those entities authorized by the Department, which are not part of maintenance
				activities but affect the natural environment to a significant degree, such as
				but not limited to, stream alteration or the alteration of topography by
				excavation, filling, mining or cutting.
Rehabilitation
: Restoration of a
				structure or facility to its original condition.
Repairs
: work undertaken by the
				Department or by those entities authorized by the Department, to restore the
				intended function to any existing facility.
Reservation
: The Mt. Greylock State
				Reservation.