Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation (ANRAD)

The Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation (ANRAD) provides a procedure for an applicant to confirm the delineation of a Bordering Vegetated Wetland (BVW). If an ANRAD is filed for a BVW delineation, confirmation of other resource areas may also be requested provided the other resource area boundaries are identified on the plans which accompany the boundary delineation.

Filing an Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation is optional. However, any work within an area subject to the jurisdiction of the Wetlands Protection Act may not proceed until either a Negative Determination of Applicability or a final Order of Conditions has been issued by the Conservation Commission or the Department of Environmental Protection. If an applicant is uncertain as to whether the Wetlands Protection Act applies to a particular area of land or to specific work planned on a particular area of land, he or she may file a Request for Determination of Applicability (WPA Form 1) instead of WPA Form 4A. Also, an applicant may file a Notice of Intent (WPA Form 3) or, in limited circumstances, an Abbreviated Notice of Intent (WPA Form 4) and, as part of that permitting process, seek confirmation from the Conservation Commission of delineated wetland resource area boundaries.

The applicant is responsible for providing the information required for the review of this application to the issuing authority (Conservation Commission and MassDEP). Submitting a complete and accurate description of the site will minimize requests for additional information by the issuing authority which may result in an unnecessary delay in the issuance of an Order of Resource Area Delineation.

To complete the required forms, the applicant should refer to the Wetlands Regulations, 310 CMR 10, and the locally regulated Bylaw and Regulations, Chapter 181.

The date and time for the hearing are given to the applicant for the abutter notifications. These notifications must be sent to all abutters within 300' of the project via certified mail (a local by-law requirement) and evidence of the mailing must be submitted by the applicant to the Commission at the public hearing. The abutter list is obtained from the Town Assessor's office.