P&G Gillette has applied to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) to request the issuance of a Chapter 91 License for a portion of its Fort Point campus around the manufacturing facility. There will be a public hearing:
Thursday, May 7, 2020
3:00 pm via Zoom
Meeting ID: 987 9652 2706
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Meeting ID: 987 9652 2706
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Since 1873, the site we know as home to the Gillette World Shaving Headquarters is under jurisdiction of at least 33 different MassDEP Waterways Licenses that have been issued for the various fill, structures, and uses that exist on the
current Gillette campus. To more easily maintain these structures and uses, all
of which are currently authorized pursuant to Chapter 91, MassDEP advised that
Gillette formally request consolidation of the fragmented licenses under a
single water-dependent Chapter 91 License (“Master License”). Under the
Waterways Regulations, water-dependent projects are presumed to serve a Proper
Public Purpose. Regulatory standards such as setbacks, ground floor facilities
of public accommodation, height, accessory parking restrictions, and one-to-one
building to open space ratios therefore do not apply as they would for a
non-water dependent use.
There is no construction associated with the present
application. The application for a Master License includes the
following considerations:
•
If and when Gillette proposes eligible
water-dependent projects at the site, DEP can authorize them under Maintenance
and Minor Project Modifications or License Amendments, thereby adding the
projects to the Master License;
•
Any proposed change to a non-water dependent use
would require a robust public review process for a new Chapter 91 License, and
an Environmental Notification Form under the Massachusetts Environmental Policy
Act; and
•
Section 5.2 of the Application presents a
rebuttal of the MassGiS Presumptive Line of Chapter 91 jurisdiction to
establish a portion of the campus as landlocked tidelands.
Public Comment Deadline: May 29, 2020
Submit Comments to the Waterways Program c/o Susan You
Notification Date: April 30, 2020, Boston Herald
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