Consolidated Local Permit Application

(1) Permit fees shall be assessed at the time the Applicant submits the Consolidated Local Permit Application to the Local Government. (2) The Consolidated Local Permit Application shall be submitted by the Applicant to the Local Government in a manner and form to be determined by the Department. The Applicant shall provide the following information: (a) The Applicant’s Pre-filing Engagement Completion Checklist signed by the Local Government Representative pursuant to 225 CMR 29.08(6)(d), if applicable; (b) The Applicant’s Site Suitability Report, if applicable; (c) The Applicant’s proposed Mitigation or Minimization for any impacts identified in the Site Suitability Report, if applicable; (d) A summary of the project, including an explanation of why the site was chosen, in a form to be specified by the Department in its Guideline on the Consolidated Local Permit Application; (e) A detailed description of the proposed Small Clean Energy Infrastructure Facility, including the proposed Site Footprint and the surrounding area with relevant maps, figures, drawings, anticipated permits, anyproposed Community Benefits Plan if applicable, or other attachments. The description shall meet Department specifications in its Guideline on the Consolidated Local Permit Application; (f) All materials necessary for site plan review and special permit review, if required by the Local Government, including but not limited to plot plans featuring location maps, dimensions of structures, abutting streets and ways, existing utilities, existing and proposed grading, all required screening, landscaping, lighting, and signage, vehicular circulation, setbacks, zoning, any additional materials required under local bylaw, and all other information required by the Department in its Guideline on the Consolidated Local Permit Application; (g) All materials necessary to request local permits required under 310 CMR 10.00: Wetlands Protection Act, other applicable federal and state laws, regulations, and guidance, and all applicable local bylaws, as well as any proposed remediation, restoration, or replanting activities as required by federal, state, or local law, and all other information required by the Department in its Guideline on the Consolidated Local Permit Application; (h) All requests for relief from applicable local zoning or land use regulations, bylaws, and ordinances as well as any materials needed to support the requests including, but not limited to, zoning maps and use tables, and any other materials required under the Local Government’s bylaws or ordinances and all other information required by the Department in its Guideline on the Consolidated Local Permit Application; (i) A description of all stormwater, sedimentation, and erosion control measures as required under the Local Government’s stormwater permit bylaw or ordinance, and federal or state law, including 310 CMR 10.00: Wetlands Protection Act, and MassDEP’s Stormwater Handbook; (j) All materials necessary for any permits or decisions to be issued by local public health and safety authorities, including Emergency Response Plans, other materials required by the state and local public health and safety authorities, and all other information required by the Department in its Guideline on the Consolidated Local Permit Application; (k) A description of additional local permits or decisions required, but not applicable to a designated section on the Consolidated Local Permit Application, including but not limited to historic districts, designated economic or redevelopment zones, tax incentive zones, shade trees, municipal light departments, or agricultural areas; (l) The disclosures, documentation, and statements listed below. If the Applicant is unable to provide responsive documentation or statements, the Applicant must include a brief narrative explanation stating why such documentation or statement is unavailable: 1. Documentation reflecting the Applicant’s demonstrated commitment to workforce or economic development within the Commonwealth; 2. A statement of intent concerning efforts that the Applicant and its contractors and subcontractors will make to promote workforce or economic development through the project; Documentation reflecting the Applicant’s demonstrated commitment to expand workforce diversity, equity, and inclusion in its past projects within the Commonwealth; 4. Documentation as to whether the Applicant and its contractors and subcontractors participate in a state or federally certified apprenticeship program and the number of apprentices the apprenticeship program has trained to completion for each of the last five years; 5. A statement of intent concerning how or if the Applicant and its contractors and subcontractors intend to utilize apprentices on the project, including whether each of its contractors and subcontractors on the project participates in a state or federally certified apprenticeship program; Documentation relative to the Applicant and its contractors and subcontractors regarding their history of compliance with M.G.L. chs. 149, 151, 151A, 151B and 152, 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq. and applicable federal anti-discrimination laws; 7. Documentation that the applicant and its contractors and subcontractors are currently, and will remain, in compliance with M.G.L. chs. 149, 151, 151A, 151B, and 152, 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq. and applicable federal anti-discrimination laws for the duration of the project; 8. Detailed plans for assuring labor harmony during all phases of the construction, reconstruction, renovation, development and operation of the project, including documentation of the Applicant’s history with picketing, work stoppages, boycotts or other economic actions against the applicant and a description or plan of how the Applicant intends to prevent or address such actions; and 9. Documentation relating to whether the Applicant and its contractors have been found in violation of state or federal safety regulations in the previous ten years; A brief narrative description of the Applicant’s historic compliance with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 149, §§ 26 through 27F; and 11. A brief narrative description of the Applicant’s history of participation with state or federally certified apprenticeship programs.