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

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 3/4 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.