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                                             ANRAD     
                                                                                                                  
 ABBREVIATED NOTICE OF RESOURCE AREA DELINEATION
                                     (WPA FORM 4A)
 
 
The Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation, WPA Form 4A,(ANRAD) serves two purposes under the Wetlands Protection Act. First, the ANRAD provides a procedure for an applicant to confirm the delineation of a Bordering Vegetated Wetlands (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 BVW boundary delineation. The second purpose of the ANRAD is to serve as the application for Simplified Review for projects in the Buffer Zone.
 
NOTE**
The issuing authority also may require that supporting materials be prepared by other professionals including, but not limited to a registered landscape architect, registered land surveyor, environmental scientist, geologist, or hydrologist when the complexity of the proposed work warrants specialized expertise.
 
The Abington School Department filed these documents under the name of the Town of Abington.
Peter Schafer, Assistant School Superintendent, is listed as the Representative.
Filing is for RESOURCE AREA DELINEATION ONLY 
Box C-5 is checked-Plans identifying the boundaries of the Bordering Vegetated Wetlands (BVW) (and other resource areas, if applicable).
                               2005 WETLANDS PLAN
                        /Documents/Nov 11, 2005 Wetlands Plan.JPG
The Abington Conservation Commission held a public hearing on the ANRAD filing on January 10, 2006. The hearing was closed on the same evening "PENDING RECEIPT OF A DEP FILE #".
(The hearing wasn't officially closed until the DEP file # was received and there is NO record of when that occurred in public records available)
The Abington Conservation Commission NEVER employed the services of a professional wetlands scientist to assist in delineating the 32 acres of  old farm land. This appointed regulatory body delineated this parcel in the winter time when vegetation is dormant and did so with the knowledge that the vegetation had been mowed in 2004. This delineation was performed without the benefit of using soils or hydrology as wetlands indicator factors.
 
  
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