401 Water Quality Certification Application Public Notice DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION OF WETLANDS AND WATERWAYS PUBLIC NOTICE

401 Water Quality Certification Application Public Notice DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION OF WETLANDS AND WATERWAYS PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to 33.U.S.C.1341 and MGL c21 §43, notice is given of a 401 Water Quality Certification (WQC) Application for the Barnstable West and North Bay Maintenance Dredging Project Maintenance Dredging Project, located in the Three Bays region of Osterville MA. The Town of Barnstable proposes maintenance dredging to restore navigation impaired by significant shoaling. The Navigational channel will be dredged to authorized depths of 11 ft MLLW (West Bay) and 8 ft MLLW (North Bay). All dredging will include a one (1) foot over depth which results in an estimated+/-37,299 CY of total sediments. Work will utilize barge-mounted mechanical dredging equipment, with sediments transported by scow to the Cape Cod Bay Disposal Site. Additional information may be obtained from Foth Infrastructure Environment, LLC, 114 Touro Street, Newport, RI 02840 Tel. (410) 610-1236. Written comments should be sent to: Ken Alepidis Department of Environmental Protection Division of Wetlands and Waterways 1 Winter Street Boston, MA 02108 Tel. (617) 292-5893 Within 21 days of this notice. Any group of ten persons of the Commonwealth, any aggrieved person, any government body or private organization with a mandate to protect the environment that has submitted written comments may also appeal the Department's Certification and that failure to submit comments before the end of public comment period may result in the waiver of any right to an adjudicatory hearing. June 29 2026 LNEO0545013