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4 <br /> Massachusetts Electrical Code (527 CMR § 12.00) compliant disconnects and overcurrent devices. Off- <br /> grid solar energy systems shall be exempt from this requirement. <br /> 10. Documentation of the major system components to be used, including the electric generating <br /> components, battery or other electric storage systems, transmission systems, mounting system, <br /> inverter, etc. <br /> 11. Preliminary Operation & Maintenance Plan for the solar energy system, which shall include <br /> measures for maintaining safe access to the installation, storm water management, vegetation controls, <br /> and general procedures for operational maintenance of the installation <br /> 12. Abandonment& Decommissioning Plan -Any ground-mounted solar energy system which has <br /> reached the end of its useful life or has been abandoned (i.e., when it fails to operate for more than one <br /> year without the written consent of the Planning Board) shall be removed.The owner or operator shall <br /> physically remove the installation within 150 days of abandonment or the proposed date of <br /> decommissioning. The owner or operator shall notify the Planning Board by certified mail of the <br /> proposed date of discontinued operations and plans for removal.The Abandonment & <br /> Decommissioning Plan shall include a detailed description of how all of the following will be addressed: <br /> a. Physical removal of all structures; equipment, building, security barriers and transmission lines from <br /> the site, including any materials used to limit vegetation. <br /> b. Disposal of all solid and hazardous waste in accordance with local, state, and federal waste disposal <br /> regulations. <br /> c. Stabilization or re-vegetation of the site as necessary to minimize erosion.The Planning Board may <br /> allow landscaping or below-grade foundations left in situ in order to minimize erosion and disturbance <br /> of the site. <br /> d. Description of financial surety for decommissioning- Proponents of ground-mounted solar energy <br /> systems shall provide a form of surety, either through escrow account, bond or other form of surety <br /> approved by the Planning Board to cover the cost of removal in the event the Town must remove the <br /> installation and remediate the landscape, in an amount and form determined to be commercially <br /> reasonable by the Planning Board, but in no event to exceed more than 125 percent of the cost of <br /> removal and compliance with the additional requirements set forth herein, as determined by the project <br /> proponent and the Town. Such surety will not be required for municipal or state-owned facilities.The <br /> project proponent shall submit a fully inclusive estimate of the costs associated with removal, prepared <br /> by a qualified engineer.The amount shall include a mechanism for calculating increased removal costs <br /> due to inflation. <br /> e. It shall be a condition of any special permit that all legal documents required to enable the Town to <br /> exercise its rights and responsibilities under the plan to decommission the site, enter the property and <br /> physically remove the installation shall be provided prior to the issuance of a building permit. <br /> 13. Proof of liability insurance <br />