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10. Documentation of the major system Components t0 be Used, including the electric <br /> generating components, battery or other electric storage systems,transmission systems, <br /> mountingsystem; 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, <br /> vegetation controls, and general procedures for operational maintenance of the installation <br /> 12. Abandonment & Decommissioning Plan-Any ground-mounted'solar energy system which <br /> has reached the end of.its useful life or has been abandoned�(Le., when it fails to operate <br /> for more than one year without the written consent of the Planning Board)shall be <br /> removed.The owner or operator shall physically remove the installation within 150 days of <br /> abandonment or the proposed date of decommissioning.,The owner or operator shall notify <br /> the Planning Board by certified mailof the proposed date of discontinued operations and- <br /> plans'for removal.The Abandonment& Decommissioning Plan shall include a detailed <br /> description of how all of the following will be addressed: <br /> a. Physical removal of all structures; equipment, building, security barriers and <br /> transmission lines from 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 <br /> waste disposal regulations. <br /> c. Stabilization or re-vegetation of the site as.necessary to minimize.erosion.The <br /> Planning Board may allow landscaping or below-grade foundations left in situ in <br /> order to minimize erosion and disturbance of the site. <br /> d. Description of financial surety for decommissioning- Proponents of ground- <br /> mounted solar energy systems shall provide a form of surety, either through escrow <br /> account, bond or other form.of surety approved by the Planning Board tb.cover the <br /> cost of removal in the event the Townmust remove the installation and remediate <br /> the landscape, in an amount and form determined to be commercially reasonable <br /> by the Planning Board, but in no event to exceed more than 125 percent of the cost <br /> of removal and compliance with the additional requirements set forth herein, as <br /> determined by the project proponent and the Town. Such surety will not be <br /> required for municipal or state-owned facilities.The project proponent shall submit <br /> a fully inclusive estimate of the_costs associated with removal, prepared by a <br /> qualified engineer.The amount shall include a mechanism for calculating increased <br /> removal costs due to inflation. <br /> e. It shall be a condition of any special permit that all legal documents required to <br /> enable the Town.to exercise its rights and responsibilities under the plan'to <br /> decommission the site, enter the property and physically remove the installation <br /> shall be provided prior.to the issuance of a building permit. <br /> 13: Proof`of liability insurance <br /> 14. A storm water management plan prepared by'a Massachusetts licensed Registered <br /> Professional.Engineer <br /> 15. A Site Plan, with stamp and signature of the Massachusetts licensed Registered Professional <br /> Engineer that prepared the plan, including the following: <br /> a. Everything required,under this bylaw and Site Plan Approval <br /> b'. Existing Conditions Plan,showing property lines, map and lot from the Assessor's <br /> records, and physical features, including roads and topography, for the entire <br />