Cummings v. Secretary of Environmental Affairs

*612O’Connor, J.

The plaintiffs, ten citizens of the Commonwealth, allege in their complaint that the defendant Secretary violated the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA), G. L. c. 30, §§ 61-62H, in determining that no environmental impact report (EIR) was required for a mixed use commercial development project proposed by the defendant, Gloucester Landing Associates, to be located on property owned by the defendant, Gloucester Redevelopment Authority. The complaint was dismissed in the Superior Court, and the plaintiffs appealed to the Appeals Court. We transferred the case to this…