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Commission hears long report on state legislation, dredging prospects and harbor operations; harbormaster reports mooring renewals and boat maintenance
Summary
Consultant Jeff Stedman and Harbor Master Bruce Lovallo updated the commission on a pending state bill to restore local review authority, Corps of Engineers dredging prospects, and routine harbor operations including 89 mooring renewals, boat maintenance and new drone capability.
Consultant Jeff Stedman told the Norwalk City Harbor Management Commission that a bill to amend the Connecticut Harbor Management Act (referred to in the meeting as bill number 6914) is before the state environment committee and that recent DEP comments opposing the bill have complicated the effort.
Stedman said the bill’s goal is to clarify and restore local harbor management commissions’ authority to review state projects—authority he said was limited by a court decision. He…
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