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Norwalk panel grants wetlands map amendment for parts of Manresa Island after contested hearing
Summary
After a two‑hour public hearing, the Norwalk Conservation Commission granted a petition to amend the city wetlands map covering two pockets on Manresa Island, finding they do not meet state wetland criteria; neighbors urged independent review and worried about flooding and long‑term protections.
The Norwalk Conservation Commission voted Jan. 13 to grant a petition from Manresa Osprey LLC to amend the city wetlands map on parts of Manresa Island, after a contested public hearing that drew residents’ objections and technical testimony from the applicant’s consultants.
The commission’s decision affects two previously‑mapped pockets the applicant sought to declassify. Applicant counsel Liz (representing Manresa Osprey LLC) and the project team said field work and laboratory checks found those pockets composed of human‑altered soils (described in the record as eudorthans and historic coal‑ash fill), with little evidence of persistent hydrology or obligate wetland vegetation. ‘‘I could not, in my right mind, delineate these as wetlands because they didn't meet the…
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