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Milford Inland Wetlands Agency upholds violation at 674 Nagatuck Avenue, orders expert inspection report by June 16
Summary
At a June 10 special hearing, the Milford Inland Wetlands Agency upheld Notice of Violation IWC-26-00004 for 674 Nagatuck Avenue and modified the order to require a sedimentation and erosion-controls inspection report from the property owner's engineer or a professional wetland scientist by June 16, 2026; an added row of silt fence is required only if the expert recommends it.
The Milford Inland Wetlands Agency voted on June 10 to uphold a cease-and-desist order against the owners of 674 Nagatuck Avenue and to require a professional inspection report confirming that on-site remediation protects adjacent wetland resources.
The agency, meeting in a special session, presented a notice of violation (IWC-26-00004) alleging the deposition of soil and unpermitted work within the 100-foot upland review area. Mayor Mary Rose, who presented the notice and site photos, told the agency the order requires the owners to stop unpermitted work and "properly install a double row of sedimentation and erosion controls on the site per the proposed site plan." Mary Rose said the agency had photos taken on June 9 showing grading changes, added pavement and areas where silt fence was partially buried.
At the hearing, owner Chris Sy said the property team had installed multiple mitigation features, including plunge pools and infiltration chambers, and denied bringing in fill except for clean stone required for a transformer pad. "There was not one speck of dirt that ever went into that wetland," Sy said, and he offered to have the engineer of record inspect the site and provide a letter confirming the remediation.
Agency members said photographic evidence showed some disturbed soil and that staff visits alone were not sufficient to resolve whether fill had been imported adjacent to the wetlands. Commissioners pressed for a written inspection from a qualified professional: a wetland scientist to evaluate the erosion controls and an engineer or surveyor to determine whether cuts and fills balance and whether any fill was placed near the wetland.
Commissioner Nick Richie moved to uphold the agency's cease-and-desist order IWC-26-00004 for 674 Nagatuck Avenue and to modify the order to require submission of a sedimentation and erosion-controls inspection report from the property owners' engineer or a professional wetland scientist by June 16, 2026. The motion was seconded by Matthew Connors. An amendment clarified that installation of a second row of silt fence would be required only if the professional report recommends it. The amended motion carried by roll call vote.
The agency noted the distinction between resolving the enforcement action and any separate permit application for site work. The immediate, procedural result is that the owners must secure and submit the professional inspection report in time for the commission to review it before the June 17 meeting; if the report concludes additional controls are needed, the agency will require them as part of the enforcement resolution.
The agency closed the hearing after the vote. The next procedural step is receipt and review of the inspection report; the commission indicated it will revisit the matter at its next scheduled session if necessary.
