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Planning board accepts Currans’ shoreline restoration plan after DEP permit receipt
Summary
Representatives for Jack and Pat Curran told the board that the Maine DEP issued a permit-by-rule for a 75‑foot shoreline restoration at 12 C Street; the board reviewed ordinance findings and approved the earth‑moving application after a voiced recusal and a 3‑member majority.
The Phippsburg Planning Board approved an application to restore and protect the shoreline at 12 C Street for applicants Jack and Pat Curran following a staff presentation and submission of a DEP permit.
Mike Morris of Archipelago, representing the Currans, said the revised site plan includes the town’s normal high‑water line and a 25‑foot setback and that the Maine Geological Survey reviewed the tapered end design. Morris told the board he had provided the DEP permit by rule and an expert letter supporting the curved/tapered end detail; he said the DEP found the project “will not cause unreasonable erosion of soil or sediment.”
Board members questioned why the proposed protection would cover 75 of the property’s 90 feet; Morris said DEP rules and prior permitting often limit lateral expansion in coastal sand‑dune systems and that the original seawall length constrains the current design. Members discussed the narrow scope of the board’s authority—the town’s role focuses on earth‑moving over 10 cubic yards—and reviewed finding‑of‑fact criteria under the shoreland ordinance. After reading the findings and taking votes on each criterion, the board voted to approve the application as revised (three in favor; one recusal).
