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STATE OF CONNECTICUL
DEPARTMEN?’ OF ENVIRONMENTAL I..0TECTION
JUL 0 3 2023
_ Mr. Peter S, Turello, Jr.
42 Woodlawn Road Planning & Development
New London, CT 06230 |_Town of Waterford, Cr
Re: DEP Grant Conditions on Induced Growth
Dear Mr. Turello:
This is in reference to our walk-over of your property at 10 Shore Drive in Waterford.
This property is in the Ridgewood Park area, which was served by sub-standard sanitary sewers
prior to DEP funding a Clean Water Fund project to modernize the sanitary sewer system and
eliminate raw sewage overflows resulting from the surcharging of the sewers.
The project is covered by DEP’s standard condition regarding the avoiding of inducing
growth in environmentally sensitive areas. That condition states that, if a vacant piece of land
containing environmentally sensitive resources (wetlands, floodplains, etc.) could not have been
developed without the presence of the sewers, then the land cannot be developed once the sewers
have been installed. The usual test of this condition is to determine whether the property could
have had a properly sited, health-code compliant septic system installed. If such a system could
have been installed, then the property is allowed to be developed to the same level that the septic
system would have provided.
The property in question, however, does not need to demonstrate this ability, because
sanitary sewers were available to it prior to the initiation of the DEP-funded project. The original
Ridgewood Park sanitary sewer system provided the property with the ability to be developed
without the DEP-funded sewers which followed years later. Therefore, the connection of this
property to the sanitary sewer is not restricted by DEP’s grant conditions. All other state or local
conditions on developing this property remain in effect.
Ifyou have any questions concerning this matter, please feel free to contact me at 860-424-3751,
Refnis J.
Supervising Sanitary Engineer
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