SAMPERI v. INLAND WETLANDS AGENCY

(14616)

226 Conn. 579 (1993)

JOHN A. SAMPERI ET AL. v. INLAND WETLANDS AGENCY OF THE CITY OF WEST HAVEN ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released July 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Katz, for the appellants-appellees (plaintiffs).

David H. Wrinn, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Joseph Rubin, assistant attorney general, for the appellee-appellant (defendant commissioner of environmental protection).

Brian G. Enright, assistant corporation counsel, for the appellee (named defendant).

Maureen P. Williams, with whom was Stephen I. Small, for the appellee (defendant Minor Farm Limited Partnership).

PETERS, C. J., CALLAHAN, BORDEN, KATZ and PALMER, JS.


PETERS, C. J.

The principal issue in this inland wetlands agency administrative appeal is the proper interpretation of General Statutes § 22a-41 (b)1 of the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act (act),2 specifically, the meaning of the requirement that a local inland wetlands agency shall not issue a permit after a public hearing unless the agency finds that "a feasible and prudent alternative does not...

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