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Please join REBA’s Land Use and Zoning, Environmental Law, and Litigation Sections for a webinar at 12 noon on Thursday, October 20th. Sammy Nabulsi of Rose Law Partners LLP, Amy Kwesell of KP Law PC, and Ryan Grondahl of Dain / Torpy will present.
Since ordering its closure in 2014 due to safety concerns, the City of Boston has struggled to rebuild and reopen the Long Island Bridge in order to connect those battling opioid addition with treatment and services offered on Long Island. The Supreme Judicial Court recently closed the latest chapter in that years-long struggle by issuing its decision in City of Boston v. Quincy Conservation Commission, 490 Mass. 342 (2022). The Court held that the Quincy Conservation Commission’s decision, denying Boston an Order of Conditions for repair work to the bridge piers and access road, did not rely on any more stringent provision of the Quincy Wetlands Bylaw and therefore was superseded by DEP’s subsequently issued Superseding Order of Conditions. The decision not only laid the foundation for the reconstruction of the Long Island Bridge, but also clarified the oft-appearing tension between DEP’s jurisdiction to enforce the Wetlands Protection Act and local conservation commissions’ authority to enforce local wetlands bylaws.
This webcast program, open to all REBA members, is from 12 to 1 pm on Thursday, October 20, 2022. To register, please RSVP to Audrey Stewart at stewart@reba.net.
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