Charlton Conservation Commission Bars Further Extensions on 11-Year-Old Delineation Order

CHARLTON -- April 30, 2025, Charlton Conservation Commission bars further renewal of an 11-year-old dormant wetland order. At its April 30 meeting, the commission voted unanimously that DEP Order 128-1483, a resource area delineation first issued in 2014 and extended more than five times without any notice of intent ever being filed, will not be renewed beyond its current expiration under the state's third extension act in November 2025. Conservation staff told the board, "It has been over a decade and they haven't done anything," adding that even a renewed extension would still require a fresh field survey because the original delineation flags almost certainly no longer exist. Separately, the commission issued negative determinations for a proposed 28-by-28-foot barn at 30 Hill Road, an after-the-fact driveway at 6A Young Road, and a pre-made shed 20 feet from the South Charlton Reservoir at 93 Leland Drive, and granted a partial certificate of compliance for the Carpenter Hill Road solar project pending one final growing season for its relocated replication wetland.