Fraenza v. Keeney

This administrative appeal concerns the right of a landowner to obtain the prescribed permits from the department of environmental protection in order to construct a marina within tidal waters that are part of a statutorily designated coastal zone. In a decision upholding the findings and conclusions of a hearing officer, the defendant,1 Timothy R.E. Keeney, commissioner of environmental protection, determined that the proposed marina, in its present configuration, would have significant adverse environmental consequences and therefore denied the application of the plaintiff, John Fraenza,…