Mahajan v. Department of Environmental Protection

This action arises from the Department of Environmental Protection’s (department’s) issuance of a waterways license under G. L. c. 91 (chapter 91 license) to the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) to redevelop a section of land owned by the BRA on the seaward end of Long Wharf (project site). The plaintiffs, ten residents of Boston’s North End neighborhood, appealed the issuance of the chapter 91 license to the department’s office of appeals and dispute resolution, and ultimately to a judge in the Superior Court, claiming the department acted unconstitutionally and beyond its statutory…