Board extends homeowner wetland permit #1014 for one year, requires wetland inspector refresh and post‑site visit

The Environmental Conservation Board on June 4 approved a one‑year extension of wetland permit #1014 for homeowners Monica Saxena and Salman Khan, with a condition that the town wetland inspector perform a refresh inspection of erosion controls and conduct a post‑site visit after controls are removed.

Homeowner Salman Khan told the board the delay stemmed from waiting for state approval of a water lease and that cold weather prevented work last winter. "We needed to get the state to approve the lease, which has happened, but didn't happen until the weather got too cold," Khan said, explaining why the applicants could not complete the work last year.

The board asked whether erosion controls remained in place and whether required wetland mark‑outs had been completed; Khan said the erosion control measures were still installed and the applicants had complied with DEC requirements. The chair asked the applicants to notify the town wetland inspector to perform an on‑site refresh because the erosion control work had been completed several months earlier.

Following that exchange the board moved to extend the permit from 06/04/2026 through 06/03/2027 under the condition the town wetland inspector conduct a pre‑existing erosion‑control inspection and a post‑site visit after controls are removed. The motion was seconded and recorded as approved during the meeting.

Next steps for the applicants are administrative: the chair instructed the homeowners to call the wetland inspector to schedule the inspection and to provide a copy of the permit paperwork to the office; the board indicated the extension will allow the applicants to complete work once weather and lease logistics permit.