Konover Submits Third IWA application for Watershed Wal-Mart

By Joan Smith, GOSA Board Member

GROTON — Konover presented a third application for a Route 184 Wal-Mart Super Center to the Town of Groton Inland Wetlands Agency on July 23, 2008. The store would be located near the Groton Utilities drinking water reservoir.

The first Konover application to the IWA was approved in 2006, but a second, revised, application was denied by the IWA June 11, 2008. Konover has appealed the denial to the New London Superior Court. Separately, Konover’s application to the Planning Commission for the same project was denied in February 2007, and the denial was upheld by the New London Superior Court May 30, 2008.

The IWA, led by Chairman David Scott, classified the new application as “minor,” but scheduled a public hearing on September 10, 2008, because of public interest. GOSA had submitted a petition with more than the 25 signatures needed to require a public hearing. The hearing is to be conducted in Room 1 at the Town Hall Annex.

The new Konover site plan consists of five pages, and the narrative focuses on changes to the originally approved plan, concerning activity within the regulated area and stormwater discharge designs. The plan no longer shows a subdivision for “restaurant pads,” part of the original IWA application.

Diane Whitney, attorney for the developer, said the application is in the name of Konover Acquisitions, LLC as the result of a reorganization. Konover Development Corp. has been listed as applicant on earlier paperwork submitted for the project.

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Editor’s note: Records in the CONCORD system of the Secretary of the State indicate that Konover Acquisitions LLC was registered Sept. 4, 2001 as KRX LLC, and that it changed to its current name April 4, 2007. Both companies give as their business address 135 South Road, Farmington.

Environmental Impact | July 23, 2008